39. A Real-life Mr Benn Shop | Living Alone in Wales (March 2024)

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39. A Real-life Mr Benn Shop | Living Alone in Wales (March 2024)

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4 ай бұрын

You thought Mr Benn was a childhood television programme from the 1970's but hidden away in the Rhondda Valleys you can have your own adventures like Mr Benn at the Old School Tea Room & Shop. Viewer, Andrew, suggested I check out this interesting place in Pentre which used to be a school.
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@Equestrian79 4 ай бұрын

What a gorgeous vintage shop. Community spirit all the way.

@SeaShoreAnnie 4 ай бұрын

Bore da Sean, Oh what a lovely place & such lovely people. I could spend hours in a place like that. A wonderful community centred place & good home cooking & baking too🍰🧁 Thank you for taking us around, I hope you have a lovely day. Annie🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@jans1972 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful place to visit, have a rummage and sit and chat with a cuppa and cake, definitely visiting soon. Perhaps set a date and have a Sean appreciation day there, would love to hear your memories and stories of your varied working life. Thank you Sean what a gem!!

@nancysmith-baker1813 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou , thankyou . So much memory Stimulation . It's all drying up in the states . What a wonderful place . Thankyou .

@plotno.9 4 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed this video! What a great place! You can see the community has really embraced you. They were so proud to show you around! 😘💕🌸

@jeanettemac6214 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely community tea room. Remember Sean, 'a little of what you fancy does you good'. Cake!🍰🫖☕

@Juls27989 3 ай бұрын

What a lovely little gem of a place 😊

@Pinkbubble702 4 ай бұрын

I absolutely love the place, in fact , i could actually move in! Made me feel so cosy and warm like a big hug x thank you Sean ❤

@ellieb3930 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely welcoming tearoom. I loved the lamps everywhere. They make it so cosy and inviting. I'd definitely be stopping for a cuppa and a bite to eat after exploring all the interesting things for sale.

@femcymoedd535 4 ай бұрын

Three of my children went to Pentre Primary towards the end of its life as a school. At that time the tea shop was the junior dining room and the shop at the back was the gym. The wall bars and ropes are still in situ. The new dining area is much nicer! The former infant dining hall is in the same building and is now a private workshop for a local artist. The main school was in the larger, separate building, and is now a private house.

@olgyone1195 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely homely place and marvellous concept for the community great for you so close for a cuppa and a chat I think I could move in 😊

@rosa2266 4 ай бұрын

Lovely place to visit Thankyou Sean. Enjoy your treat 🍰☕️🫖. You did well to resist all those items for sale. Feels homely and brings back memories for sure. 😊

@ColinOBear 4 ай бұрын

Wow! What an amazing place! I could definitely lose myself in there. 😍 it's wonderful that places like that exist, I imagine that it must be such a comfort to people who, like me, live alone. Wish there was something like that here. ❤

@carolwhite6979 4 ай бұрын

What a great place to spend a rainy day! I bet It smelled delicious too!

@jamesmcdougall6338 4 ай бұрын

Your videos are so interesting and therapeutic. The food looks well yummy. Thank you.

@melissalambert7615 4 ай бұрын

What a neat place. Bits and bobs to shop for and maybe a snack. Love the tea things.

@maude5160 4 ай бұрын

What a magical shop, whoever places the items has a very artistic eye. Oh how I wish I could visit it. Thanks

@maude5160 4 ай бұрын

@@AndrewDCDrummond thanks, should have realised after he talked about the artwork that reminds him of his dad, the man with the hat.

@HelenR72 4 ай бұрын

What an amazing place Sean. I dare not go there as I have so much 'stuff' as it is and I wouldn't be able to resist buying more or the cake 😂.

@sammycrangle1000 4 ай бұрын

The tea room is beautiful were you live is beautiful thank you

@Jeaniweeny4242 4 ай бұрын

HI from Scotland great video I definitely would love spending time here .

@marje8249 4 ай бұрын

What a smashing place for a cuppa 🫖 and a browse . Thanks for showing us this 😊

@user-pp5qo7by9t 4 ай бұрын

Looks like my cup of tea.lots of interesting stuff too see.

@Jay-Leigh 4 ай бұрын

How lovely! These are the places we need to bring people together I adore this Sean. I’m surprised you didn’t leave with the green glass vase 😊 I think you’ll find some lovely little bargains in there for your little Welsh cottage and, some fascinating conversation. Thank you for sharing Sean ❤

@msjenjenp 4 ай бұрын

What a great place and the way they have put things together is lovely plus great food. I am sooooo jealous!

