april 2008
CYNWYL GAEO COMMUNITY COUNCIL
The Hall Committee would like to thank the community council for their gift of £300 towards the Hall. This donation towards the upkeep of the Hall is very much appreciated.
CUDYLL COCH DRAMA COMPANY
The Cudyll Coch Drama Company from Llandeilo visited once again this year. While welcoming the audience, Eirian Morgan, the Chairman of the Hall Committee referred to the recent passing of Mr Jack Davies, Glantwrch, Pumsaint, who had accepted an invitation to be president for the evening. Mr Davies was a community councilor for many years, and had been awarded the M.B.E. earlier in the year. As a sign of respect, the audience stood for a minute’s silence before commencing the drama. A kind donation was received by the Tremavon family in memory of Jack Davies. Two comedies were performed – ‘Iechyd Da’ by David Jones, and ‘Gweld Ser’ by Peter Hughes Grifiths, and the audience enjoyed the evening.
JONSI
BBC Radio Cymru visited the village on the 18th of April to broadcast their daily breakfast programme, ‘Jonsi’. During the programme, Jonsi spoke with some of the school children and local residents and some members of the Hall Committee prepared some breakfast for everybody who had come to listen and take part in the programme.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday to Mrs Joan Davies, Troed y Bryn on celebrating her eightieth birthday recently. A day of celebration was enjoyed by family and friends.
march 2008
BRO FANA PARK
Over Christmas, local people went carol singing to raise money towards Bro Fana Park. Over £780 was raised with the help of Lowri Davies and the Barclays Bank pound for pound scheme.
CUDYLL COCH DRAMA COMPANY
The Llandeilo drama company will be visiting on the 12th of April, 2008 to perform two comedies – ‘Iechyd Da’ (Cheers) by David Jones and ‘Gweld Ser’ (Seeing Stars) by Peter Hughes Griffiths. The president for the evening will be Mr J.H. Davies M.B.E., Glantwrch, Pumsaint. A warm welcome is extended to all, and the evening will start at 7.30pm.
CHEESE AND WINE EVENING
A Cheese and Wine Evening will be held at the Hall on Friday the 23rd of May at 8.00pm. Mr Maugan Trethowan from the Gorwydd Cheese Company, Llnaddewi Brefi will be joining us to talk about the cheese making process. The company produces Caerphilly Cheese that is very popular, being distributed over a vast area, as well as being exported. There will also be a wine expert attending. A warm welcome is extended to all.
BBC RADIO CYMRU
BBC Radio Cymru will be broadcasting the morning show ‘Jonsi’ from the Hall on Friday 18th April from 8.30 – 10.30am. Everyone is welcome to join us during the morning.
january/february 2008
WALES AIR AMBULANCE
Mrs Ann Edwards from Tregaron visited the village on the 12th of February to receive a cheque for £540 for the Wales Air Ambulance. This money was raised during the annual carol concert, with the help of Lowri Davies and the Barclays Bank £1 for £1 scheme. Mrs Edwards thanked everybody for their support.
CLASSICAL CONCERT
We welcomed the Lampeter Chamber Orcehstra to the village on Sunday 27th of January to give a concert of classical music. Work by Rossini, Bach, Bartok, Mozart and Haydn was performed.
RESEARCHING PLACE NAMES
Professor David Thorne from Lampeter University visited the Hall on the 11th of February to talk about local place names. It was an opportunity to learn about the origins of local place names, many dating back centuries. Thank you to the ‘Square Mile’ fund for sponsoring the evening.
TRANSPORT OF ANIMAL LICENCE
Nearly eighty farmers took advantage of a training and test day for the Transport of Animal licence at the Hall on the 7th of February. Farmers from a wide area came to do their tests, mostly on laptop computers. The course was run by Mid Wales and Marches Assessment Centre. Thank you to John Mercer and Rhys Davies for organising the day.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
Thank you to Councillor Eirwyn Williams for securing £800 from the County Council’s Local Porjects fund. This money is available for Councillors to distribute to voluntary organisations within their local communities.
RECYCLING
We will shortly be starting an ink cartridge recycling scheme in the Post Office. You will be able to bring your spent cartridges to the Post Office and the Hall will receive money to put towards running activities in the local area.