News
Pensioners' Lunch
The Red Lion, Llangadog will be offering a £4 lunch to pensioners
on the first Tuesday of each month from September. Watch this space
for more details!
Llangadog Show - Photos
and Report
Installation Shorts
The Last Gallery is celebrating its first birthday with the second
in the series of Installation Shorts, a series of installations
by artists from Wales and England.
The Last Gallery, Dyrfal Road,,Llangadog, SA19 9BR. 01550 777933
www.thelast.org.uk
2nd-3rd August - Julie Ann Sheridan
9th-10th August - Louise Bird
16th-17th August - Sandie M Sutton
23rd-24th August - Liz Brickell
Gwynfe News
Video Oral History of Llangadog Project
With the support of Antur Teifi a small team has been assembled
to compile a video oral history of Llangadog. The idea is to record
local scenes and people's stories of the community within living
memory. These will be combined with material already gathered and
made available in the form of a full colour DVD, hopefully by the
autumn of 2008.
Training of the members of the project has already started at Lampeter
University, and you may well see us at work around the village and
surrounding country over the summer months. If you would like to
be involved, would like to contribute your own memories, or know
of others who would be willing to be included, please contact Peter
Berry on 01550-777980 or Wyn Jones on 01550-777254.
Copies of the DVD will be deposited at the National Library in Aberystwyth
and also available for purchase (more details later).
Windy Day for
the Wedding
Saturday, 24th May turned out to be a little windy for Richard and
Win Morgan's daughter Angharad's wedding to Marcus at Seion Baptist
Church, but the bride still managed to look perfectly lovely.
SOS - Would You Like to Adopt Some Chickens?
There are 25,000 battery hens available throughout
June from Lampeter Eggs. These hens are just one year old but will
go for slaughter at the end of June if unclaimed. (Hens can live
for about 8 years.) Normally The Battery Hen Welfare Trust rescues
and rehomes some of these hens - however they are unable to in this
area for the next couple of months so instead we can go direct to
the farm.
The advantages of free-ranging hens are that they
clean up slugs etc; fertilize the ground and of course you get a
few eggs too! They can also be quite entertaining to watch, all
with varying personalities. Important to read up the info on caring
for ex-bats on the website as initially they need a bit of extra
TLC to get them back into good health.
Each hen costs £1.00...yes, one pound!
Contact Mrs Davies at Lampeter Eggs on 01570 422683 for directions
to the farm and to check collection times (generally you can turn
up most days, apart from 1.00 - 1.30 pm when she's at lunch; best
to check weekend times). You can ask her to bring the hens out so
you do not have to go into the battery. Take a box/pet carrier with
you.
For really good info/support on caring for ex-bats
go to: www.thehenshouse.co.uk
So come on....let's give some hens the chance of
a better life.
Journey to
Patagonia Update 29th May 2008
Grandmother of Innovation
Valerie Wood-Gaiger of Myddfai at the Global Women
Inventors and Innovators Network gala evening in Cardiff City Hall
with her ‘Special Recognition Award’ for Innovation
in Education.
Valerie is a Director of Grandma's Stories Ltd and co-founder of
Learn with Grandma.
Contact Mrs Valerie Wood-Gaiger MBE (tel. 01550-720994 or email
valwoodgaiger@aol.com)
News from Transition
Town Llandeilo
Digital
Photography Group - some splendid sample photos taken by the
digital photography group.
Another Sell-Out for
Llangadog Christmas Concert
More Awards for Llangadog Post Office
Richard and Win Morgan were presented with the
NFRN Independent Community Retailer of the Year, at the NEC in Birmingham
on 20th October. See images.
This award, given annually by the National Federation
of Retail Newsagents, is made for support and committed contribution
to the local community over decades and the continuing development
of new ways to operate a busines that is truly at the heart of its
community.
More recently, on 12th December, Richard and Win
were also presented with their award and plaque as the Wales Winner
of the Best Rural Retailer - Best Village Shop/Post Office 2007.
This award is made by the Countryside Alliance, together with Farmers
Weekly and The Daily Telegraph. The splendid plaque will be mounted
outside the Post Office in the near future.
Courses at Gwynfe Hall
Yoga Practice recommenced in January 2008 and costs £15 for
a ten week course.
Computers Within the Community also continues
in 2008 with Andrew Sharp.
For details telephone the Gwynfe Hall and Community
Association secretary, June Madeira Cole, on 01550-740602.
New KITE Course
KITE's new Digital Photography courses began in November 2007 on
Thursdays. Learn how to use a digital camera, how to download your
photos to a computer, how to process and edit them. No previous
experience necessary - and you don't even need to own a digital
camera or a computer! For further information and to register please
contact Win Morgan at Llangadog Post Office.
Do You Like to Knit?
Why not join our knitting network and be part of the Retired Senior
Volunteer Programme. Make friends....Make knitted items for good
causes....Knit at home or meet in small groups....
It won't cost you a penny! We can provide everything you need.
If you are interested in joining the Knitting Network or in helping
to support it, please contact Lynda Hill (RSVP Project Co-Ordinator)
on 01437-768195 or 07901-551407.
A new meeting room,
kitchen and public toilet in the village?
Repairs to St Cadog's
Church
Rural Heroes
Local Neighbourhood Policing Team
Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team holds a regular open Community
Surgery at Llangadog Post Office on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of
every month between 10am and midday. The surgery is to discuss any
local issues or concerns that you may have. We look forward to seeing
you and listening to your views about your community.
Police Community Surgery
at Llangadog Post Office - pictures and report
Free Rail Travel on the Heart
of Wales Line for Bus Pass Holders
Noticeboard
The village now has a posh new Noticeboard in
the Square on the wall outside the Castle Hotel. Something for us
all to keep an eye on! (The key is available behind the bar in the
Castle).
Later note : Sadly this noticeboard is no longer looking
so posh! Condensation inside the display panel now makes it virtually
impossible to see anything beyond the glass and the notices themselves
are running into oblivion. It really does need some urgent loving
care and attention.
Supper on the
Square
Cadog Film Club
Computer lessons at the Post
Office.
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