...and its Rhondda connections.

Will 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....

What 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.

Remember 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'

John'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!

A 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.

“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.