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Stories for 2 June 2005

Penarth Features

MalÕs Memories

DO you remember scrumping?  more...

Penarth Letters

Support cadets

ROY le Gros is quite right to say that any community needs youth organisations that provide a "broad range of supervised youth activities" for young people (Penarth Times, May 19).  more...

Top musical

PODS have just performed the show Calamity Jane at the Paget Rooms, Penarth.  more...

Big thank you

LAST month I won the Texaco competition run in the Penarth Times and was awarded two tickets for the Young Musician of Wales 2005 competition, and a meal at Bistro 10 for two.  more...

Dog fouling

SOME time ago I protested at the dog fouling problem at Tower Hill, about which you published a photo and feature. Dog fouling in this thoroughfare and the lane opposite has now ceased completely. Thank you for your help.  more...

Helpful person

I WOULD like to thank the person who picked up my keys which were on the road by a car which was parked outside the Seacot Hotel on the Esplanade at Penarth recently. I am grateful also that they were handed in at the hotel. Many thanks. My faith in human nature has been restored.  more...

Volunteering

YOUR readers may be aware that 2005 is British Year of Volunteering during which, all of us in the voluntary sector are celebrating the special contribution made by volunteers throughout the country.  more...

Flower thanks

I AM writing this short note to thank the lady who left on my doorstep a most beautiful bouquet of flowers and a card, thanking me for finding her purse and handing it on to the police.   more...

Good pier news

I HAVE just read the Penarth Times (May 26, 2005) and the front page news regarding the pier really cheered me up.  more...

Beachcliff

I WRITE with my views on the planning application for demolition and rebuild on Beachcliff Buildings, Penarth Esplanade (housing Rabbiotti"s, DeCourcey Marketing Suite and Chandlers).  more...

Asbestos

I AM writing in response to the article printed on asbestos (Penarth Times, May 26).  more...

Derelict state

I AM wondering if any readers have notice the dilapidated state of two Victorian houses in Bridgeman Road, namely Normandy and Ashdene Manor.  more...

Footpath

EARLIER this year I remember reading in your newspaper of an unpleasant ordeal suffered by a young lady along the Dingle Railway Station footpath.  more...

Penarth News

Huge boost for householders

PENARTH householders are to be first in line to benefit from a 3.9 million fund for improving and repairing private properties, as the Vale council underlines its commitment to the town's housing renewal area.  more...

VIP help is appreciated

ALUN Michael MP and Lorraine Barrett AM gave a boost to Marie Curie's Volunteers' Week by turning up for an afternoon shift to push the sweets trolley around the wards.  more...

Time gentlemen, please

THE Vale council has urged landlords to get their applications in for new alcohol licenses, in an attempt to head off a crisis which could put pubs and bars out of action by Christmas.  more...

Jo is a leading light

A PENARTH teenager, who has appeared in Doctor Who and the Harry Potter movies, has been selected for a new training programme run by the BBC and Channel 4 aimed at disabled actors who want to work in television.  more...

Challenge to get fit for your benefit and others

CUSTOMERS at Leisure Centres in The Vale of Glamorgan will be working out for the British Heart Foundation (The BHF) throughout Help a Heart Week - and helping to raise much needed funds for the nation's heart charity.  more...

Lifeguard father slams council's swimming policy

A QUALIFIED lifeguard from Penarth has slammed the Vale council's policy on swimming, after being turned away from Cogan Leisure centre with three children in tow.  more...

Rebecca is "in a class of her own"

PENARTH opera singer Rebecca Evans has earned rave reviews in the national press for her performance as Pamina in the Welsh National Opera's production of The Magic Flute.  more...

Children are first in line for grant funds

THE Vale of Glamorgan Council's Cabinet is set to discuss new 1.5 million proposals for improving outcomes for vulnerable children when it meets next.  more...

Compost means we're all winners

THE VALE of Glamorgan Council has given away 10 free compost bins to lucky residents who entered a competition in support of National Compost Awareness Week.  more...

Jewellers hope that Euro vision will be good as gold

A PENARTH jeweller believes his shop has become the first in the town to accept Euro notes.  more...

Penarth Sport

It's turned out nice again for bowlers

BARRY Wanderers Cricket Club hosted Wenvoe at Hayes Point on a chilly day.  more...

Club's first duathlon is runaway winner for organisers

ON Wednesday, May 18, Les Croupiers Triathletes (Cardiff) hosted their first ever duathlon (3k/14k/3k), held at the Llandow Race Circuit in the Vale of Glamorgan.  more...

Agonising early end to cup hopes

SULLY Centurions had a mixed weekend.  more...

Dinas notch up season's first win

DINAS POWYS CRICKET CLUB  more...

Michael sets his sights on international stage

YOUNG cricket star Michael O'Shea has established himself as a member of the Glamorgan II team this season - and is hopeful of making the England under-19 squad next year.  more...

A weekend of winning form

PENARTH 1st XI, captained by Dave Ricketts, had a good win over Pontypridd last Saturday, leaving the club wondering if they will suffer from vertigo at the lofty heights of the Premier Division of the Thomas Caroll South Wales Cricket League.  more...

View from New Zealand by Roger Windle

YOU have to feel sorry for the Lions players.  more...

Penarth Wartime Memories

South to safety by Peter Reynolds

AFTER the fall of Singapore our squadron moved firstly to Sumatra and after being bombed out there, to Java.  more...

  
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