Merthyr Tydvill is quite a tough welsh town.

John Bateman was from my neighbourhood, Ely Cardiff, he was a very tough man but not a bully, if you didn't bother him he wouldn't bother you, he passed away a few years ago. Paul Woods was a scary bloke, heard a story about a time he had a fight in Tredegar and battered this bloke, they took the bloke to hospital in an ambulance and Woods followed in a taxi, when the ambulance arrived Woods attacked the bloke again and gave him another hiding, total headcase.

Mousy from Pontypridd drug dealer moved up to Merthyr but have since passed. Great stories mate

Lovely country wales people too brilliant viewing as always yammy ❤️👊

Yes Uncs, representing. Hope all's good , Bob and weave this weekend mate 😁 Peace ✌

yes uncle yam been waiting or this one respect to you brother

Brilliant yammy bro. Big up the Welsh troops..my mad old granda swore my surname was old French 🤣🤣have a perfect morning my bro👊✌️⭐️❤️

I knew Malcolm extremely well, his best mate was my Uncle Mike Mahoney, and they remained best mates all their lives, he was even the best Man at my Uncle's wedding we still have the film footage of the wedding with Malcolm sitting alongside my Uncle Mike. PS Although Malcolm was an extremely tough guy there were quite a few tough people in Merthyr, it's a very tough town.

@yammybtv

11 ай бұрын

💯💯

best wishes and love buddy🙏🙏

Brilliant thanks

Never knew you had a Welsh connection Yammy ,same as me born in Wales and a Leeds fan plus both ex-prison.Tradeger,s a place Yammy.Palace tomorrow Yams,no worries! 😁👍👍👍👍

@jasperabbott3962

Жыл бұрын

Never fallen out with a Welshman, most are down to earth and friendly. Might be the Celtic connection or the air but I've met some double handy ones too, a lot of them from the valleys

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Tredegar got some headers there tough town for small area plenty hardmen there. Woodsy and Mike yandle together put fear in people in Tredegar and other towns intimidating people but never go up against few men from there and surrounding towns. Colin James was the one back then hard as nails but gentleman never went looking for it.or wanted to get a reputation didn't go looking to fight other hardmen to see how good he is. He had nothing to prove to anyone but there mistake to try him. Also Wayne steed from Tredegar knocked them out .and Brynmawr back then was tough some top men from there even Bartley gorman came had fight with guy from Brynmawr. And guy he fought wasn't anywhere near as good as at least 4 of Brynmawr top guys who all respected eachother and never fought eachother gentleman like Colin from Tredegar. Probably why pricey never fought people like them as they not out giving it large .no reason to fight them. But Colin James and at least one of Brynmawr top men could been trouble for him

Done a bit of bird in Swansea nick, was expecting a bit of beef coming from England but met a lot of good lads down there.

Nice one uncle Ur looking well respect ya boi pete 👍👍🙏💯❤️💎

Watching this video at work hahaha 😝

Brilliant these Yammy

Evening Sam, some very hard welch guys around 🙏meet some nice people from Wales on my journeys always good to me,,, stay safe brother 🙏💚❤️👊👊👍💪

I heard a story once about a bad man from North Wales (my neck of the woods) who abducted a lad who owed him a lot of money, took him on a fishing boat at night, wrapped him up in barbed wire and threw him overboard alive to drown.

croeso i gymru , welcome to wales yammy, yea woodsy was a lunatic, a friend was supposed to fight him up on tredegar mountain long time ago, pricey was something else, diolch yn fawr

i've been with all of them over there..i know them well many years ago.. we used to watch black and white films in the metal shop cinema on saturdays

Looking well brother

Some hard men in Wales 👌

Good afternoon 👍❤

Yammy we need an in depth on the mind of victor gas and how he was in long lartin.

@davidlloyd1568

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting that

Yammy respect to you all the names you put up are Verified by people on here Good to see someone not making up names Keep strong👍

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that

Hello Yammy in the days I showed dogs I knew Mal Thomas from the valleys a well quoted bare knuckle fighter and genuine hard nut. Mal said Malcolm price was just made from something different altogether and absolutely granite. Mal said no one could touch him in a straight fight. I take his word as oak. Hope ur well mate.

