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Heritage News HERITAGE NEWS BLAENAVON WORLD HERITAGE SITE NEWSLETTER ISSUE 3 - JUNE 2006 World Heritage Day 2006 This year organisers have decided to combine World Heritage Day and Garn Lakes Big Pit on top of Countryside and Recreation Fayre into one big weekend of events and activities for all the World! the family! The weekend of 24th and 25th June 2006 promises to be better than ever with a Page 2 host of exciting acts and street entertainment taking place throughout the day. Operation World Heritage Day’s line up on Saturday 24th June includes BBC Wales TV and Blorenge Radio presenter Owen Money and his Page 4 band the “Soul Sharks” who will be Ironworks providing comedy and toe tapping musical entertainment during Uncovered! the day. A fantastic Victorian Page 8 Fair complete with Victorian Spring Festival fairground rides and traditional Page 11 stalls including Giant Test of Strength, a Donkey Derby, Helter Skelter and Swing Boats will also dazzle the crowds! Come along and take part in the traditional Heritage Costume Parade which will start at 1.30pm from the top of Broad Street / King Street and wind its way through the town centre before finishing in the Lion Street Owen Money and the Soul Sharks Car Park. This is a great day out for all the family. It’s an opportunity for the local community to get together and enjoy one big town party! Public address for both events will be provided by Dil in aid of MYPT, a UK charity that helps orphans and disadvantaged young people in Romania. For more information on World Heritage Day please visit www.world-heritage-blaenavon.org.uk or telephone 01633 648812. Garn Lakes Country Crafts & Recreation Fayre 2006 The annual Garn Lakes Country Crafts & Recreation Fayre will be taking place on Sunday 25th June 2006. Building on the success of last year’s event, this year will have a variety of activities, exhibitions and entertainment for all the family to enjoy. Garn-yr-Erw Fishing Club will be giving visitors fishing tuition and demonstrations. Have a go at canoeing on the lake, take part in the mountain bike challenge or scale the heights of the climbing wall! Wind-Dreams will have kites you can try out and buy. Try your hand at archery or see how well you can steer a coracle. As well as all of these fantastic activities there is a craft marquee, hog roast and locally made ice-cream. Exhibitors include Sustrans, the cycling organisation; Brecon Beacons National Park and Torfaen County Borough Council’s Countryside Services. Entry is FREE to all visitors. Cars will be charged £1 to park. But take advantage of the FREE Vintage Bus which will pick up visitors from various points around the World Heritage Site. For further information, or if you would like to exhibit at the fayre please contact Katie Gates, Countryside Services, Torfaen County Borough Council, Tel: 01633 648329, email: [email protected]. BLAENAVON HERITAGE NEWS BLAENAVON HERITAGE NEWS Heads We Win! Big Pit on top of the World! Launch of Govilon Heritage Trail We’ve got a Winner! Big Pit National Coal Museum saw a fantastic year in The village of Govilon, nestling at the foot of the 2005. As well as attracting a record number of visitors Blorenge, is proud to be a part of the World Heritage the museum won the prestigious Gulbenkian Award Site. Govilon Heritage, a grassroots community group, for Museum of the Year along with the Sandford Award is making the rich history of this village available for Heritage Education. Peter Walker, Keeper and Mine to residents and visitors alike. They run a growing Manager said “last year was a tremendous time for community website, www.govilon.com, and have re- us at Big Pit. Almost 157,000 people visited us during published the wonderful little book of residents’ stories, 2005, and after winning the Gulbenkian Prize for best “Govilon Heritage - The Village of Govilon in Living UK Museum, we’ve continued to go from strength to Memory”. They have just opened their new Village strength.” Heritage Trails. Three easy walks, described in an Alun Pugh, Welsh Assembly Minister for Culture, Welsh attractive leaflet with a colourful, detailed map, take Language and Sport said “being chosen as Museum the visitor around many features of interest including of the Year is a fantastic achievement for Big Pit and the oldest Baptist Chapel in Wales; the route of one that the museum fully deserves. Thanks to the Crawshaw Bailey’s Tramroad; historic Govilon Wharf; the canal aqueduct; the site of an ancient forge which dedication and enthusiasm of its staff as well as the Congratulations to town. Traders in the may have given the village its name and, of course, the recent redevelopment work, Big Pit is now a world-class Mrs Sharon Jones of town have welcomed this two village pubs! Interpretation Boards are also being Pedestrian