Tylorstown Welfare Hall is still adorned with red banners and the Football Association of Wales' iconic red dragon crest, from when Rhondda boy Rob Page returned to his hometown to announce the Cymru squad for the World Cup. In November, thousands of Welsh fans travelled to Qatar, and the world heard them in full song, whether it was Yma o Hyd or Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
But this reputation for song didn't appear out of thin air, and the traditions behind it are alive and well - perhaps nowhere more than in the Rhondda Valley, where the choristers of Pendyrus Male Choir are keeping an institution going.
The choir rehearses in the Welfare Hall, and is fast approaching its 100th anniversary in 2024. In a century of its history, the choir has travelled to the Kremlin and the White House, performed on the pitch before rugby internationals and at celebrations for the Royal Family - and several of those who remember it are still regular performers.
