The following events will be happening at your Hirwaun Library
Friday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th, 1.30pm at 2.30pm Pre-school Mother and Toddler Toy Library
November 25th 2008 Hirwaun Reading Group 2pm at 3.30pm.
Tthis month’s chosen book is “Footprints in the Sand” by Sarah Challis.
Haven’t read the book, no problem come along and listen to what the [...]...
Enjoy a Refreshing Early Swim at your local Aberdare Swimming Pool.
Swimmers who like to make an early start to their day can head for Aberdare Pool, where Early Bird swimming sessions are now available. The sessions are every weekday from 6.30am-9am and cost £2.25 for adults, with discounts available.
Little Dippers swimming sessions for parents and babies are also being held on Mondays from 5pm-6pm and Fridays from 11.45am to 12.45pm.
Health suite opening times at the pool are now :
Monday: Female only 9.30am-3.45pm; male only 4pm-9.30pm
Tuesday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Wednesday: Female 9.30am-3.45pm; male 4pm-9.30pm
Thursday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Friday: Mixed 9.30am-2.45pm; male 2.45pm-9.30pm
Saturday: Mixed 9.30am-3.45pm
Sunday: Male 8am-1pm
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Penywaun Tang Soo Do students will be competing on home ground for the first time ever on September 6th 2008.
Come and cheer us on at the Michael Sobell Sports Centre, The Ynys, Aberdare on September 6th 9am -1pm.
This will be Round 3 of 4 of The International Tang Soo Do Federation Champions League series [...]...
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An application has been made to R.C.T. Council to register the whole of the Gloucesters and Ironworks Site as a Village Green.
Village Green status would protect the site so that Hirwaun residents could continue to use the area for recreational and leisure purposes.
In order to meet the criteria for Village Green/Common registration it must be [...]...
A ‘Green Weekend’ of Crafts Events at Fedw Hir Eco Centre, Llwydcoed proved a big hit with the whole family.
A range of craft activitives and displays were on show to suit all ages and interests from stick making, pottery making, wood carving, hedge laying, dry stone walling, willow weaving, and wooden toy making.
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A Weekend of Green Crafts Events at Fedw Hir Eco Centre, Llwydcoed proved a big hit with the whole family.
A range of craft activitives and displays were on show to suit all ages and interests from stick making, pottery making, wood carving, hedge laying, dry stone walling, willow weaving, and wooden toy making.
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A new plan aimed at making the best of Rhondda Cynon Taf’s stunning countryside and open spaces has been launched.
Out and About - The Rights Of Way Improvement Plan for Rhondda Cynon Taf - sets out the Council’s rights of way and countryside access strategy for the next 10 years and includes an action plan [...]...
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council have confirmed that around 100 trees are to be cut down in Aberdare Park… “for safety reasons”.
According to RCT Council, the elderly Leylandii conifers have been shedding branches across busy Cemetery Road, adjacent to the park.
They will be replaced later this year with a mixture of trees which will have brightly-coloured spring flowers, summer berries and vibrant shades in the autumn. These trees will attract wildlife and enhance the overall landscape of the park.
Staff from Rhondda Cynon Taf Parks division will begin removing the conifers in early......
Aberdare Blog started as an experiment in communicating views of Aberdare and views from Aberdare. It remains an experiment in communication open to participation. Jane from Mountain Ash blogged the lead story on the Mountain Ash Opencast plans this week. Why not blog your own story from Aberdare today ?
Here is a list of the Top 100 tags used to describe posts on Aberdare Blog… if we haven’t blogged on a subject close to your heart, you can fix that yourself. If you prefer to blog a story with photos or video, that’ll do nicely thank you, send them today.
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The official opening of local public house Cardiff Arms Hotel gets closer.
New owners Julian and Annie Barfield acquired the Cardiff Arms in August 2007. They have managed the renovation of the Cardiff Arms during the past few months. It was a mammoth task. “We had no option other than to start [...]...
Children with disabilities in Rhondda Cynon Taf will have more opportunities to play sport this year in new football, swimming and badminton schemes, according to Rhondda Cynon Taf Council.
A new swimming initiative for children with mild learning disabilities will start in Aberdare next month. The 10-week block of disability swimming lessons begins at 4pm on Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in Aberdare Pool.
If you would like an application form to enable your child to take part in the lessons, please contact Rhondda Cynon Taf’s Disability Sport Wales Development Officer, Shelley Coster, on 01443 490242
Aberdare Badminton Club is holding an open day for people with disabilities at Aberdare Leisure Centre on Saturday, February 16, from 10am-midday.
The club will open its doors to anyone over...
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Want to get out and get more active in 2008? Then come along to Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare, on Wednesday, January 23, where there will be guided cycle rides and walks for all ages and abilities - with bikes provided free of charge - from 10am-1pm.
Activities lined up include:
· A guided bike ride to Cwmaman along the old tramway - six and a half miles there and back along the flat - which will take up to an hour and a half.
· Short bike rides around the lake, with people on hand to help those who haven’t been on a bike for some time and would like to try again. Go around once, or as many times as you like.
