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A white circular arrow in a REFUSE COLLECTIONS – green box should give you the FOOTBALL DAI RETURNS FOR GLASSES Carmarthenshire most confidence: it appears DISCIPLINARY While on a road trip, Dai and Blodwen, an only on materials which are elderly couple, stopped at a roadside restaurant widely recycled by 75% or for quick lunch. more of UK local authorities. Most red cards in a single match: 5, joint record: After finishing their meal, they left the  Bradford City (3) restaurant, and resumed their trip. When v. Crawley Town leaving, Blodwen set her glasses down and left (2) (27 March them on the table. She didn't miss them until 2012) (all after the they had been driving for about forty minutes. final whistle) Blodwen screams out "We got to go back, I left DID YOU KNOW my glasses at the restaurant!"  Chesterfield (2) v. Plymouth Argyle (3) Across the north of New Zealand, a (22 February 1997) By then, to add to the aggravation, they had to small number of strange clubs have popped up. travel quite a distance before they could find a  Wigan Athletic (1) v. Bristol Rovers (4) Members are usually elderly and have set turn around spot, in order to return to the (2 December 1997) themselves to the task of making coffins…their restaurant to retrieve her glasses. own coffins! These coffin clubs are a place for  Exeter City (3) v. Cambridge United All the way back, Dai became more the classic the elderly to mingle, stay death-positive and (2) (23 November 2002) grouchy old man. He fussed and complained, construct the coffin they’ll eventually be laid to and scolded Blodwen relentlessly during the Most red cards in a career (individual): 13, rest in. entire return drive. The more he chided her, the

joint record: more agitated he became. He just wouldn't let The average golf ball has 336 dimples  Roy McDonough (Colchester United, up for a single minute. Exeter City, Southend United), To Blodwen’s relief, they finally arrived at the The word 'Strengths' is the longest word in the restaurant. As she got out of the car, and English language with just one vowel  Steve Walsh (Wigan Athletic and hurried inside to retrieve her glasses, Dai yelled Leicester City) to her "While you're in there, you might as well The movie 'Wayne's World' was filmed in two get my hat and credit card." weeks Fastest red card: 13 seconds:

The Amazon rainforest produces half the  Kevin Pressman (Sheffield world's oxygen supply Wednesday v Wolverhampton NEWS OF THE WEIRD Wanderers, 13 August 2000) A group of frogs is called an army Hong Kong police destroyed a German-made

Fastest yellow card: 3 seconds, grenade from World War I recently after the device cropped up in a shipment of imported A group of rhinos is called a crash potatoes at a local potato chip factory. RECYCLING SYMBOLS  Vinnie Jones (Chelsea v Sheffield A group of kangaroos is called a mob United, 21 March 1992) couple in feared their dog had The interlocked arrows do not mean that the A The first sailing boats were built in Egypt cancer. A scan showed a mass on her spleen. packaging can be recycled, or Fastest red card for a substitute on the field The vet went in to do surgery, only to find it was even that it has ever been part of of play: 0 seconds, joint record: a mass of teddy bears in the dog's stomach. the recycling process. It means Brazil is named after a tree that the manufacturer has made a  Walter Boyd (Swansea City, 12 March Traffic police in southwest China are telling financial contribution to the razil covers 50% of the South American 2000), recovery and recycling of packaging in Europe. B drivers accused of minor offences they can continent  Keith Gillespie (Sheffield United, 20 avoid a fine if they confess on social media. But The famous three-arrowed triangle means that January 2007) the confession must get 20 likes. the product is theoretically Brazil borders every country in South America recyclable, although there is no Both players came on as a substitute and except Chile and Ecuador man in north-eastern China who always guarantee that your local refuse- elbowed/pushed an opponent before the game A handling facility will be able to had been restarted. wanted to own an aircraft is doing the next best deal with it. Hilton was the first international hotel chain thing: building a full-scale replica of an Airbus A320 jet.

THE WILD PIGS OF CANADA Aschim and Brook, who serves as her adviser, … from page 7 ASDA spent three years mapping their spread using trail cameras, GPS collars, and interviewing local farmers and hunters. easier to handle,” said Brook. “Reproductive rates would be lower.” Aschim practically lived out of her car for months, all the while meeting with biologists These animals are using cattails to build and conservation officers across Canada. Her “pigloos,” which capture a fair amount of heat findings, published in the Scientific Reports on the colder days of the year. journal in May 2019, clarified the gravity of the “The cattails do a good job of catching the snow issue for the first time. and it’s fairly thick and soft, so they can tunnel

