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JUNE 2019 ISSUE 144

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Christie Residential - Oct 2015 Advert 4-1.indd 2 15/10/2015 12:12:44 THE ABERGAVENNY Dear Readers, Contents FOCUS When I decided that a good feature for this month’s magazine would be ‘Colour’, I didn’t really consider the number of ways the Editorial & Contents 4 Publisher: Focus Magazines Ltd theme could be interpreted, and I’m excited by the spectrum of 25 Tel: 01873 856614 articles we’ve been able to put together for you. I do hope you Weather: June’s Outlook Editorial & Advertising: enjoy them. Puzzles! 59 Hannah Hill: [email protected] Graphic Design & Accounts: This month is a busy one. Now that the warmer days are upon us, Next Month: Summer Fun! 61 Pete Hill: [email protected] more and more events are happening from open gardens, arts and 7 9 Contributions: music festivals, to the Carnival, Abergavenny Pride and loads more. The Focus Directory 62 Abergavenny Town Council Jenna Badjan Keep up to date with what’s coming up this month on our events Paddy Beynon pages and, of course, online at www.thefocus.wales. As a London EVENTS Kay Blackwell Liz Cantelo girl born and bred, I’m continuously surprised that we seem to have Amanda Chard Raglan Festival 6 Anneliese Cheadle more events going on locally than ever took place where I lived in Sue Collins London. It shows just how vibrant and active our community is, and 7 David Collyer Abergavenny Arts Festival Emma Corfield-Walters how willing people are to organise events and reach out to other Debs Hancock Crickhowell Open Gardens 8 Emily Lewis members of the community in doing so. I say it often, but we really 13 Hannah Mlatem Helen Morgan are very lucky. Cantref Open Gardens 9 Marion Pearse Jonathan Powell I’m thrilled to be including an article this month about the Market 13 Eleri Rosier Brecon Jazz Festival 2019 Janet Thomas – it’s long been my intention to do so, but time has often run away Andy Timpson with me. This month I managed it, thanks to the help of Liz Cantelo Pilgrimage Walk 14 who owns Fizzyville in the Market, (a wonderful shop. Go.) and helped Whilst every care is taken with materials Kapow! Superhero Challenge 15 submitted to The Abergavenny Focus, the rally traders and gather information. Big thanks to her. I don’t like to publisher cannot accept responsibility for preach, but I’m making an exception to urge you all to support the Events Calendar 16 15 21 loss or damage to such materials. Opinions expressed in articles are strictly those of the Market in any way you can – it gives our town a point of difference author. This publication is copyrighted and and should be celebrated and frequented regularly so we don’t lose COMMUNITY may not be reproduced in any form without it! Aside from that, it’s just a great place to be! written permission from the publisher. Prices and Abergavenny Community Centre 21 details are subject to change and conditions Next month we’ll be celebrating Summer…let’s hope the sun and the publisher can take no responsibility shines… Abergavenny Concertgoers 22 for ommissions or errors. The inclusion of an advertiser in this magazine is not necessarily a Enjoy the Read, Gilwern U3A 23 recommendation. www.thefocus.wales 31 32 © Focus Magazines Ltd 2019 [email protected] TheFocusMagazine COLOUR Tel: 01873 856614 C

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Admission is succeeded in raising about £25 open on the day. While the church £5 for one day, and £7.50 for two thousand for the charity. is the focal point of the day with days. Disabled parking spaces can This year there will be sixteen a plant stall, puppet theatre and be found in the main town car park gardens available to view, ranging tombola as well as refreshments, (parking charges apply). Free shuttle in size and at various stages of Crickhowell Open Gardens there is also scope for a gentle bus available (not wheelchair development. Andy Timpson, one amble or a vigorous walk to one or NEW GARDENS FOR 2019! friendly). of the organisers, explained that two of the gardens that are well of Crickhowell Open Gardens is Cantref their philosophy was ‘’to welcome the beaten track. spectacular views across the valley organised for the benefit of any gardener[s] – they usually 15th & 16th June but not always come in pairs! – and the surrounding mountains. the community. Funds raised The gardens are open between irrespective of their experience’’. rickhowell was recently will be used to support local Open 11.30am and 5.30pm on Sunday A great variety of different gardens He said ‘’We have a wide variety reported to be a ‘magical good causes. Any enquiries: 9th June and the cost of a ticket to place to live’ and with such have again entered this year – a of gardens on show this year, C telephone 01873 811625 or email all 16 