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Your mate was right malcolm price in his prime was another level on the street. Seen him myself force of nature. Reason why certain hardmen from London kept from him .pricey traveled to England beat hardmen. Soon as so called best Seen pricey fight and pricey wanted bit of them they always upped the money .they had big London players to back them and put prize money to high fir pricey to raise they done it as didn't want see there top guys lose. Pricey would demolish lenny McLean and they knew it .reason why he said on Ruby wax show he beat best in Scotland and Ireland but never said wales I wonder why

@benjamin-ri2do

Жыл бұрын

​@@jonathanwhite4750 i been looking for you on here lost my phone your number been flat out on gearb

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Stay safe B🙏

@benjamin-ri2do

Жыл бұрын

Malcom could fight not the hardest in Wales oh Stephen Richards bit his nose of my mate was in long Latin sparky he bit my mates ear off bear I was there goggle it it was in merthyr Tydfil the zone fights every night

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

@@benjamin-ri2do ok mate malcolm price was the hardest in wales in his prime mate don't doubt thar, and Steve Richards bit pricey nose off yes but pricey was way past his prime Oldman and drunk , I know who Steve Richards is from Rhymney not a fighter a chancer on drugs who use weapons first, he wouldn't stand a chance with pricey in his prime, don't forget he wasn't just Oldman but also I'll man people younger with no respect all wanted a crack at a past it bard Oldman just to claim themselves a reputation, decent hardmen would left him alone knowing if they couldn't best him in his prime what respect they gain beating Oldman a ill man. Richards was off it and took advantage if any respectful hardman seen thar they would have beaten Richards. Not everything you hear is in a book or a forum people who post crap are ones he probably slapped and now he dead speak utter bullshit

Knew malcolm price and seen him not fight but destroy men more than once. Seen cardiff soul crew top boys 2 them years ago get torn apart in cardiff. He went looking for them after they came to merthyr kicked off during friendly game as pricey weren't there. I was in pub in canton at time think it was called the bass house them days and in walks pricey on his own. Found both them in there hiding from him as he shouted he been to there local.what happened next scared life out my mate and me .as he said anyone left in here next 10 seconds are having it .luckily I knew pricey said can I get my Mrs as she was scared hiding in toilet to scared come out .ok he said your safe but everyone else ain't. Soon we out of there you could hear him. Police didn't show up till he had gone lol

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

😂👊

@daveroberts6791

Жыл бұрын

Yammy. GREAT podcast. Great replies too from serious people who've obviously been over the wall. This idiots reply is 100% made up. If Malcolm Price had ever tore up The Exchange (Bass House) in Canton.... It would be folklore, I DID use to drink there. Its news to me. I suspect this clown is a Swansea City fool trying to score silly points using a dead mans name.

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I get what you mean Yammy 😜

Cymru 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Hey I'm half Welsh anall and speak Welsh sam us mongrels r best ❤️💯...tougher the land tougher the peeps sam😁

@davidlloyd2225

Жыл бұрын

Fancy coming wild camping in Wales bud😁😁

Blackwood south wales in the house uncle yam

@adamstockman5278

Жыл бұрын

snap 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@victoria180

9 ай бұрын

Not far from me lol

@jamiehemmings6019

9 ай бұрын

Small world hey 👋

Bloody hell yammy brings back memories 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

It's that Celtic blood mate, they're a hardy lot

my uncle was called john Bateman from Cardiff he was a heavy weight welsh champ and dida bit bkb in the 80's . story was hard men would say ill fight anyone but Bateman in the local pubs in Cardiff in the 70's 80's

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

👊

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Hardman Bateman well respected in valleys to

@adamstockman5278

10 ай бұрын

I work with a guy used to live Ely who knew Bateman and he said he was an absolute animal I'm a valleys boy myself

Check out Daz Liney. He was in the Paras with me. Absolute nails

👍👍👍😉

John Farrugia from Cardiff - hard man but top top man ( Gentleman )

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

💯👊💪

@danrobinson572

Жыл бұрын

@@yammybtv why was Gold Finger killed? And who would of done it?

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

Gentleman of the highest order John he was from the same street as me west close .

@danrobinson572

Жыл бұрын

@@tommyhassan3545 okay 👍

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

How’s it going malla

Archie Rowlands welsh hard hard man

If u have to use a shive sorry no in my eyes yammy

Pricey no1 from merthyr, , Bateman and ferugia from cardiff Dennis Davies, from Brynmawr. Colin James, from Tredegar Peter Morgan, from merthyr, John smith,from Cardiff David pearce from Newport, they were top guys . Paul Woods got his rep from rugby and being a part of a pair bullies from Tredegar yes both could have a scrap but nowhere near guys above woodsy in prime probably give few them bit of a scrap but not for long ,and both got knocked out one after the other by another local hardman in Tredegar and woodsy partner got demolished by pub landlord from Brynmawr who is great guy gentleman who hates bullying and only known to have a fight if there's no other option. Hardman who deserves respect called Kevin Jones ex rugby player who gives respect to everyone treated people how he likes to be treated and looked after everyone who drank in his pub.he the quiet man who few hardmen came unstuck with and others left alone. But best these days is probably chris edwards hard as nails and feared man in cardiff the Rhondda and valleys a nutter to