@debzhughes5270 4 ай бұрын

What a fab place I would have spent a fortune there I love little bits and pieces haven't got many at home though trying to be good take care x

@outfromtheshadows 4 ай бұрын

Imagine if things could talk, the stories they could tell? What a lovely little gem you’ve discovered there, Sean. ❤

@barbarafauver9843 4 ай бұрын

what a lovely place....i could spend all day here....I so enjoy your videos what a beautiful country you live in the scenery is so awesome....!

@mrsgab56gillianbates45 4 ай бұрын

There should be more places like this about much better than the normal charity shops brilliant idea

@skincarefan7742 4 ай бұрын

What a great place to visit it looks amazing. To have a mooch round looking for treasure and then have lunch or cake, what could be nicer. X

@GottaBeME2 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place! And the food looks fantastic!😊❤️💯

@louisesiberry6289 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place. While the food and surroundings are a delight the most important aspect of the tea room is the community hub. Without community society crumbles. Our generation became so focused on careers that we became estranged from community. Places like this are rebuilding the fabric of what makes a strong community and therefore strong people. People helping and caring about each other. Thanks for sharing.

@tinamcloughlin2710 4 ай бұрын

A great find Sean, perfect for you so glad you found it. x

@sarahstrong7174 4 ай бұрын

Nice visit. Thanks for taking me along. If you ever decide to do a 'going on holiday in Devon' episode I can reccomend some good visits.

@sharonhamilton2056 4 ай бұрын

Great place and great filming. Loved all the little detail shots. Diolch. Hyfryd i weld.

@saloneclapback371 4 ай бұрын

Just want to say thank you 🎉sean I’ve just visited and I love ❤️ love ❤️ love the tea room 🎉

@seanjamescameron 4 ай бұрын

Hope you mentioned this video.

@colleenmckinlay2916 4 ай бұрын

What an amazing tea room. I could definitely spend hours there. Wonderful ! Thanks for taking us there Sean. And you can even have a meal and cup of tea. My type of place.

@user-ks8wh5oz5p 4 ай бұрын

Lovely cafe/shop. As soon as you opened the door it looked inviting and cosy. A real asset to the community.

@LivingALife4Me 4 ай бұрын

Its lovely! Will have to visit one day

@M-LFC491 4 ай бұрын

I want to go to The Old School Tea Room! Seems like a lovely warm, welcoming place. And vintage rummaging to boot.

@homesteadlady3acrehomestead 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place. I wish we had something like that where I live.

@muddyboots2531 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful and the epitome of "coziness". Beautifully edited too. No you shouldn't have. 😝

@susanxa8158 4 ай бұрын

I would love to visit there. ❤ Shame I don't live closer.

@raiseyourworld5324 4 ай бұрын

Lovely idea and place :-)

@sandyhayden-bristow1382 4 ай бұрын

What a gorgeous wee shop and a beautiful community meeting place. Often we forget to value the times gone by, living in the past is not healthy but remembering precious moments from it is what gives the heart hope. Wonderful video.

@Leelee... 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful place.💖

@sweetfreedom999 4 ай бұрын

Oh wow...I want the blue and white pot, that is exactly what I'm looking for. 👌 What a great place to mooch on a rainy day. Pentra, here I come, love the valleys. Thanks Sean this was excellent. 👍 🌼

@annecrammond3965 4 ай бұрын

Oh what a lovely shop. I would love a good mooch around there ❤

@laytonjones2093 4 ай бұрын

Went there for the first time last week was in awe, the guys are so friendly and welcoming and thier eggs benedict is to die for

@elizabethduggan8793 4 ай бұрын

Hello Sean…… wow! What a wonderful place tearoom and a shop I would love that, I bet you will be a regular visitor …. Watch the old cake though! 😂. See you soon xx❤

@anniemac3075 4 ай бұрын

Great idea, I think pretty much whatever you want you'd probably find it there. So many tea sets, they were often given as wedding presents but then only used a handful of times on special occasions in someone's lifetime just taking up cupboard space for years. A neighbour's front room when I was a child was rarely used, it was full of posh stuff & kept for 'best' to impress visitors.

