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Dim Byd - Y Teule (The Family)

Three younger members of The Birmingham Pals were involved in the filming of a short sketch for the award-winning S4C television series Dim Byd (Nothing).

The sketch tells the story of a family of circus clowns who are researching their family history. They discover their Great Uncle Bonzo was a clown in the trenches during The Great War. After further researching they track down some old footage of his antics in the trenches.

During the Great War there were some soldiers from theatrical backgrounds, and these soldiers could be found entertaining the rest of the troops near the front lines. This concept was later developed into ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association, a part of the Navy Army and Air Force Institutes) by Basil Dean and Lesley Henson to provide entertainment for British Armed Forces personell during the Second World War.

This video is hosted on YouTube.

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"Pals Peace Party" at Tipton Library - July 2019
"Yorkshire Wartime Experience" - July 2019
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Wartime Christmas 2018
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Night in the Trenches 2018
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Tilston Wakes 2018
Cannock Chase Military History Weekend
M5 Show (Spetchley)
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Pals Training Day 2018
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"Carols in the Trenches 2017"
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"Passchendaele Remembered" - Worcester
"World War at Bantock"
Cannock Chase Military History Weekend
M5 Show
Royal Star and Garter Homes
"The Chase Through Time"
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Pals Training Day
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Night In The Trenches
Coventry Memorial Park
"The Brummegem Pals"
"Running Between The Lines"
Royal Star and Garter Homes
Spetchley M5 Show
Oxford Museum
World War 1 Weekend at SRM
"The Long Way Home"
Whittington Castle
"Somme 100" at St John's Museum
Commemoration on The Somme
DMS VC Mess Dinner
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Carols in the Trenches
"War Boys"
Night in the Trenches
Oldenburg Students
Spetchley M5 Show
St John's House Museum
Whittington Castle
Dudley Armed Forces Day
"Four Winters at War"
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"Locos From Leeds"
Stoke on Trent Military Tattoo
Clay Mills Remembers Gallipoli
"The Accrington Pals"
Training Day
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Night in the Trenches
"The Brummegem Pals"
World War One Weekend at SRM
Kidderminster Remembers
Spetchley M5 Show
St John's House
Edwardian Picnic at SRM
Recruitment at Stafford High House
Tunstall WW1 Commemoration
History Live! 2014
Rufford Abbey
"Liverpool's Giant War" (BBC)
Night in the Trenches (SPICE)

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Night in the Trenches
Apedale
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Detling 2013
Great War Weekend
Antelope Day (Warwick)
Moira Canal Festival

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"The Preston Passions" (BBC)

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Carols in the Trenches
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Kelmarsh Festival of History
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Night in the Trenches

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Night in the Trenches

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