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

🙏❤️👌

Newport crew South Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@shaundavenport621

Жыл бұрын

Lived in England since 3 years old but was born in the Gwent hospital and lived on Stowe Hill.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍👍👍✊

Ahmed Adani was a man you couldn’t mess around with also Jeff Perry serious people them 2 .Johnny Bateman very hard man in his day well respected by everyone .John Farrugia great fella a good friend of mine .

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

@T Oshaughnessey yeah he was from Ely I liked him nice fella

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

@T Oshaughnessey I remember Norman Hobbs he was a fucking nutter I think he’s dead now I remember the custom house I was from that area

@jasperabbott3962

Жыл бұрын

Heard the name Johnny Bateman fir sure, the name was ringing bells back in the day!! Ever heard of Mark 'the Riot' Wyatt? Out of Splott in Cardiff

@tommyhassan3545

Жыл бұрын

@@jasperabbott3962 I got a mate called Paul wyatt from splot

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Bateman very hardman , and ferugia, very respected Bateman don't know much about ferugia heard of him, and John smith

Definitely yammy malcom was the governor

@jamsyevans1549

Жыл бұрын

Yes he was from merthyr

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 ❤

I remember Paul woods from my home town tredegar

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Yes Tredegar man, seen him few times , not very liked man a bully liberty taker, yes hardman but if another tough man wanted a go woodsy had Mike leigh yandle with him his partner in crime who was hardman in his own right, he killed a bloke if my memory is right ,they both were debt collectors beating people up who behind on their payments in front of the poor guys kids, they were cunts, but both had there karma, yandle got smashed to bits by landlord of Griffin in Brynmawr, both came in pub demanding money making threats over the landlord bro, and landlord offered settle debt one on one with either woodsy or yandle and yandle said him and my good mate went outside with the landlord to see fairplay incase woodsy got involved and woodsy knew my mate and was weary, and landlord Charlie is his name smashed yandle to bits in seconds debt cleared, ask anyone in Brynmawr loads witness it

@kimholland9316

10 ай бұрын

Woods was from Oakdale originally.

New to the channel enjoy your tales yammy what's the B stand for?

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@jasperabbott3962

Жыл бұрын

Badass 😜

Love Merthyr but guy from.Newport dave Preston baddest man u ever win chun

met malcom price in his later years he walked around with 2 german shepards neva seen him without them still looked the part wouldnt want a slap off him evan at that age

I can't read, I can't write......... but I can drive a tractorrrrrrr. Looòoool big up uncle

Baddest guy dave preston

Paul woods Mel bevan and Colin James was all real tough men in Tredegar around the same era

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Ok 👌 Andrew

Yammy do you remember a Welsh chap named Steve miller nick name Wolfe .or wolf man..he was nuts in long lartin

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

🤔

@gareth5494

Жыл бұрын

Mountain man if i got the right one

@darrenwebster8020

Жыл бұрын

@@gareth5494 that’s him mate lovely bloke I got on well with him

@davidspurway9192

Жыл бұрын

the man your referring to was called cave man from blaenrhondda in the rhondda..

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

David that’s it brother I forgot 👊

Hey man, just subscribed! Ever heard or done time with John knight? He done a 10 stretch, now doing an 18 stretch for the same thing. Coke. He’s my step brother . Peace man

@davidchristopher6313

Жыл бұрын

Did he live down Ammanford?

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

🤔

@lewistons523

Жыл бұрын

@@davidchristopher6313 that’s him mate yes

@davidchristopher6313

Жыл бұрын

@@lewistons523 my uncle was in Swansea with him he a good lad

Did you ever bump into any Swansea lads Yam ?