· A walk of about a mile and a half around the park with an experienced ranger who can tell you all about the history and natural features in the park. This will take...
Mid Wales Opera make a welcome return to the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare when they perform Puccini’s La Bohème on Wednesday 7 November at 7.30pm.
La Bohème is one of Puccini’s most romantic and popular operas. Containing several of opera’s best-known arias and duets, La Bohème’s ravishingly beautiful music and the composer’s unique dramatic flair, combine brilliantly to portray the passions and laughter of the young bohemians in the story. Few other operas have its capacity to engage the audiences’ emotions so powerfully as the action swiftly and seamlessly flows from boisterous gaiety to heart-rending tragedy.
Set in Paris in 1830, La Bohème follows the lives and loves of a group of Bohemians residing in the Latin Quarter. Rodolfo, a poet living an impoverished life, meets...
A series of fascinating history courses covering almost a thousand years of Welsh life, are coming to Aberdare this month.
Organised by Cardiff University’s Centre for Lifelong Learning, three courses will take place over a series of six weekly meetings at Cynon Valley Museum and Gallery in Aberdare. The courses are open to all and will be held every Saturday from 10am to 1pm and members of the public are asked to enroll without delay because spaces are limited.
The courses can be used to gain credits towards formal qualifications such as a Foundation Certificate of Higher Education and can be used to progress onto a full-time or part-time degree schemes irrespective of previous academic qualifications.
The first course, called Medieval South Wales, will begin on October 27th with...
At the annual Crafty Break at the Gorwelion Guide Centre Trefoil Guild members enjoyed many crafts. Amongst the members from all over Wales was an ex-Penderyn lady - Mrs. Eileen Short (now living in Mid Wales).
Lovespoon making under the instructions of Arthur from Cardiff was really popular (the wood chippings covering the floor was proof of this!).
Salt dough scuptures, delicate bead work, Christmas card making and decoration for Christmas trees, etc.
Barbara Howarth (organiser) and her small team must be congratulated for the success of these Crafty Breaks.
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Fancy yourself as the next KT Tunstall or James Taylor? If you are a singer/songwriter aged 16 and over and want to develop your skills, why not join a weekend Songwriting Masterclass at Dare Valley Country Park, Aberdare, on Saturday and Sunday October 13 and 14.
The masterclass will be led by Pontypridd-based singer/songwriter Amy Wadge from 9.30am-4.30pm each day. The weekend costs £75, which also includes a ticket to see Gretchen Peters at the Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare, on October 12 and Buddy Mondlock at the Park and Dare Theatre, Treorchy, on October 15.
Amy Wadge, who wrote her first song at the age of nine and landed her first record deal aged just 14, said: “I’m really looking forward to the workshop, which will be very informal. I’m trying to activate people...
The hilarious Welsh misery Rhod Gilbert returns to The Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd with his brand new show Who’s Eaten Gilbert’s Grape? on Friday 26 October at 8.00pm as part of the It’s No Joke comedy season.
Rhod Gilbert started stand up in early 2002. In his first eighteen months, he was the only person in the UK to reach the finals of every major new talent competition in the country, winning an unprecedented four awards, including the most prestigious ‘BBC New Comedy Awards’. He has now emerged as one of the most promising and exciting talents on the UK and international comedy scene.
After being singled out as “One to watch” in 2005, Rhod went on to scoop the ‘Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act’ and then made a huge splash at the Edinburgh...
St Catherine’s Church in Pontypridd will echo this weekend to sounds inspired by the town’s historic railway line to Barry.”Tirwedd Soniarus”, a sonic installation created by artist Abby Sohn, can be experienced at the church in Gelliwastad Road on Saturday, September 22.
The work is the result of Sohn’s research into the industrial remains of the disused railway line from Trehafod to Barry Pier.
“I located the stations and signal boxes along the route using historical railway atlases and Ordinance Survey maps. The musical composition includes samples from interviews, railway signal bells and bell ringing. Chords and melodic phrases were formulated by relating these locations to the notes of the eight bells of St Catherine’s Church,” said...
Aberdare Under 12s Rugby team triumphed today at the Aberdare Rugby Mini Tournament, held at Michael Sobell’s Sports Centre.
Aberdare beat Newport, Mountain Ash and Treharris teams and faced a decider match against opponents Bargoed who also won all their matches.
In a tough final game, Aberdare drew against Bargoed, and won the tournament for scoring the most......
The life of an inspirational writer who bought the countryside and scenes of Rhondda Cynon Taf to life has been celebrated at the annual Cordell Literary Festival.
RCT was one of six south Wales councils that worked together to organise the event, which is held every year to mark the achievements and contribution of Alexander Cordell.
It is 10 years since the famous author died, but his memories live on in his writings, tourism trails across the countryside featured in his novels and, of course, the festivals.
Song of the Earth, one of Sri Lankan-born Cordell’s novels, is partly set in Aberdare while This Sweet and Bitter Earth featured Tonypandy, Tylorstown and Pontypridd.
This year’s festival saw visitors bask in the sunshine while enjoying Tredegar Town Band, Kids r Us, Dawson...