gardens is £5.00 with under huge Thank You to all Gardeners a great community spirit, it was [email protected]. Gardens several opening for the first time no surprise that the town has also willing to open their own little and some that have opened every 18s free of charge. Tickets and a been voted winner of the British Eden! Plus, new gardens opening Every garden and every garden year. Some of our gardeners are map are available on the day from Best High Street award. And it’s for the first time and the welcome owner will be geared up for the he Open Gardeners very experienced but others are the church or at any participating this community support and return of some old favourites. event - all they need is good of Cantref ward in just starting out after taking over garden. ‘’Please put this date in your Abergavenny will once friendship that extends to our The gardens vary not only in weather for a great weekend out! T gardens that have lain dormant diary to support a very worthwhile next event- the Open Gardens again be opening their gardens in size but also in plant selection, Come rain or shine though, they will for some time’’. He continued by local community activity – see you weekend where there will be a layout and design - depending be open! 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Competition All activities below have been kindly subsidised by Abergavenny Town Council to help Winner make our summer activities accessible to young people in Abergavenny. Date Event Description Age

ast month, we ran a competition to win a pair 31/07/2019 Monmouth Skate Jam Cost: £2 per person - Transport Included 11 to 18 Lof tickets to a show of your choice at Castell Roc Pick up from Abergavenny Skate Park 2019, at Chepstow Castle from 8th -26th August, by 05/08/2019 Adventure Day at Gilwern Outdoor Education Cost: £5 per person 11 to 18 Centre answering the following question: 07/08/2019 Chepstow Play Day Cost: £2 per person - Transport Included 9 to 11 “Which 80’s heart throb sang Everytime You Go Pick up from Abergavenny Community Centre Away and Love Of The Common People and is 12/08/2019 Swimming trip to Swansea LC2 Pool Cost: £3 per person - Entry & Transport Included 11 to 18 appearing at this year’s Castell Roc with his band?” 14/08/2019 Abergavenny Skate Jam and BBQ FREE! 11 to 18 15/08/2019 Graffiti Workshop and BBQ at Abergavenny Cabin FREE! 11 to 18 The answer, of course, is Paul Young, (whose band, 19/08/2019 to Outdoor Residential at Gilwern Outdoor Education Cost: £15 per person 11 to 18 Los Pacaminos are playing on 15th August) - Well 20/08/2019 Centre Overnight done to everyone who emailed the correct answer! 21/08/2019 Caldicot Football Tournament Cost: £2 per person - Transport Included 11 to 18 Our winner is Louise Rees - Well done Louise, enjoy The new Abergavenny Cabin, located next to the skate park, will also be open for drop in sessions for ages 11+, every the show! Thursday (1pm to 7pm) & Friday (10am to 6pm) in August. This will include free activities and BBQ’s. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: [email protected] or 07827880055 For more information about the Festival, visit: All staff are qualified & DBS checked. www.castellroc.co.uk 14 VISIT THE FOCUS ONLINE: WWW.THEFOCUS.WALES 15 EVENTS 8TH JUNE be smooth sounds of D.J John powered Fundraising concert to support The and plant stall. Friends of Castle Meadows Walk: by Apples! 3pm, Pen-Yr-Adwr Wynt Phoenix Singers performing at the See Page 14 for more info. Contact Pip BOTANY WALK Cottage, Abergavenny. Tickets £15 www. International Eisteddfod in Llangollen Hassall on 01873 857 392 if you would like To keep up to date A walk around Castle Meadows with wegottickets.com/event/473028 2019. 7.30pm, Llanwenarth Baptist to attend EVENTS Jeff Davies. Meet 10am Byefield Lane Chapel, Station Rd, Govilon. Tickets £6 to 30TH JUNE with all the events in car park. 15TH JUNE include light refreshments. Contact Jackie CRICKHOWELL OPEN GARDENS Rendall 01873 830417 or pay at door. FREE AFTERNOON TEA the coming months, CALENDAR 9TH JUNE Come and enjoy the great variety of Children free. 3pm, Abergavenny Community Centre, CANTREF OPEN GARDENS different gardens in our beautiful – and Merthyr Rd, Abergavenny don’t forget to visit our See our article on Page 9 for more info award-winning town. Over 20 gardens 29TH JUNE open to visitors over the weekend. DANCE BLAST ANNUAL SHOWCASE 30TH JUNE 12TH JUNE Plant sales, cream teas, friendly garden An exciting evening of dance Black Mountain Jazz: online events calendar ABERGAVENNY OVER 50’S ACTION owners and lots of ideas to take home! 7pm, Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT GROUP See our article on Page 8 for more info Tickets £8. Box Office 01873 850805 ABERGAVENNY ARTS FESTIVAL on our website at: JUNE Aneurin Bevan Hospital Trust will give See advert Page 55 for