Issue 152 July/August 2011
Local ladies “on the pull” at last year’s Summer Fair…
…whilst the blokes had a more laid back approach
Llanferres
Ysgol Bro Famau Summer Fair 2nd July
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Welcome Welcome to the Summer edition of the beginning of September. Entry News & Views. forms need to be in by 31st August, so start the arts and crafts and keep July and August look like being busy nurturing those potential prizemonths with lots of events happening winning plants. starting on Saturday 2nd July with a coffee morning, summer fair and Have a lovely summer, and hopefully karaoke evening all in one day! Don’t enjoy some summer sunshine too. forget the Playing Field AGM on the The next edition will be the 18th too. Check the diary dates for September one - out at the end of other events coming up as well. August. Best wishes If we ever get any decent summer weather (or even if we don’t for that Paul & Siobhan Contact: matter), please try to support your Paul & Siobhan Gothorp local pubs and businesses. We know 2 Cae Gwyn it’s tough in the trade (and Llanferres elsewhere) at the moment and they Mold all need your support. CH7 5SL Tel: (01352) 810566
You’ve got two months now to Email: newsandviews@llanferres.org www.llanferres.org prepare for the Gardening Show at
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Announcements July Birthdays Happy Birthday to the following Iwan Thomas on 3rd July Aislingh O'Garra on 7th July Alec Thomas who will be 20 on 12th July Si么n Edwards who will be 20 on 12th July Ben Ussher on 14th July Sam Llewellyn who will be 16 on 20th July Joe Hill on 25th July Helen Evans on 31st July
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Local news Llanferres Over 60s
Denbighshire Rural Transport Scheme
The July meeting is on Tuesday 12th when the talk will be given by Paul Baxter of Warwick International. I understand it is very interesting and amusing!
After a space of time without our drivers, Chris is now on the mend, and David is home again, so from 1st July we’re back on the road! The scheme is for free transport for pensioners and the handicapped who have no way of getting to appointments with doctors, clinics, dentists etc. Also shopping and visiting close relatives in hospital.
We have no meeting in August. We start again on Sept. l3th with a talk on "The Ladies of Llangollen" Olive 810 294
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July Diary Dates 1st
Fri
2nd
Sat
3rd 4th 5th 6th
Sun 9.30 Holy Communion Mon Tue Bowls Club Wed Llanferres Dance Club
7th
Thu
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Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue
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9.30 - 11.30 Coffee Morning at the Daniel Owen Centre 11.00 Bro Famau Summer Fair 9.00 Karaoke Night at the Druid
Village Camp Out 11.00 Family Service Gardening Club Meeting, PenyFfordd Llanferres Over 60s meeting. 7.00 Bowls Club Annual Fell Race from the Druid Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu Community Council Meeting Fri
16th
Sat
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Sun
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Mon 7.30 Playing Fiield AGM, Village Hall
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Tue
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9.30 Holy Communion
Bowls Club Last day of school term Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu
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24th 25th 26th 27th 28th
Sun 9.30 Holy Communion Mon Tue Bowls Club Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu
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Fri
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Sat
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August Diary Dates 1st
Mon
2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Tue Bowls Club Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu Fri Sat
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8th 9th 10th 11th 12th
Mon Gardening Club Meeting Tue Bowls Club Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu Fri
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10.30 Coffee Morning at 19 Cae Gwyn
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11.00 Family Service
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Wed Llanferres Dance Club
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Wed Llanferres Dance Club Thu Fri Sat Sun 9.30 Holy Communion
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Mon Summer Bank Holiday (Eng. & Wales)
30th
Tue
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Wed Gardening Show entries deadline day. Llanferres Dance Club
9.30 Holy Communion
Bowls Club
6.00pm Twelfth Night - Loggerheads Country Park September News & Views deadline 9.30 Holy Communion 6.00pm Twelfth Night - Loggerheads Country Park
Bowls Club
Bowls Club
For updates and future dates see the What’s On page at www.llanferres.org
