Issue 157
February 2012
Llanferres
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Welcome Welcome to the February edition of Enjoy Valentines’, the rugby and the News & Views. pancakes! Firstly, sincere thanks for the many donations that we have received, and thank you to the advertisers who have continued to support the magazine.
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This month’s front cover has a lovely photograph taken by Dan Hurst and is a reminder of the harsh winter that we were enduring this time last year. Let’s hope it’s not an omen!
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February Birthdays Happy Birthday to the following Bethan Turner who will be 13 on 1st February Charlie Turner who will be 10 on 1st February Amber Louise who will be 10 on 1st February Adam Perrin who will be 2 on 12th February Roger Llewellyn on 22nd February Mike Hall on 25th February
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Many thanks to the people of Tafarn-y- Gelyn,Bryn Eithin and Moel Famau road for your generous donations to the Poppy Appeal in November. The amount collected was £162-61.
Anne Woodward
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Prize £48
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2nd Prize £24 Jim Dodd 3rd Prize £14 Diane Griffith
Vera Stobbs would like to thank everyone who came to her 90th Birthday Party for making it such a lovely event. Vera asked for donations to two charities in lieu of gifts. She was delighted to give £246 to REMAP (Remap is a very special charity, working through a nationwide network of dedicated volunteers. They use their ingenuity and skills to help people with disabilities to achieve muchdesired independence in some aspect of their lives, or to enjoy leisure opportunities previously closed to them) And also £50 to Air Ambulance. Vera would also like to thank her friends and neighbours for the amazing surprise gift of a flying lesson at Hawarden Airport, which she is looking forward to taking later this year. However,Vera regrets not having taken any photographs on the night and wonders if anyone had any that she could have a copy of to remember the occasion by. Many thanks.
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Llanferres Over 60's Club At our December meeting we all very much enjoyed a programme of Carols, Stories, and readings given by Flintshire U3A "Singing for pleasure" This was followed by a party tea worthy of the title "Banquet" which was provided by members. Our next meeting is on Tuesday Feb.14th as usual 2.00pm in the Village Hall when the speaker will be Dr Goronwy Wynne on "Walking in the Arctic" (with Film show). We are always pleased to see new faces join us and share a "Cuppa", a chat and a raffle Contact Olive 810 294 or Betty 810 722 I would also like to thank the Welfare Committee, all their helpers and Jim and Julie for once again arranging such a successful Christmas Party at the Druid in December. A real "Village " occasion very much enjoyed by all. See the centre pages for a selection of photographs from the Christmas Party. Olive Parry
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February Diary Dates 1st 2nd 3rd
Wed 8.00pm Holiday Club Meeting, Druid Inn Thu Fri
Maeshafn CC Net Practice
4th 5th 6th 7th
Sat Sun 9.30am Holy Communion Mon Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club
8th
Wed
9th
Thu
Community Council Meeting
10th
Fri
Schools close for half-term
11th
Sat
12th
Sun
13th
Mon Half-Term Cookery at Caffi Florence, Gardening Club meeting
11.00am Family Service
14th
Tue
15th
Wed
16th
Thu
17th
Fri
18th
Sat
19th
Sun
20th
Mon Schools re-open
St. Valentine's Day. Half Term Cookery at Caffi Florence 2.00pm Over 60s Meeting, Village Hall 7.00pm Bowls Club Valentines Quiz, Miners Arms
9.30am Holy Communion
22nd
Shrove Tuesday. 7.00pm Bowls Club 7.00pm Pancake Evening at the Shillitos Wed Ash Wednesday
23rd
Thu
24th
Fri
25th
Sat
26th
Sun
27th 28th 29th
Mon Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club Wed
21st
Tue
Maeshafn CC Net Practice
9.30am Holy Communion
For updates and future dates see the What’s On page at www.llanferres.org
