Barry Camera Club Exhibition

Barry Camera Club has an Exhibition on at Arts Central Gallery, Kings Square, Barry, CF63 4RW.

It was opened on June 10th by Margaret Wilkinson, the Mayor of Barry Town Council and Jenny Hibbert the Vice President of The Welsh Photographic Federation and it will run until September 7th.

The Exhibition features 95 prints from members of the Club, including Twyn Yr Odyn resident Roy Carr, who also happens to be the Chairman of the Club. He said: “In today’s digital world, where photographs so often remain hidden on hard drives or mobiles, it’s great to see so many prints up on the walls. It’s also good to see how the work of very different photographers, with very different styles can complement one another when carefully laid out.”

“A few of our members have never printed their work before and their sense of excitement was a delight to see.”

There is also a video featuring over 240 photographs on display on a large screen television.

So why not pay the Exhibition a visit. Arts Central is open Monday to Friday 10 – 4.30 and Saturday 10 – 3.30.

 

 

 



 

Welsh Learners at Clwb Clonc

Meet the tutor 1-3pm 04/09/2019

Canolfan Wenvoe Community Centre

Dewch am sgwrs â’r tiwtor

If you pop into Pugh’s garden centre on a Monday morning you might notice a group of people chatting in Welsh over their coffees. Some may speak quickly and others throw in English words to keep the conversation going. This is because this self-organised group is attracting Welsh learners and speakers alike. Last May a few Wenvoe library volunteers decided to start a Clwb Clonc (Chat Club) and posted an advert in this magazine. This advertised that learners and speakers would be welcome to meet at 11 a.m. on Mondays in the garden centre’s café. Janet Tabor says, “We are going from strength to strength. There are usually around 10-15 people each week. Although most come from Wenvoe village itself this popular group has people popping in from other areas in the Vale. We have a lot of fun. I would like to see more joining us. In my opinion it is wonderful to have an opportunity to use our Welsh locally. You never know how many people can speak Welsh in your area!”

Learn Welsh. The Vale wants to start a fast track class in the Community Centre. We hope to attract enough learners who wish to learn quickly by attending Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 1.00-4.00 p.m. 9 hours a week for £90 for the year. Wenvoe resident Brenig Davies says, “Learning Welsh has allowed me to see a parallel world” and “I have made lots of new friends because of my classes”. If you want to discuss learning Welsh further call the office on 01446 730402 or pop along to the meet tutor event on the 4th September.

 

Os ewch chi i ganolfan arddio Pugh ar fore dydd Llun efallai y byddwch yn sylwi ar y grŵp yn sgwrsio yn Gymraeg dros eu coffi. Efallai bydd rhai yn siarad yn gyflym ac eraill yn taflu geiriau Saesneg i gadw’r sgwrs i fynd. Mae hyn oherwydd bod y grŵp hwn yn denu dysgwyr a siaradwyr Cymraeg. Mis Mai diwethaf penderfynodd ychydig o wirfoddolwyr llyfrgell Wenfô gychwyn Clwb Clonc a phostio hysbyseb yn y cylchgrawn hwn. Roedd yr hysbyseb yn rhoi croeso i bawb gwrdd am 11 a.m. ar ddydd Llun yng nghaffi canolfan Pugh. Dywed Janet Tabor, “Dyn ni’n mynd o nerth i nerth. Fel arfer mae 10-15 o bobl bob wythnos. Er bod y mwyafrif yn dod o bentref Wenfô ei hun, mae pobl yn dod i mewn o ardaloedd eraill yn y Fro. Dyn ni’n cael llawer o hwyl. Hoffwn weld mwy yn ymuno â ni. Yn fy marn i mae’n hyfryd cael cyfle i ddefnyddio’n Cymraeg yn lleol. Dych chi byth yn gwybod faint o bobl sy’n gallu siarad Cymraeg yn eich ardal chi !”

 

Mae Dysgu Cymraeg y Fro am gychwyn dosbarth cyflym yn y ganolfan gymunedol. Dyn ni’n gobeithio denu digon o ddysgwyr sy’n dymuno dysgu’n gyflym trwy fynychu dydd Mawrth, dydd Mercher a dydd Iau rhwng 1.30-4.30 p.m. Bydd 9 awr yr wythnos yn £90 am y flwyddyn. Dywedodd Brenig Davies, un o drigolion Wenvoe, “Mae Dysgu Cymraeg wedi caniatáu imi weld byd cyfochrog” ac “Dw i wedi gwneud llawer o ffrindiau newydd oherwydd fy nosbarthiadau”. Os dych chi am drafod dysgu Cymraeg ymhellach, ffoniwch y swyddfa ar 01446 730402 neu galwch heibio i’r Ganolfan

 



 

Wenvoe Village Show

 

Wenvoe Village Show

Saturday 7th September from 12.00 noon until 2.00pm in Wenvoe Community Centre

After the official opening at noon, home-made goodies may be sampled by the public. The Community Centre will be open for entries on the Friday evening before the show between 6:30 and 7:30pm and between 08:30 and 10:30 on the morning of the show after which the Community Centre will be cleared for judging. Further details, entry categories and rules are available in the library.

We always need volunteers to help in running the show, so if you have an hour or so to spare please contact us.

 

 

 

 



 

Library News Update

WENVOE COMMUNITY LIBRARY
Tel: 02920 594176 – during opening hours or wenvoelibrary@outlook.com
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Our library

At this stage we envisage that we will be staying in the existing library building for at least this winter. Therefore, we are endeavouring to make the building a brighter, warmer and more inviting place to visit. We would welcome suggestions from the village to help us achieve this.

Summer Reading Challenge

We are delighted with the number of entries for this year’s challenge. Children can still sign up at the library and read six library books of their choice to complete the Challenge. There are exclusive rewards to collect along the way, and it’s FREE to take part!

London trip Saturday Nov 30th

Tickets are now on sale in the library. The cost of the trip is £22

Off the Shelf – Normal People by Sally Rooney

This book has been in the best sellers list for quite some time. It is a well written coming of age novel and an easy read. Set in a small town in contemporary rural Ireland young people are trying to make sense of themselves and their peer group. We follow Connell and Marianne’s journeys of self-discovery from school through university in Dublin. The vulnerabilities and uncertainties of developing young adults are explored. The characters are well developed, and the author describes how their social interactions and lives in the two places are almost reversed. Some of us rated it higher than others, but all thought it an interesting read. We gave it 8/10

 



 

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