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Community Council News - June Meeting Llanferres Community Council Meeting June 9th 2011
Planning Matters 21/2011/0575 Certificate of Lawfulness for existing use of land, Bryn Arian, Tafarn y Gelyn. Apologies : Cllr Jac Armstrong Councillors had no additional information which could assist County Officers in Meeting Open to the Public Parking at Loggerheads. Mrs Jane Clough reaching a decision. drew the attention of Councillors to the possible impact that the proposed Maeshafn Playing Field Land transfer restrictions may have on businesses at documents are still in preparation. Loggerheads. It is suggested that parking Received:-DCC will be prohibited on the Park side of the Correspondence list (1) Invitation to the Royal Welsh Freedom of A494 from the Park entrance to Cadole. the County Ceremony.(2) Councillors Planning Training Session, 21st July, Declarations of Interest None County Hall, at 6-30pm. Comments invited Minutes of the meeting held on 12th May. on the Protocol document. Cllr Almond pointed out that the silent tribute Request from the external auditors to carry for David Scruton followed his personal out the annual Audit. tribute and not as shown in the minutes. With this correction, the Minutes were Matters brought to Councillors` Attention accepted and signed. Governor`s Report Cllr Rob Armstrong Matters Arising Financial:- The PAYE commented on the tables of results system for payment of the Clerk`s salary is presented to the recent School Governor`s Meeting. Ysgol Bro Famau compares in operation. favourably with similar schools in the same Maeshafn Maintenance of the "family" while good progress is being made Village Green. No further information had towards further improvements in all areas. been received . Forwarded to the next Health and Safety checks of all Council assets will be undertaken this month. meeting. Cllr Rob Jones was concerned that some commemorative signs have been removed Presentation of Accounts The accounts, prepared for the annual audit, from the Moel Famau Lower Car Park area. were accepted and signed by the Chairman. Enquiries will be made. Cllr Peter Williams reported that the notice Tyn Llan Notice Board Final estimates board in Maeshafn requires attention. are still required. Date of the next meeting July 14th 2011 Memorial Stone . Further estimates for the landscaping are required. David Jones, Chairman Bills Clerk`s Salary (Monthly)
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Llanferres Parish Gardening Club Our meeting held on Monday June 13th had as guest speaker Carol Madden, her topic "Your Plot is a Herb Garden" was a miscellany of information about plants most people have in their gardens. They included nettles as a vegetable (used to make soup) or cloth manufacture; dandelion for salad, beer or coffee substitute; snowdrops for polio treatment; pot marigold (calendula) for hand cream and yellow dye; poached egg plants for bees and particularly hoverflies. All these and a host of others - some illustrated with slides - opened our minds about plants which we grow or have been in gardens for perhaps 2000 years. The meeting on Monday July 11th will be a garden visit to Dove Cottage, Penyffordd. Start at Llanferres church at 6.30 pm for car convoy. The meeting on Monday August 8th will be the evening when the final arrangements are made for our Annual Show on Saturday, September 3rd. SHOW SCHEDULES are available from :David Jones 810 511 Glenys Roberts 810 358 Joan Almond 810 808 Or online at www.llanferres.org ENTRY FORMS to be received by Glenys Roberts, 7 Tyn Llan, Llanferres by 6pm on Wednesday 31st August or can be submitted by telephone to David Jones by 6pm on 31st August, Tel 810 511. Also, see centre pages for more details Show Sec David Jones 01352 810511
Hon Sec Mrs Joan Almond 01352 810808
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Monthly recipe from CAFFI FLORENCE July & August are the months when the bilberry bushes on our hills are laden with their jewel like fruit. They are beautiful, have a very distinctive taste and better still are free. The down side is that they do take a while to pick. But what can be better on a summer’s day than to walk a while, take a rest to admire the view and pick a box of bilberries. The good thing about this recipe is that it only needs a handful. Do be warned, the fruit does stain when squashed so don’t fill the pockets of your new white jeans!! We make these at the café with groups of children so they are really very easy and quite delicious.
Bilberry Muffins 375g Self Raising flour 330g castor sugar 90g butter or margarine 310ml milk 1 egg 75g bilberries demerara sugar Rub fat into flour. Add the sugar and mix. Add milk and beaten egg and mix lightly. Add bilberries and mix in gently. Place muffin cases inside a muffin tin Spoon mix to fill cases to about 2/3 full Sprinkle a small teaspoon of demerara sugar on top of each muffin Place in a preheated oven at 180C gas mark 4 for about 20 mins until soft and spongy when pressed and lightly brown. Avoid opening oven until nearly done.
