Oh, sorry guys, I had a lady and she was looking for a red hat.

So I had to stop it, sorry.

Oh yeah, can you believe my last status?

I need somebody in there tomorrow to stop the security guard coming in.

And... I thought that was my car.

I'm holding scratches on it.

I was like, what the...

All the gaffer tape holding it together.

It's about right for me.

And just, you know, stopping from bothering us, like...

And letting us... To let us get on with our job.

You know.

Like I said, if they stop us from clearing it, then don't go charging me for not clearing it.

Because we're clearing it.

You can see that.

Chloe's done over 200 bags of stuff.

Free to people.

You know, like I said, I'd rather give it back to people for free.

But can you actually believe my last status?

And I mean, Abdo...

What does he think he's bought?

What does he think he's actually bought when he's bought the lease off the shop?

Well, he's bought the shop, you know, and obviously it comes with a lease and tenant.

What does he think he's bought?

Because we've decimated it.

Well, yeah, this is all my equipment.

This is all my stock.

Why would I leave it there for you?

You've bought a shop with four walls, which we've commissioned artwork on, which is very sought after.

Walls by Paul is very sought after, and he's very booked up as well.

You know.

And they're part of the Valleys Art Project as well.

You've bought a shop with four walls, a door and no lock because yours is broken.

We've still got your broken lock, so you'll have that back when we go.

Because obviously I have to pay for my locks.

I'll take it with me.

And carpet tiles.

What do you think you bought?

Unbelievable.

Can you see now why I have to go, guys?

Like I could have stayed there another year.

If it had been six months, I might have stuck it out.

But can you see why I've had to go?

Between the new landlord and the security guard, I've tolerated the security guard.

Not the guy who does the bins.

He's lovely.

He's lovely.

I've got a lot of time for Ian.

I've got a lot of time for Ian.

He's a lovely bloke.

Can you see why I had to go?

Because I could keep the other one at bay because I had to tell them to stop coming in the shop.

Not the bin guy.

He's good as gold, right?

Good as gold.

But can you see why I couldn't stay there any longer?

I mean, what does he think he's bought?

He's got an empty shop.

That's why you bought me.

It was an empty shop.

And now you need a tenant to go in your empty shop.

Because you upset this one.

I'm telling you, this shop came just at the right time for us.

It was a blooming god sound.

Because I've been so relaxed.

I've been sat up there eating my dinner.

And I've been able to swallow it.

And deal with the digestive issues and everything that I've got.

And the bowel issues I've got properly today.

Where I haven't been able to because I've had so much stress.

With Blackwood Shop.

Which, obviously, I've been keeping to myself.

Because we've got other things going on.

And websites and the rest of it.

And, you know, I've been keeping all of that to myself.

So just trying to deal with it.

Hoping that we would get what we wanted on the high street.

And could just say, right, we're off-ski now, try.

Unfortunately, they're still holding on to their ridiculous prices on the high street.

But for how much longer?

I don't know.

Because people need to wake up.

Like, you know, Coney Island are gone.

Because, you know, think of electric charges.

They must have.

And people haven't got the money.

If you've got four or five kids.

And you've taken them down to Coney Island for the day.

How much is the ice cream?

Because they've got extra charges on the electric.

They keep the ice cream cold.

But, you know, then you don't...

Then you need...

You know, even if you take a picnic.

You've still got to buy the food.

Which is expensive.

You know.

You've got to make sure you've got your suntan lotion.

That's like ten pound a bottle now.

Well, you know.

I mean, I had a mother that came into me.

Wasn't this Blackwood Fair?

It was the last one.

Last year.

And she came into me.

And she said, I've just spent £35 on hook-a-dack.

For a fake pepper pig.

Big one.

But fake.

On hook-a-dack.

I was like, hook-a-dack?

35 quid?

Bloody hell.

You could have bought a bloody black clam for that.

And she was like, yeah.

