Come to See an Exhibition of Old photos of Penywaun today - Saturday 22nd November - at St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun. All welcome
The event is being held as part of a week of celebrations marking the 50th Anniversary of St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun.
Between 10am to 5pm.
All warmly welcome.
St Winifred’s Church is located opposite Penywaun [...]...
An Exhibition of Old photos of Penywaun is being held today - Saturday 22nd November - at St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun.
The event is being held as part of a week of celebrations marking the 50th Anniversary of St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun.
Between 10am to 5pm.
All warmly welcome.
St Winifred’s Church is located opposite Penywaun Post......
Scary news - Wanted Traffic Signals Engineer - Cardiff Penguin recruitmentamazed there is a growing 'transport planning team in Cardiff ' and 'planned expansion' as ' part of an office of circa 100 staff to work on projects for local authorities in addition to private sector clients !'Working as part of a traffic and transport planning team you will be responsible for carrying out traffic modelling, signals design and maintenance and work with Transport Planners on transport assessments and TA audits.Note - Excellent career progression prospects in a team planned to double in size in the next 2 years...help!!!!I dread to think what they will be doing...perhaps planning the traffic lights for Bute Park to allow articulated lorries in! They stick up traffic lights and islands with railings...
Keeping Cardiff Moving ???Cardiff feeble efforts defeated by petrol head policies!Roads top of the list - no surprise there then'We are working towards improved road networks to carry traffic around Cardiff. The transport strategy includes building new roads, where necessary, and maintaining existing roads.'There follows lots of reasons why they should build more roads???The Council's Walking StrategyThis document sets out Cardiff’s Walking Strategy.... Read moreCardiff Tranport StategyCar share to CardiffCarshare2 Cardiff Newsletter Autumn2007.pdfWe are supposed to be impressed by a picture of people crossing the road by THREE sets of traffic...

An Exhibition of Old photos of Penywaun is being held today - Saturday 22nd November - at St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun.
The event is being held as part of a week of celebrations marking the 50th Anniversary of St Winifred’s Church, Penywaun.
Between 10am to 5pm.
All warmly welcome.
St Winifred’s Church is located opposite Penywaun Post Office.
In the Photograph : Youth of Penywaun hold a Show at St Winifred’s Church held in the......
WAS up at 5.50am not by choice, but part of a grand plan of my daughter. Made her scrambled eggs on a bed of toast, parts of which ended up on the living room carpet. But the good news is that I am soon to depart for the joys of the supermarket. Random Thought: I am you you are me. I have been set free, so come and follow me. So can you see beyond you and me to the big blue sea? Simply say it through, think it long and true Its just me and you....
Wel mae'r baddondy'n dod ymlaen yn araf bach. Mi dynnais y rheiddiadur a'r hen ddellt a phlaster oddi ar y wal pared dydd mawrdd (doedd dim rhaid wneud llawer o dynnu a dweud y gwir!), a sgriwiais 'ply' hanner modfedd yn ei le er mwyn creu gwyneb gwastad ar gyfer y teils. Erbyn hyn dwi wedi gorffen y rhan mwyaf o'r teilio, ar wahan i'r ardal tu gefn i'r toiled. Mi fydd rhaid i mi dynnu'r toiled cyn gwneud hynny, ac mae'r ffaith fy mod i wedi colli rhan o'r plastwr fanna ddim wedi wneud llawer i fy helpu. Ar y cyfan dwi'n reit hapus gyda'r canlyniadau hyd yn hyn, gobeithio o fewn wythnos mi fydd y basin newydd wedi ei ffitio ac mi fydda i wedi gwblhau gweddill y 'groutio', ac mi fydd y diwedd o fewn fy...
A teenager committed suicide live on the internet, egged on by others who had logged on to see him do it.Abraham Biggs, 19, told users on a bodybuilding site he would kill himself that night and invited them to watch the live video.Those monitoring the web forum ignored his message because they assumed it was a joke. But others posted insults and even encouraged him to kill himself.Eventually as many as 1,500 signed on to see the desperate act - with some urging him to hurry up, apparently believing it a...
I just thought of this one and figured it was worth a post. I can call Quentin a sheep abuser as he was convicted of 2 charges of animal cruelty. From Wikipedia:Quentin was fined for 2 charges of animal cruelty relating to sheep on his estate. He was when he arrived back in the Commons with retorts of "BAAAAAAA!!!!!!!" by Labour...
Beleaguered pop star Michael Jackson has converted to Islam and changed his name to Mikaeel, it has been claimed today.The 50-year-old singer, who has previously been photographed wearing a traditional Arab women's veil, reportedly became a Muslim in a ceremony at a friend's house in Los Angeles.The singer, who was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, is said to have sat on the floor and worn a small hat while an imam officiated at the home of Steve Porcaro, who composed music on his Thriller...