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Church News Services for July 3rd 9.30 am Holy Communion 10th 11.00 am Special St Berres' Day Family Service 17th 9.30 am Holy Communion 24th 9.30 am Holy Communion 31st Group service at Cilcain at 10.30 am Services for August 7th 9.30 am Holy Communion 14th 11.00 am Family Service 21st 9.30 am Holy Communion 28th 9.30 am Holy Communion Rev'd Philip Bettinson We extend a very warm welcome to Philip and his wife Megan, who will be joining the five parishes following his ordination at the Cathedral in June. He will be accompanying Adrian at the services Adrian takes so as to 'learn the ropes'. July Family Service We hope to welcome many of you to the church on 10th July when we shall be having a special Family Service of celebration to remember our Patron Saint, St Berres.
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Ysgol Bro Famau Summer Fair! Saturday 2nd July 11.30am til 3.00pm £1.00 adults, 50p under 18’s All welcome! Home produce stalls Games Refreshments Auction and Raffle Tug of War Pony rides Name the calf Wellie Throwing Football Challenge And much more
All proceeds towards much needed resources and equipment for the children at Ysgol Bro Famau
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Take Care Local residents are urged to take extra care when driving through our villages, particularly in areas where children play during the summer months. According to research eighty per cent of accidents involving children occur during the school holidays, at weekends, and in the afternoon and evening on school days. Please don’t, and urge visitors not to, park too close to entrances used by children (like the school, park and playing fields), so that children and other drivers have a clear line of sight at these danger points. A Few Facts Ÿ Many accidents happen on light summer evenings when children are playing outside Ÿ A third of children injured while crossing the road say that they did not stop before they stepped off the kerb Ÿ – and as many say they did not look Ÿ More than a third of children injured while walking or playing are alone at the time – and only one in 10 are with an adult. Ÿ Boys have nearly twice as many accidents as girls when they are walking or playing, and more than five times as many when riding bikes Ÿ Source: AA Motoring Trust
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The Gallon Walk - Time for Change? Friday 17th June is a night we always await with an element of trepidation and fear as to what part of our property we are going to have to repair this year (fences usually). How many cans, bottles and plastic cups are going to be hurled against the side of our house, in our hedges and our fields, how many times we will be woken up by rather loud incoherent singing and whether our garden will survive the night intact or end up with a load of beer glasses and mud strewn across it. It may be just me getting old and slightly more "Daily Mail" in my outlook on life, but am I the only resident who thinks that unless the Gallon Walk is being done on an organised basis and for charity (ie all the walkers asked constantly to contribute to charities), it should perhaps be discouraged? It seems to be a load of youths staggering around completely off their trollies. After all, who benefits? The landlords of the various pubs clearly do and I note that We Three Loggerheads advertises the Gallon Walk a long time beforehand. Stag do's are coming into the area. People are walking up from Mold or getting dropped off in one of the pubs by taxi or minibus.
licences also benefit. On numerous occasions I have seen people stagger by carrying bags full of beer cans. Has the Gallon Walk become an event well beyond the original aims it was established for, which was to raise money for charities and have a good, well ordered drunken stagger around lots of pubs? What can be done to control it before things get completely out of hand and we end up with a fairly serious incident? Perhaps the landlords could take a bit more responsibility and accept that this is not an event to advertise as a booze tour of Llanferres and surrounds and instead encourage the charitable side considerably more than they currently do. Perhaps the community council could start providing stewards and charge the pubs for the cost? A Concerned Resident, perhaps a little NIMBY (not in my back yard). Name and address supplied
What’s your opinion? You can air your views on our facebook page, email newsandviews@llanferres.org or via our website www.llanferres.org or, if you prefer, more traditional means. However it is not just the landlords Tel: 810566 or a note to 2 Cae Gwyn, who do well. Supermarkets and off Llanferres CH7 5SL
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LLANFERRES PARISH GARDENING CLUB 37th ANNUAL SHOW To be held at
THE VILLAGE HALL LLANFERRES SATURDAY 3rd SEPTEMBER 2011 Doors Open at 1-45pm Trophies will be presented at 2-15pm Admission charges: Adults ÂŁ1, Children 50p Show Schedules and Entry Forms available from: Mr D Jones 810511 Mrs JR Roberts 810358 Mrs J Almond 810808 or online at www.llanferres.org ENTRY FORMS to be received by Glenys Roberts, 7 Tyn Llan, Llanferres by 6pm on Wednesday 31st August or can be submitted by telephone to David Jones by 6pm on 31st August, Tel 810 511 All exhibits must be staged between 8am and 10:30am on the day of the show
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CLASSES TROPHY/CUP/SHIELD AWARDED TO EACH SECTION GARDEN SECTION: Restricted Classes 1-33 Vegetables and Fruit FLOWER SECTION: Restricted Classes 40-62 Flowers LARGEST PRODUCE SECTION: Restricted Classes 65-82 FLORAL ART SECTION: Open Classes 85-91 POT PLANTS SECTION: Restricted Classes 95-108 JUNIOR SECTION: Open Classes 110-114 (up to 10 years) Classes 115-120 (up to 16 years) PHOTOGRAPHIC SECTION: Open Classes 125-131 HOME SECTION: Open Classes 135-156 ADULT HANDICRAFT: Open Classes 160-169 ART SECTION: Open Adult Classes 170-175 Junior Classes 177-179 (Open Classes) Restricted Classes:-Llanferres Residents and Club Members..