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Llanferres Badminton Club We have had some great news this month including the outcome of the Flintshire Badminton League committee meeting deciding in our favour that points shouldn't be deducted from the teams! Well done to everyone who helped fight the case. Also, the A team is now through to the League Cup's third round and will be playing against Northop later this month. Good luck to the teams for the 2nd half of the league! Eli Clough
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New Gwernymynydd Business A local man who was brought up in Whilst in Devon Gwernymynydd has returned home to start he qualified in a number of his own business in garden care. gardening skills Michael Williams went to Gwernymynydd such as the use of Primary School and Mold Alun School. But chainsaws and the rather than move on into University he management of decided to train as a gardener. He first joined pesticides. But the the Country Estate team at Erddig near gardeners at the Trust Wrexham before getting the chance to work National in the beautiful gardens there. It was here that also gave him a his love of gardening took hold and he learnt great insight into a great deal from Head Gardener Glyn Smith. the history of gardens, their design and to give plants, trees and shrubs the best possible After one season at Erddig the opportunity of environment to flourish. working with the National Trust in Devon came up so he moved in 2010 to work and Michael has now decided to come back to train at a number of properties. His main work Wales with this valuable experience and was at Castle Drogo but he also spent time at training behind him and is starting his own Garden Maintenance business along with the Knightshayes Court and Coleton Fishacre. support of his father. It is called Mud, Sweat and Shears Garden Services and offers all types of garden care and soft landscaping to domestic and commercial gardens.
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Llanferres Parish Gardening Club As 2012 begins, the weather this winter has been kinder than 2010 or 2011 but no doubt frost and snow will happen in the weeks to come. In January, as usual, members again enjoyed our 'Christmas' Sunday lunch at Plas Hafod attended by 20 people. Our first meeting which will be on Monday February 13th will be to arrange the Show Schedule for 2012 under the guidance of Show Secretary David Jones. Syllabus for 2012 continues as follows:March 14th "Our Moral Obligations(for Quarries and Mines)" Noel Williams. April 16th Garden Visit to Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr. May 14th To Be Arranged. June 11th "Moel Findeg" David Shiels, Senior Countryside Officer. July 9th Garden Visit to Park Cottage, Penley, Wrexham. August 13th Show Arrangements. SEPTEMBER 1st ANNUAL SHOW September 10th Show Report. October 8th "Flowers of the Mountains" Dr Goronwy Wynne. November 12th Annual General Meeting followed by 'Christmas' Buffet.
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Monthly recipe from CAFFI FLORENCE Spiced Vegetable Biryani This simple vegetarian curry, full of fresh Indian flavours, is quick to make and cooks in a single pot. 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 small cauliflower , broken into small florets 2 large sweet potatoes , peeled and cubed 1 large onion , sliced 1l hot vegetable stock large pinch saffron strands 3 tbsp hot curry paste (Madras is good) 1 red chilli , seeded and finely chopped 2 tsp mustard seeds (black or white) 500g basmati rice 140g trimmed green beans , halved 2 lemons , juice only a handful of fresh coriander leaves 50g packet salted roasted cashew nuts Method · Preheat the oven to 220C/gas 7/fan 200C. · Pour the oil into a large roasting tin or ovenproof dish and put in the oven for a couple of minutes to heat through. · Add all the vegetables to the tin, except the beans, stirring to coat them in the hot oil. Season with salt and pepper and return to the oven for 15 minutes until beginning to brown. · While the vegetables are roasting, stir together the stock, curry paste, chilli, saffron and mustard seeds. · Mix the rice and green beans with the vegetables in the tin, then pour over the stock mixture. Lower the oven to 190C/gas 5/fan 190C. · Cover the dish tightly with foil and bake for 30 minutes until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed. · Stir in the lemon juice and check the seasoning, then scatter over the coriander and cashew nuts. · Serve with a pile of poppadums and a bowl of raita.
