Wynne's Welsh 70s Season 1 Episode 6 - 1975

Airdate: 2023-Jun-09

Episode summary:

Wynne looks back at 1975 and some of the more unusual news stories of that year, including a communal loo in Newtown, a man on a bed of nails and a horse whisperer. There's plenty of nostalgic fare with Carmarthen's coracle fishermen, Welsh cakes and a harp-making community.The Old Grey Whistle Test - bastion of the cool music scene - features well-known south Wales band Sassafras, and there's a comedy flashback from The Goodies. Local people make their predictions for the year ahead and share their struggle with the introduction of new European measurements.

About Wynne's Welsh 70s series:

Wynne Evans explores the BBC Wales archives of the 1970s.