“The rooting is really something to see,” said into that and have their little pigloos,” said Asda Stores Limited was founded Alberta Agriculture and Forestry inspector Perry Brook. About 30 years ago, Canadian farmers as Associated Dairies & Farm Stores Limited in Abramenko. “It’s almost like a small backhoe Perhaps most stunning 1949 in Leeds. The adoption of the Asda name released hogs into the wild as the meat market has gone through some of these pastures.” is their size — Brook occurred in 1965 with the merger of the Asquith slowed. These pigs have since grown gigantic Unfortunately, it isn’t just farmland they’re and his colleagues chain of three supermarkets and Associated and are ravaging farmland across the continent. destroying. These pigs are also wallowing in captured at least one Dairies; Asda is an abbreviation of Asquith and When Canadian farmers imported wild boars stream beds and potentially contaminating the hog that weighed more Dairies, often capitalised. from Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, than 600 pounds. waters. Experts are worried this could result in For a short time in the 1980s, Asda Stores Ltd the goal was purely to raise meat. infectious diseases being spawned. The hogs That’s a stark difference from the wild was a subsidiary of Asda-MFI plc following a Even though some of them escaped and others also endanger motorists by suddenly crossing boars commonly found merger between the two companies. Other were freed once the meat market slowed, none roads. in Spain or the U.S. — companies in the group were Associated of the farmers thought these animals would While feral pigs in the United States are which weigh on Dairies Limited, the furniture survive the harsh Canadian winters. generally found in warmer areas such as average between 150 and 200 pounds. retailer MFI and Allied Carpets. After the sale of According to National Geographic, however, Florida, Texas, and California as a result of MFI and Allied Carpets the company name From the destruction of crops and grassland to that was a mistake with hefty consequences, as Spanish explorers introducing them in the changed to Asda Group plc. The dairy division the increasing risks these hogs pose to locals descendants of those boars have since bred 1500s, Canada is different. was sold in a management buyout and and their property, Brook adamantly opposes with domestic pigs — and are now wreaking renamed Associated Fresh Foods, meaning “We have the exact opposite,” said Brooks. those who have yet to take this issue seriously. environmental havoc on the country’s crops, that Asda has since had no connection with any “The coldest spots — Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Everywhere they’ve spread, ruination has wildlife, and grasslands. of the firms from which its name was derived. and Alberta, sort of north-central — is where we followed. Though unruly pigs might seem like a minor have, by far, the most pigs.” With stores mainly based in the North of “Why would we expect anything except vast, issue with a cartoonish level of threat, these England, the newly focused food retail group While domestic pigs and European wild boars dramatic ecological impacts?” feral hogs weigh up to 600 pounds and sport are both Sus scrofa, they are different expanded further south in 1989 by buying the some seriously sharp tusks. subspecies and rarely interbreed. (Source: Allthatsinteresting.com) large format stores of rival Gateway Superstores for £705 million. This move The wild and domestic traits they’ve inherited Humans have raised domestic pigs for 10,000 overstretched the company and it found itself in gave them both a tolerance for extreme cold years, with this variety being meatier and trouble trying to sell too many different and the ability to birth large litters. growing less hair. Commercial pig farming has products. As a result it was forced to raise They’ve even begun to build shelters above also led them to reproduce more rapidly. money from shareholders in both 1991 and 1993. ground, since dubbed “pigloos” by experts. As Descendants of escaped pigs, however, can DID YOU such, wildlife researcher with the University of quickly transform into their ancestral boar Asda, which at the time owned 229 stores, was Saskatchewan Ryan Brook has decided to aptly counterparts — growing longer coats and KNOW purchased by Walmart on 26 July 1999 for dub this generation as “super pigs.” becoming feral. A February 2020 study £6.7 billion, trumping a rival bid from Kingfisher “We should be worried, because we know the comprised of data from 6,500 feral animals plc. biology,” said Brook. “They’re called an across America showed most feral pigs have a The word “cowboy” domestic ancestry. In 2009, Walmart ‘sold’ Asda for £6.9 billion to ecological train wreck for a reason.” stems from the Spanish term “vaquero.” The their Leeds-based investment subsidiary word means a livestock herder riding a horse. This generation of hogs has been spotted from The hogs wreaking havoc in Canada, however, Corinth Services Limited. The deal was The cowboy tradition also has Spanish and British Columbia and Manitoba. When they’re are more related to wild boars. They have litters described as part of a “group restructuring” and European roots. You needed skills and a lot of not harassing the regional livestock, they’re of up to six piglets, twice per year, which is far means Asda remains under the control of strength from an early age to be able to be a freely eating whatever they can get their tusks more than Eurasian boars produce. Walmart, since Corinth are themselves a cowboy. The standard attire for a cowboy was a on. They’re also reproducing at an alarming subsidiary of Walmart. In October 2020 ASDA “If we had true Eurasian wild boar without any pair of jeans, leather gloves, a bandana, boots, rate. Doctoral candidate at the University of was sold to Issa Brothers for £6.8 billion. domestic pig, this whole issue would be a lot and a wide-brimmed cowboy hat. Saskatchewan Ruth Aschim says, “no one even over … knew where they were” until the last few years.

LUNDY DEVIL’S ADVOCATE is an English island in the Bristol PWLL OF YESTERYEAR Channel. It forms part of the district of Torridge in the county of Devon. About three miles long and 0.6 of a mile wide, Lundy has had a long and turbulent history, frequently changing hands between the British

crown and various usurpers. In the 1920s, one self-proclaimed king, Martin Harman, tried to

issue his own coinage and was fined by the he Devil's Advocate was an official position T House of Lords. In 1941, two German Heinkel within the Catholic Church: one who "argued He 111 bombers crash landed on the island, against the canonisation (sainthood) of a their crews captured. In 1969, Lundy was candidate in order to uncover any character purchased by British millionaire Jack Hayward, flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence who donated it to the National Trust. It is favouring canonisation". managed by the Landmark Trust, a conservation charity that derives its income The office was established in 1587 during the from day trips and holiday lettings. As of 2007, reign of Pope Sixtus V. The first formal mention the island had a population of 28. of such an officer is found in the canonization of St. Lawrence Justinian under Pope Leo X (1513-1521). Pope John Paul II reduced the power and changed the role of the office in 1983. In cases of controversy the Vatican may still seek to informally solicit the testimony of critics of a candidate for canonisation. The number of canonisations increased, from 330 between 1588 and 1978, to 483 under John

Paul II's pontificate (1978-2005, that is an Two photographs of pupils of Pwll School average of 18 canonisations per year).

In common parlance, the term devil's advocate

describes someone who, given a certain point

of view, takes a position he or she does not

necessarily agree with (or simply an alternative (Above: The Waverley at Lundy Island Harbour) position from the accepted norm), for the sake

As a steep, rocky island, often shrouded by fog, of debate or to explore the thought further.

Lundy has been the scene of many shipwrecks, Despite being ancient, this idiomatic expression

and the remains of its old is one of the most popular present-day English

installations are of both historic and scientific idioms used to express the concept of arguing

interest. Its present-day are fully against something without actually being

automated, one of them solar-powered. committed to the contrary view.