And you've got one in your window.

A big massive one.

A real one for £15.

And I was like, well it would have been £7.50.

Because we were on a half price.

You know, you can't...

You know, and that's one child, isn't it?

You know?

But you can't blame them because their overheads are gone.

Perhaps they've got an idiot landlord charging them ridiculous rents.

You see?

You can't blame the fairs for spending that money.

Because perhaps they've got to pay more money.

You know, I don't know how it works with the fairs.

Because they have...

They have 100 year leases, don't they?

The fairs.

With councils and stuff.

So I don't know how that works.

You know, whether they pay a set amount or a percentage of the amount that they take in.

I don't know.

I don't know how it works, guys.

I've got a lot of people interested in the chair.

We've got the charger.

My dad's looking for the foot plates but we don't know if we've got them.

But I've had a lot of interest in it.

But yeah, like, what does he think he bought?

You've decimated it.

Well, what do you think you bought?

You bought four walls, a door with a broken lock.

And carpet tiles, mate.

What were you expecting to come home to?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I can't tolerate them when they're like that.

See, I can't.

So it's easier for me to have gone.

Like, I've had such a relaxing day by here.

The workmen have been working, bashing and banging.

And they've had their music on full blast.

And I've still had a lovely day by here.

Have a lovely day when I go to Pontypool.

You know.

My landlord's only down the road by there.

I need to say, I've got to come in because I've got to take pictures of this.

Because they've got a lot of building work to do.

You know, to restore the buildings.

And that's a... that isn't an original landlord.

That landlord bought the shop from the other one.

So, you know, we're used to having landlords buy out other landlords.

You know, we are used to it.

And transitioning across.

I need to say, you know, because otherwise they've got to give 24 hours notice.

Where you might just need to send the builder a picture or something.

You know, or his business partner a picture or something quick.

So I'm like, yeah, just come in and take a picture of it.

You know.

And I've said to the girls, just let him in.

You don't need 24 hours notice, let him in.

Just in case he's going to do something.

And...

See, this one...

He wanted to come and see the shop.

To see if they could split it into three.

And I said, well, I won't be there.

And he still turned up and then grilled the volunteers on staff.

And I was like, well, I did tell you I wouldn't be there.

And you didn't give 24 hours notice.

And there's no point saying to me, well, you weren't there.

Because I told you I wouldn't be there.

You didn't give me enough time to be there.

I've got to go on the table, guys.

Sorry.

I'm probably going to have a break now.

It's still hot.

I've just been doing bits all day.

I don't know about anybody else.

Just do a little bit.

And then...

A little bit more women.

I've got one large box to get out of the car.

I don't know if I'm going to manage that.

I've got to sit down now.

My knee's hurting.

But yes, it's nearly empty.

So I could do with a volunteer because I really need Chloe tomorrow.

Because she's a good sorter and an organiser.

The bulk of it is gone.

We just need somebody up there to sit there, mind the shop and say, take what you like.

That's all we need.

If you've got any problems, ring me and I will check him out.

You know, but straight away.

Look, we knew, see, we knew they were going to try and obstruct us.

Anybody think, like, if I was that much of a problem, you'd think they'd be glad to see the back of me and let me go, wouldn't they?

It's ridiculous, isn't it?

But I have no idea what he thinks he's bought.

You've decimated it.

Well, that's what you add when you've started.

You better look at the pictures, mate.

Not the pictures of all my stuff in the shop.

Unreal, isn't it?

Like I said, you've been getting on my nerves for a while.

So when the shop come up, I was like, I'm off.

You know, it would have been nice to have just transitioned down onto the high street because we could have just borrowed some trolleys off Iceland because they left for some the other Sunday.

Just to wheel the books in and things, you know, because they're heavy and they're to carry and the records are heavy to carry.

But we could have just wheeled it down and then put the trolleys back in it.

But it hadn't worked out that way.

