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Steve, Jeff, Janet and Karen with Heather, a grateful customer Janet and Karen with free wines samples and nibbles for the day

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Christmas scene in Station Road See article on page 7

Radyr resident travels to Ecuador…

Jodie Davis, who resides in Penrhos, Radyr is a normal teenage girl. She is currently studying for her A levels in Welsh, Drama and Religious Education as Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Plasmawr in Fairwater. She enjoys going out with her friends, watching films, listening to and playing music as do all teenage girls her age. She has a particular love of drama and acting and is starring in a forthcoming feature film called ‘Hunky Dory’ and had several parts in Welsh language programmes such as and Gwaith Catref. One day last year Jodie came across a report which highlighted the plight of under privileged children living in Ecuador. The report showed the terrible conditions to which orphaned children are subjected. The living conditions are extremely poor and there is little or no future for these children. They are under-fed and have a very unhappy life with next to no education, meaning their prospects in life are extremely bleak. continued on page 12 COMING EVENTS ATenovus van will be at the Guide Centre Bryn Derwen for one hour for the collection RECYCLING OF of bags of saleable goods for the Tenovus shops. Your support for this collection BATTERIES scheme would be appreciated. Tel. 20842096 1.30pm A huge number is used in the UK 23 Radyr & Morganstown Council Main monthly meeting of R&MCC. Chain each year and it is not a statutory Room, Old Church Rooms, Park Road duty for councils to arrange N.B. Details of all coming events can be found in 7.30pm recycling. If batteries go to the Diary section of the website MARCH www.Radyr.org.uk 6PACT Meeting. Old Church rooms. All landfill they decay and leak heavy residents welcome. 7.30pm JANUARY metals into surrounding soil and 12 Radyr & Morganstown WI. Old Church 28 Friends of Radyr Woods Working party Rooms 7.30pm water and this is a potential (weather permitting). Contact: John Scott, 14 Rail.Correspondence &Travel.Society hazard to plants and animals. It 20842772. Meet by Taff Terrace entrance to Old Church rooms. Stephen Gay "Picture the Woods. 9.30am was estimated that in 2009, over postcard Railway Ramble" All welcome. FEBRUARY Visitors £2 incl coffee 7.30pm 600 million batteries went to 3 Radyr Primary PTA Band Night. For 1 night 14 Radyr, Morganstown and District Gardening landfill in the UK. only Headteacher Mr Bussy's band, The Club. New Church rooms, Heol Isaf Funk Sinatras, will be playing in the school "Carnivorous Plants" an illustrated talk by The Editors of Radyr Chain, Bob hall. Tickets £5. Licensed bar. Please come Langford Williams. Meeting open to and Mary Pearce, have waged a and support the local school. Places limited, members and non members, all are so please purchase your tickets from the welcome. For more information please campaign to change this and for school office ASAP. 7.30pm contact Richard Gregory tel : 029 2084 a long time Bob arranged 6 R&M ASSOCIATION GENERAL MEETING, 2084 7.30pm OCR Come along and hear Professor Ron collection points in local shops Eccles talk about his work at the Common and conveyed the resultant used Cold Unit. All welcome. 7.30pm batteries to a council recycling 8 Auditions for Festival 2012 Queen and King QUEEN’S DIAMOND Radyr Guide Centre. All children up to the JUBILEE 2012 centre. On election as County age of 12 are welcome to attend this Councillor I became one of their interview process. The Queen and On Wednesday, 15th February, conduits to the upper echelons of attendants must be available to attend any 2012, Radyr & District Good festival event between Saturday 5th May Council and after until Sunday 20th May. The King and any will be holding an considerable prodding, their Knights will be needed for the festival fete afternoon tea for senior day along with the Queen on Saturday 5th efforts were crowned with May from 10.30am. This will be a fun event from our area as part of the Jubilee success. , from so don't be shy. Further details from Maggie celebrations. (As we have several early 2011, started to open Roberts 2084 2995 6.30pm events already in May and June we 8 Rail.Correspondence &Travel.Society. Old battery collection points around Church Rooms. Hugh Gold "Out and about are celebrating her accession to the Cardiff in schools, libraries and in the last 24 months". All welcome. Visitors throne). The afternoon will public buildings and there are £2 incl coffee 7.30pm commence at 3.00pm with 8 Radyr, Morganstown and District Gardening now over 100 such points. It is Club. New Church Rooms, Heol Isaf "The entertainment (by The Welsh estimated that since then about 8 Importance of The Honey Bee to The College of Music & Drama), Gardener" an illustrated talk by Bill Lee tonnes of batteries have been Meeting open to members and non- followed by afternoon tea. Tickets diverted from landfill and this is members, all are welcome. For more (£1) on sale now from Radyr & expected to steadily increase. information please contact Richard Gregory District Good Neighbours, The Old tel : 029 20842084 7.30pm Cardiff Council has received a 13 Radyr & Morganstown WI Old Church Church Rooms (Tel. 2084 2404) Green Apple award for this Rooms 7.30pm or email achievement and I was asked by 15-18 Radyr Parish Music Group presents [email protected]. Gilbert & Sullivan’s Iolanthe. An exciting the Executive Member to pass staging of this comic operetta that contains uk if you would like to join us to this information to your Editors. some of Sullivan's most tuneful music and celebrate this special event. Gilbert's wittiest lyrics as they satirise the Congratulations to Bob and House of Lords. Venue: Bishop of In 2002 over ninety residents Church in High School,Rookwood Mary. Now they can start a new Close, Llandaff. For tickets contact Maggie joined us to celebrate the Golden campaign to persuade people to Roberts 2084 2995 or Sue Thomas 2031 Jubilee. Don’t miss out on this very use rechargeable batteries as re- 0894. 7.30pm special event which will not be 21 Imaging 2000. A to Z of Imaging by David use is even better than recycling. Russell. Old Church Rooms - Photo- repeated in our lifetime! Buy your graphers welcome. 7.30pm ticket now. Rod McKerlich 22 Tenovus charity bags collection A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Letters, articles, reports and other contributions are invited and should be submitted by March 15th. Submissions may be subject to editing at the Editor’s discretion. Thursday, 23rd February, 2012. The views expressed in the Radyr Chain are not necessarily those of the Editors. Coffee Morning in Aid of Danybryn Editor - Mary & Robert Pearce, 1 Windsor Grove, Radyr. 2084 2615 E-Mail address - [email protected] at Radyr Golf Club What’s On - Mary Pearce, 1 Windsor Grove, Radyr. 2084 2615 At 10.30am. Advertising - Jerry Bray, 41 Hazel Tree Close, Radyr. 2084 3387 E-Mail address - [email protected] Cake Stall. All welcome. Hon. Treasurer - Ellis Jenkins, (to whom donations may be sent; they will be gratefully acknowledged) 62 Windsor Avenue, Radyr, CF15 8BY Tickets £2.00. Distribution - Chris Wills, 1 Llwyn Drysgol, Radyr. 