Penarth | Archive | 2005 | July
THURSDA - Trinity Community Centre, Woodland Place, Penarth. more...
THE "Save Our Seafront" public meeting on June 27 was always intended to be about the wider issues of the seafront, including the state of the pier pavilion, the Italian Gardens and public shelter, and the unpainted railings and benches on the promenade. more...
I AM astonished at the reaction of the Vale of Glamorgan Council and Penarth Town Council to the recent proposed demolition of the Beachcliff terrace and its replacement by a new four-storey building for commercial/residential use. more...
THE picture of Beecroft Clinic in Stanwell Road (Penarth Times, June 23) brings back many memories of when my mother, Mrs Emily Massey, used to take me, my two brothers and my sister there to be weighed and to make sure we were fit and well. I would have been about ten, my brothers nine and six, and my sister four. more...
I REFER to your article about Foxy"s Deli and its problems with a planning application (June 23). more...
I MAY be wrong, but I can"t help thinking that now the opposers of the Beachcliff redevelopment scheme seem to have had their way, the Beachcliff buildings will remain as they are for a very long time - maybe decades. more...
THE comprehensive victory by the All Blacks in the second test left Clive Woodward with no excuses. more...
DO YOU remember when you learnt to swim? more...
EVERY week the Penarth Times will be running a picture which, like this one, looks back at the people and places of Penarth past. more...
A PENARTH councillor has slammed the Vale Council for failing to end an eight-year wait for a new Penarth youth centre and leaving 40,000 in the kitty unspent - which he says could help rid the town of its anti-social behaviour. more...
THE Marie Curie Hospice in Penarth has a new patron - former Holme Tower nurse Lorraine Barrett AM. more...
THE man whose family's houseboat was evicted from Penarth Marina is keeping up his fight against corporate giant Crest Nicholson. more...
A VICTORIAN country estate near Dinas Powys that was once owned by the Morel shipping family has been put on the market for almost £2 million. more...
POLICE made 28 arrests in the Vale as part of the tenth Operation Arrowhead, designed to tackle crime across the South Wales area. more...
THE Penarth Society has thrown its weight behind the Nutopia bid to launch an international film festival in Penarth, centred on the Pier building. more...
PENARTH'S Oxfam wore white last week in support of the Make Poverty History campaign. more...
PENARTH rock"n"roll band the Sunsets - once the backing group of Shakin" Stevens and Screaming Lord Sutch - are performing this Saturday at the Penarth Festival. more...
ST Peter's Church, one of two in the parish of St Andrew Major, celebrated 75 years of worship with a week of events. more...
SOME 70 Rotarians gathered with their wives and guests at the Penarth Conservative Club last Saturday, July 2. more...
COMPETING in the annual Gloucester Open Swim Meet last weekend, Penarth Swim Squad members Richard Black (100m and 200m breaststroke), Gareth Thomas (50m freestyle), Jessica Adams (200m butterfly) and Anna Verdon (100m individual medley) all took gold in their respective events. more...
IT has been a very disappointing week for the Windsor Ladies tennis teams. more...
THE men's teams at Penarth Lawn Tennis Club are reaching the end of a highly successful season in the Courtstall South Wales Summer Doubles Leagues and it's been the usual roller coaster ride. more...
WHAT A frustrating season it is turning out to be for the majority of Sully Centurions players, with only one game out of four possible last Saturday. more...
THE young rugby players of Ysgol Pen-y-Garth proved they are made of the right stuff by winning an Anglo-Welsh trophy event held in Wiltshire. more...
October 1941 more...
AS we commemorate the end of the Second World War, Vale of Glamorgan MP John Smith has urged all those in the Vale who served in the forces to apply for a lapel badge recognising their status as Armed Forces Veterans. The badge has been developed by the government with veterans' organisations and can be worn as a lapel badge with civilian dress. more...
THE Cardiff and District National Malaya and Borneo Veterans Association, based at the Penarth Ex-Servicemen's Club, enjoyed a lottery-funded trip to the National Arboretom at Litchfield. more...
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