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Community Council News - December Meeting From the minutes of the December meeting:- a member of the public, from Maeshafn, had complained that water was running off the road into her property, probably due to a roadside grid being blocked. It was reported that several years ago Denbighshire County Council were made aware of this problem and said that it would be attended to. It was reported that the work on the roads in Maeshafn was expected to start in the New Year. The lights on the tree in Maeshafn had been repaired and were awaiting a safety check. The adoption of Cae Derwen road; DCC has not been able to contact the building firm. A risk assessment of the Community
Council's property will be carried out. There had been no progress on the landscaping of the Memorial Stone. Planning Matters :- 21/2011/1320 Proposal: demolition of Existing Dwelling. Erection of a replacement Dwelling & associated Works. Location : 8 Bryn Artro Avenue Tafarn-y-Gelyn. Following a site visit it was agreed to support the application in principle but to suggest that the front of the new building should be in line with the existing houses. 21/2011/1363 Proposal: Erection of a First Floor Flat Roof Extension to Rear of Dwelling. Location : Bryn Ffynnon Farm Forestry Road Llanferres. No paperwork available. Maeshafn Playing Field. No progress; the County Solicitor is waiting for the necessary papers from The Quarry. The next meeting will be on Thursday 12th January 2012
John Almond. Vice Chairman
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Community Council News - January Meeting From the minutes of the January meeting:- County Councillor Christine Evans reported that Darren Milllar AM had forwarded a letter he had received from the Ministry of Transport expressing concerns about vehicles parking on pavements and obstructing pedestrian access. The Community Council asked Councillor Evans to acquaint Mr Millar of the position regarding cars parking on the pavement at Loggerheads. It was reported that the blocked ditches in Maeshafn were on the County work schedule and that the road from Llanferres to Maeshafn was scheduled for resurfacing. There was no update on the adoption of Cae Derwen or the adoption of the land surrounding the memorial bench at the bottom of Cae Derwen. The situation at Park House was being monitored. The redesigning of the Memorial Stone site is still ongoing but no funding was currently available. The County Solicitor was still awaiting the legal papers in relation to the transfer of the Playing Field in Maeshafn into the ownership of the Community Council. The precept for 2012 was approved. Planning applications :21/2011/1506 Proposal: construction of new vehicular access and driveway. Location: The Paddock Forestry Road Llanferres. The Community Council wholeheartedly supported the application especially on safety grounds. 21/2011/1320 AMENDED PLANS. Proposal: Demolition of Existing Dwelling, Erection of a replacement Dwelling and associated Works.
Location: 8 Bryn Artro Avenue, Tafarny-Gelyn. Application fully supported. 21/2011/1145 AMENDED PLANS. Proposal: Change of use of former agricultural land to equestrian use and retention of stable block and 2 no. associated storage buildings (retrospective application). Location: Garwyn, Tafarn-y-Gelyn. No objection, but reiterate conditions suggested to original application. It was reported that Big Covert was up for sale in lots of various sizes. The next meeting will be on Thursday 9th February 2012. John Almond. Vice Chairman.
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Church News Services for February 5th 12th 19th 26th
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Christmas Very many thanks to all those who helped to decorate the Church before Christmas and for the kind donation by Graham Harvey of the splendid Christmas tree. More people than usual attended the several special services during the Christmas period and I'm sure appreciated the beauty of the Church. Dr Wendy was busy as usual before Christmas baking cakes, puddings and meals for those who placed orders and the Treasurer is grateful for her generous donation to the Church for these items. Very many thanks to Wendy and to those who placed the orders. Shrove Tuesday Drs Wendy and Nigel will be hosting their usual Pancake Evening at Dragon House on Shrove Tuesday, 21st February, this year starting at 7pm. The proceeds will be shared between Llanferres Church and Rotary International for the Northern Cleft Foundation. Please see Wendy's poster on a separate page for further details and ticket prices.