2084 2197 Phone 2084 2733. www.radyr.org.uk is…a one-stopshop for local information 3 RADYR DRAMA SOCIETY RADYR, MORGANSTOWN A REVIEW OF SAILOR BEWARE! & DISTRICT GARDENING PERFORMANCE – SATURDAY, 26TH NOVEMBER, 2011 CLUB At last spring is on its way with promises of things to come, snowdrops are starting to flower, daffodils are well up with buds forming, tulips are poking their noses through the ground and many shrubs are showing signs of new growth. Likewise, the Garden Club is into its spring programme having started with an entertaining talk by Sheen Crossley on Garden History from the Pharaohs to the modern “Chelsea” garden via the formal and landscape movements. The rest of the programme through to April is equally as interesting so why not come along to a Gardening Club meeting, exchange ideas with members and get tips from the specialises. We do not all have green fingers and none claim to be an expert but we do enjoy chatting about gardening over coffee at our meetings and taking part in organised visits to gardens – so why not Jones and Laura Green ably played the Since the passing of Les Dawson, come along and join our members. humour at the expense of the ghastly bride-to-be and her predatory Dates for your diary are: mother-in-law has been a neglected bridesmaid respectively. The young men of the piece, groom Albert Tufnell and 8th February – The Importance of The area but in their production of King Honey Bee to The Gardener. An illustrated and Cary’s 1956 farce Sailor Beware!, his best man, the improbably named Carnoustie Bligh, were effectively played talk by Bill lee looking at the life of the Radyr Drama Society provided an by Peter Griffiths (Albert), who despite honey bee and what the gardener can do excellent evening’s entertain-ment being in awe of his future mother-in-law, to encourage and sustain honey bees. revisiting the genre. nevertheless finds the strength to stand 14th March – Carnivorous Plants. A talk At the centre of the action is the up to her, even if that means jilting his by Langford Williams introducing us to appropriately named Emma Hornett, a bride, and Jim Cowan (Carnoustie) the care and propagation of carnivorous larger-than-life harridan whose daughter adopting a Scottish accent for the part plants both native and exotic (I am told is to be married that day. The part calls and clearly relishing its comedic Mr. Williams may bring some plants for for a commanding presence, the possibilities. David Roberts’ other- sale). character being on stage almost worldly but perceptive Reverence Oliver 11th April – AGM followed by Canton throughout the action and Helen Purefroy gently steered the action to its Community Gardens. The AGM will be Windsor cowed one and all conclusion. followed by a talk by Michael Goode; magnificently with her booming voice As we have come to expect from the What is a Community Garden? What is and withering delivery. Such a dominant Society, production values were high. the history of the Canton Community character could easily overshadow the The single set reproducing the drab Gardens their development and others and this is a play with a cast of interior of a house of the sixties (when achievements? nine. However the RDS players all gave this production was set), complete with Meetings, which are open to all, take place finely judged performances. Emma’s three flying ducks, imaginatively on the second Wednesday of each month much put-upon husband was played included a large window to the side and from September to April (with the exception with great gusto by Roger Page who a passage to the rear with a just visible of December) with illustrated talks and brought out effectively the character of (and used) flight of stairs, conveying the demonstrations. Some speakers bring one who is not only dominated by his impression of a house rather than just a examples of the plants they talk about and wife, but is content for this to be so. The single room. The cast had space in others bring plants for sale. scene in which he explains why he loves which to manoeuvre and used the area We hope that there is something for such a woman was delivered with much well. Lighting and sound effects were everyone and look forward to meeting you. sensitivity, in marked contrast to his well deployed; costumes accurately All meetings (apart from visits) are at the wonderfully rumbustuous entry after a reflected the period. All credit to Allan New Church Rooms, Heol Isaf on the rather long evening at the pub! His Cook as director and the other members second Wednesday of the month starting sister, Edie, a woman once jilted at the of the production team. at 7.30pm and are followed by altar and clearly missing a few marbles This reviewer was greatly heartened by refreshments. was delightfully realised by Zoë Pearce the large audience that came on this, the who brought out her dotty but likeable Please see Village Notice Boards and last night of the run. It was clear that nature. In Pauline Watson the garrulous Radyr website (www.radyr.org.uk) for everyone enjoyed themselves eno- and opinionated neighbour with a nose programme details and any changes or rmously and we shall look forward to the for scandal came to life, while Nerys contact our Chairman – Richard Gregory Society’s next production in April 2012. (029 2084 2084) www.radyr.org.uk is…a photo-archive for our local community 5 Any youngster above the age of nine is Tuesday, 6th March, 2012 – come and RADYR & welcome to compete for this join us. MORGANSTOWN appointment. The programme of events is now almost complete and we are NatWest Bank ASSOCIATION pleased to be working this year with the We were concerned to hear that the local George Thomas Hospice. We are branch in Station Road will be reducing its particularly pleased to inform you that Christmas 2011 opening hours and closing on Tuesday Allan Cook has managed to engage and Thursday each week from the 20th The Association in conjunction with the Donald Sturrock for the Literary event. Community Council created the February. A number of letters have been Donald, a one time BBC producer has sent to the Regional Director complaining Christmas scene in Station Road. made a documentary about Roald Dahl Thursday, 8th December saw the that this is unacceptable to their and written the librettos for five operas customers and the community. They based on the work of Dahl, the latest have extended hours at other branches in being “The Golden Ticket” – a version of the outlying areas. The reasons given for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He the reduction in ours is our lower has received the Spear Books Award for “footfall”. We have argued that the bank biography and has a number of is always full of waiting customers to be accolades from both served. Local management staff of the and The Times. bank have been invited to attend the The popular ‘Concert in the Parc’ event is Community Council meeting on being moved to the Jubilee weekend. The Thursday, 19th January in the Old Church CC has now decided that they wish to Rooms. If you would like to express your extend this event and run it themselves. opinion there is a thread on the R&M We wish them well in this venture. website soapbox or you might like to write to the Regional Director, NatWest, 6 Radyr Library Brindley House, Birmingham B1 2UU. Our local councillor, Rod McKerlich, has The Association has responded to this already reported that the work on the announcement. library should be complete by June 2012, when additional facilities will be added Website to the existing library. This has been The web team which is made of funded from the Section 106, planning volunteers from the community