Beautiful blooms, perfect parsnips and smashing spuds will all be on display when the Rhondda Cynon Taf County show gets underway on Saturday, 1st and Sunday, 2nd September.
Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Aberdare, is this year’s venue for a weekend of fabulous food and entertainment. People can come and display their prize flowers, vegetables, photos, foods and wine – or they can just turn up and enjoy viewing the goods on display.
There are prizes to be won in a wide range of categories including open veg (runner beans, shallots, peas, etc), open flower (gladioli, buttonholes, pot plant etc), roses, chrysanthemums, dahlia, floral art, open culinary (wimberry pie, jams, cakes, chutney etc), home-made wine, handicraft, parchment, woodwork, art, bobbin lace and photography.
There are...
Ladies from Powys and Brecknock Women’s Institute showed visitors to the Brecon Agricultural Show how to make traditional Welsh Cakes.
Lyn and John Fowler visiting Wales from Victoria, Australia were given a step-by-step demonstration in Welsh cooking by the WI.
Lyn and John were staying in Aberdare and were accompanied to the Brecon Show by their pen friend Joan Rees from Rhydywaun who took these wonderful photographs …...
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A unique “Walk to Worship” service will take place at 12.30pm on Saturday 28th July on top of the Brecon Beacons highest mountain, Pen y Fan, celebrating precious landscape and rural life.
Organised by the Parish of Cantref, ‘The Cantref Walk to Worship’ will be led by the Venerable Randolph Thomas, Archdeacon of Brecon, to commemorate the life and work of the hill farmers, Brecon Beacons National Park’s 50th Anniversary, the National Trust, the Army, Brecon Mountain Rescue and the many visitors who love and visit the National Park.
The service is set to attract hundreds of visitors and walking enthusiasts from all over Wales, where it is hoped that the collection will raise much needed funds for Cantref Church, Brecon Mountain Rescue and the National Trust’s vital work...
“MY LAND’S SHORE” - the musical Wales has been waiting for
Music by Christopher J. Orton
Book & Lyrics by Robert Gould & Christopher J. Orton
In the aftermath of the Merthyr Rising of 1831, Richard Lewis (aka Dic Penderyn), an ordinary man of conviction and integrity carried along by the wheels of history in extraordinary times, became the first martyr of the Welsh working class. Now he becomes the central character in a new musical with a beautiful and powerful score by Christopher J. Orton (composer of the critically acclaimed 2006 concept album musical “Dracula”, starring “Les Miserables” veteran Michael McCarthy).
From August 3 to 5, 2007, “My Land’s Shore”, a new dramatically driven and musically breath-taking theatrical production will receive its world...
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Menter Iaith are holding a Summer Club in Ysgol Rhydywaun. For further details call 01443 226386 All welcome.
Mae Menter Iaith yn trefnu Clwb Haf yn Ysgol Rhydywaun. Am fanylion pellach ffoniwch 01443 226386 Croeso i bawb....
Budding Young ‘Bill Oddies’ flocked to one of the county’s most treasured beauty spots this week as part of a national campaign to encourage interest in the countryside and wildlife.
National Nest Box week saw Rhondda Cynon Taf Council and the Countryside Council for Wales join forces to host a workshop for children to build their own nesting boxes for birds.
The event on Tuesday (February 20) took place at Dare Valley Country Park, which one of the county’s most beautiful assets and also a famed spot for watching Peregrines and other British birds.
The park is such an environmental treasure, it has its own RSPB officer on site to share their knowledge with visitors on the huge array of birds, wildlife and ecological features that can be enjoyed there.
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The village of Penderyn in the north of the Cynon Valley enjoys a privileged position as gateway to the Brecon Beacons National Park .
Snow has fallen heavily this week and drawn many brave parents and their children to the hills near Storey Arms, on the way to Brecon town, for skiing and snow slay fun.
There are many more of your Penderyn photographs in the Penderyn Photograph Gallery.
Send all your photographs for publication to yourpics@penderyn.net...
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council is holding three pamper days for local unpaid carers.
There’ll be the chance to try aromatherapy, Indian head massage, reflexology, hot stone treatment, foot and back massage, reiki and manicures. There’s also the chance to use the leisure facilities for free.
Respite and transport can be arranged if required.
The free events will take place on:
-Thursday 1st February @ Rhondda Fach Sports Centre.
-Tuesday 6th February @ Michael Sobells Sports Centre.
-Wednesday 14th February @ Hawthorn Leisure Centre.
If you want to find out more about the pamper days or book a place call the Carersline on freephone 0808 100 1801.
Places are limited so book early.
“Being a carer can be very demanding, whether it’s for a few hours a week or 24 hours a day - carers need a...
Proponents of ID cards and CCTV always emphasise that they will increase people's safety. We know that ID cards are rubbish at stopping serious crime, because serious criminals (as well as suicide bombers) can get ID cards to suit their needs.
But what about CCTV? The UK has 100,000 of them and we're likely to be filmed 300 times in any one day. Yet the brutal killer of five women in Ipswich is able to wander about with impunity with no CCTV footage to give a hint of his movements....
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