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Llanferres Holiday Club Llanferres Holiday Club Extraordinary Meeting Wednesday 1st February, 8pm Druid Inn, Llanferres This is to inform anyone who may be interested of an extraordinary meeting to decide the future of the Llanferres Holiday Club. The numbers of children attending club has fallen despite all the best efforts of the committee to promote it. This has meant that on several occasions the club has been unable to open during holidays and these continuing low numbers are making it unsustainable. There is now the additional issue of insufficient committee members to efficiently manage this childcare facility. The committee is made up of parents whose children do, or did, attend the club. If anyone is interested in joining the committee or taking on some of the responsibility in order to continue its provision of childcare in the community they are invited to come to the meeting on Wednesday 1st February, or contact Kay by phone on 07944 603923 for more information.
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What’s Happening at the Druid? RBS 6 NATIONS CHAMPIONSHIPS All games will be shown here. Special £5.95 menu available throughout the championship. Come and watch your team play - 1st game Sat 4th Feb, but Ireland v Wales on Sun 5th Feb promises to be the match to watch! GUEST ALES Marstons has created a range of single hop world beers to be produced each month throughout 2012. Each of the 12 unique ales is made with exotic hops sourced from around the world. January's Wai-iti hop has proved a popular light ale with intense citrus character. Our popular Buy 7 Get 1 FREE offer continues - loyalty cards still available CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR TRADING Thanks to all who supported the pub over the enjoyable trading period many local families and groups spent time here. Christmas lunch was again a great opportunity to enjoy a festive drink with friends and neighbours. Our festive celebrations drew to a close following the Community Council annual dinner on 19th January. Don’t forget we can always provide personalised menus to suit your individual requirements. Contact us or call in to discuss anytime.
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Urolink Trip to Zimbabwe and Zambia November 2011 Zimbabwe Christopher Samkange working at I left the UK on 25 November and arrived home in Harare in Harare hot and tired after a 26 hour flight. The place was much better than when I was here last 3 years ago, the shops were full of stuff, there were cars on the road and petrol was plentiful and relatively cheap. The currency is still the $US since their money collapsed. These dollar notes are grey/black and torn as they are not getting any new ones unless some traveller such as me arrives in the country. Apparently the US banks have said around the hospital. Not all the medics are they will replace these grotty notes with moderates and some may even be new ones. members of Zanu PF. On the last evening we went out for dinner and the restaurant The heavens opened the day I arrived. It was packed, loads of good food and drink. had been the rainy season for a month but This is an amazing change from the misery no rain for 4 weeks and there was a drought of 2008. in the NE of the country. It never stopped raining there after and the grass went green Zambia and the flame trees were splendid. The following day we drove the 7 hour journey north to Zambia. We arrived The first weekend it was end of term and gasping for a beer, in the dark, into Lusaka the school year and there were carol to find what we needed in the Manda Hill concerts and parties. The roads were shopping centre which had grown flooded and chaos reigned in the snarl up- massively and had a new double storey car not a policeman or traffic person in sight. park. The lights/electricity come on and off randomly with no warning but water is now The following day was for all the plentiful. membership and fellowship examiners to teach us how to examine [yet again!!] It From the Monday to the Wednesday I was a long day with poor air conditioning. taught trainees in all disciplines on exam Most of the examiners are from 9 African techniques. They were a very enjoyable, countries and are not by western standards great bunch of young men and women. well paid. Zambia is wickedly expensive. Petrol is the same price as in the UK. The I had hoped to do some radio programmes Brits and South African surgeons were for Radio Wales on the surgical training in holed up in a posh hotel in the centre of Zimbabwe but as the BBC is banned in town. To be continued. Zimbabwe [whilst Robert Mugabe is still Christine Evans around] it was not safe for me to record
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Maeshafn Cricket Club News We are in the middle of our winter nets at the moment. After somewhat optimistically holding a few sessions before Christmas (it still seems wrong to play cricket before New Years Day) we pitched up for our first session of the year at the start of January, and discovered that Maeshafn Cricket Club has over 20 enthusiastic cricketers this winter! It makes a change from years gone past when running a net session involved physically dragging unwilling volunteers along to make up the numbers and break even. The Club President, John the Caravan has even been known over the years to make an appearance in the nets. The club has engaged the services of a coach to beat us into shape. Now that Dave Williams is no longer captain we miss our regular beatings before practice and matches. Those were the days... Dave Williams, for those occasionally read this column, or who have had the experience of receiving a John Smiths can to the head as they walk through Maeshafn, is the former skipper, notorious for scaring the opposition, the umpires and his own players. Here is a picture of Dave, sunbathing during a
match at Anglesey Aluminium a few seasons ago: Our winter coach is the captain of Brymbo CC (Welsh Premier League side) and seemed a little surprised at the first net session to discover that Maeshafn CC is not populated by finely tuned athletes (apart from Sean Thomas of course). After the third player had failed to catch a ball during a simple drill, he decreed that 10 press ups were due each time we misfielded. Tom Hall pointed out that we did not have a defibrillator on site and this could turn out to be quite a dangerous exercise! Considering one of our finest fielders rarely ventures out onto the pitch without a can of lager and a pack of cigarettes, I think this request was wishful thinking on the part of our coach.