@carolvenables3970 4 ай бұрын

Thats my ideal of a place to have a cup of tea, and you know the ornamental fruit !!! I have one 😊 Thank you dear Sean ❤

@dinglehopperdaydreamer9882 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place x

@Anita-rq9ev 4 ай бұрын

This is a lovely place, so cosy. It's rare to find these days. I enjoyed this vlog. Thank you for taking us along 😊

@seanjamescameron 4 ай бұрын

Many thanks. Great fully appreciated.

@Anita-rq9ev 4 ай бұрын

@@seanjamescameron you are welcome 😊

@LeeJahn-ih9xu 3 ай бұрын

My kind of heaven ❤

@francisraffle2948 3 ай бұрын

What a lovely place for a mooch round and you might find what you've been looking for for ages and have a cuppa and a snack qlove frann xxx

@janecox4173 4 ай бұрын

You have some lovely places around you. Authentic and unique with a lovely community philosophy. Wonderful

@user-xn3ks1tl1f 4 ай бұрын

Hello again Sean. I particularly liked this video clip. It’s heartening to see a fondly remembered area put to another use just to keep things alive & going. If I lived nearby, I’d make it a point of going in and having a good look round and taking a nice coffee of course. You’re a teapot : I’m a coffee pot, but we share several thoughts & ideas in general. I always watch what you post - there’s NO Harry & MM, NO RF gossip running away with itself. A breath of good Welsh fresh air. Thankyou 💕💕💕

@leighwiseman8389 4 ай бұрын

Hi Sean, love this Tea room, could spend hours there looking through everything. Especially love the dresser with all the beautiful crockery in it. Full of little treasures. Cake and tea, what more could you want, X 😊

@lindahaynes3475 4 ай бұрын

I love Mr Benns shop.....seen so many things i wanted to buy , my kind of place .

@seniorbutterfly1934 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful video. The Tea room was such a delight!! How I wish we had something like that here. I could have looked all day. ☺️

@glynnisross7974 4 ай бұрын

What a shop of wonders and so welcoming. The more you delve into the local history you are finding such amazing places. The community are so friendly and you are lucky to have moved back to Wales. More please!

@maryfennell9672 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place! I could certainly spend hours there plus a nice cuppa tea and slice of cake!! You would never be lonely if you lived there. Wonderful!

@carolbarber7066 4 ай бұрын

What an amazing place! You are so lucky to have these treasures on your doorstep.

@beverleywolstenholme5131 4 ай бұрын

What gem to the community & fabulous place for a mooch.. Bootiful 🤗 ...

@patmillar961 4 ай бұрын

Plenty to look at while you drink your tea and enjoy your slice of cake Sean....very cosy 👍

@mums_homestead 4 ай бұрын

What a fabulous place, I must visit! I'm particularly intrigued by the corn beef pie...

@1971gladys 4 ай бұрын

What a beautiful community cafe. So heartwarming to hear the story of the chap with dementia…… In a world full of chaos, you seem to always find the calm. Btw…… we loved our short stay in Cardiff but time ran away with us so we didn’t have the opportunity to visit the very beautiful Rhondda Valley. I must say…… the Welsh people are so warm and welcoming. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@annetaylor5910 4 ай бұрын

Another great video, my granddaughter has recently moved to Treorchy and they love it, there is such a community spirit there, the way they talk about it makes me homesick for the Rhondda I left so many years ago. I bought your first book over twenty years ago at a Family History Fair for £10.99,and would love to have the follow up but can’t afford the price they are asking for it now. I think if they were reprinted they would sell like hot cakes, Family History is so big now people all over the world who have Welsh ancestry would snap them up. Have a great day😊🎉

@booksknitsthings 4 ай бұрын

Could you self publish Sean? Then you'd earn from it more than a big publisher might give

@rickyandtheothers5835 4 ай бұрын

Gorgeous video 😊

@victoriawallace647 4 ай бұрын

What a special place. 🩷

@seasideshell. 4 ай бұрын

Another great place for a mooch around. I would be in there all day, spending too much money! I saw a nice green vase to go in your bureau and a Rusty cat ornament. Did you get anything? Also excited because it's my first early view Patreon video. Thanks Sean 🫖🍰

@donnakirk215 4 ай бұрын

Hello, Sean. Always interested in what you’re investigating.

@munchkinheaven 4 ай бұрын

@seasideshell, me too

@judithmorganjudyteen 4 ай бұрын

WHat a brilliant place

@munchkinheaven 4 ай бұрын

Ooh Sean that ticking clock with the pendulum would be lovely in your sitting room, that’s if you like ticking clocks, which I do, always had one as a child and I could go to sleep anytime on the sofa to that sound, I now have one of my own 70 years later, still love the sound.

