Penarth | Archive | 2005 | June
DO you remember scrumping? more...
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...
PODS have just performed the show Calamity Jane at the Paget Rooms, Penarth. more...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I HAVE just read the Penarth Times (May 26, 2005) and the front page news regarding the pier really cheered me up. more...
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...
I AM writing in response to the article printed on asbestos (Penarth Times, May 26). more...
I AM wondering if any readers have notice the dilapidated state of two Victorian houses in Bridgeman Road, namely Normandy and Ashdene Manor. more...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A PENARTH jeweller believes his shop has become the first in the town to accept Euro notes. more...
BARRY Wanderers Cricket Club hosted Wenvoe at Hayes Point on a chilly day. more...
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...
SULLY Centurions had a mixed weekend. more...
DINAS POWYS CRICKET CLUB more...
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...
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...
YOU have to feel sorry for the Lions players. more...
AFTER the fall of Singapore our squadron moved firstly to Sumatra and after being bombed out there, to Java. more...
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