I have suggested for this week that we who go for a 5 mile run and a moonlit swim in the River Alun during our training evening as part of our fitness exercise. We shall see what the coach thinks. Anyway, if anyone wants to join the club this year, please get in touch.
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Maeshafn Cricket Club News Nets are every 2 weeks (next one is 3rd record 5 edges in a match... against February and the one after that is the Maeshafn. 24th February - spot the deliberate mistake). Still amazed Maeshafn has a cricket team? So are we - 7 years old and still Incidentally Steve Pugh has asked me going strong! Come and join us. All to point out that he nearly won the ages (15+) and abilities catered for. North Wales League wicket keeper award in 2011. As he didn't win it, there Jonathan Fagan seemed little point in mentioning it. To Secretary be fair it was not his fault he did not Tata Steel/Corus Maeshafn CC (take win it - another wicket keeper pipped your pick). him to the post by catching a league
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Northern Cleft Foundation Northern Cleft is a small charity which originated in Blackburn, when a small team of anaesthetists went over to Mysore, India to help set up a training school. They visited a small village and realised there were a large number of children with cleft lip and palate problems whose families could not afford the operations to repair their problem. A small team went out to Mysore and operated on 32 children, From then, the team grew and now includes anaesthetists, surgeons and theatre staff. They all fund the cost of travel, hire of a local hospital, and additional equipment from fundraising and their own pockets. They are helped by the local Rotary group who help to co-ordinate publicity and organisation in India. Families travel long distances to reach the hospital. There are twenty four cleft palate surgeons in England, and four volunteer to work for Northern Cleft, including our local maxillofacial surgeon, Chris Penfold, who is based in Wrexham. Rectangular hay So far, over 600 children have been operated on. In 2011, eighty seven children were operated on by a team bales for sale working for seven days working in three operating Top quality grass from theatres. The 2012 team have just completed their annual August 2011. ÂŁ4.50 per visit. bale. 80 bales These operations transform the lives of these children and available. their families. The overheads of the charity are minimal, Call 01352 810373 - can due to the generosity of the fundraisers and the local deliver if needs be. organisers. It is a truly worthwhile cause. We've just had the good news that Chris Penfold is able to Scaffolding tower For Sale come to the Pancake Evening on available 21st February and will be Free Range to borrow at own risk available to talk more about the on wheels or fix to Eggs work of the Foundation on the ground - wooden evening, and give a first hand platforms and safety ÂŁ1 per 1/2 dozen account of the 2012 trip from rails. 21 foot. which he has just returned. Can deliver if required.