Aberdare’s Assembly Member, Christine Chapman AM, pays her respect at the Aberdare Cenotaph memorial on the recent Remembrance Parade Sunday in Aberdare.
Photographs courtesy of John Rees Photography (Aberdare) - Full Set of Parade Photos Available to......
Wna i ddim postio linc - byddai hynny'n torri'r Ddeddf Amddiffyn Data - ond cymrodd llai na dau funud o gwglo i mi ddod o hyd i'r rhestr cyflawn o aelodau'r BNP a roddwyd ar y We yn ddiweddar. Beth bynnag un neu ddau o ffeithiau diddorol o safbwynt lleol beth bynnag:Mae yna 14 aelod yn Ynys Mon ac 8 ac wyth ohonynt yng Nghaergybi.Does yna ddim aelodau yng Nghaernarfon - ond mae dau yn Llanberis, un ym Mhenygroes ac un yn y Felinheli.Mae yna fwy o aelodau ym Mangor, Swydd Down (7) nag ym Mangor, Gwynedd (4). Mae yna 6 aelod yn Sir Feirionydd a 4 yn Nwyfor - tri ohonynt yn perthyn i'r un teulu.Mae 32 yng Nghaerdydd - un ohonynt yn gymydog i fy mam yng nghyfraith.Mae dwy waith cymaint yn ardal Abertawe nag yng Nghaerdydd.Mae yna 43 yn Wrecsam.Mae 44 yn sir Conwy.Mae 27 yn Ninbych.Mae 4 o...
If you were lucky enough to have witnessed it, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the world was about to end. [Thanks Adam]...
Nebo Chapel - one of Hirwaun’s most notable landmarks - remains un-sold.
Surveyors Rowland Jones of Swansea confirmed this week that Nebo Chapel was not sold during the tender process and so is now available by private treaty.
For further information contact Rowland Jones Chartered Surveyors on telephone number (0)1792......
Croeso cynnes i bawb sydd yn newydd i'r wefan. Rwyf wir yn gwerthfawrogi eich ddiddordeb. Dyma diweddariad cyflym ar ddatblygidau hyd yn hyn.Ar eich marciau: Fi gyda'm merch fach, Heledd Non TywynWedi 10 dirwnod o ymgyrchu, rwyf wedi sicrhau tua 20% o'm targed nawdd ar wefan www.justgiving.com/carwyn. Bellach mae angen i mi godi tua £1350 er mwyn sicrhau fy lle yn nhim Marathon Llundain Cymdeithas Clefyd Parkinson's.Mae fy ngrwp ymgyrchu wedi ei lansio ar Facebook.com. Mae'r grwp yn cynyddu'n raddol ac mae'n cynnwys aelodau o'r UDA, Canada, Yr Iwerddon, Yr Alban, Lloegr a phob cwr o Gymru.Rwyf wedi mapio llwybrau a phellteroedd hyfforddi ar fy Sustem Lleoli Byd-eang (GPS), a ddarperir gan Garmin.Rwyf yn gobeithio cynnwys rasus yn fy rhaglen hyfforddi. Os yn bosib, gobeithiaf rhedeg yn...
A warm welcome to all newcomers to the site - I really appreciate your interest. Here's a brief update on the campaign so far:Photo: Gearing up - me and my daughter, Heledd Non Tywyn.After 10 days campaigning, I have raised around 20% of my fundraising target at www.justgiving.com/carwyn. I need to raise a further £1350 to secure my place in the Parkinson's Disease Society team for the London Marathon.My London Marathon Campaign Group has been launched on Facebook.com. The group is expanding steadily and includes friends from USA, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England and all parts of Wales.I have mapped out training routes and distances on my Garmin GPS. My training will be mainly based on a 5-mile circuit taking in Colby Road, Pembrey Village, Pembrey Dunes and Burry Port Lighthouse.I am...
Dwi wedi bod i bob un o wledydd Ynysoedd Prydain heblaw am Ogledd Iwerddon, yn bennaf gan ei fod yn shait, a chaiff pwy bynnag sy’n anghytuno roi ei fys fyny ei din a chael wanc, achos dwi ddim yn mynd yno a dyna ddiwadd arni. Os mae’n ddigon da i Lembit Opik gael ei eni yno, dydi o’n sicr ddim yn ddigon da i mi.Ga’i bwysleisio fan hyn nad oes neb erioed wedi gofyn i mi fynd i Ogledd Iwerddon, ac nad ydwyf efo’r syniad lleiaf pam ddaeth yr uchod i’m mhen.Pam ffwc bod Gloria Hunniford yn gwneud yr hysbysebion Flora? Dio ddim fel bod y ddynes yn bictiwr o iechyd, nac ydi? Wel, dydi hi fawr o bictiwr o ddim i fod yn onest. Wn i ddim amdanoch chi, ond ‘swn i ddim.Ydi’r hysbysebion Flora yn ffug? Wyddoch chi be, wn i ddim, dwi ddim yn barod i gredu eu bod nhw’n rhai go iawn...
Today's Guardian reports that the leaked British National party membership list contains the names of individuals who are former members of all the mainstream political parties in England:A former constituency chairman for the Conservatives, a former Labour prospective parliamentary candidate, and a church minister who had been at various times a Green, a Conservative and a Liberal Democrat, all went public on why they had switched parties in the wake of the leaking of a BNP members' list.Lionel Buck said he was chairman of Ashfield Conservative association in Nottinghamshire for about four years, joining the BNP two years ago. He told the Guardian: "The way the country is at the moment, there is no major party, whether it be Conservative, Labour or Liberal Democrat, looking after the...
Welsh Labour needs a profound debate about its direction, and the run-up to the leadership election next year should see a vigorous debate on our party's future role. I was proud to be involved in the Yes for Wales campaign in 1997; equally proud to win the Rhondda back for Labour in 2003; and proud to have been given Ministerial office by Rhodri Morgan last year. I have also been flattered to have been asked by many Labour Party members in Wales to consider standing for the leadership of our party in Wales. I am grateful for their confidence in me and their support. However, I want to make it clear that I do not intend to be a candidate for the leadership when Rhodri Morgan stands down next year. I am making this statement now because I do not want every Ministerial decision I make...
This morning's Western Mail publishes another letter critical of my decision to invite Patrick Jones to read his poetry in the National Assembly building, this time by a Brian Churchill of Abergele.Mr. Churchill thinks that he knows my writings and publications inside out, hence his assertion that he does not 'remember these brave outraged defenders of free speech saying anything in support of Tom Wellingham when, in 2006 he was suspended after the student newspaper he edited, Gair Rhydd published the infamous Danish images of Mohammed.'Alas, he has not carried out much research. As anybody who uses the search facility on my blog will be able to see I was equally as outspoken on this act of censorship as I have been in defence of Patrick Jones' right to free speech.On 8th February 2006 I...