Lundy has a rich bird life, as it lies on major

migration routes, and attracts many vagrant as

well as indigenous species. It also boasts a

variety of marine habitats, with rare seaweeds, NEWS OF THE WEIRD

sponges and corals. In 2010, the island became

Britain's first Marine Conservation Zone. A New York woman is suing a Brooklyn In summer, visitors reach Lundy by boat from hospital, after she gave consent to end the life Bideford or Ilfracombe, and in winter by of a man she believed to be her brain-dead helicopter from Hartland Point. Kayakers can brother. However, after the man died, it also kayak to the island. A local tourist curiosity emerged that the woman’s brother – who is the special "Puffin" postage stamp, a shared the same name as the dead man – was category known by philatelists as "local carriage actually in jail, and perfectly healthy. labels", a collectors' item. Photos: Courtesy of Ian Bonnell (Source: Wikipedia) I have made candles of infant's fat; … from previous page And conscience, late that had such weight, THE SURGEON’S WARNING The sexton's have been my slaves; In his brother's church they buried him, All in a moment fails; I have bottled babes unborn, and dried Hearts That safer he might be For well they knew that it was true and livers from rifled graves. They locked the door, and would not trust That dead men tell no tales. The sexton with the key. Bury me in lead when I am dead, And they gave all their powder and ball, My brethren, I entreat; And three men in the vestry watch, And took the gold so bright; And see the coffin weighed, I beg, To save him, if they can; And they drank their beer, and made good Lest the plumber should be a cheat. And should he come there, to shoot they swear, A resurrection man. cheer And let it be soldered closely down, Till now it was midnight. Strong as strong can be, I implore; And the first night, by lanthorn light, Then though the key of the church-yard, And put it in a patent coffin, Through the church-yard as wet; Was left with the parson his brother, That I may rise no more. A guinea of gold the sexton showed, That Mr. Joseph sent. It opened at the sexton's touch, If they carry me off in the patent coffin, Because he had another. Their labour will be in vain But conscience was tough, it was not enough, And in they go, with that villain Joe, Let the undertaker see it bought of the maker And honesty never swerved; To fetch the body by night; That lives in St. Martin's lane. And they bade him go with Mr. Joe To the devil, as he deserved. And all the church looked dismally The doctor whispered to the nurse, And bury me in my brother's church, By his dark lanthorn light So all night long by the vestry fire And the surgeon knew what he said; For that will safer be, They laid the pick-axe to the stones, They quaffed their gin and ale, And he grew pale at the doctor's tale, And, I implore, lock the church door, And they moved them soon asunder; And pray take care of the key. And they did drink, as you may think, They shovelled away the hard pressed clay And trembled in his sick bed. And told full many a tale. And came to the coffin under, Now fetch me my brethren, and fetch them with And all night long let three stout men The second night, by lanthorn light, speed, The vestry watch within; And they burst the patent coffin first, Through the church-yard as they went, The surgeon, affrighted, said; To each man give a gallon of beer, And they cut through the iead; He whispered anew, and showed them two The parson and the undertaker, And a keg of Hollands gin. And they laughed aloud when they saw the That Mr. Joseph sent. shroud, Let them hasten, or I shall be dead. Powder and ball, and blunderbuss, The guineas were bright, and attracted their Because they had got at the dead The parson and the undertaker To save me, if he can; sight, They hastily came, complying; And eke five guineas, if he shoot And they allowed the sexton the shroud, They looked so heavy and new And the surgeon's 'prentices ran up stairs A resurrection man. And they put the coffin back; And their fingers itched as they were bewitched, And nose and knees they did squeeze When they heard that their master was dying. And let them watch me for three weeks, And they knew not what to do. The surgeon in the sack. The 'prentices all they entered the room, My wretched corpse to save; But they wavered not long, for conscience was By one, by two, by three; For then I think that I may stink The watchmen, as they passed along. strong, With a sly grin came Joseph in Enough to rest in my grave. Full four yards off could smell, And they thought they might get more; And a curse bestowed upon the load, First of the company. The surgeon laid him down in his bed, And they refused the gold, but not So disagreeable. The surgeon swore as they entered the door, His eyes grew deadly dim; So rudely as before. (I was fearful his oaths to hear) Short came his breath, and the Struggle of So they carried the sack a pick-a-back, So all night long, by the vestry fire, Now send these scoundrels to the devil, death And they carved him bone from bone; Distorted every limb. They quaffed their gin and ale But what became of the surgeon's soul For God's sake, my brethren dear. And they did drink, as you may think, Was never to mortal known. He foamed at the mouth with the rage he felt, They put him in lead, when he was dead, And told full many a tale. And he wrinkled his black eye-brow, And shrouded up so neat; By R. SOUTHEY (1774 – 1843) The third night, as by lanthorn light, That rascal Joe would be at me, I know, And they the leaden coffin weighed, - Poet Laureate. Lest the plumber he should cheat. Through the church-yard they went, But zounds let him spare me, now. He bade them see, and shewed them three Then out they sent the 'prentices; They had it soldered closely down, That Mr. Joseph sent. One in every four British has The fit it left him weak; And examined it o'er and o'er; They looked askance, with eager glance, He looked at his brethren with ghastly eyes, And they put it in a patent coffin, some form of mental illness. That he might rise no more. The guineas they shone bright: And faintly struggled to speak. Think of your three best For the sexton on the yellow gold All kinds of carcasses I have cut up; For to carry him off in a patent coffin Let fail his lanthorn light. friends. If they're okay, And the judgment now must be They thought would be labour in vain; And he looked sly with his roguish eye, then it must be you. But, brothers, I took care of you— So the undertaker saw it bought of the maker That lives in St. Martin's lane. And gave a well timed wink So pray take care of me. And they could not stand the sound in his hand, over … For he made the guineas chink. PWLL ATHLETIC F.C. DOGS SENSE OF SMELL The Corona Virus has ruined the fixtures so far this season. Rest Dogs are not only a assured we will publish the tables man’s best friend; they’re also far superior as soon as the games restart. when it comes to smelling. Their sense of smell is estimated to be somewhere between 10,000 and 100,000 times better—or more acute—than ours. To put it into perspective, if you dilute one teaspoon of sugar in a million gallons of water, dogs would be able to detect it. While humans have about six million olfactory receptors in WYNNE’S CHARITY QUIZES their noses, dogs have upwards of 300 million. AT THE COLLIERS ARMS It’s no wonder dogs are often used to help sniff out drugs and explosives. The pandemic has wrecked any chance (Source: Fun Knowledge Encyclopaedia) of holding Wynne’s charity quiz at the Colliers Arms.

All the quizzes for 2020 were cancelled DOG DAYS ARE due to the pandemic. Hopefully we will get back to a more ‘normal’ quiz routine OVER during 2021. In October of 1988, a dog fell to his death from a 13th story balcony in Buenos Aires. As if this wasn’t heartbreaking A person who has a lot of friends enough, the story gets more peculiar, as the dog’s death triggered the death of three people. either has a lot of money or is a good listener. The dog, named Cachi, knocked a 75-year-old woman in the head, which caused her to die instantly. Another woman, Edith Sola, was hit by a bus while watching the scene from the middle of the street. Finally, a gentleman who witnessed both incidents had a heart attack and

