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Steph shares her good news with the Coal House families
Stephanie Phillips, the mum of six who took part on 91Èȱ¬ Wales' hugely
successful Coal House series, has announced that she is expecting a baby.
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Steph, 40, from Cowbridge, who is married to carpenter Richie, has been
told that the couple's baby, their third child together, is due early in
June next year.
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"I had a vague idea that I might be pregnant before I went into Coal House,
but I wasn't sure so I thought I'd wait until we came out before telling
Richie and the children," said Steph.
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She is mum to Jade (16), Ryan (14),
Daniel (8), Rhodri (2) and Gwennan (1) and step-mum to Richie's
daughter Katie (8). Ìý
"I didn't want everyone fussing over me and I didn't want anyone worrying,
because there wasn't any point in that – and then as time went on I sort of
forgot about it," she says.
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"Although I didn't have any morning sickness, I was really tired during
those early weeks of the pregnancy in Coal House, but I know that I would
have been tired anyway."
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Steph was delighted to share her good news with the other Coal House
families when they were reunited at Stack Square for the first time this
week to film Coal House At Christmas.
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The Christmas special will be shown tonight (Friday 21 December) on 91Èȱ¬ One Wales at 9pm and on Christmas Day on 91Èȱ¬ Two Wales and
91Èȱ¬ 2W at 10.15am.
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For the one-off special, the three Coal House families – the Phillips,
Griffiths and Cartwrights – gathered to sing carols around a Christmas tree
at Stack Square.
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The programme will feature highlights from the series as
well as previously unseen footage from the families' time living in 1927.
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"When we were filming for Coal House At Christmas, everyone had suggestions
for a name – the children all said I ought to call the baby Scarlet in
honour of one the Coal House chickens and Cerdin suggested that Cerdin
would be a nice name," says Stephanie.
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Fans of the series will remember Stephanie's emotional adjustment to
1927 life, when the three families taking part had to live for four weeks
cram-packed into tiny mining cottages in Stack Square, Blaenavon with no
heating, electricity or running water.
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Coal House At Christmas, Friday 21 December 2007,
91Èȱ¬ One Wales, 9pm; repeated, Christmas Day, 91Èȱ¬ Two Wales/2W, 10.15am
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91Èȱ¬ Wales Press Office
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