table of events us a talk and update of progress on 15TH JUNE www.thefocus.wales the new Grange Hospital Llanfrechfa. MUSIC FOR A SUMMER’S EVENING 29TH & 30TH JUNE 6TH JULY 10am-12pm, Trinity Hall, Baker St. £2 The award winning choir, The Oriel ABERGAVENNY ARTS FESTIVAL OUT TO LUNCH – AN Let us know about per session. All Welcome. June sees our Singers, returns to St Peter’s with a See Page 7 for more info ABERGAVENNY PRIDE EVENT recess for summer. We wish all members programme of a wonderful mix of the Bring your own picnic and enjoy an community events 29TH JUNE 2019 a happy summertime and look forward sacred and secular including a First afternoon of entertainment including to seeing them in September. Performance of a piece which has ABERGAVENNY CARNIVAL & singer/songwriter Frankie Wesson and that you’d like to share been specially written for them by the WALKING PARADE Vicki Blight Presenter of Weekend Early 13TH-15TH JUNE acclaimed composer Alissa Firsova. Streets of Abergavenny and Bailey Park Breakfast for BBC Radio Wales. with everybody; use Abergavenny Theatre Group Refreshments available during the From 12pm onwards 12pm, Abergavenny Community Centre, Presents: HAYWIRE interval – in the churchyard if fine, in Merthyr Rd, Abergavenny. the events submission 29TH JUNE 5TH JUNE Alec has cunningly planned his the pews if wet. 7pm, St Peter’s Church, See our article on Page 31 for more info ABERGAVENNY IN domestic life so that he can go on Llanwenarth Citra. Tickets £14. Contact Pip PILGRIMAGE WALK form on our website. Christchurch Govilon to St Peter’s BLOOM WORK SESSION holiday with his mistress without his Hassall 01873 857392 Meet 6pm outside Baker Street Cinema. wife getting even remotely suspicious. Church Llanwenarth Citra. Tea and cakes Please bring gloves and secateurs if you What could possibly go wrong? 22ND JUNE have them Throw in an elderly mother who has MAYZMUSIC SUMMER SHOWCASE discharged herself from her nursing One of the biggest performing arts 6TH JUNE & EVERY THURSDAY home, a son with a broken ankle, a schools in South Wales present their OPEN MIC heavily pregnant daughter and a dog, annual Summer Showcase displaying From 7.30pm, Hen & Chickens, and you get your answer – plenty! the talents of musicians, singers, dancers Abergavenny Hilarity abounds in this brilliantly funny & actors who learn their craft at the BE SEEN 7TH-9TH JUNE farce by Eric Chappell. A comic evening Academy. Performers aged from 3 to 63 RAGLAN FESTIVAL 2019 not to be missed! 7pm, Borough Theatre, will take you on a trip from West End to Broadway in this variety performance. The boutique music festival takes Abergavenny. Tickets £9.50. Box Office 12.30pm & 6pm, Borough Theatre place across the whole village and will 01873 850805 Abergavenny. Box Office 01873 850805 host many varied and exciting gigs, 15TH JUNE open mics and activities for all ages CELEBRATING INTERNATIONAL 23RD JUNE throughout the weekend; many of WOMEN AT PEN-YR-ADWR WYNT ABERGAVENNY SYMPHONY which are free, so save the date in your Love Zimbabwe Fundraiser. This year we ORCHESTRA diary and come along and enjoy! bring international women celebrating The summer concert includes a variety 7TH JUNE all things good to raise money to of lighter pieces: Dvorak – Carnival Llanfoist Village Hall Film Night ship educational books that we have Overture, Alun Hoddinott – Welsh THE FAVOURITE (CERT 15) collected throughout the year. Last year Dances Suite, Arutiunian – Trumpet Concerto, Borodin – In the Steppes of ADVERTISE FROM ONLY £21 In early 18th century England, a frail we built a library in Chinamhora Village. Central Asia, Liszt – Les Preludes, Berlioz Queen Anne occupies the throne and Come and join us at this family event reach up to 14,o00 homes & businesses – Rakoczy March 7.30pm, Our Lady & St her close friend, Lady Sarah, governs full of fun and great music. Ranging Michael’s Church, Abergavenny. Tickets from Abergavenny to Brecon the country in her stead. When a new from Soulful Reggae, original Welsh £10 www.abergavennysymph.org.uk Call Hannah or pete 01873 856614 servant, Abigail, arrives, her charm music, Abergavenny local legend-Blues endears her to Sarah. Plus & stunning Accapella traditional 28TH JUNE 7.30pm, Llanfoist Village Hall Zimbabwean Voices. Please bring your best musical instrument too. 