Penarth | Archive | 2004 | October
ROCK CHICKS is a compilation of soft-rock classics from the wind-machine-blown, leather-clad divas of the 1980s. This 2-disc set includes power-pop stormers from the likes of the gravel-voiced Bonnie Tyler, the big-gun-straddling Cher, the pouty Jennifer Rush and the slinky black-velvetted Alannah Myles. more...
THIS IS the first time since I started reviewing films for the newspaper that I have written in the first person, but I have been moved to do so by Monster. more...
Thursday more...
EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of October 26, 1979: more...
DO YOU remember the Kymin war? more...
THE GOVERNMENT is currently giving the green light to increased gambling in Britain. more...
I DON'T believe in God, or that Jesus is the Son of God. I don't believe that the Jewish people are God's chosen people. Abraham simply gave them a reason to stay together into the future to whatever destiny had in store for them. They have now returned "God's Promised Land" for them and this seems to be the end of their destiny. more...
YOUR correspondent, Miss Shane Simons, in her letter (Penarth Times, October 14), about Timothy's Thought for the weekend, in which she says he is very arrogant about humanity, has overlooked two important points. Having stated he is a father, he hardly needs a lesson on the facts of life. more...
PUTTING a walkway around Dock Beach would be an act of vandalism. It would be a "carbuncle" on a beautiful stretch of coastline that contains fossils, plants and some shy birds. If this monstrosity was built, it would be covered with green algae within 14 to 18 months (look at the stones by the old seafront car park, now demolished). more...
MY STORY is of tears of sadness and tears of happiness. Recently, my brother Dean died, very suddenly and unexpectedly. He was still a young man, in the prime of life, and his abrupt death was a terrible blow to the many people whose lives he had touched. With the nature of his passing, there had been no time for anyone to prepare themselves, and the ripples of shock were widely felt. more...
IN LAST week's Penarth Times, Miss Simons suggests in her letter, human beings are no more than animals. Indeed, we see people who do behave that way, but, lacking the innocence of animals, their behaviour is inhuman. more...
MORE POLICE on the beat is the top priority Vale residents, according to results from the South Wales Police Authority. more...
A FORMER Penarth man has been awarded a prize in a national competition for the "2004 Millennium Medal for Britain's Younger Scientists, Engineers and Technologists". more...
PENARTH MP Alun Michael insists he is not losing over the results of tests carried out by the World Wildlife Fund for industrial chemicals in his blood stream. more...
PENARTH patients crippled with pain are celebrating news that work will start next month on a new £8 million Orthopaedic Treatment Centre at Llandough Hospital - potentially slashing waiting lists across the region. more...
A PENARTH architect has scooped a prestigious award at the 2004 Welsh Design Awards. more...
A PIONEERING Penarth man who touched thousands of lives has been immortalised in a biography nearly 50 years after his death. more...
A PENARTH colour therapist will take part in Wales' largest Natural Health and Healthy Living Show in Cardiff next weekend. more...
A PENARTH woman was popping the champagne corks this week as she celebrated her 100th birthday. more...
PENARTH police say they have a strong lead in connection with the theft of the town's precious paving stones, and are confident they can shortly make an arrest. more...
A DINAS POWYS footballer was jailed this week for breaking an opponent's jaw in a `friendly' match. more...
ON-the-ball South West Wales AM Alun Cairns scored for his local school when he won them ten new footballs in a McDonald's Keepy Uppy fundraising challenge at this year's FA Community Shield. more...
THE 13TH annual presentation of prizes for Penarth Conservative Club's £1,000 knockout skittles competition took place in the Prince William Suite last Saturday. more...
Penarth Saints 1 Sully Colts 1 (Division 1) more...
THE JUNIORS at Dinas Powys Tennis Club ended their season with an invitational 21-and-under tournament at the club. Many of these `older juniors' made a special trip home from their universities to participate in this popular event. more...
WINDSOR LTC Junior morning thrives, whatever the weather. Despite the rain, the Saturday morning session for juniors still attracts plenty of children and their parents. more...
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