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Shopping was often an adventure. We could hear the calls around the local market CHRISTIAN AID CAPEL announcing that we were there and the prices BETHLEHEM tended to double! I had bought an old car to get Here we are at the start of around and needed to get a Tanzanian driving CHAPEL a new year. Let us hope that licence. The process took nearly 3 days of with the new vaccine, this queuing in different government offices, some will be a new beginning for of which were accessed by walking through the Dear Lord, at the start us all. local prison cells. Driving was often subject to of this New Year, when thoughts turn again to random police checks, and the roads were I think that we were all beginnings, starting afresh, new leaves and ime seems to fly by! I was amazed to recall T mainly unmetalled and subject to being washed disappointed with the last turning skeletons free from cupboards, be with that 10 years ago, my wife and I were living and away in the heavy rains. minute change to the us as we gaze into the distance of fresh mission working in Mwanza, Tanzania. We both worked Christmas period. I do hope grounds, of hopes and dreams, opportunities at Isamilo International School, which was Sounds idyllic, doesn’t it?! Actually, we both that most of you would have for service, challenges and uncertainties. owned by the Diocese. I also worked at the think back on those times with great fondness. I had a chance to see loved Take our fears and turn them into strengths. Anglican Cathedral with the English speaking recall the challenges now, because of the ones. Take our lack of faith and empower us, through congregation there. We enjoyed our time in things we are going through at this time. The the Spirit who breathes life into this world, Mwanza, but there were some real challenges pandemic has caused a real challenge to our Last year was such a whose presence is reflected in the icy chill of for us. ordinary way of life. I have been especially worrying one for our country and for all other challenged by the need to close the churches countries of the world. So many people losing winter's breath, as well as the comforting that I am responsible for, and having to look at loved ones and also having lives turned upside warmth of a summer breeze. different ways to offer the ministry of the down. Walk with us into this New Year of opportunity. church. It had been hoped that Holy Trinity Christian Aid was kept very busy during the Dear Lord of love and hope, you made the Church might be reopened in February, but pandemic. So many people losing their jobs world and care for all creation, but the world may not be the case now. and finding it hard to feed families. The third feels strange right now. The news is full of Recalling the challenges to our life in Tanzania world had so many problems with families, stories about Coronavirus and the new reminds me, that actually it was a positive hurricanes and bad flooding on top of the virus vaccines. Some people are worried that they experience because, like most people we were worry. might become ill before they get the vaccine. able to adapt and change. As we face these Because of the Covid 19 we tend to forget that Others are anxious for their family and days of the pandemic we have the glimmer of many people, especially in our valleys were friends. Be with them and help them to find an end in sight as we anticipate the badly affected by flooding earlier in the year. peace. We pray for the doctors and nurses vaccinations. The world may not be the same These people are still feeling the effects, and and scientists, and all who are working to when this is eventually over, but we can be we must keep them all in our prayers. discover the right medicines to help those encouraged by the human ability to adapt. who are ill. Thank you that even in these We were unable to get together last year for our Prayer can help as well. We can find help to anxious times, you are with us. Help us to put Firstly, I can’t begin to tell you how much I Services and our fund raising. Now is the time found that I missed the children and the grand adapt as we put our trust in God who formed our trust in you and keep us safe. and made us, and the constancy of His love to look forward and to think positively for the children. We were able to use Skype and see improvements that will be with us during the Look out for news from Bethlehem Chapel in them but often the internet was not good for any shown in Jesus Christ, His Son. coming months. the summer edition of The Bônau Cabbage length of time. Then there was the climate The Revd Nicholas Jones Patch. I know that we are all looking forward to warmer which, being near to the equator, could be hot Priest in Charge, Burry Port with Pwll weather. Spring is with us and new growth has and especially during the rainy seasons, Dean, Bro Gwendraeth Local Ministry Area started in our gardens. become very humid too. Our first night we both It may seem like I'm doing lay awake listening to the sounds of the large Whatever happens, life still goes on. We can nothing, but I'm actively waiting cockroaches scurrying around and in the equate the changing seasons to the pattern of for my problems to disappear. furniture. Then there were the mosquitoes! We life. Everyone experiences ups and downs at had netting around the bed, but it can be quite times. Yet, as unpredictable as things may disturbing to hear that whining sound, which I seem, we can have a real sense of optimism if hoped was outside of the net. Each evening we DAI’S WEIGHT PROBLEM we look forward with hope and believe that SWEET DAI would dress in long sleeved shirts and trousers, there are good things to come. as well as using repellent to protect ourselves. “I’m prescribing these pills for you,” the doctor Blodwen: “Wait for me honey, I’m just finishing Despite the precautions, Chris did contract told overweight Dai, who tipped the scales at 26 For now please look after yourselves and take my make-up.” malaria. I also was stung by a scorpion, which stones. care. Phob bendyth I chi gyd. Dai: “You don’t need make-up, Blodwen.” was a very painful experience. One morning we “I don’t want you to swallow them. 