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Marshals needed - Sunday 18th September 2011 The Llanferres Playing Field Association has again agreed to marshal the event, with the help of our local community. In 2010 we raised over ÂŁ2000 for the playing field. As in previous years, there will be a marshals meeting on Friday 16th, at 7.30pm, and post event BBQ / free drink at The Druid. If you have marshaled before, wish to help out, or if you have any questions please email me.
crc_marshal@hotmail.co.uk Please support your local playing field and children’s park by helping out on the day. Thanks, Dan Hurst -
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Maeshafn CC news It has been a busy start to the season for us. So far, apart from a game conceded and a friendly cancelled due to bad weather, we have played every game in the fixture list (8 so far). We have won 4 and lost 4. Four of our players have already hit half centuries this year, and we have had over four 5 wicket hauls. Fortunately this year we have a large squad and plenty of players to call upon as injuries, depressed players and holidays have already hit us and regulars like Tom Hall have been able to take a break due to injury without the club folding! We were top of the league for a while, but it didn't last as we have now lost our last four fixtures. Admittedly two of these were against very strong opposition, but two were not and our newer players have had a bit of a baptism of fire with experiencing the major depression that follows dropping absolute sitters (catches). Fortunately Dave Williams has taken up sheep rustling and we no longer have to take a ladder with us to rescue players from the roof of the pavilion.
seats in the theatre have improved or whether agonising back ache still occurs after an hour or so. A Cricket Laws Teaser for any budding umpires out there: Question: You are the umpire. A ball is bowled which goes past the batsman and the stumps, appearing to miss the stumps completely but passing very close to them. The wicket keeper runs forward and appeals for the batsman to be out. He points at the bails lying on the floor. It was windy but the bails had not fallen off before that incident in the game. The square leg umpire did not see the bails come off at all. What do you do? Answer: This actually occurred in a game on Saturday. The umpire (me) indicated "not out" because I had not seen the bails come off as the ball went past the stumps and hence the batsman was not out. Needless to say the opposition were not very happy! Practices are still on Mondays at Buckley CC - 6.30pm onwards until the end of August.
Our tour this year has a cultural twist to it, with a visit to Stratford upon Avon in Jonathan Fagan August (we are playing at the cricket jbfagan@ten-percent.co.uk club there which should be interesting). It will be good to see if the
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Local News People have been wondering for some time, what has become of our village Mini-bus, so I decided to investigate and recently had a meeting with Mrs Turner, headmistress of Ysgol Bro Famau and Sian Thomas From Denbighshire C.C.
gone up considerably. It will now cost ÂŁ1 per mile for maintenance and insurance, plus fuel.
Things have changed a little since the bus was last used by other organisations. In line with other villages in the County, Volunteers, including those who have driven it before, still must attend a short morning course (free) before they can drive the vehicle. Charges have
Unfortunately now without the input of D.C.C. nobody else could afford to keep the bus going.
Booking and paperwork would be done by the school. If Groups or Organisations are interested in using the the bus in the future perhaps you could let me know the It appears that a few years ago names of possible volunteer when the Playing fields and drivers and the scheme can go Recreation Association gave the ahead. bus to the school, the then head decided-mistakenly-that it was for If there are no potential users it their exclusive use. means the loss of another The position is, that the school Community asset which was have use of it during School hours originally bought with money and the Community can book it for raised by the villagers for the evenings, weekends, and school Playing Fields Association who holidays. also secured other grants.