Sustainable Communities Act for Wales The Sustainable Communities Act process has started! We can now drive the
actions of government to protect Post Offices, increase bus services, restrict
supermarkets, promote local renewable energy and much more. Why is this Act different? What makes it not just another consultation exercise?
This Act is not just consultation. It is governance by dialogue and
reaching agreement. Government has a legal duty to co-operate and reach
agreement on the proposals made by communities and their councils.
Councils also have a duty to reach agreement with communities regarding
the ideas they have for help and action from central government. This
is radical -
we have never before had a law like this that creates a bottom-up way of doing government.
We need...

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The amount of rain that's falling halway through the video is unreal. [Thanks......
Cymdeithas yr Iaith have sent an open letter to the governors of Ysgol Carreg Hirfaen Federated School, calling on them not to give in to the pressure from the County Council to close the 2 village sites at Ffarmers...
Plaid MEP Jill Evans, who has campaigned for many years for official status for the Welsh language at European Union level, has welcomed today’s first speech in Welsh at the EU Council of Ministers.
Welsh Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones will speak Welsh at a ministerial meeting of the EU’s Culture Council in Brussels on [...]...
Mae Cymdeithas yr Iaith wedi anfon llythyr agored at lywodraethwyr Ysgol Ffederal Carreg Hirfaen yn galw arnynt i wrthod pwysau gan y Cyngor Sir i gau dwy safle bentrefol yn Ffarmers a Llanycrwys. Mae'r Cyngor Sir wedi cynnig talu...
The Symbian Blog had a tour of one of Nokia's 11 test centres. They explain each of the tests and have a 14 minute long......
Newydd weld hwn ar flog Saesneg Hen Rech Flin. Mae'n ddiddorol, ond mae'n cam gynrychioli pethau. Gan nad ydw i wedi darllen erthygl Rhodri Morgan, 'dwi ddim yn siwr os mai Rhodri ta Alwyn sydd wedi drysu. Efallai bod y ddau yn y niwl.Yr hyn mae Alwyn yn ei ddweud ydi y byddai Rhodri yn hoffi'r syniad o ddull PR o bleidleisio yng Ngorllewin Cymru, tra'n cadw'r drefn bresenol yn y Cymoedd oherwydd y byddai hynny o fudd i Lafur. Mae'r ddadl yma wedi ei seilio ar gam ddealltwriaeth o'r ffordd y byddai PR yn debygol o weithio.Pe byddai PR yn cael ei fabwysiadu yng Nghymru mae'n debyg mai'r dull a ddefnyddir yn yr Alban a Gogledd Iwerddon fyddai - STV etholaethau aml sedd.'Rwan byddai rhaid gweithredu fersiwn anarferol iawn STV iddo fod o gymorth i Lafur mewn etholiadau lleol yn y Gorllewin...

When they organise bazaars in Tredegar they don’t mess around.
Just over one hundred and fifty years ago they organised a great big Tredegar bazaar.
Heaps of money was raised.
And then over a few beers in ye olde Tredegar tavern they discussed what to do with the money raised ….
Tredegar Man - “Hey, let’s erect a 72 feet high cast iron tower, put a large bell at the end and paint it bright red so people from all around can see it from a great distance. It will put Tredegar on the map.”
Another Tredegar Man - “Yes, it will put us on the map as comedians because it will look like a 72 foot tall cast iron cock.”
Tredegar Man - “Ah, I see what you mean. A 72 foot tall cast iron cock might be funny in the short-run. Say for a few days,...
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Take a tour around the Goodfella's pizza factory where 2 million pizzas are made each......