{"id":12659,"date":"2022-12-09T12:50:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12659"},"modified":"2022-12-09T12:51:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T11:51:58","slug":"december-letters-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=12659","title":{"rendered":"December Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1652\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=1652\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-orig-size=\"100,42\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"quill-purple\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1634204129242.jpg?fit=100%2C42\" class=\"wp-image-1652 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/quill-purple-e1614791868200.jpg?resize=150%2C63\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"63\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Many thanks to everyone who supported the Shine Night Walk for Cancer Research. This took place in Cardiff on 7th October, when people met at Cardiff Castle to begin the 10k charity walk. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Rhian, Linda, Shirley, Kath, friends and family completed the walk in memory of Melissa Davis. A coffee morning was also held with family, friends and neighbours. This all helped to raise a total of \u00a33,120 which is amazing.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12530\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?attachment_id=12530\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?fit=400%2C297\" data-orig-size=\"400,297\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Letters pic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?fit=300%2C223\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?fit=400%2C297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?resize=400%2C297\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Letters-pic.jpg?resize=300%2C223 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Also thank you to all of Melissa\u2019s friends and colleagues at RWP\u2019s Bridgend centre who supported her throughout her illness and her family afterwards. Another thank you to all of Mark\u2019s friends and colleagues at his firm, Brakes Ltd Bridgend, who helped Mark and Rhian throughout, and still support them. Both companies have been amazing. Thank you all for doing so much, it is all appreciated and thank you once again. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Marilyn, Terry Ankin and Family, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em>Tarrws Close<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #0000ff;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/letter.jpg?w=860\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Julie, David, Lauren and children would like to thank everybody who attended Mike\u2019s funeral. The support from friends and neighbours meant so much at this very difficult time. All the wonderful flowers and cards showed how much Mike was respected. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Many thanks, <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: 18pt;\"><em>Julie Lawrence<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wenvoe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/letter.jpg?w=860\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr noshade=\"noshade\" size=\"5\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Many thanks to everyone who supported the Shine Night Walk for Cancer Research. This took place in Cardiff on 7th October, when people met at Cardiff Castle to begin the 10k charity walk. Rhian, Linda, Shirley, Kath, friends and family completed the walk in memory of Melissa Davis. A coffee morning was also held with family, friends [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[138],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6cWjO-3ib","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9957,"url":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=9957","url_meta":{"origin":12659,"position":0},"title":"June\u00a0 Letters","author":"Alan Williams","date":"12th July 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"(The Editors are not responsible for opinions expressed, although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the information. 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