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Gwyn eu byd y pur o galon yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, y rhai sy’n dal i ddyheu am gyfiawnder, yn COVID 19 BEWARE OF COVID SCAMS gweithio dros heddwch ac yn dangos trugaredd. This current COVID-19 outbreak is actually in Criminals are using the pandemic to some ways our third major coronavirus scam the public – don’t become a pandemic. victim. Erbyn cyhoeddi’r rhifyn hwn bydd drysau We had Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome — You will be informed by your GP or SARS - in 2003, which originated in southern Libanus wedi bod ynghau am flwyddyn gron health board when it is your turn to ond mae’r eglwys yn dal yn fyw. Rydym yn dal i DID YOU KNOW China, spread into Toronto and elsewhere. fod mewn cysylltiad â’n gilydd ac yn dangos Then we had the Middle Eastern Respiratory receive a vaccine. You'll only be gofal dros ein haelodau. Sending a man to the Moon and finding Syndrome - MERS coronavirus - in 2012 from contacted usually either through a Osama Bin Laden cost the US government the Arabian Peninsula. phone call, a letter or text message. Y Gwynfydau(Addasiad) about the same amount of time and money: ten And now we have COVID-19. We know this You will never be asked for any bank years and $100 billion. Gwyn eu byd y rhai di-waith a’r virus replicates in the upper airways more than details or a payment. the other coronaviruses do - like SARS or hunangyflogedig sy’n poeni am gael dau pen Stop others falling victim to scams, llinyn ynghyd. Taking cocaine increases the chance of MERS - and is, therefore, more transmissible. having a heart attack within the hour by So you have this virus being transmitted when report any suspicious text messages Gwyn eu byd y rhai sy’n cadw’r siop gornel 2,400%. people cough, or sneeze, or even speak, as the by forwarding them to Ofcom on oherwydd y maen nhw’n gwerthu’r pethau prin. virus can be aerosolised this way. Also, there 7726. Gwyn eu byd y gweithwyr post a’r gyrrwyr sy’n The rooster on the Corn Flakes box is called are the asymptomatic infections - people with dosbarthu’n parseli gan eu bod nhw’n cludo’r Cornelius. They chose a rooster because the no symptoms. pethau hanfodol. word ceiliog, Welsh for cockerel, sounds a bit Then there are those who get very ill, winding Gwyn eu byd y rhai sy’n gweithio i’r like Kellogg. up in the intensive care unit or experiencing gwasanaeth iechyd – y criwiau ambiwlans, y sudden death because this virus is attaching to I had loads to. do today. doctoriaid, y nyrsys a phob un arall sy’n ish-farming has grown by about 8 percent a a unique receptor called the ACE2 receptor F Ah well, so now I have loads to cynorthwyo yn ein hysbytai gan mai nhw sy’n year since 1970. China supplies more than half that’s found in the heart and the endothelial sefyll rhyngom ni a’r bedd ac eiddynt hwy yn the world’s farmed fish. cells lining the vasculature and in the lung do tomorrow. sicr yw terynas nefoedd. tissue and even the nervous system. hen threatened, a limpet can run away at a Gwyn eu byd y rhai sy’n gweithio ar y tiliau am W So we’re seeing this unique constellation of eu hamynedd a’u nerth yn wyneb speed of two inches an hour. symptoms and syndromes, including severe rhwystredigaeth. pneumonia, inflammatory responses to severe Olympic medal-winners live almost three Gwyn eu byd y rhai sy’n casglu sbwriel fel y heart disease, to clotting disorders, and even HAPPY years longer than the rest of us. cânt weld Duw er gwaethaf y mynyddoedd o neurologic dysfunction. wastraff. We’re still learning a lot about this virus. It’s BIRTHDAY Cheese is the most shoplifted food in the UK. only been around for about a year, but the Gwyn eu byd yr athrawon am fod yn gadarn a MERLYS chyson mewnoes gythryblus. scientific community is applying technology to combat this virus in ways we’ve never seen erlys Thomas of Pwll Gwyn eu byd y clerigwyr ac aelodau’r eglwys before. We need the vaccine because this virus M am eu bod yn rhoi cysur mewn byd sy’n llawn o Road celebrated her is so highly transmissible - and when you have th th boen. DAI’S PAY RISE so many people without symptoms, how can 90 birthday on 19 January 2021. Gwyn eu byd y rhieni sengl am ymdopi gyda’u you trace the contact? Mass vaccination of the Dai walks into his boss’s office, “Sir, I’ll be population is the only answer. cyfrifoldebau heb seibiant. Congratulations Merlys straight with you. I know the economy isn’t Gwyn eu byd y rhai sydd ar eu pennau eu There are some conspiracy theories and on becoming a great, but I have three companies after me, and hunain gan eu bod yn blant i Dduw a fyddan misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines being nanogenarian! We wish I would like to respectfully ask for a raise.” nhw byth yn unig. shared on social media. Our leading scientists you a very Happy After a few minutes of haggling the boss agrees and medical experts recommend vaccination Gwyn eu byd y rhai sy’n galaru gan fod y Birthday! to a 5 percent raise, and Sam happily gets up to because scientific evidence shows it is safe and gwaethaf wedi digwydd iddyn nhw’n barod ac fe leave. effective. gân nhw gysur. Don’t get all weird about “By the way,” asks the boss, “which three Please only use trusted sources of information growing older. Your age Gwyn eu byd y rhai sydd wedi eu hynysu gan companies are after you?” such as this website: is simply the number of bobl sy’n eu camdrin gan y gweddïwn y byddan years the world and the nhw’n ddiogel rhyw ddydd. “SWALEC, Welsh Water, and British Telecom,” village has been https://phw.nhs.wales/covid-19-vaccination says Dai. enjoying you.