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VALE OF CLWYD CLASSIC 3RD SEPTEMBER 2011 After over 40 years of organising motorsport events Clwyd Vale Motor Club are now proposing to run the inaugural Vale of Clwyd Classic sponsored by Jonathan Turner of AGS Security Systems. Cars entered on this event will be mainly from the 1950s and 1960s, including many of the famous makes of those years, such as Triumph, MG, Porsche, Jaguar, Mini Cooper and Austin Healey. We also hope there will also be some Vintage cars. The event consists of a tour of the Vale and surrounding area set at an average speed of less than 28mph, linking locations of special interest. At these locations the crews face a variety of manoeuvrability and driving skill tests. Scrutineering of the cars will take place on Friday evening at Loggerheads garage and the cars will be able to be viewed at the Druid from 6 pm – 8 pm. The cars will be leaving The Druid Inn, Llanferres at 1 minute intervals from 8-30 am on Saturday 3rd September 2011 and will return about 5.00 pm. As in previous years, the event is raising funds for the North West Air Ambulance charity to add to the £5000 raised so far. You can see more about the event at www.cvmc.org.uk and about the Air Ambulance at www.northwestairambulance.co.uk. Anybody who would like to be involved in marshalling on the event then please contact me and any training you need will be given on what, I hope, will be a great day out. If you have any question regarding the event please contact me on 01352 810430 or email guy@guywoodcock.com
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News & Views 31 Celebrate Summer - why not enjoy a summer platter and a jug of Pimms!
FELL RACE - Annual Druid Fell Race Wed. July 13th - come and support your local runners and enjoy a summer evening pint or turn to host the North v two.
Llanferres South Golf Tournament. In an attempt to secure a win on the Sunday the lads have arranged a Karaoke Night from 9.00pm on Saturday 2nd July - so come along and join in the fun - all welcome
CHAIN REACTION CYCLE EVENT Sunday 18th Sept We look forward to entertaining the volunteers who have marshaled the event. As usual an evening BBQ, sponsored by Marstons Brewery in conjunction with the Druid Inn, is available for all marshals.
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Freedom of the County On a day that threatened to rain and even hailstone, we were lucky that it remained dry for the Parade through Denbigh of the Royal Welsh. It was a very successful day, with the residents of Denbighshire turning out in force to support the Battalion and to view the Parade. Mayors from every Council attended, with probably the largest collection of Battalion’s work and their Gold Chains in Wales! Our equipment which was a source of Community Council was great interest to members of the represented by Rob Armstrong, public. Christine Evans and myself. It was a privilege to attend and Following the Parade, speeches support the Battalion in their were made by the Chairman of receipt of the Freedom of the Denbighshire County Council, The County. Too often one sees Mayor of Denbigh, the Deputy Lord negative reports within the media Lieutenant and Colonel Beard, all about Britain’s role in the World, of whom were a with such articles pleasure to hear. appearing to be It was especially without thought for pleasing to see and the great work the speak to so many servicemen people from our themselves carry village. Everyone to out. I am extremely whom I spoke proud that our thoroughly enjoyed county decided to the spectacle of the confer this honour Battalion, the Band and can only hope of The Prince of that this will be Wales’ Division and replicated by other Billy the Goat Counties across the marching through Country. the town centre. Several stalls were Cllr Jac Armstrong. also set up with information on the Photographs by Craig Colville, reproduced courtesy of the Denbighshire Free Press
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Dr Christine’s letter - June 2011 The work goes on as usual, I am just about getting the hang of the new scrutiny programme. I am Vice Chair of the Partnerships Scrutiny which is pretty vast but many more topics are now decided more locally at the Area Members Groups of which we are in Ruthin I still think much more could be decided by the Community Councils, especially planning without going to planning committee, or even planning officers, as we have much better local knowledge and know what is needed in the way of improving local businesses/dwellings. There are enough people concerned with the local beauty to safeguard the countryside from monstrosities and pushy property developers. On the pleasant side I went on 11th June to the conferment of the Freedom of Denbighshire to the Royal Welsh. The weather held fair [just] Denbigh was packed and all the children were there as well as dignitaries. Colonel Beard of the regiment gave a moving address, amongst others, reminding us that the Royal Welsh, which was formed 2 years ago from the 3 Welsh regiments, have been twice to the front line recently in Afghanistan and the losses they had incurred. The mascot the Goat from the Great Orme was white as white and had a natty little personalised transport. The Armstrongs, father and son, were there from Llanferres and Rupert and Mair Lloyd from Llanarmon, the latter were representing the British Legion as they both served in WW2. There were a good number of old soldiers with all their gallantry medal parading and in the crowd.