have gain from the development on the circulated a questionnaire seeking the switching on of Christmas tree lights and sidings and a grant from the Welsh views of the users to its value and where carol singing in Morganstown, Windsor Government. This item featured in the it might be improved. The result of this Gardens and Radyr Sidings. The pupils recent edition of Capital Times. questionnaire was made available on the from Bryn Deri and Radyr Primary sang website at the end of January. Christmas songs and carols at all the Radyr Sidings events. Our new lights in Station Road A planning application for ten houses on Old Church Rooms were switched on by Dr. Rhys Jones of the “community plot” has been BBC Wales, ably assisted by Jonathan New chairs have been purchased for the withdrawn when Taylor Wimpey realised Garth Room. These chairs are lighter for Davies of rugby fame. Rhys is an old boy that this number would create a further of the Comprehensive School and users and can be stacked on a trolley requirement for social housing. They saving space and effort. Consideration is enjoyed his return to the village. The have now resubmitted an application for shopkeepers dressed their shop windows being given to a similar set up in the nine houses which avoids this Weir Room. for the occasion and hosted a large crowd commitment! Although we are not with samples and traditional fayre. Santa planning to oppose this application we Future Meetings arrived in his sleigh and created a very do consider that action should be taken The next Association meeting has been large queue of young children waiting to against TW to increase their financial arranged for Monday, 6th February chat with him. The event was a huge commitment to the community. Both when Professor Ron Eccles will give us a success despite the earlier abysmal our County Councillor and Community talk on the Common Cold Unit at Cardiff weather conditions and all bodes well for Council have written in this vein. University. I am sure that we all could an even bigger event next year, when we benefit from this! The meeting will be in hope to have more lights and (almost PACT the Garth Room and starts at 19:30. The certainly) a new location for the In the last edition we expressed our following meeting will be our AGM in Christmas Tree in the Sidings disappointment with the turnout and April. If you would like to consider regularity of PACT meetings. A few m joining the Association Executive then do May Festival and Jubilee ore residents attended the January get in touch – contact details are below. Celebrations meeting, but unfortunately PC Huw New members are welcome. Work is progressing on the organisation Thomas was unavailable as he was on of this year’s Festival which will run from duty in the area. A free and flowing Contacts Saturday, 5th May to Sunday, 13th May. discussion took place on a number of If you would like to comment on any On Wednesday, 8th February, we will be subject matters which affect our aspect of this Newsletter or regular auditioning for the May King and community and the regular report from further information, then either email the Queen. This is keeping with the theme Cllr. McKerlich was especially useful. Secretary, Nick Hawkins, or ring the of the Festival “King Arthur at Camelot”. The next meeting is scheduled for Chairman, Cyril Williams on 2084 2250. www.radyr.org.uk is…a window on our local history 7 NEW YEAR, NEW week. Getting out and about will increase feelings of positivity and TREFORGAN APPROACH TO wellness. Make it an enjoyable experience by WI HEALTHY LIVING? going with a friend or partner. The Happy New Year All! Hope you all key to sticking with exercise is to Christmas seems a long way enjoyed yourselves over the festive make it part of your life and do off now but we have a period but for many of us our something you enjoy! pleasant memory of our December meeting. As last thoughts turn to losing those excess Need more motivation? Try the pounds, getting fit or regaining following! year, we spent a few quiet vitality. If this is you, read on! hours together making • Plan your goal. Set SMART seasonable table decorations. Being overweight can compromise goals…specific, measurable, our health and self esteem. We achievable, realistic, time Even the most ham fisted of us know excess weight is almost always frame….such as “I want to lose was able to take home an caused by overeating and under half a stone in six weeks” attractive addition to our décor. It has become activity, in other words we eat more • Mix up your activities, go to the calories than we burn up. Many of gym, a class, a brisk walk or run Treforgan’s own ‘crafty’ us are overweight from comfort with friends Christmas tradition – an oasis eating, boredom or just plain bad in the hustle and bustle • Think positive! Believe in habits. Getting to grips with what, yourself! Visualise how you will prevalent at that time. when and why you are eating can feel and look as you progress Our ‘soiree Noelle’ at the help identify triggers that being adjusted to create a healthier diet. • Include the whole family in your beginning of December was a healthy meal planning, it will do great success. Morganstown It really is quite simple! Think more them good too! Village Hall was lit with candles about what your body needs to keep Still need more support and and decorated appropriately. it healthy and disease free. Try to Mulled wine on arrival set the include more vegetables, fruit and motivation? Then hire a Personal mood. Music, led by Radyr’s whole grains into your diet and avoid Trainer! A good Personal Trainer will processed ready meals, sugar, create a bespoke plan just for you own ‘Cube’, good food and saturated fat and caffeine. Have and your lifestyle whilst offering pleasant company ensured some good quality protein with your support and encouragement all the enjoyment for members of meals such as lean meat (free way to achieving your goal. Treforgan and those who rang/organic chicken, turkey, trim Good luck! joined us from other WIs. fats/skin from meat) and fish Natalie Evans is a Personal Fitness So 2011 is behind us and especially oily fish such as salmon Coach with BeingU! Personal Treforgan is finalising plans for and trout. Training and Personal Styling 2012. We are exploring In addition to choosing healthier Services. Natalie operates a Body avenues towards a book club foods you need to get more active Conditioning Class on Wednesdays and genealogical research. We everyday. Include activities such as a at 10.30am at Morganstown Village are inaugurating a craft group brisk walk to the shops or to school, Hall. All abilities welcome. Also one- to take place in the afternoon gardening and housework. As well to-one sessions available. For more of the fourth Thursday of as daily activity think about joining information call 07557 736568 every month. This will be in an exercise class or gym three times a www.BeingU.co.uk addition to the craft group already established in the morning of the second Friday WANTED: in the month. Confused? FIT ADULTS OR ENERGETIC YOUNGSTERS Ring Judy on 029 2081 0243 for clarification and any other (18 OR OVER) WITH AN INTEREST IN WORKING information you would like. OUTDOORS If these ideas come to fruition, You could help Friends of Radyr Woods by learning how to use underpinned with our usual our heavy duty petrol driven strimmers. meetings and outings, 2012 We would provide training sessions during March at a time to will be busy. It’s the way we suit you. like it.