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌

Yes yam John farugia one tough guy still going in his sixties named hudani gone now John Bakeman still going. big up wales big up yammy. Jeff Perry dangerous guy

@Boss_Security

Жыл бұрын

Bateman passed away last year

@mikefromcardiffwales8247

Жыл бұрын

Wow didn't know that he wasn't that old

@Boss_Security

Жыл бұрын

@@mikefromcardiffwales8247 yes mucka very sad, he worked on the doors at the Bristol hotel for years For my father, wasn’t much trouble in there whilst he was on the door lol 😉

@mikefromcardiffwales8247

Жыл бұрын

The Bristol was the best night out ever mate,I was in every week with riverside boys

@Boss_Security

Жыл бұрын

@@mikefromcardiffwales8247 we’ve probably met Mike 👊🏽

south wales n the valleys has allways produced tough men boxers etc plus the tories ruined it threw closing the mines very cruel thing to do the knock on affect devistating so sad

I had a fight im merthyr firestatoin my uncle was harder them them all Stephen Morgan and Wayne Bennett he fought kirkland lang il send you there videos glyn willaams was a hard man ken Morgan peter Morgan hard man

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

💯❤️

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Stephen Morgan is your uncle, then have to ask was it you or Stephen son that got mugged beating up boys took his weed in place called Blaina, as boys who did it I know and they are scum who deserve good hiding

How about the Welsh krays lindsey and leighton frayne from Newbridge very dangerous

Alan Bateman was from maesteg, yammy he played rugby for Cardiff

My mate could beat Malcolm price yogi is his name yammy B he's 60 now also Stephen Richard's bit Malcolm's nose off Peter Morgan ken Morgan from mertyr could have a row IL give you all the valleys top ten from that era there's a certain man from tredegar who got banned from rugby league who's passed now woodsy and handle was a hard bastard who knows knows Wayne Bennett was a hard bastard I'd put my uncle Stephen Morgan up there I know all These people you are talking about yammy I respect from South Wales valleys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@benjaminblancopickett4902

Жыл бұрын

@@Usa12312Richards was a horrible bastard he's in a wheelchair now I hear where you from Robert

@benjaminblancopickett4902

Жыл бұрын

Also yammy B my uncle married a copper from tredegar who used to arrest woodsy from tredegar he broke my ex uncle leg his freind yandle has a sign on his door beware of the husband I live by all the valleys 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 boys

@johnevans5338

Жыл бұрын

Malcolm waz the man no one near him

@jonathanwhite4750

Жыл бұрын

Woodsy and Mike yandle were bully's together. Both got knocked out more than once by certain men on there own. Yes both Ken Morgan and definitely peter could have a row .peter Morgan up there with best but pricey in his prime unstoppable. Yes Stephen Richards bit pricey nose and got battered for it .trying to get name for himself trying it on with a ill and past it pricey. Pricey never got beat in his prime in the period of dominance he had and definitely not sober. Like Paul sykes people only want to have a go knowing he not same man

@purpleaki1277

Жыл бұрын

Even in his 60s someone had to whack malcolm with an axe to have a chance, pricey hands down the hardest

Brian hurle said your a con man and you got run out of prison 😆 he said your a compulsive lier

@beenthruthedark8447

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂 Brian hurle is a clown

@DAVE-J-B

Жыл бұрын

Hurle calling someone a liar, oh the irony..

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Lol but everyone verify my stuff lol 😂

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Forget the fragile John palmer just up dave lol

@darrenhems2291

Жыл бұрын

Who is this Brian Hurle.The fucking pest.

In the 80s and 90s Merthyr and the upper afan valley had a strong links through boys meeting in prison. Our top boys knew theirs and vice versa. Both valleys produced absolute lunatics and more than their fair share of hard bastrds. The only difference is nobody knows anything about the lads from the upper afan as it's a tiny valley in comparison to the Rhondda valley . Merthyr itself probably has the same amount of people as 3 of the afan's villages lol 😆. One guy called Darrell worrell or "steebo" to those that he knew and loved . That guy was made of iron . Was a cousin of mine but he died from heart attack. I saw him once get pepper sprayed and beaten for a few minutes by about 4 coppers. Only to end up battering the 4 pigs and taking two truncheons off them. They had to practically beg him to stop beating them up before letting him walking home 😆. They waited a few days for him to to calm down then went to his house mob handed to talk him into handing himself in . He got jumped in Swansea by bouncers and had one of them by their neck while swinging punches and dropping anyone who came close enough. Like yammy says the valleys just breeds this type of men . It's the reason it took the Romans so long to even get into Wales and even longer to partly subdue the Welsh I think lol. I know Britain has these type of men all over the island but that's just my little story and a name you've probably never heard of and will never hear of of apart from right here and now as I'm saying it.

@yammybtv

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯

Forget the rest Malcolm Price was the 👌 but there is a guy from the Rhondda called Neil Griffiths to this day Neil is still a very dangerous man look him up Lad.

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Ok 👌 B

@bricktop2785

Жыл бұрын

@@yammybtv harder than a coffin nail

@yammybtv

Жыл бұрын

Yep definitely brick 👊