So we kept in touch, by various means that the It seems that the use of wheels for WI can reach THE INVENTION OF THE transportation only happened 300 years later. We painted, cooked and knitted, walked dogs in WHEEL Although the world’s oldest wheel has been the park and on the beach. found in Mesopotamia, the earliest images of 2020 has been difficult, but we’ll recover by and In today’s world, wheeled carts were found in Poland and by technology is developing elsewhere in the Eurasian steppes. Some have To make sure the future is good, we'll join the at an unprecedented rate. suggested that due to the immense challenge WI. The latest gadget today is that the invention of the wheel posed to We now look forward to 2021 and all the new tomorrow’s antique. As a mankind, it probably happened only once, and activities organised by the Federation. We hope result of this rapid spread from its place of origin to other parts of ho would believe that as you read this that it W that by the Spring we will be holding these development of the world. However, others believe it developed has been almost 12 months since Covid activities. The Federation is celebrating this technology, we often take things for granted. independently in separate parts of the world at restrictions began. Our way of life has changed year 95 years of being in Carmarthenshire and One of these is the wheel. Take a look around, around the same time. For example, The and been really topsy turvey! As you read Eve's a variety of events have been organised. An and you will see wheels everywhere, be it as Ljubljana Marshes Wheel is a wooden wheel poem you can see Pwll W.I. have continued to event is being organised to celebrate WI Day in tyres, or in everyday machinery. The wheel has that was found in the capital of Slovenia in 2002 be active and kept in touch with members. At September, but before then every WI is getting even been imbued with symbolic meanings, and was dated to 3150 BC. At present, the Christmas time every member received a small involved by making a dragon. The dragon can most famously, perhaps, as a metaphor for the birthplace of the wheel is said to be either in gift, a W.I. pen and a letter from Chris Wheeler- be in any medium – knitted, sewn, wooden, never ending cycle of life. Mesopotamia or the Eurasian steppes. Jones our President. Many of our members will painted, photograph etc. It is planned to display Although Mesopotamia has the oldest known One may be tempted to think that the wheel is have received the vaccine by now and hopefully the dragons in the community to be seen by wheel, linguistic evidence is used to support the just a humble or even primitive invention this will be the way forward to overcome this other WI members during the months of July claim that the wheel originated in the Eurasian compared to some of the fancy gadgets that we deadly virus. and August. steppes. have today. Nevertheless, the wheel At this time of the year members discuss and (specifically as a means of transportation) was Although the wheel has Pwll W.I. in 2020 vote on one resolution to be taken to the AGM. actually invented at a relatively late point of revolutionised the way We started January, another year, the year of The resolutions this year are: 1. A call to human history. The oldest known wheel found early human beings 2020, increase awareness of the subtle signs of in an archaeological excavation is from travelled and transported With plans and friendships at WI, competitions ovarian cancer. 2. Stop women dying Mesopotamia, and dates to around 3500 BC. goods from one place to and events a-plenty. prematurely from coronary heart disease. 3. This period was known as the Bronze Age, another, the wheel was not From March we were all locked in, most of us in Stop Racism and Discrimination. 4. Protect your which is a relatively late chapter in the story of a perfect invention. For shelter nature space to create wildlife-friendly the development of human civilisation. By this instance, camels were a We didn’t like it, yes we were bored, but the communities. 5. Stop the destruction of peat time, human beings were already planting much more efficient form time went helter skelter. bogs to tackle climate change. crops, herding domesticated animals, and had of transportation in the In April Eurwen was 95, but I fear there was no Throughout the year all members will have party. some form of social hierarchy. desert environment when celebrated a lockdown birthday. Merlys Thomas compared to the wheel. It has also been All we could say, with covid here, that we were One of the reasons why the wheel was invented a founding member of Pwll W.I. celebrated her claimed that between the 2nd and 6th centuries all hale and hearty. only at this point in history is due to the fact that 90th birthday in January. A few of her W.I. A.D., the camel supplanted the wheel as the To dementia we lost Lyneth, our friend and WI metal tools were needed to chisel fine-fitted buddies social distancing at her doorstep visited primary mode of transport in the Middle East member holes and axles. This leads to the next reason – her with gifts to make her day special. and North Africa. Nevertheless, the wheel was We delivered handmade twiddlers so others the wheel was not just a cylinder rolling on its Congratulations and Happy 90th Birthday still used for domestic purposes, such as for might remember. edge. It was a cylinder that was connected to a Merlys! Throughout 2020 other members irrigation, milling, and pottery making. This We chatted along on whatsapp, by now we're stable, stationary platform. This wheel-axle celebrated milestone birthdays - Eurwen, shows the various uses of the wheel, and its here in May. concept was a stroke of genius, but making it Barbara, Pina, Jennifer and Charlie. Happy importance to mankind. I guess we ought to Poppy painted stones were delivered, to was a challenge. The ends of the axle, as well birthday to us all as birthdays are special to change our perspective about the wheel, and celebrate VE day. as the holes in the centre of the wheels had to everyone! Let's celebrate with a post covid not view it as a basic invention by ‘primitive In June the weather was lovely and we be nearly perfectly smooth and round. Failing to Birthday party! man’. Instead, we should view it as one of the managed to arrange to meet. achieve this would result in too much friction If you want to see what our members have great achievements of human society. Some of us met in the park in Pwll, bring a been doing visit our facebook page at Pwll between these components, and the wheel picnic and a seat. Women's Institute. Also you can visit Sir Gar would not turn. Although the axle had to fit (Source: ancient-origins.net) Good weather continued July and August and Carmarthenshire WI to find out information and snugly in the holes of the wheels, they had to so did picnics and walks what other WIs in Carmarthenshire are have enough room to allow them to rotate Just different WI meetings, with no competitions achieving. If you are interested in becoming a freely. Given the complexity of the wheel-axle or talks. Middle age is when broadness of member in the future please contact Chris combination, it may be unsurprising that the We have missed our usual outings, with our wheel was not initially invented for the mind and narrowness of the Wheeler-Jones on 01554 751596. neighbours in WI "Here's to Pwll WI members making more transportation purposes. Instead, it has been waist change places.