For more information contact Phil Kitcher 2084 2520 www.radyr.org.uk is…a place for you to air your views on local matters 9 the residents of Ty Hafod Care Centre in Messy Times is moving on! Radyr and Danesbrook House in . Commenting on their interaction, Angela Jones who is co- ordinating the project said: “The residents taking part have been very welcoming towards the students, with some even preparing some photos and literature they had already about their lives. The Journeys Project will enable residents of care homes to become more engaged within their community. The schools and homes participating are keen to continue links even after the project has been completed. In some circumstances older people in care homes can receive few visitors and they can feel isolated from the community within which they live. Firstly thank you to Radyr Baptist Church activities around an international theme, The Journeys Project will wide for all your hard work. Your time and touring around China with dragons, participation and enhance community support has been invaluable to many Brazil with Mardi Gras masks and ties through a greater understanding parents and toddlers over the years. As finishing with a visit to Camelot and King between the generations”. the Baptist Church however no longer Arthur. Age Concern has been thrilled with the meets in Radyr we have now become a Come and join us, term time response from schools and care homes self run group. Wednesdays 1.30 – 3pm in the Garth wanting to participate in the project. Messy by name, messy by nature, last Room of the Old Church Rooms. This is a true living history project from term we painted, glued, cooked and Admission £1 per adult, and 75p per which both students and residents will explored dough, sand and water. toddler, under 1’s free. gain a huge amount of satisfaction and Christmas was a time to party and dress Contact Sally Evans tel 20842675 or enjoyment. up. This term we have based our [email protected] Susan Davies - Business Manager

RADYR COMPREHENSIVE involved in two very exciting events during the Autumn term. The first event RADYR SCOUT POST 2011 SCHOOL NEWS involved a visit by Lord Michael German This year’s Christmas Scout Post was • Congratulations to Ella Powell in Year who visited the school to explain to our again a successful fund raiser for the 7 on gaining her first Welsh Cap in students his role in the House of Lords group. Cricket. We wish her every success. and how the parliamentary system I wish to thank the staff of the following worked. The students were invited to • Radyr Gymnasts win Welsh local businesses for their efforts in selling ask several questions and it was a very Championship Award: Some of the scout post stamps this year. informative afternoon. school’s finest Gymnasts recently Welsh’s Veg Supplies, Station Road. The second exciting project involved our attended the Welsh Gymnastic Finals at Pugh’s Garden Centre, Morganstown. the Welsh Institute of Sport in Sophia students working with Age Concern and Pzazz, Hair Designers, Castle Court. Gardens. Congratulations to our five going into local homes in the young students who gained the Gold community. Following its success in the Thanks also to our Leaders, supporters, Award: Sophie Hancock; Mari Ure; Katie recent People’s Millions competition, The parents and the youngsters who helped Green; Megan O’Connor and Tieyanne Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale of sell stamps, sort and deliver post. Roberts. Glamorgan Journeys Project was Scout Post is organised by the Cardiff launched. The project will link all Cardiff • Children in Need Day: The whole and Vale Scouts for the collection and comprehensive schools to their local care school came together recently to work delivery of Christmas greetings in the homes in order to interview residents hard to beat last year’s fundraising total Cardiff and Vale area. The collection and about their life stories and experiences. of £1500. and indeed our hard-working delivery of post is organised by local area scouts and voluntary organisations in students and staff exceeded all During this intergenerational project the areas where there is no scout group. expectations by raising in excess of residents’ stories will be captured and £3000. The school’s Charity Committee recorded onto an audio CD with Life During this year’s Scout Post week our worked very hard to arrange an array of Books being produced by Age Concern team handled around 50,000 cards in activities on the day including Selling for each care home resident taking part. the scout hall. Pudsey Key Rings and Wristbands; Cake Finally, I would like to thank the residents The project was launched on 18th and Sweet Sales, Individual and Class of Radyr and Morganstown for November, 2011 when Radyr Sponsored Silences, a very exciting Quiz supporting their local scout group by Comprehensive School received their between staff and students and leg purchasing stamps locally. first training workshop. waxing. We look forward to your continued • Welsh Baccalaureate Department: The students of Radyr Comprehensive support again next year. JBT. Our Welsh Baccalaureate Students were School had already been introduced to www.radyr.org.uk is…a record of the work of our Community Council 11 NEWS FROM RADYR & WI are organising the NSPCC annual St. David’s Day walk from Cardiff MORGANSTOWN WI Bay on Wednesday, 29th February. This CHRISTMAS COFFEE event is part of the Taff Trailer’s link MORNING – 24TH In December we enjoyed a link group group activities. It will be followed by meeting celebration in Morganstown lunch in Tongwynlais. Also for keen NOVEMBER, 2011. Village Hall hosted by Treforgan WI. The walkers, the Glamorgan Federation of The Radyr NSPCC Committee raised the “Soirée Noel” was a French themed Women’s Institutes has arranged a “Blue evening. Pâté, cheeses and mulled wine excellent sum of £1038. at their very Badge” guided walk around Cardiff on successful Christmas Coffee Morning were served and entertainment was the 20th March. provided by a singing group who held at Radyr Golf Club. performed songs unaccompanied and in I should perhaps add that taking part in The money will go again to the appeal, harmony in the manner of “The King any of these extra activities is purely ‘Building Brighter Futures’, which Singers”. They were followed by voluntary. Should you wish to come supports services run from the Cardiff Raymond Rivron and his Jazz Band along to the monthly meetings and just headquarters of ‘Diane Engelhardt “Cube”. It was a very sociable and listen to the speaker, have a chat and House’. The main projects here focus on festive occasion which we all enjoyed. refreshments, you will be more welcome. children under one year, children and For more information, visit our website Our last meeting in December provided young people who suffer both physical or contact Pat Williams (029 2084 3843) and sexual abuse, as well as children an opportunity for the new