{"id":2110,"date":"2017-01-02T13:23:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2017-01-02T13:24:44","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T12:24:44","slug":"year-end-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wenvoe.org.uk\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"Year End Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tO<\/span><\/span>n November 16th Mr Dean Powell gave us an insight into the life of the actor <\/span><\/span>Glyn Houston<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong> .Born in Tonypandy in 1925, he was the younger brother of actor Donald Houston. He really<\/span><\/span><\/span> wanted to be a comedian. However, acting roles came along. He appeared in the film The Blue Lamp and comedies such as Are you being served with John Inman and Arthur English. He <\/span><\/span><\/span>also featured in a holiday comedy on the " Costa Plonka".<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tW<\/span><\/span>e held a quiz on November 23rd with a series of pictures of famous people, who we recognised but "Oh dear, what is their name"?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tO<\/span><\/span>nce again Joyce entertained us with her humorous anecdotes at our November 30th meeting and our Autumn session came to an end with a visit from the Amy Britten singers who gave us an enjoyable afternoon, which was rounded off with mince pies.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tF<\/span><\/span>inally ,on December 14th, 20 of our members met at the Walston Castle for our Christmas lunch, and Shirley, as usual, provided us with a large collection of prizes for our annual raffle.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tW<\/span><\/span>e recommence on January 11th with a game of Bingo, followed by our A.G.M. on January 18th Our new programme begins on January 25th with a talk by Mr Peter Finch entitled Old Cardiff.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tA<\/span><\/span>s always new members and visitors are always welcome, so why not come and join us. Wishing all our members a very Happy New Year.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

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