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25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION In 1988, as part of a youth club community project, Vic Reed the youth club leader, encouraged local young people to take on the role of publishers, printers and distributors of a “What’s On” publication; a previous single sheet of information had originally been produced by a, short lived, local group of Venture Scouts. Vic constructed […]
» Read moreOXFAM PENARTH VINYL STOCK HITS ROCK BOTTOM! The Oxfam Shop in Penarth continues to receive an amazing response to the vinyl records it has for sale in its shop. We now have a good number of regular customers who come in to the shop looking for records to add to their collection. The down side to this is that […]
» Read moreIf you’re unaware as to who Brett Kavanaugh is, I’m sure you’ve not glanced at the news recently. The Supreme Court nominee, accused of attempted sexual assault, who despite the odds, became a Supreme Court Justice and proved that in America, when a woman accuses a man of sexual misconduct, she is the liar. A pattern we have unfortunately seen […]
» Read moreThe following article is by Frank Miller who was in the Royal Artillery. He was in Singapore from 1941 until 1945 and became a prisoner of war for three and a half year. Frank lives in Grange Close. Singapore 8th Dec 1941 to 15 Feb 1942 The fall of Singapore was a military disaster brought about by pacifist attitudes in […]
» Read moreWENVOE REMEMBERS 100 YEARS SINCE THE GUNS FELL SILENT The Wenvoe War Memorial lists 74 men who took part in the Great War (1914-1918). 12 died and 62 returned to the village. The memorial was designed by William Clarke who was a resident in Wenvoe. The carboniferous limestone used was extracted from the Alps Quarry. Construction was complete by mid […]
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