finger post sign attraction”. After staying open throughout the winter, Blaenavon, on winning campaign and hope that installed around the trails. Blaenavon benefited from club viewing areas, Big Pit is looking forward to another excellent year and the first prize hamper residents will continue £185,000 grant funding refurbishment of has a range of activities planned for the whole family The new leaflet, price 20p, is available from local shops in the local “Shop @ to support their local from the Heads of the gateways and street this summer. and tourist information centres. Blaenavon” campaign. town”. Blaenavon Project Valleys – a new Welsh furniture and restoration As part of the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Mrs Jones, pictured and Marketing Manager, Assembly Government of walls. The car park Heritage Site, Big Pit is key to telling the story of the with her daughter Cath Thomas said “the initiative aimed at tackling improvement works at industrial heritage of South Wales. As well as taking the Georgia aged 9, wins a campaign has been the social, economic and Pontypool and Blaenavon world-famous underground tour, visitors can experience hamper packed full of aimed at encouraging physical regeneration of Railway have had a the Mining Galleries where modern mining methods local produce all kindly local residents into the the Heads of the Valleys major impact providing are brought to life, or stroll through the Pithead Baths supplied by the traders town centre and to area. The money was their visitors with much exhibitions and learn about the industry that shaped of Blaenavon. The use their local shops. spent on installation of improved facilities. modern Wales. With facilities to educate and entertain campaign, which runs Blaenavon is a small pedestrian finger post Street lighting has also all ages, Big Pit is an exciting and informative day out. through March, April town and like many other signs within the town been replaced around and May, has sought to similar towns is operating centre. The signs have the town. Executive encourage local residents in an increasingly been designed in the Member for Regeneration, to support their local competitive market. World Heritage Site brand Councillor Neil Lewis traders by rewarding local Unless we continue to and have been placed said “these projects are custom with a free raffle support these businesses in locations encouraging tremendous and are part ticket for the prize draw. we could lose them visitors to follow a route of a much welcomed Chair of the Blaenavon and the identity of this right through the town long term strategy aimed Traders and Tourism wonderful town centre”. which takes in the main at encouraging the Association, Mrs Barbara The campaign has been retail area helping to regeneration of the town Lewis of Morris Butchers supported by European support local businesses and wider area within said “the campaign has Objective 1 funding. and encourage trade. Torfaen extending down sought to support local Blaenavon Park also the Valley to include businesses and promote got a face lift with Trevethin, Pontnewynydd, to local residents the improvements to the Abersychan and variety and quality of rugby and bowling Snatchwood”. Govilon Heritage Trail goods on offer in their PAGE 2 PAGE 3 BLAENAVON HERITAGE NEWS BLAENAVON HERITAGE NEWS We’re off! Bant â ni! Operation Blorenge It was like the Are you the Outdoor Type? Construction works on the Dechreuwyd ar y gwaith Over the Easter weekend several organisations, with Oscars! Could you be a Volunteer Ranger? first of seven sites to be adeiladu i adnewyddu a police helicopter in support, followed up last year’s improved within the town saith safle yng nghanol successful operation to raise awareness and deter Blaenavon Workmen’s The World Heritage Site Volunteer rangers have been very active with nine of centre over the next three y dref dros y tair blynedd arson on the Blorenge. The mountain is an important Hall hosted a spectacular our volunteers successfully completing a First Aid and Mountain Safety training years have commenced. nesaf. Bydd y cynllun, habitat for many species of plants and animals and film premiere which course. They carry out various improvements ranging from clearance of overgrown The £1.7 million scheme, gwerth £1.7 miliwn, sydd it is essential that the landscape is protected. The celebrated the vegetation at St. Peter’s Church to Red Grouse surveys on the Blorenge. Their which is jointly funded wedi ei ariannu ar y cyd organisations that took part included the Fire and culmination of the SWICA continued efforts are much appreciated and we hope that the number of people by the Welsh Assembly gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Rescue service, Gwent Police, Torfaen County Borough Film Forge Project.
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