But the important thing this year has been to cherished memories in 2021!" claimed that wheels were first used by potters. keep our spirits high. Minack theatre currently is used from Easter to They let the gas loose and begin to advance, MINACK THEATRE September for a full summer season of 20 ATTACK OF THE DEAD MEN and expect to see nothing at all. plays, produced by companies from all over the They advance, and then they see something UK and visiting companies from the US. The horrible advancing from the Russian trenches. theatre is open for visitors throughout the rest of the year. About 100 or so Russian soldiers farther back had noticed the gas incoming and their officer had ordered them to get rags, urinate on them, The entire purpose of shinbones is and put them to cover their mouths. so that we can find caravan This they hoped would save them from dying hitches in the dark. and were kind of cheap gas masks that didn’t always work the best (if they worked at all). They began a desperate charge against the DID YOU KNOW This is by far one of the most freaky things that German Lines, numbering around 7000 men has ever happened in any war in world history. and the Germans FLIPPED OUT. They didn’t For those of you who don’t know, the Attack of want to fight what they thought were basically he Minack Theatre is an open-air theatre, he Netherlands has enjoyed a steady drop in T T the Dead Men was a battle between Russian zombies, and turned around and ran. constructed above a gully with a rocky granite crime since 2004, and has become so safe that and German Troops during WW1 in 1915. Over outcrop jutting into the sea. The theatre is at it's closed down one jail after another—23 They were so startled, that they were tripping the series of a few weeks, German Troops had over their own barbed-wire and machine gun Porthcurno, 4 miles from Land's End in prisons shut their doors since 2014. To help tried to take the Russian held Osowiec Fortress. Cornwall, England. The season runs each year mitigate the job losses that this has created, the nests, while the Russians were shooting them. from May to September, and by 2012 some country has taken to importing prisoners from The Germans tried to attack the fort multiple This is what is known as the Attack of the Dead 80,000 people a year see a show, and more other countries, bringing 242 inmates from times but were continuously driven back by a Men. than 100,000 pay an entrance fee to look Norway in 2015. determined combination of Russian soldiers and These Russian soldiers were men who were around the site. It has appeared in a listing of Russian artillery. coughing out their lungs and having internal the world's most spectacular theatres. Early in life, a dolphin creates a unique vocal Eventually the Germans were tired of this organs melted. They were literally Dying Men The theatre was the brainchild of Rowena whistle that allows it to be identified by other constant pain in the back and decided to test a and were only alive because the rags slowed Cade, who moved to Cornwall after the First dolphins in its pod. A team of researchers at the relatively experimental weapon, Poison Gas. down their death. It was very very terrifying for World War and built a house for herself and her University of St. Andrews in Scotland found that The Germans had Mustard and Chlorine Gas the Germans. mother on land at Minack Point for £100. Her the animals responded when their specific call available in the area, and had to choose sister was the feminist dystopian author was played back to them. between the two. Katharine Burdekin and her partner lived with On the Western Front Germans tended to use His mother should have thrown them from the 1920s. In 1929, a local village The apex predator with the highest kill rate is Mustard Gas as it would hurt Allied troops even him away and kept the stork. group of players had staged Shakespeare's A not the lion, the cheetah, or the wolf. It's the with a gas mask and it caused blisters on the Midsummer Night's Dream in a nearby - Mae West African wild dog! According to researchers, skin, whereas Chlorine Gas would only hurt meadow, repeating the production the next these lean, big-eared canines are noted for those who had no gas masks. year. They decided that their next production having a kill rate of 85 percent—lions get just would be The Tempest and Miss Cade offered The trade-off though, was that Mustard Gas 17 to 19 percent—while peregrine falcons get the garden of her house as a suitable location, tended to be easier to survive and recover from, 47 percent of their targets. Another animal with as it was beside the sea. Miss Cade and her whereas Chlorine Gas would basically melt your surprisingly high kill rates is the domestic cat, SUNDAY gardener, Billy Rawlings, made a terrace and lungs and any soft flesh. which kills more than 30 percent of their targets. rough seating, hauling materials down from the Chlorine Gas needed to REACH your lungs SERVICES house or up via the winding path from the though, and as most troops on the Western issing Sunday Services? beach below. In 1932, The Tempest was When using modern detergent, clothes will be Front had masks, it wasn’t THAT much of a M performed with the sea as a dramatic backdrop, equally clean whether warm or cold water is threat. …..Looking for words of to great success. Miss Cade resolved to used. There is one major difference: warm comfort? The problem is, this isn’t the Western Front— improve the theatre, working over the course of water uses much more energy (about 75 the Russian Army isn’t in a very good position or Everyone is welcome to join live stream of the winter months each year throughout her life percent of the energy used for a load of laundry situation and is using a LOT of outdated LFEC (Victoria Rd.) on YouTube every Sunday so that others might perform each summer. comes from warming the water). at 10.30am and 6pm. materials. Live stream of prayer meeting every other Since 1976 the theatre has been registered as Water bottle expiration dates are for the The Russians don’t have gas masks, and the a Charitable Trust and is now run by a local Tuesday at 8pm. bottle, not the water. After a while, the plastic Germans know it. They decide to use the management team. Rowena Cade died on 26 will start leaching into the liquid. Chlorine Gas option and after the wind is https://www.youtube.com/llanellichurch/live March 1983, at the age of 89. cooperating, give their troops gas masks and Other resources including video clips available get ready to advance. on web site: www.lfec.org SAMSUNG HARLEY-DAVIDSON DID THE KRAKEN THE ACTUALLY LIVE EGYPTIAN Samsung was originally a tiny grocery store Harley-Davidson built its first motorcycle in a DIET and trading firm. backyard shed. According to Scandinavian Now one of the world's largest conglomerates, Iconic American motorcycle manufacturer mythology, the Kraken was a You might be South Korea's Samsung, which encompasses Harley-Davidson actually started out in a giant sea creature (said to be 1 surprised to know one everything from electronics to shipbuilding and backyard shed. Company founders William S mile long) believed to eat whales and devour unique fact about the insurance, began in the city of Daegu in 1938 Harley and Arthur Davidson assembled the first entire ships, and generally described as being Egyptian diet - it was simple. Most commonly it when Lee Byung-chull established Samsung real Harley-Davidson motorcycle in 1904 in a similar to an octopus or squid. It was first consisted of bread and beer, and also great th Sanghoe, a small grocery store and trading 10 foot-by-15 foot shed located in the Davidson mentioned in the 13 century Icelandic saga, amounts of vegetables - mainly onion and company that sold dried fish, noodles and other family's backyard in Milwaukee. The shed was Örvar-Oddr. Now researchers have found a garlic, which the Egyptians believed was highly groceries. preserved for posterity at the firm's Juneau fossil which they believe relates to this so-called beneficial to health. Dates, figs, carobs and Avenue factory but was accidentally destroyed mythical creature. other fruits were also common. in the early 1970s. Two years ago, researchers discovered the For the common folk, meat was reserved remains of a marine lizard which contained a mostly for festivities, while the upper classes strange pattern believed to have been caused had it more often. Fish and fowl were common by a Kraken-style octopus. While this foods, especially with the proximity of the Nile. conclusion was largely criticised, Professor Interestingly, Egyptian beer was the most McMenamin, a palaeontologist at Mount common, staple part of their diet - consumed Holyoke College in Massachusetts has cited daily and often. But don’t be mistaken, it was far new fossil discoveries which support the initial from today’s beer. It was rich and nutritious, hypothesis that a giant octopus or squid once quite similar to a mash or gruel. dominated the oceans.