@munchkinheaven 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place, so clean and jolly, it would do wonders for anyone’s mental health, like the man said, one person with dementia saw things he remembered and started talking, I would def. make it a regular stop, but I think I would be tempted to buy too much stuff and then my home would look like the cafe🤣

@tedoneilclark4710 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting and delightful cafe. 😊

@JoHarmon-hg7wz 4 ай бұрын

What a fabulous place, would have to go quite often for a tea and look around. So many wonderful things to see.

@mikeadamson6696 4 ай бұрын

Hi Sean , so far I am getting the feel that your town/village has a more community spirit atmosphere than City life

@joannehutley5740 4 ай бұрын

The food looks really good. What a great place you can pick up a bargain, then get yourself a cup of tea and a slice of cake afterwards. The community hub is definitely something that is much needed nowadays. Thank you for showing us around.

@user-fs6ou3fk9p 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful community shop.

@catherineclark2949 4 ай бұрын

What a lovely place, so much to see. Our village school in Hoole, Chester has been turned into a community centre with a cafe and various activities

@whiterock9002 4 ай бұрын

I visited today as I’d planned a trip to Treorchy. Wonderful atmosphere in there. The gentleman was friendly and welcoming. Will definitely go back 👍

@seanjamescameron 4 ай бұрын

Hope you mentioned the video?

@whiterock9002 4 ай бұрын

I did 👍 🙂

@lyndaturner6686 4 ай бұрын

What a fantastic place, so rare to find such a wonderful community hub like that . I suspect the diet has gone a bit off piste 😂❤️

@seanjamescameron 4 ай бұрын

Supporting local business.

@mikeembe1261 4 ай бұрын

Yeh, sure ... pass me another slice please ... Diet ?

@kgals940 4 ай бұрын

Oh yes this is the place to visit. Everything. Thank You.

@paulawarwick1854 4 ай бұрын

❤ great vlog Sean really enjoyed it x

@user-ly2by8br2u 4 ай бұрын

And to add to my previous comments about this incredible place I have just googled it and got Waze up to see how far it is!! About 5 hours away from but well worth a visit, I must get myself booked in around the area to stay for a few days. Love love it 🥰

@femcymoedd535 4 ай бұрын

Contact me if you want to stay in the Rhondda. I have self-catering accommodation at the top of the valley. 😊

@user-ly2by8br2u 4 ай бұрын

@@femcymoedd535 thank you for that 😊

@stevendowden2579 4 ай бұрын

that was great sean

@susangoulding3159 4 ай бұрын

I would be in heaven in that place. What a find.worth a long drive to visit

@janesmith1398 4 ай бұрын

Lovely place for a visit and a cuppa tea. I'd never leave. Some of my relatives were from Bristol before they moved to Canada. Thanks for taking us along, Sean.

@whiterock9002 4 ай бұрын

I know where I’m going today 🙂

@annsmith1922 4 ай бұрын

Hope this inspires people to go and visit that lovely tea room and lovely staff👍🙏🏻🥰

@Onyxxxxx1 4 ай бұрын

What a wonderful place. So homely and full of treasures.

@kimberley1195 4 ай бұрын

What a great shop Sean I love it such treasures 😊

@carencassidy2359 4 ай бұрын

Oh how I love this place! What a wonderful atmosphere of pleasantry and community. As you were filming one of the things you showed is the exact same dessert silver spoon and fork set my mum and dad received as a wedding gift from my uncle which is so perfect as my family are Welsh. Thank you Sean for this video. It made my day!

@christinebrown2417 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the tea rooms,wished I was there x

@YolaWells 4 ай бұрын

Thankyou Sean loved being taken to the hub what a lovely place and I now would like a china teapot and cup as tea does taste nicer in a china cup

@margaretg7861 4 ай бұрын

That is a brilliant tearoom Sean..How lovely to have that near you . .That will be a regular stop I bet . .Gorgeous cakes too, I feel quite hungry now ..

@bigunone 4 ай бұрын

I was reading an article this morning about a hotel in a Welsh mine in Snowdonia, 1,400 feet down 5.5 hours to get there and no showers at the end and a brown bag dinner!

@Jane_and_Meg 4 ай бұрын

Hi Sean, what a wonderful place thank you for sharing! I loved hearing those stories! That cake you had did look yum, I would have picked that one too! Lovely that it is also a community hub such a brilliant but simple idea! I thought your choice of music fitted perfectly! Take care.