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Week in week out traders business venture for the very first Hall, so entrance is around the ever Pride this summer. set out their stalls, locals and time; it all goes into the mix. back in Brewery Yard. We got in visitors move between them, The idea for Abergavenny Pride And it’s quite a mix. It’s not just touch with some of the Market buying their groceries, from came about when three friends , Jo about fruit and veg, you know. Traders to tell us about what meat and fish to fresh fruit and Webb and wife duo Elaine and Kate There’s the General Market, the they do and what they sell. We’re vegetables. They seek out gifts, McCulloch, got together on a night Craft Fair, the Antique Fair, the sure you’ll agree that it’s a riot exchange stories, catch up, out and came up with the idea. A Artisan Market and the Street of colour, interest and intrigue. chew the fat and haggle over few months on and Abergavenny Food and Craft Markets to get Why not pop along, discover whatever find they’ve found – a Pride is now in full swing. your teeth into as well. It’s all something new and support our rare vinyl, a jug, a silver spoon. packed into the wonderful Market wonderful Market! Putting together a funding bid to You’ll be hard pressed to find Hall, which comes alive each MHA (Monmouthshire Housing CONTINUED OVERLEAF... a friendlier market with such week, overlooked by the hanging Association), Pride successfully Local singer/songwriter Frankie Wesson secured £820 back in March, which is going towards this year’s event music in a fun and friendly venue. her latest album “ Still Got Time” and to celebrate all things LGBTQ+ This event will be supported by (which can be found on Spotify). in the Abergavenny Community Abergavenny Pride. 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Rob Philips) talents of local and the surrounding Pride will make up part of this year’s area entertainer sand artists. “Out To Lunch” will start at 12pm Abergavenny Carnival Parade, and continue until late afternoon, Headlining is the wonderful which is taking place on Saturday early evening. 29th June, the parade starting local singer/songwriter Frankie Wesson, who has just released at 12pm and ending in Bailey Anneliese Cheadle Park. People will be able to find the Abergavenny Pride stall with information relating to the LBGTQ+ community, and where to find advice and help. It is also place to chat and join in. Open: The week following the carnival will see an Open Mic night , taking Monday to Friday 8:30am-5pm Saturday 8:30am-1pm place at the Hen and Chicks on 01873 856618 Thursday 4th July at 7.30pm. Daily fresh flowers & bouquets with A great event to listen to great www.love-lily.com local & national delivery available Amy Pope and Kyle Jamie Eldridge receiving the cheque 30 TO ADVERTISE CALL HANNAH ON 01873 856614 OR EMAIL [email protected] VISIT THE FOCUS ONLINE: WWW.THEFOCUS.WALES 31 COLOUR! COLOUR! Affordable Vinyl : Andrew changing display, so check it out at the market was one of the Indoor Market Café – Helen creations are both beautiful and Simon lives locally and considers Young Wednesday, Friday & Saturday best decisions she ever made as Todhunter colourful and will make you smile. the Market an important part of (most weeks). it has helped her to build a loyal She can customise colours and is the community as well as keeping Andrew’s main specialism is customer base. In particular she happy to send items by post too. customers satisfied with the bed music, buying and selling CDs, Cute As Baby enjoys the atmosphere and being linen he sells them. 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They offer a varied menu at greengrocers business, Nuths, every Tuesday, Wednesday and reasonable prices, are wheelchair which has traded for over one Saturday. friendly and do their best to hundred years at Abergavenny Amchara Accessories accommodate everyone. They Market. They buy class one are plastic free so all takeaway produce of fruit and veg locally Theresa Abrahams Rachel has a unit in the Market packaging is compostable. and from many different Hall where she sells items counties, to supply to their many Everyone who visits the Market mainly for babies and children, Louis Bannon customers to whom they provide recognises Wayne from his all lovingly handmade by her! a friendly family service. Coins & Medals Dealer red Top Hat! He and his wife Alongside juggling a busy life as have been selling antiques and mum to three children, she also Robin Tree Designs collectibles in the Market for over takes custom orders. If you have a Fizzyville is a shop unit nestled Louise Hodges 30 years. When he’s not trading gift to buy for a new baby, go and at the rear of the Market Hall. in the Market, look out for him see Rachel! Theresa sells quality natural Liz’s emporium is bursting with on television in series such as fibre accessories, scarves, hats Diverse & Dented – Julie a diverse, unique mix of goodies, Poldark and Wolf Hall and in the and leather bags etc sourced rich in ethical, handmade, vintage, upcoming film Dreamhorse with from various places such as Stratford fair trade & upcycled items with a Louis Bannon is an Abergavenny Damian Lewis, where he plays an Nepal, Madagascar and even There’s nothing Julie loves more fun twist. Lighting is a speciality. 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