committee to Email mpwradyr/@btinternet.com introduce themselves. They are: from minority and ethnic families. Lesley Hall Pat Williams President ‘Childonline’ is also a new local venture Anne Rees Vice President run from ‘Diane Engelhardt House’. Gaynor Leaf Secretary Children can now access the ChildLine Rosanne Holmes Treasurer IT IS THE SEASON OF Helpline from a computer. Sue Llewellyn Social Secretary SWAPPING Another initiative has been set up to Megan Delf Programme provide support and education for the Secretary We have had the season of ‘giving’ but parents of young babies. It has been Jill Newbould Registration to be honest we need a season of found that injury or neglect of the very Officer ‘lending’. What do I mean by this? I young can have long term harmful Sue Coysh Raffle Organiser always thought a fair swap was the consequences. Many parents are Following the business of the evening, same as giving, we get to see a film vulnerable having suffered abuse mince pies were served accompanied by once and to be honest I think unless it themselves. Keith John’s wonderful mulled wine. Sue is a classic or a Christmas film (like Each year the NSPCC raise a substantial Llewellyn and Rosanne Holmes then led Harry Potter or Elf) that’s all you need. amount of money by arranging for the group in a communal rendition of By the time you watch the film twice children to receive a personal ‘Letter “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, you know half the script and if you’re from Santa’. In 2010, twelve thousand accompanied by Christine Davies. anything like my brother you will try to letters were sent out. Christmas now seems a long way off and predict the next line! That is REALLY It would be impossible to raise this sum our new Programme Secretary has irritating! of money without the generosity and planned a varied programme for 2012. One tip is that you must give all swaps support of so many people. The This includes such topics as “Science and back on the same day. Our family try committee would like to thank everyone Shakespeare” in February, “Eyes Along to use notes and even a swap book! who helps us to fundraise for this very the Coast” in March and “Myths and worthwhile cause. Myth Makers” in April. Our January When we do our swap, I and many meeting has already taken place. The other teenagers agree we have DVDs We would like to thank Gareth P. speaker was Shiralee Williams who gave that have been on the shelves of our Morgan, the Club Manager for allowing information about Emergency Personal collections for many years and we never us to use the Golf Club. Paul, the Alarm systems. We were amazed at the bring them out. Another tip is that the Caretaker, always does a magnificent job number of gadgets available for this disc has to be in the case and be able to helping us behind the scenes. purpose. Should anyone be interested in play itself. Also make sure it works We are very grateful to Rhiannon Parry, finding out more, either for themselves apparently on my books, its brilliant for whose firm ‘Cracking Cup Cakes’ or a relative, the number to ring is: the environment and you can get what provided a wonderfully imaginative Cardiff Community Alarm Systems (Tel. is a pretty much untouched book or Hungry Caterpillar Cake for the ‘Guest 029 2061 4852). DVD for no money at all! the Weight Competition’. These alarms can save lives. One of our It is a brilliant idea and I think we should We would also like to thank Judy own members feels she owes her life to have a system like that in the library Mancuso from ‘ener-chi’, Radyr, for the the prompt response to a personal alarm, where you place a DVD in a booth and very generous gifts of packs, including following a fall at home. get access to a booth of DVDs (but vouchers, for treatments at her clinic. Looking ahead, our three reading that’s for permanent). My old parents Judy also provided the helium machine groups, art and craft group, walking have a distant memory of ‘swap shop’, for the NSPCC balloons, which certainly group and two genealogy groups have which I looked on YouTube and think added to the festive atmosphere. their programmes in place for 2012 and they should bring back Lastly, a thank you to everyone who our first supper club of the year will take buys a ticket and joins us for our Coffee Look at http://www.swapshop.co.uk/. place on 23rd January at our local Mornings. Our next date is 10th May, restaurant, “Seasons”. Matthew Walker 2012. We hope to see you then. www.radyr.org.uk is…a place for you to air your views on local matters 21 RADYR AND MORGANSTOWN COMMUNITY COUNCIL’S COLUMNS Radyr & Morganstown Community Council, The Old Church Rooms, Park Rd., Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8DF. Tel: 029 2084 2213. E-Mail: [email protected] Clerk/Clerc: Helena Fox

Happy New Year! Christmas already seems a long time ago but I hope that all of you enjoyed the new lights in Station Road and R&MCC hopes to be able to add to them for next Christmas. We hope to be able to have a permanent site for the tree in Radyr Sidings and are working with the RMA and the building developers on this. With a permanent site for the tree we hope to be able to arrange for tree lights too. The lighting event was great fun and it was lovely to see so many of you there. Many thanks to the RMA, shopkeepers and, as always, the many volunteers who made it happen.

Cardiff Council’s new waste collection programme has been running for a few months. If you find it hard to remember what to put out when you can receive a very helpful free text every Sunday that will remind you. You can register by texting ‘Tidy` + your house number and postcode to 60066. You can also sign up via Cardiff’s website. Could I ask that you put your bags or bins on the kerbside before 6.00am on the day of collection, but no earlier than 4.30pm the day before. We have had some comments about waste being out for much longer which causes problems with animals and birds as well as looking untidy. Collection can be very early in the morning so they really do mean 6am!

Cardiff’s Local Development Plan has been delayed for a year to challenge the Welsh Government’s very high growth figures. The next time we are consulted on future plans for R&M and the wider city will be in November 2012. I will let you know when there are documents to view.

We and the other five community councils in Cardiff, have been working towards a Charter with Cardiff Council. This has been a very slow process but after waiting for two and a half years, Cardiff have now taken a step forward and issued a revised draft Charter. The Charter aims to help unitary authorities and their town and community councils work well together and understand each other’s role. It would, for example, set up structured, regular contact and could lead to the delegation of some services. While the development of Charters is voluntary, the Welsh Government can require unitary authorities to adopt them, if necessary.

