We speak to people in Pontypridd as they prepare to host one of the biggest cultural festivals anywhere in Europe, as the annual National Eisteddfod comes to town.
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00:00Well, I think it's a wonderful thing for not only the Welsh culture, but for the local
00:08area as well. Many, many people here are not familiar with the tradition of the Eisteddfod,
00:17although it's got a history of extremely interesting legacy, I should use.
00:25I think it's going to bring a lot of trees into Pontypridd. I think the people of Pontypridd
00:32are being put out with all this, you can't go to town, you can't go here, you can't go
00:37there. And my main object is the children are on a seven-week holiday now and they can't
00:42go down the path.
00:43You know, that's the one thing, towns like ours is needed. We've got a lovely Welsh school
00:50and grandchildren speaking Welsh.
00:54I think it's very exciting. It's a brilliant opportunity for the town, especially the local
00:57people. The shop Cwcmodan, which I'm with, we suffered floods quite bad in 2020. I think
01:04it's a time for us and we rebuilt. And this is such a brilliant opportunity for local
01:07businesses, especially, I know it's only for a week, but I think it'll bring such traction
01:12to Pontypridd, put it back on the map. You know, it's been in decline for quite a couple
01:16of years now, a lot of shops, a lot of closures, but I think maybe this can revitalise the
01:20community again.
01:21I think it's a really, really positive move because there'll be lots of people into the
01:25town and they'll see what a lovely town it is, what facilities there are. There's a brilliant
01:30market, there's loads of lovely shops and some independent shops as well. And I think
01:35it's great for the community.
01:37It's going to be really good for the town. It's going to bring in a lot of tourism. It's
01:40going to bring in a lot of new people to the town as well. And it's going to bring in a
01:44lot of money to the economy of the town as well. The one thing I am a little bit worried
01:49about, because I do live local, is the traffic levels. But I am confident that the council
01:54have got all of the traffic levels sorted out.