John On The Rhondda
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -From the Valley that fuelled the world with its coal, and a community with a thirst for fair play and fair shares – John Geraint Roberts brings us places, people and ideas that lit up a famous past and can help shape a better future.
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Episodes
Porth County
February 04, 2021 15:51 - 7 minutes - 7.03 MBWere your schooldays the happiest days of your life? John Geraint Roberts counts himself lucky to have been born in just the right place at just the right time to experience a unique moment of educational transition.
Up The Mountain
January 21, 2021 16:05 - 6 minutes - 6.48 MBWill you go for a walk with me? C'mon, we'll pretend we're teenagers again, you and me, and head off up the mountain. There's a place up there that's got something really special about it, something scarcely believable. I'm not sure I believe it myself....
Carncelyn
January 21, 2021 16:05 - 6 minutes - 6.48 MBWill you go for a walk with me? C'mon, we'll pretend we're teenagers again, you and me, and head off up the mountain. There's a place up there that's got something really special about it, something scarcely believable. I'm not sure I believe it myself....
Hipsters!
January 14, 2021 16:57 - 9 minutes - 8.5 MBWhat does following a band do for its fans? And what the fans do for a band? John Geraint Roberts listens back to a legendary Rhondda band of the 1980s.
Corona!
January 07, 2021 18:03 - 4 minutes - 4.25 MBRemember when 'Corona' meant pop, not the virus? John Geraint Roberts tells the amazing story of the genesis of Corona Soft Drinks as Welsh Hills Mineral Waters in Porth, and of William Evans, the man behind the brand and the grocery chain 'Thomas and Evans'
New Year's Eve
December 31, 2020 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.75 MBJohn's grandfather often hit the nail on the head. He was the colliery blacksmith. New Year's Eve always brings to mind his long life, with its many ups and downs. He was married four times, the fourth when he was... well, have a listen to find out how old!
Trimming The Coalface For Christmas
December 20, 2020 15:40 - 3 minutes - 3.24 MBA letter from a listener which John Geraint Roberts has kept for 40 years. Mr William Coombes of Llwynypia describes a magic seasonal moment he shared with his 'butties', his fellow miners, deep underground.
Tom Jones In Nantgwyn Street
December 17, 2020 18:01 - 3 minutes - 3.66 MB“Have you ever met Tom Jones? I did once. Well, nearly...” The full story of star-struck 10-year-old John Geraint Roberts and Wales’s greatest popular singer coming together in Nantgwyn Street, Penygraig. First broadcast on Rhondda Radio.
Tonypandy Square
December 11, 2020 14:02 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MBDo you remember Pandy Square in the 1970s? The Record Shop? The cafes? The cinema? John recalls the first album he ever bought, and his first-ever date... and remembers looking back further still into the past, to the times of the infamous Tonypandy Riots. First broadcast on Rhondda Radio.