Helena Fox – Clerk to R&MCC

PROBLEMS FACING OUR claw back any possible benefits announced that it will reduce hours COMMUNITIES agreed as part of this planning of opening of the Radyr branch process. which always seems busy when I go Community Site: The development Taylor Wimpey (T-W) had outline there; there is a clear risk that this is at Radyr Sidings is a welcome planning permission to construct 350 a prelude to closure. Reduced hours addition to the communities of Radyr homes on Sidings 2 but has actually will be a detriment to our community and Morganstown; it made use of built already some 420 homes; T-W but closure would be most serious. “brown field land” to create homes has now sought permission to build Various clients have written to the for a large number of new residents. nine additional houses on this senior management asking a rethink As part of the planning process the “community plot”. It is my firm view and the Community Council has developer agreed to make some and that of the Community Council organised a public meeting with the funds available to create community that building nine houses on this local manager. facilities and also agreed to make windfall plot will create a significant I would like to compile a list of local two plots of land available for unexpected profit and this should be account holders who would be community use. One of these plots shared with our local community. prepared to threaten that they will was commonly described as a This point has been put to T-W but close their account and move to “Community Plot” and there was a given past responses, it is uncertain another bank if the local branch is popular misconception that this half that they will agree. If they refuse, I closed. I realise the upheaval acre could be used as the community suggest that we could organise a entailed in closing a principal account wished; in fact the agreement is picket of the local sales office and but this is a threat which any bank prescriptively worded and states that seek publicity for this move; I would will take seriously if it is made by a it is intended to house a new library only do this if there were a large number of clients. Meantime, I hope or health centre; being a legally number of local residents who would that the bank reconsiders the threat binding agreement it requires both join in. I would be grateful if people of reduced hours. parties to agree any change. Taylor could contact me with their views or Wimpey has, so far, refused to agree County Councillor Rod McKerlich alternative suggestions. any variation and has made it clear Email: [email protected] that, wherever possible, it will seek to NatWest Bank: This bank has Tel. 2084 3106 www.radyr.org.uk is…a one-stopshop for local information 15 Just Ask Jane CHAIN COOKERY [email protected] CORNER Jane is an experienced Change Coach and any questions can be sent to her at [email protected] Jane will try and respond to all emails, but please Moroccan Lamb include a comment as to whether you would agree for your question to be published

I have a demanding job and I often don’t anything and your life becomes very This is easy to prepare, very tasty get home before 7pm. I also bring work insular. As you develop hobbies and and warming and not too expensive. home at weekends. I am very ambitious interests you will also begin to relax and and am proud of the fact that I can give hopefully the time you spend with your Serves 8. my wife a lovely home and can pay for wife will be far more enjoyable and our sons to have a good education. We fulfilling. 3 tsp. turmeric moved to Cardiff following my last 3 tsp. paprika promotion eight months ago and recently 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper I have found it increasingly difficult to I failed my driving test recently as I got so 3 tbs. plain flour relate to my wife. She is at home all day nervous during the test. I believe I am a 1 kg. diced lamb (shoulder is and when I come home I feel stifled by good driver and my Instructor is very perfect) her need to spend all her time with me. pleased with me, but how do I get over 4 medium onions finely chopped Sometimes I just want to say on later in my nerves so that I can book my next 6 garlic cloves chopped work to have a bit of space. test? 2 tsp. cinnamon 3 tbs. grated ginger Whilst this sounds very stressful for you, When sports people are perfecting their 3 tbs. tomato puree there is a positive way forward now that skills, they often use visualisation to see 3 tsp. crushed coriander seeds you have recognised these feelings. You themselves taking the perfect shot. I 1 tin chopped tomatoes said that you are working hard for your wonder when you think about your test, 3 tbs. raisins or sultanas family, but firstly you may need to what pictures do you conjure up? Do you olive oil explore if this is what your family actually see yourself driving confidently and salt and pepper want? If it isn’t, then your ambition and comfortably with the Examiner smiling 8 dried apricots halved drive may meet your own goals but not and nodding next to you? Or do you just necessarily their goals. However, if they dread the thought of the test and feel 1. Mix turmeric, paprika, cayenne want to continue to live in a big house, anxious and nervous just thinking about and flour together in a bowl or have expensive holidays and top of the it? large paper bag range toys and computers, then they may As your Instructor is pleased with your 2. Gradually throw in the lamb and need to accept that this might mean that driving ability, I would suggest that you toss it around to give it a good they see very little of you. continue to find ways of driving as often coating When your family re-located with you as possible and associate it as an 3. Heat a large frying pan or iron generally children find it relatively easy to enjoyable experience. If a close friend has casserole, add a little olive oil make new friends within the structure of a car that you could drive, perhaps you and gradually add the lamb. school and various clubs. However, if could pay the additional insurance so that Brown on all sides, remove and your wife is at home all day, the naturally you have regular opportunities to drive? set aside. Add more oil if she will want to spend time with you Each time you drive and you are feeling needed. when you get home as possibly she has good, capture or ‘anchor’ that feeling by 4. Heat oven to 160C/320F/Gas 3 less company during the day. Perhaps pressing your thumbs gently against the 5. Put onions, garlic and cinnamon this is a good opportunity to talk to her steering wheel. To build on this anchor, in the pan and fry for a few about what she wants and needs now you can also sit quietly at home and minutes. that you are in Cardiff? If she found the visualise how it feels to be confidently 6. Add the remaining ingredients move difficult, is she happy to continue to driving along. As you build up the image plus the lamb and heat through. follow you each time you move up the in your mind and the positive feelings 7. Transfer everything to casserole corporate ladder? If she is, does she have associated with driving, gently press your or tagine. interests of her own that she can start to thumbs against the side of a table or a 8. Top up with stock or boiling expand? As she begins to develop more book, to reinforce the anchor. water to cover everything. of a life for herself, she will also start to Finally, by the time you feel ready to take 9. Season with salt and pepper and find new friends and begin to feel more your test, the habit of pressing your place in oven for two hours. settled. She may want to consider either thumbs gently against the steering wheel 10. Check after two hours, add some part time work or some voluntary will automatically tell your sub-conscious stock if needed. It must be work, or even starting up her own that you are confident and able to drive moist. business. and it will just be another every day trip 11. The flavours will develop if Meanwhile, you also may need to think out in the car. cooked the previous day. about hobbies and interests so that you If you would like me to talk you through 12. Serve with couscous to which also have a life outside of work. Some of this process prior to your test, then drop you can add chopped coriander these may be joining a club or a choir me an email and we can arrange a time to and lemon juice. with your wife, but also doing something reinforce this powerful mental re- 13. Would freeze well. for yourself. It is important to recognise programming. Good luck! how stress can build up and create the A.M.P. feeling that you