So we'll wait because what I don't want to do is make a wrong decision again.

You know, I should have pulled out of that one with Blackwood when I went in and they said, oh, no, you can't put nothing out the front.

I said, you know, because we had authorization to do it and the council authorized us.

That's when he started when the security guard started to be arty.

That's when I should have pulled out then.

But it was already committed to it then.

We'd already moved in.

The staff moved in within two days, remember?

And I was like, we've got to move it all back out if I'm not happy.

You know, I was just like, oh, let's just leave it here.

But if we have another one like that now.

Right, because the most expensive stuff now is down in Caerphilly, which has got the most footfall.

So it makes sense now to have the most expensive stuff in Caerphilly because that town has the most footfall.

It'd be no good if we went to Bargard and put like 50 pound, 60 pound items in Bargard, would it?

You know, you might sell one in a blue moon, but you haven't got the footfall there, have you?

So,

yeah.

So the next shop would be a cheap, you know, be a cheap one.

Like, you know, and like we, however, at Landlord Risco, no problem at all, you know?

No problem at all there.

So what can we say in there?

What can I say?

I'm happy.

That's the main thing, isn't it, guys?

I'm happy.

I've got room for a pony out the back, like Mrs. Bucket.

And I'm happy.

Thank you to everybody who's coming today.

It was very hot today and I think tomorrow's hot.

I think the guys are going to try and get some stuff dealt with in the morning.

I think Chloe and Dan are going to hit Pontypool to help them shift some furniture that was taken over from Blackwood in the van when it's cool, you know, in the morning, first thing.

And then I think they're going to swing by Risco, open up Risco.

But I have got a couple of jobs for Dan to do here.

I've got a glass cabinet.

It's got to be put together.

He said, please, please, please don't take those Ikea glass cabinets apart because they're too difficult to get back together and they never go back as good as they originally are.

You know, all of these ones that we got, if we ever got one of them for us, don't take it apart.

He said it because they're a nightmare to get back together.

I've got to try and find the roller shutter keys.

They're all in a box.

We've got all our keys in one box, you know, so I just got to find the roller shutter keys for Blackwood to hand those back over.

There's a big dresser up there.

I wanted that on Risco, but we run out of time with a van and we run out of strength with a van.

So that's free.

It's a bootiful dresser.

That is all cut glass.

That's free.

I'm not too worried about that because we can hand the keys over and say to the security guard, if somebody wants that for free, just let them take it.

See if they have a charity shop want it tomorrow or no.

But they've already got cabinets and stuff, so they might say no.

It's a shame because it's lovely and sweet.

And they've got glass cabinets down the bottom as well.

It's really nice.

I'm dizzy now as well.

Anybody else dizzy today?

I've eaten a lot healthier today and I've had a lot less sugar because I've been living off bags of sugar because I haven't been well, see.

You know, it's been quite stressful for me.

And I couldn't swallow anything properly.

Better at swallowing since I had the camera, so maybe they moved something when I had the camera.

You know, and they've taken four biopsies.

But when I had the camera down the stomach before and they took eight biopsies, this was a year, maybe two, maybe even three years ago.

I think it was, I don't know, maybe even three years ago now.

I felt better when they took the biopsies then as well.

So I've got to go back in now for the butt one.

But I'm going to be sedated.

I can't be bothered no more.

I need to be knocked out.

And then I spend the rest of the day harassing my mother.

Go up there.

Spend the rest of the day harassing my mother.

Oh gosh, tired.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.

So everybody take it easy tomorrow.

Volunteers take it easy.

Like they'll go in in the morning because Pontypool would be quite cool.

Shift some of the big furniture away from the doorway.

So that you can get through Pontypool better.

And then what I'd say to staff is don't go doing loads of stuff.

Just sit down, do pricing.

Get your fans on and just sit there.

Because there's a lot of kitchens, isn't there, that have said they're not cooking food tomorrow because of the heat.

