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Annual Subscription The collection of the £2 annual subscription for the magazine operated very successfully last year during the lock-down; we will be using the same scheme this year. Your deliverer will provide you with an envelope with your April edition along with the details so you can include your £2 and return it to the address indicated. Thank […]
» Read moreDID SUBMARINES BRING PANDEMIC TO THE UK? Our front page has often explored how the current pandemic has so many parallels with similar events, such as the Great Plague of 1665 and the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1919. The similarities in the impact they had and the responses to them are often striking and we have been able to […]
» Read moreA DIFFERENT SNOWDON ADVENTURE As a Physiotherapist, I had the privilege of working with some pretty remarkable people over the years and one particular individual came to mind last year, when a number of local residents shared their outdoor adventures. Henry was a gentleman with cerebral palsy resulting in considerable physical disabilities and he had been wheelchair dependent all his […]
» Read moreJANUARY’S FRONT PAGE ARTICLE STIRS MANY MEMORIES January’s front page article about the smallpox epidemic in South Wales brought back memories for me. I had just started grammar school and after school, the whole of our family trooped to the doctor’s surgery, joining the queue to get our smallpox vaccinations. When we finished, we went to Ely to look at […]
» Read moreECHOES FROM THE PAST! “The street crowd surged—but where to go? The bar? The concert? Movies? No! Old Influenza’s locked the door to Pleasure Land. Oh what a bore!” Edna Groff Diehl, 1918 “The toothpaste didn’t taste right— Spanish Flu! The bath soap burned my eyes—Spanish Flu! My beard seemed to have grown pretty fast and tough […]
» Read moreREPAIR AND REUSE INITIATIVE FOR WENVOE The Community Council has spent some time researching an inspirational project called Repair Café Wales. We would like to share the philosophy of this project with you all and ask for your help in working towards something similar in Wenvoe This is an extract from a document describing Repair Café Wales “Repair cafes are […]
» Read moreWENVOE ADVENT WINDOWS At the time of writing we are just over half way to lighting up all of the Wenvoe Advent Windows. There have been so many different subjects and ways of decorating windows that have all been a surprise to those of us viewing each lighting up. We have seen Santa Clauses, Snowmen, Kings, Nativities, Stars, Festive Fireplaces, […]
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