never have time for www.radyr.org.uk is…a photo-archive for our local community 17 Our first social Rotary in Radyr event of the year was at December saw us carry out two very Radyr golf club. successful collections in Radyr - toys Throughout the and toiletries for Women's Aid and evening a series food for Cardiff Food Bank. of events unfolded which saw us Happy New Year from your local investigate and solve the murder of a officers Huw and Tori. local businessman who had made numerous enemies, many of whom We are your local officers, covering attended our dinner. A number of Radyr & Morganstown, Creigiau & St suspects identified themselves as the Fagans and & Gwaelod y dinner progressed and guests Garth. competed to crack the case which led Recently it is being reported that to the murderer being revealed! parking is becoming a problem in Mystery solved! The beginning of Radyr, Gwaelod y Garth and On behalf of both of these the year represents Pentyrch. We would like to remind organisations we would like to thank an important drivers to not park on pavements, everyone who gave donations, with milestone for over double yellow lines and for a special mention to the Radyr Rotary. In 1985, longer than the permitted 1 hour on Guides for their support. We would Rotary Station Road, Radyr. May we also also like to thank those volunteers international remind those who do the school run involved in collecting who braved the began its cam- to be mindful of obstructing rain and cold. pavements, parking on zigzag lines paign to immunise all children and to drive slowly. We are delighted to report that your against polio in a quest for the generous contributions resulted in us eventual eradication of the disease. PC Huw Thomas has been collecting a staggering 256 kilos of In 1988, Rotary was involved, with conducting patrols at night, and has food for the food bank. the World Health Organisation, noticed that many vehicles have UNICEF and other organisations in been left unlocked, from a crime the formation of the Global Polio prevention point of view we urge Eradication Imperative, which made vehicle owners to lock their cars and Rotary's goal a global imperative. remove valuables from sight. Supported by and Melinda Neighbourhood Watch is being re- Gates Foundation, Rotarians launched on email, anyone who worldwide raise funds and awareness would like to have more information and participate in immunisation or be on the mailing list can contact events. At the beginning of 2011 us as below. Polio remained endemic in only 4 countries - Afghanistan, India, PCSO Tori Miller 07584 883182 The Club took part in the Radyr Nigeria and Pakistan. As Rotarians tori.miller@south- Christmas Event. Several members we are delighted that February 2012 wales.pnn.police.uk went back to their childhood as they sees 12 months without a Polio case entertained the new generation of diagnosed in India representing an PC Huw Thomas 07584 004472 children with a windup train chuffing important step towards our ultimate huw.thomas@south- round the track. goal of Polio eradication. wales.pnn.police.uk January saw us welcome two new PLEASE support our upcoming Fund members. Raising To report an incident please use the 101 service. Following the success of last year's event, in March we are holding PACT Meetings another St David's Day concert at Radyr Old Church Rooms, 7pm on Christ Church - featuring the the 29th of February and 24 th of fantastic Con Voce choir. March. In March we will be selling tickets for Creigiau Primary School, 7pm on the a Trolley Dash at Asda in Leckwith. 8th of March Details of both will be soon on our Pentyrch Rugby Club, 7pm on 9th of website March Gaynor Davies and Phil Head with www.cardiffwestrotaryclub.wordpres President Eric Blackwell s.com as are details of Club www.radyr.org.uk is…a window on our local history 19 LOCAL MARTIAL ARTS CLUB Radyr resident CELEBRATES THIRTY YEARS… travels to Ecuador…

from front cover This report touched Jodie to such an extent that she vowed she wanted to do something to help. She made the decision to organise a gap year in her studies and travel to Ecuador as a volunteer, deferring her studies for a year. After a great deal of research she came across a charity called Latitude Global Volunteering which had a programme in Ecuador. The volunteer work it organises helps with the plight of the Ecuadorian children that had initially stirred Jodie to do something to help. Latitude Global Volunteering organise the trip from start to finish. Jodie would live with a local family in close proximity to an orphanage and her time would be spent providing support to the workers there Aikido Gakko Ueshiba club photo 29 November 2011 on a daily basis. Her duties could be anything from teaching support, to A martial arts club based in club was founded thirty years ago by cooking duties, to cleaning. Morganstown is marking its 30th its chief instructor (or sensei in The programme runs from September birthday with a special course on Japanese) Bernard Harding (6th dan) 2012 to February 2013, which means and has met at many venues Jodie will be away from her family and 21st January. Aikido Gakko friends for six months, which Ueshiba, which uses throughout Cardiff before finally coming to Morganstown fourteen encompasses Christmas and her Morganstown Village Hall as its birthday. Such was the emotional effect years ago. This is the second historic the plight of the children had on Jodie, main training venue, practices a milestone recently for the club as this seems of little consequence to her. traditional form of the Japanese Sensei Harding last year celebrated art aikido, which is a martial art his fortieth year of practicing aikido. As with these volunteer schemes, there is a vast sum of money needed to be raised derived from the principles of the Aikido Gakko Ueshiba meets every to fund them. The Ecuadorian historic samurai warriors. Tuesday and Friday at 8pm in programme that Jodie intends to Aikido is non-competitive and seeks Morganstown Village Hall and undertake will cost her £4,000. This to use movement rather than beginners are always welcome to covers all the expenses including flights, physical strength to overcome an come along and experience aikido medical preparation, in-country support opponent. Although not the best for themselves. and a donation to the host family. known martial art, it is growing in If you want to know more, please Jodie is desperate for Corporate popularity since first being contact Richard Belcher on 07790 Sponsors and if you can help, please introduced to the UK in 1955. The 167560 or visit the club’s contact her. Also in the coming months, Jodie intends to organise many fundraising events. These will include a MOLLIE TILLEY quiz night, a charity concert, car boot sale, various sponsored events and many A HEART-FELT THANK YOU raffles. To do this she needs as many FROM BRYN WALTERS donations as possible. This volunteer work is very important to I would like to thank all the very generous friends who were such Jodie, the plight of these children has a great support to me and my beloved Mollie during her final touched her heart and she has an illness. You gave us your time and drove me to Penarth whenever uncontrollable desire to help despite the I needed to go which allowed us to spend precious time together. profound effect it will have on her life. I could not have done this so easily without your help and I shall If you feel there is anything you can be forever grateful for it. The crowds of people at Mollie’s funeral contribute, large or small, either as a show how well-loved she was in Radyr and Morganstown and she monetary donation or in an item that would be able to raffled, Jodie would like will be so very greatly missed. to hear from you. Jodie can be With my very sincere thanks, Bryn Walters. contacted at 12 Penrhos, Radyr, Cardiff, CF15 8RJ (Tel. 029 2084 4370 or via email on [email protected] 12 www.morganstown.org.uk is…a one-stopshop for local information GOOD NEWS FROM RADYR COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL Murder She Wrote Among the many celebrations during 2012, the sixtieth anniversary of Agatha Christie’s murder mystery, The Mousetrap, could easily get lost. It is difficult to imagine the theatre scene without this cornerstone of the establishment. Expecting it to run no more than eighteen months at the most, the management gave the original cast length of run contracts; that means that Richard Attenborough could still be playing the part of Detective Sergeant Trotter at the age of 88. The Mousetrap has broken all box office records and by the end of this year it will