So a lot of places not cooking food.

I know there's a weather warning coming out, but I don't know what it's going to be.

So yeah, just take it easy guys.

If you need to come in the shops to have a cool down and have a drink.

Just come in.

Oh, so Caerphilly will be open.

Risk a roux.

Not sure what time on the roux.

And Pontypool will be open normal time.

We're sort of edging around half past nine, ten o'clock now in the mornings.

Because we've had so much to do.

So we're not really turning up till about that time.

By the time we all get sorted and what have you.

And then Blackwood will be open last time tomorrow to try and get rid of the rest of it.

Anything that's left, if we've got a volunteer there, anything that's left.

Can you bag it up and take it to a charity shop or chuck it in your car and then bring it to ours?

Because the stock that was left, we didn't have room for.

But if there's literally like five black bags left, we can take that.

Easy, can't we?

You know, we'll get through that in a weekend.

Like five black bags, won't we?

But we needed to break that stock down because we had nowhere to put it.

Yeah, but what does Abdo think he bought?

Cheeky bagger, mind.

Cheeky bagger.

Well, good luck to whoever goes in there because you've seen how they've dealt with us and the problems that we've had.

And, you know, they'll either stay empty, I think, forever in a day or it'll be barbershop, barbershop, barbershop.

Because he wants to split it into three shops, which he can do that.

That's not a problem.

You know, it used to be three shops.

They have been split before.

I don't think I'd ever have another shop in a locked area that's managed by somebody else as well, because I can't get 24 hours access and then you've got this micromanaging all the time.

Like Cumbran, I would never go in Cumbran town now, especially remember when that guy, the one who set fire to his bag in Pontypool Ice Street that morning that I've videoed, you know.

Remember he smashed all those windows and the security team did nothing.

They just let him do it.

And he was like, you could have stopped him.

You could have gone out there and started talking to him and not actually intervene, but talk to him and maybe he would have stopped breaking windows.

He might have only broke two or three, but to break 35 windows or whatever it was, they must have just sat there laughing on the camera, you know.

And then all the businesses had to claim that on their insurance or pay for it themselves.

What are you paying nearly two grand a month for?

For them to manage your shopping in Cumbran?

You know, I think they could have just let us go quietly in Blackwood.

We could have just gone quietly in Blackwood.

We shifted it all on that Saturday, you know, on that Sunday, sorry.

Every time we've gone up there, we've taken a carload of stuff, you know, because we can work a carload of stuff a day.

Or we could have just gone quietly, you know, not to interfere.

Not to interfere, but that's OK, because it's all in black and white.

It's all on emails.

The cameras are the last things to come down.

It's all on video camera.

And, you know, if somebody tries to drop us a huge bill now, we can say nope.

Nope.

Because we've done exactly what we said we would do.

And we've left it in the state that it was left in.

And we were given permission to put up the murals.

And the previous landlord actually paid for them because he liked them so much.

He actually reimburses for them.

I'm sure I put a post up at the time.

But he wanted to be anonymous.

We had no trouble with him at all, you know.

But the other one, you know, the other one in the tie.

We had to say, right, stop coming in the shop now and bothering the staff.

Because he was putting off the volunteers.

You don't need to come in now.

Just, if you need me, ring me.

If you've got my number, ring me.

If there's a problem, I will speak to the volunteers.

But he's in there all the time now.

But if you look, he's in the other shops all the time.

So they have had a few problems.

I think Chloe's had a few funny looks.

And Peacock's girls came over and mouthed off Sammy.

And I think she sent them packing.

I don't think they realised she worked for us.

And then he came and said, do you work here?

And she was like, yes.

So she was, you know, she was ready to handle them like when they come in.

But I mean, Peacock's have had a cease and desist.

And they're still bothering us.

I'd be glad to be gone from there, I think.

And like, they should be careful what they're doing.

Because, you know, they're only just out of the red and in the black Peacock's.