As a member of The Council for the Protection of Rural Wales [CPRW] I also visited the Coastal path which is being revamped at Bagillt, the intention is it should eventually be possible to walk and horse/cycle ride along the whole of the Welsh coast round to Chepstow. We also visited the Woodland Skills Centre in The Warren, Bodfari, which has excellent course and exploratory programmes for youngsters. Both these are worth a visit you will find them on line. I have just visited Lloyd Georges home near Criccieth, a museum and also good value He was the greatest modern Welshman He introduce amongst other things National Insurance in the 1920s as well as winning WW1, we were doing badly till he became Minister of War in 1916. The parking at Cadole has moved on a smidgeon further on with the consultation having closed. There are 3 objections to the yellow lines going from Loggerheads to Cadole which the WAG must look into. Have a lovely summer Christine Evans christinemaryevans@hotmail.com
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Children’s Jokes What did the ocean say to the shore? Nothing, it just waved! Why was the sand wet? Because the sea…weed! What do you call two octopuses that look alike? I-tentacle twins! How do you communicate with a fish? Drop it a line!
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Nature Notes Due to varoa mite and 'colony collapse disorder' etc. honey bees are in trouble. Consequently, the very valuable work of pollination performed by bumblebees, to so many of our food crops, is increasingly being appreciated and understood. We are, therefore, being encouraged to do all we can to help and preserve these useful insects. So it is a little disturbing when a number of people have contacted me to ask what is happening to bumblebees as they have found many dead specimens lying on the ground. Jed and Polly brought me about ten that they had found in Pentre Cerrig (Bowens's) Lane. They were nearly all of the species Bombus terrestris or B. lucorum - the workers of these two species are virtually indistinguishable although the queens are different. They nearly all had the tail missing and the abdomen had been eviscerated. I did quite a bit of reading and research on the subject and discovered several possible reasons and some theories. Firstly I found a passage in "The Life of the Bumblebee" by D.V. Alford which I quote - 'In summer, large numbers of dead bumblebees are often found beneath lime trees, and it is sometimes thought that pesticides are to blame. However, nectar secreted by the blossom is itself intoxicating and often fatal to bees. Workers and males of Bombus lucorum and Bombus terrestris are the most frequent victims. Drunken specimens around the trees are commonly attacked by wasps and birds, especially great tits, while dead bodies on the ground are often plundered by ants." However, there are no lime trees in Bowen's Lane. On doing further research I found references to dead bumblebees being
found under flowering sycamore trees and hawthorn bushes, which were in full bloom, and it was suggested that the bees had become intoxicated by their nectar. Other sources speculate that bees heavy with pollen and nectar might have been driven to the ground by sudden, heavy downpours of rain and before they were able to dry off and fly were attacked by birds - the great tit was usually accused of being the most likely predator. Another theory:- "Worker bumblebees only live about four weeks and when a colony is first established the queen lays a batch of eggs which she broods until they become larvae and almost all of these larvae will become adult bees at about the same time. It is possible, therefore, that the first batch of adult worker bees in a colony will mostly die off at about the same time, approximately four weeks after the colony is first established." Other possible causes are parasite infection, of which there are several; bees remaining out over night (which they sometimes do) and being killed by a sudden drop in temperature, which would need to be severe, but then it did drop to minus 0路1掳C on 11th June and 0路4掳C the following night; the nest being flooded by heavy rain; pesticides being sprayed on the plants on which the bees have been foraging. More bizarrely, studies in Switzerland and India came to the conclusion that signals from mobile phones could be contributing to the decline of bees. Personally, I suspect that sudden heavy downpours, of which we have had several, are the most likely cause of the problem.
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Local Councillors Christine Evans, Denbighshire County Councillor for Llanferres, Llanarmon yn Ial & Llandegla. 07887774909 Gwyneth Dillon, Clerk to Llanferres Community Council, 01978 790269 Llanferres Community Councillors John Almond, Chairman, 01352 810808 David Jones, Vice Chairman, 01352 810511 Rob Armstrong, 01352 810259 Jac Armstrong, 01352 810259 Margaret Davies, 01352 810491 Yvonne Foden-McCorry, 01352 810867 Rob Jones, 01352 810500 Olive Parry, 01352 810294 Peter Williams, 01352 810287 Please contact any of the above if you have anything you would like to be brought to the attention of your Community Council.
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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 Rectory, 9 Pen-y-Coed, Nannerch, Mold, CH7 5RS Tel. 01352 741376. 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 F.L.A.S.H. - 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, Jenny Studley. Tel: 810229 PTFA Ysgol Bro Famau - Lindsay Turner. Tel: 810403 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 1
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