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Stories for 26 May 2005

Penarth Features

Mals Memories

DO you remember the old-time Whitsun Treats?  more...

Penarth Jamie Adamson

A Marathon effort!

TWO Vale men finished the London Marathon together while holding the Welsh flag aloft in memory of victims of cancer.  more...

Penarth Letters

Fair Trade

YOU published a letter last month under the heading 'Fair Trade Not So Fair'.  more...

Receipt

IN recent weeks, there have been several occasions when I have been asked whether I would like a receipt when shopping.  more...

Web site

JUST a quick letter to tell you that I think your web site is fantastic - it allows me to keep in touch with my home town.  more...

Unsightly

I THINK it's a great shame the derelict, neglected eyesore at the bottom end of Albert Road, Penarth, is still the same unsightly mess as it has been for many years.  more...

Penarth Lions

View from New Zealand by Roger Windle

AS I write this, the Argentina game has just finished, and the Lions' management will have plenty to think about on the long trip out here.  more...

Penarth Looking Back

Mals Memories

DO you remember the old-time Whitsun Treats?  more...

Penarth News

£50m hope

THE Penarth entrepreneurs behind the idea to start an international film festival centred on Penarth Pier say they have secured 50 million in backing from a leading investment bank to realise their dream.  more...

Cant see for smiles

ONE of the most feared players in rugby history was in Penarth yesterday to show people how to smile - and to help get a new entry in the Guinness Book of Records.  more...

Student to fill void of war with music

A STUDENT from Dinas Powys will travel to Croatia this summer to use music as a therapy for children traumatised by war.  more...

Ready for a new year

THE new mayor of Penarth was inaugurated at a ceremony held at West House last week.  more...

Estate of a nation

A COUNTRY estate near Dinas Powys once owned by the family of Sir Walter Raleigh has been put on the market for a staggering £2,500,000.  more...

St John honour

A PENARTH man who donated 40,000 of a cash windfall to the St John Ambulance Service will be promoted to Commander Brother of the Order by HRH The Duke of Gloucester at a ceremony in Llandaff Cathedral on July 2.   more...

In memory of little Joe

HEAVY rain and wind could not stop a group of fundraisers from holding a special walk in memory of their young friend Joe Dickson-Davies.  more...

China challenge

A DINAS Powys shopkeeper is this week in China completing a nine-day trek to raise 20,000 for autistic children.  more...

Jems on song!

PENARTH pop sensation Jem releases her new single Just A Ride on Sony BMG on June 13.  more...

Asbestos fear on site

VALE council officers have demanded that tests for asbestos are carried out on the site of a controversial waste disposal unit planned in Sully.  more...

In a spin over park changes!

NEW top-of-the-range play equipment has been installed at Penarth's Belle Vue Park thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Friends of the park.  more...

Penarth Sport

Wanderers on target for exciting victory

DINAS Wanderers played home to the Llandough Legion this week and recorded a good 7-4 win.  more...

Clubhouse opens for yacht fans

ON Sunday, May 15, Sully Sailing Club was pleased to welcome distinguished guests, former members and numerous current members to the official opening of its new clubhouse, in the dinghy compound on the foreshore at Sully.  more...

Youngsters welcome FA Cup final ball to Wales

PENARTH youngsters Nicholas and Oliver Close greeted the FA Cup match ball as it was taken to the Millennium Stadium for Saturday's game.  more...

Wolves deny N&M their clean sweep

Sully Sports Wolves 2  more...

Rain can't dampen clubs 120th birthday

PENARTH Lawn Tennis Club opened its doors to the community with its Play Tennis event - and also celebrated its 120th birthday.  more...

Penarth Wartime Memories

Many fallen comrades

By Mr L T Crates  more...

Taking men at their words!

By MV Elliott  more...

Shelter sought from onslaught of the air raid

By Patrick Wolahan  more...

Love found in the lunch queue

by Glyn and Jeanne Davies  more...

End-of-war celebrations

IT has been decided that Sunday, July 10 will be designated as the day for the celebration of the end of World War II.  more...

  
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