And that's only because another company have stepped in and helped them.

You know, it's not looking too good.

Your sales are not looking too good.

Because I check everything.

I go on the FTSE every day to see who's doing more.

You know, I look at what's the shares and the stocks and everything's going up and down.

So the little school is on the end, right?

There's a little school on the end which is a council school.

They're staying now.

They were going to go apparently.

They were going to shut down.

But there's a little school on the end.

So I was talking to her today.

So...

So that was good.

We might do...

We might do the garden waste from here.

We might burn it.

It'll be in a burning bin and we'll announce it so that you know where.

And we'll probably do it in the evening.

And I'll sit there with my fire extinguisher.

Just so, you know, just because of the heat it's like.

But we'll probably video it as well.

Just because it's easier than trying to transport it all to the tip or whatever.

And then we've got to pay extra when we get to the tip.

So...

But we'll let you know because there's obviously houses behind us.

But it'll be done in a burning bin.

We know what we're doing.

We're not pyromaniacs.

If I could take those through now.

They can go to Pontypool but I don't think I'm going to have the strength to get a cabinet to my car today with this heat.

So Saturday this will be open now.

Because obviously we haven't got blackwood now.

So we'll open this Saturday.

And we'll open Pontypool Saturday.

Instead of blackwood.

She hasn't got that much there now.

If you look at the pictures there isn't that much there.

So whatever happens tomorrow we can clear it.

Even if we just chuck it in the back of a boot.

And just drive off of it now.

Or take it to another charity shop or whatever.

We've got room.

We've got room.

I know you know what I'm like.

I get my money's worth out of these spaces.

We've got room in other spaces for it.

But we didn't with what was there in the beginning.

But I'm so glad that everybody's had loads.

It's all going to get reused now.

Rather than recycled.

Because obviously there's a carbon footprint to actually recycling.

So if I put all the books in and recycle them.

There's a carbon footprint to actually recycling the items as well.

So by somebody taking books and records and stuff that we couldn't carry.

There was food bank tins there.

That had got dented or whatever when we moved in.

There was some homeless guy come in I think.

And then Sammy gave them to him.

But yeah, Peacock's Girls came in.

We've got it all on CCTV.

Because we left the CCTV up until last.

Dan's transferring it to one of the other shops today.

And they came in and they were like.

She's left it all like this.

And that was like two days ago.

Maybe even three.

And we were like.

We haven't left.

We haven't handed over the key.

You're still on a cease and desist.

We're your behaviour.

Because the early manager had to go out and speak to him.

So I'd rather you guys know the truth.

Than not know the truth.

We didn't have any problems with anybody else up there.

Other than Peacock's.

And the security.

And this new landlord.

But I'd rather you guys know the truth.

Because one of you guys might want to get a shop up there.

No one knew to be lulled into a false sense of security.

Like we were.

Oh, I've got to get my stool set.

Oh, I've got to get the wheelchair in.

I'd never be good at holding it in it.

Crashed into a railing zone there.

Straight over there.

I was like, I don't know.

So yeah.

And then I got one big box.

But it's cooling off a bit now.

There's a breeze.

And then I might go and get myself one of the Turkish Delight ice creams.

Because I've been healthy today and I've had no bags of sugar.

Actual sugar.

Because I've been living on sugars and spoons.

And sugar cubes.

Like red rum.

So I've kept right down on my sugar today.

Which is good.

And I feel alright.

I don't feel like I've crashed or anything like that.

So that's good.

I just add one of those pancake things now.

Because they're a bit carby in there.

And a bit sweet.

But that's what I try and do now.

Works better for me.

Rather than eating a big meal.

I just...

Eat small and often now.

Better for me.

Right there guys.

Come and eat this.

Wish dad hadn't sorted my pool.

I could have gone home and jumped in the pool.

But there we are.

Right.

Have a nice evening guys.

We'll see you all tomorrow.