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Nature Notes There is an old country adage - "If there is one rook in a field it will be a crow, if there are many crows in a field they will be rooks". This may have been true at one time but with the exponential increase in crow numbers over the last few decades it is no longer so, as one often sees a dozen, or more, crows feeding in a field.
peregrine falcon - both fast flying bird predators, just sitting on posts. Strange to relate but this is how raptors spend most of their time. Their lives are divided into three stages, actively hunting when they are hungry; an opportunist stage where they sit about and will take prey if it passes close by and can be caught with very little effort; and a 'fed-up' stage where they have It is still true that rooks nest recently eaten and are not interested communally in rookeries and crows in any more food. Except in times of build solitary nests. Or is it? I came scarcity, the latter is the most usual. across some trees in which there were three nests close together with eight On the salt marsh there were plenty or ten large black birds circling above of birds, both small and large, but it them. I assumed it was a fledgling was noticeable that wild fowl were in rookery. Some birds would fly into the much smaller numbers than is usual trees and settle on the branches close for this time of year. There were to the nests while the others large numbers of curlew and squabbled in the air above. Typical of oystercatchers, with lesser numbers rooks at this time of year, except that of redshank but other waders were these were not rooks but crows. I was quite scarce and ducks such as left wondering whether these birds, wigeon, pintail, teal and shoveler because of the increase in numbers, were there in only small numbers. had begun to imitate their cousins and nest communally for some I found a similar situation on the reason. If it is so, what should we call Shropshire Meres. There were huge these conglomerations? Croweries? numbers of mallard and Canada geese It does not sound right somehow. but very few winter migrants such as 'Suggestions on a postcard please!' wigeon, pochard, tufted duck and goosander. The weather has been so I was stood on the edge of wood mild this winter that the birds have recently looking for bird life when a not been driven this far south, so far, large female sparrowhawk flashed by, but this could all change if the not two feet in front of me and about weather further north deteriorates. four feet above the ground. It turned sharp right and threaded its way We will have to wait and see! among the close growing trees with a speed and dexterity that was a marvel to watch. This bird was obviously hunting but a few days later on the coastal salt marsh I observed two John Almond 01352 810808 other raptors - a merlin and a
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Village Organisations Archery Club - lan Logan, Tryfan, 17 Cae Gwyn, Llanferres Tel: 810627 Badminton Club - Jane Clough Tel: 810802 Bowling Club - Every Tuesday in the village hall, 7pm - 9pm Contact Dave Twomey Tel: 810690. Church - Rev'd Adrian Copping, The New Rectory, Rectory Lane, Llanferres Mold, CH7 5SR Email: adriancopping@hotmail.com Rector's Warden - Josh Griffiths, Jontindale, Ruthin Road. Tel: 810853 People's Warden - Mr. Brian Skelhorn 16 Cae Gwyn. Tel: 810422 Clwydian Conservation Campaign - Pen y Chwareli, Pant Ddu Road, Nercwys CH7 4DD Llanferres Holiday Club ( School Holiday Child Care) Becky Thomas, Booking Officer Tel: 01352 759263 or mobile 07530 721953 Gardening Club - Mrs Joan Almond, 20 Cae Derwen, Llanferres. Tel: 810808 Llanferres Alcoholic Mountain Biking Soc. (LAMBS) - Gordon Jones Tel: 810305 Llanferres Community Council - Mrs Gwyneth Dillon, Rhosddigre, Llandegla, LL11 3AU Tel: 01978 790269 Llanferres Playing Field & Recreation Association - Secretary, Simon Hodge. Tel: 810686 Maeshafn Cricket Club - Secretary: Jonathan Fagan. Tel: 810373 Old People's Welfare Committee - Secretary, Yvonne Foden-McCorry Tel: 810867 PTFA Ysgol Bro Famau - Chair, Kym Willis 07578392305 / 01824 780888 Llanferres Over 60s Club - Olive Parry. Tel: 810294 Village Hall Booking Secretary - John Roberts, 7 Tyn Llan. Tel: 810358 Village Hall Management Committee - Secretary, Sonia Evans. Tel: 810421 QUIZ ANSWERS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
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