have been performed some 25,000 times. The previous longest run was for the musical Chu Chin Chow which had only 2,239 performances. Since then musicals like Phantom of the Opera and Five Year 7 pupils from Radyr pleasure to see the enjoyment from Les Miserables have clocked up some Comprehensive School were made the girls and watch them perform long runs, but are still a long way behind Welsh Novice Champions on the after all their hard work in training. The Mousetrap. Another interesting fact 28th November 2011. When it was presentation time the is that the actor David Raven played the On Friday they had beaten off girls (and their teacher) sat nervously part of Major Metcalf 4,575 times over a approximately five schools to waiting for the results. When period of eleven years. become county champions and were Whitchurch were announced as To celebrate its sixtieth birthday, the put through to the Welsh Finals at second place we were beginning to management of The Mousetrap have the Welsh Institute of Sport in Sophia think it was not going to be our day. decided on a series of events including Gardens. They were up against But much to our delight, Radyr were the number 60, one of which is a national tour of the play for sixty weeks. schools from across Wales announced as the Welsh Champions! Happily, The Mousetrap will be coming (approximately six teams). They had Mrs. V. Woods to the New Theatre in Cardiff for one of a nervous start but came through to Head of PE, Radyr Comprehensive those weeks in the autumn of 2012. perform fantastically. It was a real The Radyr Drama Society will also be celebrating the event by performing a OPERATION there are a few superstars I should like farcical send up of the genre Hello…Is to mention. Rose King (W.I.) who has There Any Body There? By Ian Hornby. CHRISTMAS CHILD spent weeks in hospital, filled four and Lady Amelia Simpson-Squire is a was responsible for a further eight. Gill successful crime novelist but she is I am delighted to report that 175 Davies (R.P.M.G.) presented me with having difficulty getting her next novel brightly coloured and imaginatively 23 beautifully knitted beanie hats, started. She drags in her husband, a filled shoe boxes were piled high in (Isobel Brown (Christ Church) who has family friend, the butler and the maid in Christ Church on 20th November been very poorly, knitted three pairs of the search for a plot, then a body turns before travelling to the depot for Teddy Bear hand puppets and Hilary up, then another then … Hello…Is distribution to many countries. Last Kitcher (Church) knitted a pile of hats, There Any Body There? Has the usual year the boxes were transported to teddy bear and clown puppets. collection of characters most of whom Belarus, Haiti, Kenya, Kosova, I’ve already mentioned, as well as the Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Montenegro, The groups who contributed include police team who are totally incompetent, Mozambique, Romania, Serbia, the congregations and Sunday Schools as in all good thrillers. at Christ Church and St. Johns, the Swaziland, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. After their success in keeping audiences This is a wonderful total and the ladies section at Radyr Golf Club, laughing with the delightful farce Sailor greatest to date. Radyr & Morganstown W.I., French Beware, Radyr Drama Society are happy Class and for the first time, These shoe boxes which are so to guarantee you another evening of fun Enerchi and the Radyr branch of the thoughtfully filled, bring enormous joy and laughter with an occasional National Housewives Register who to the poorest of children. Many of interesting twist. filled fifteen boxes. these children spend their entire Hello…Is There Any Body There? can be childhood in orphanages and these Thank you all so much for your seen at Morganstown Village Hall on boxes are their only gifts at Christmas generosity with the boxes and Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 26th to time. donations. 28th April at 7.30pm. Write these dates in your diary. Everyone who filled a box is a star but Anne-Marie Phillips www.radyr.org.uk is…a window on our local history 23 History Notes… reference to the Mathew tombs in STAR BLOOD Llandaff Cathedral. DONOR The R&M Local History Society have Thursday, 28th June. announced their programme for Mike Dams who has Annual trip to Salisbury and Wilton been a Radyr resident 2012. House. Wilton House is one of the for 31 years gave his Thursday, 8th March. finest historic houses in the UK with 100th pint when the Caroline Pudney will outline the a fine art collection, lovely gardens Blood Donation Unit discoveries at the newly found port and extensive water features. Coach visited Radyr on 23 at Caerleon. and entry £21. December. Mike first started donating blood aged Thursday, 13th September. Thursday, 19th April. 18 when he left Larkfield Grammar An afternoon guided tour and tea at If you Read This. Sian Price will talk School, Chepstow to take up a post at Fonmon Castle in the Vale of about her recently published book of British Nylon Spinners, Pontypool. The Glamorgan. £10. love letters from various war fronts. Donation Unit made regular visits to the site and employees were encouraged to donate. When he moved to Dow Corning, Barry he continued donating regularly when they visited the site. On taking early retirement in 1999 he continued to give his pint in various locations across South Wales which culminated in his 100th pint on home turf in Radyr. ROALD DAHL – STORYTELLER The Festival organisers are particularly excited to have booked Roald Dahl’s biographer, Donald Sturrock, for the 2012 Festival. Sturrock’s recent biography of Roald Dahl, Storyteller, has The Library, been short listed for several awards and Fonmon Castle won the Spear Books Award for biography. The Daily Telegraph called it Sunday, 6th May. Thursday 8th November. a “superb biography” and The Times In the Footsteps of Pilgrims. A Dr. Anita Jordan on Paupers. Literary Supplement said of it circular walk looking at the pilgrim “Storyteller does Dahl the service, as Dahl did for some of his characters, of routes in Radyr and the influence of All talks are at 7.30pm. in the Old revealing the human in the monstrous”. the Mathew family. Meet outside Church Rooms. All are welcome. The pilgrim walk is part of the R&M Although Dahl had a long and close the Radyr Court pub at 2.30pm. The relationship with his mother it is walk will last about 2? hours. This is Festival and details can be found in interesting to note how many of his part of the R&M Festival. the Festival brochure. If you’d like to characters are orphans and it was while join us on either of the two visits, they lived at Ty Mynydd, Radyr that his Thursday, 24th May. please contact Allan Cook on 2084 father, Harald, died. Harald is buried in Rhianydd Tribiebrach. Medieval 3176. the graveyard at St. John’s. tombs in Wales, with special The Scotsman said of Storyteller … Roald Dahl, a writer whose life was just LEARN WELSH IN RADYR about as far from boring as it is possible The National Eisteddfod will be easily accessible from Radyr once again next to be”. Crash landing in the North August when it will be situated in Llandow in the Vale of Glamorgan. African desert during the Second World War; his work for military intelligence, he Do you feel you’d like to know more about what’s going on on the Maes? Would was a contemporary of Ian Fleming; you like not to have to use the excellent translation equipment available at that married to a Hollywood star, Patricia event? Do you have children being educated through the medium of Welsh and Neal; just for a start. want to keep up with them? Sturrock, a one time BBC producer, has Have you ever thought about or tried to learn Welsh? Was the time or the location made a documentary about Dahl for the of the course not convenient? The Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Welsh for Adult BBC and written the librettos for five Centre is looking into the possibility of running such a course in Radyr at a time to operas based on the work of Dahl, the suit you. So you could be half way there by next year’s Eisteddfod. latest being The Golden Ticket, a version Learning Welsh with friends at a time and venue convenient for you makes the of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. process easier, more enjoyable and more accessible. Donald Sturrock will be at the Old For more information, please contact Gwennan Higham on 029 2087 4710 or Church Rooms at 7.30pm on Friday, email her at [email protected] 18th May. www.radyr.org.uk is…a one-stopshop for local information 13