The initial discovery in 2011 consisted of a strange arrangement of vertebrae of a sea reptile called ichthyosaur that lived around 200 DAI AND THE to 250 million years ago found in Berlin- PRIEST Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada. Professor

McMenamin believes that the way the bones were arranged could not have occurred Dai was drunk. He naturally and appears to have been the result of smelled of beer when he sat down on a park an attack by a much larger predator. If it was done by a Kraken-type squid, it would have bench next to a priest. needed to be up to 30 metres long – today’s Dai’s tie was stained, largest giant octopus species are rarely larger his face was plastered with red lipstick, and a than a human being. half empty bottle of gin was sticking out of his torn coat pocket. He opened his newspaper and The latest finding is believed to be part of the began reading. After a few minutes Dai turned beak of a giant ancient octopus- or squid-type to the priest and asked, "Say, Father, what creature, as well as more bones arranged in causes arthritis?" unusual patterns and shapes which contain sucker markings. Next to the remains of the "My Son, it's caused by loose living, being with ichthyosaur was a 'debris pile' of scattered cheap, wicked women, too much alcohol and contempt for your fellow man." bones that were no longer in their correct order within the skeleton. "Well, I'll be damned," Dai muttered, returning According to Professor McMenamin, the to his paper. arrangement of the bones and the positioning of The priest, thinking about what he had said, the sucker markings suggest that the reptile nudged Dai and apologized. was drowned or had its neck snapped. It was then carried away from where it was killed, “I'm very sorry. I didn't mean to come on so probably into the Kraken’s lair and dumped, strong. How long have you had arthritis?" leading to the pile of remains which were found. "I don't have it, Father. I was just reading here (Source: ancient-origins.net) that the Pope does." Keep it sealed tightly and if in doubt, check the DAI IN freshness of your baking powder with this little RABBIT TRAINING IN PWLL CALDEY LIGHTHOUSE HEAVEN test. Fill a mug half way with just-boiled water PARK Caldey Lighthouse is located from the kettle, add in a teaspoon of baking on the south end of Caldey Dai, Ieuan and Dick powder and wait to see if it bubbles up. If it’s Seen any unusual Island, three miles (5 km) off more of a flop than a fizz, it’s time to toss it in the south , died and when St. activity down on Pwll the bin. Always keep your baking powder in a coastline, a small Peter met them at Park recently? cool, dry place. island inhabited by a the pearly gates, he Several police cars Cistercian monastery. said, "I know that you guys are forgiven and police vans, because you're here. Before I let you into several police officers An application to build the Heaven, I have to ask you something. You have and … wait for it … POLICE RABBITS! Lighthouse was made in to have a car in Heaven because Heaven is so March 1827 on behalf of big. What kind of car you get will depend on It was not the apple on the tree Yes, you read it correctly. Apparently Dyfed traders in Carmarthen Bay. It was your answer." but the pair on the ground that Powys Police are currently training rabbits to commissioned by and built by caused the trouble in the help sniff out drugs such as heroine, cannabis Dick walked up and St. Peter asked him, "How and marijuana. And they are training them in Joseph Nelson at a cost of £4,460. The light long were you married?" He answered, "24 garden. Pwll Park. was first lit in 1829. years." "Did you ever cheat on your wife?" St. Peter asked. Dick said, "Yeah, 7 times ... but The rabbit’s extremely sensitive sense of smell The Lighthouse is a squat, round, brick-lined you said I was forgiven." St. Peter said, "Yeah, makes them even better than police dogs at limestone tower 56 ft, with walls 3 ft thick at the but that's not too good. Here's a Fiat Pinto to sniffing out the drugs, which they can smell at a base and 2 ft 6 in thick at the top. The light drive." THE FA CUP distance of well over 2 miles. stands 210 ft above high-water mark. It acts in conjunction with the Lundy North lighthouse to Pwll Park was chosen for the training because Ieuan walked up and got the same question the south, and has a range of 13 nautical miles. he Football Association of the off shore south-westerly breezes which, from St. Peter. He answered, "I was married for T The former oil store for the lighthouse is a listed apparently, ‘clean’ the air of any contaminating 41 years and cheated on her once, but that was Challenge Cup, now widely structure. our first year and we really worked it out." St. regarded as the oldest and scents. Peter said, "I'm pleased to hear that. Here's a greatest cup competition in The training is done the same way as with The present lantern was fitted around the Ford Kuga." the world and commonly police drug dogs – with a toy! The toy used middle of the nineteenth century and consisted of 20 Argand lamps and reflectors, Dai walked up and said, "St. Peter, I know what known as the FA Cup, was most often is a white towel – used as bedding subsequently replaced by a helical lantern later you're going to ask. I was married for 63 years first suggested by the FA for the rabbit. Police rabbits love to play a game in the nineteenth century. and didn't even look at another woman! I secretary, Charles W Alcock, of ‘snuggling up’ with their favourite towel. at a meeting on Thursday 20 treated my wife like a queen!" St. Peter said, To begin the training, the handler simply plays The Lighthouse was converted to automatic "That's what I like to hear. Here's a Jaguar!" July 1871 in the offices of The Sportsman newspaper in London. with the rabbit and the towel, which has been operations in 1929. It was the last Trinity House A few days later, Dick and Ieuan saw Dai crying carefully washed so that it has no scent of its lighthouse to be powered by gas, eventually on the golden sidewalk. When they asked him The first competition in season 1871-72 had own. Later, a bag of marijuana is rolled up being converted to electricity in 1997. inside the towel. After playing for a while, the what was wrong, Dai said, "I just saw my wife, fifteen entries. Wanderers - a team formed by The light was intended to help coastal traffic rabbit starts to recognize the smell of marijuana Blodwen. She was on a skateboard!" ex-public school and university players - won trading limestone and coal to mid and north as the smell of his favourite bedding. The the first final 1-0 against Royal Engineers at Wales but the light also helped long-distance handler then hides the towel, with the drugs, in Kennington Oval, watched by a crowd of 2,000 and North American traffic identify the Bristol various places. Whenever the rabbit sniffs out who each paid one shilling (5p). Channel and avoid confusion with the English the drugs, he digs and scratches, trying to get Channel. BAKING POWDER The FA Cup now attracts over 725 clubs each at his bedding. He soon comes to learn that if year aiming to taste cup glory while, with TV he sniffs out the smell of drugs, as soon as he The lighthouse keepers' cottages, that flank the finds them he'll be rewarded with his favourite That box of baking rights sold to over one hundred countries, the Lighthouse, are two-storey, with hipped roofs, bedding. octagonal chimneys, and a one-storey linking powder you opened 18 final is now regularly witnessed by a global corridor. This forms a ‘U’-shape, with the months ago is audience of half a billion. As training progresses, different drugs are Lighthouse at the centre of the south side, and probably still fine to placed in the towel, until the rabbit is able to enclosed gardens to the north. use, but it won’t give sniff out a host of illegal substances. your cakes and bakes Dyfed Powys Police refuse to tell us what days (Source: Wikipedia) that ‘oomph’ when it’s Before you find your handsome and times the training will take place but keep time to rise in the your eyes open for any unusual activity in the Tears are words from the heart. oven. prince, you've got to kiss a lot of park. Once opened, baking powder begins to absorb frogs. moisture from the atmosphere which interferes with effectiveness in baking.

The poor quality bootleg liquor sold in some SPEAKEASIES speakeasies was responsible for a shift away CASTROL OIL TASER

from 19th-century "classic" cocktails, that Many people might celebrated the raw taste of the liquor (such as Castrol is a British be surprised to learn the gin cocktail, made with Genever (sweet) global brand of that the word taser gin), to new cocktails aimed at masking the industrial and is an acronym. taste of rough moonshine. These masking automotive lubricants drinks were termed "pansies" at the time offering a wide range The non-lethal weapon that causes temporary (although some, such as the Brandy Alexander, of oils, greases and paralysis was invented in the 1970s by a man would now be termed "classic"). The quality of similar products for named Jack Cover (who worked for NASA at the alcohol sold in the speakeasy could range most lubrication one point). from very poor to very good; this all depended applications. Cover aimed to create a non-lethal weapon that on the way the owner got the product. Cheap The Wakefield Oil Company was founded by could be used in situations in which firing a real liquor was generally used because it would help Charles Cheers Wakefield in 1899. The brand gun would prove fatal, like in an with profits. But in other cases, brand names airplane hijacking. The Speakeasies, though illegal, were numerous "Castrol" originated after researchers added were used to specify the type of alcohol people castor oil to their lubricant formulations. inspirations behind the invention and popular during the Prohibition years of the wanted. However, sometimes when brand were eclectic. United States of America. Some were operated names were used, some speakeasies cheated; In 1966, Castrol was acquired by Scottish by people who were part of organised crime. they lied to their customers by giving them poor company Burmah Oil, which was renamed First, he witnessed a hiker survive a run-in with Even though police and agents of the Bureau of quality liquor instead of the higher-quality liquor Burmah-Castrol. Burmah-Castrol was an electric fence. And second, he recalled a Prohibition would often raid them and arrest the customer ordered. Prices were four to five purchased by London-based multinational BP in fictional electric rifle used in his favourite their owners and patrons, they were so dollars a bottle. 2000. science-fiction novel growing up. profitable that they continued to flourish. The It's More Than Just Oil. It's Liquid Engineering It’s this 1911 novel, “Tom Swift and His Electric speakeasy soon became one of the biggest is the advertising slogan of Castrol, used mainly Rifle”, that inspired the name TASER. parts of American culture during this time. for branding its engine oil products. Castrol Several changes happened as speakeasies SCRABBLE products are still marketed under the red, white formed; one was with integration. With "black and green colour scheme that dates from the and tans", people of all races, black or white, Scrabble was invented launch of Castrol motor oil in 1909. would gather together and even mingle. People in 1938 by unemployed A SUBTLE would mix together and have few or no Advertisements for Castrol oil historically architect Alfred Mosher problems. featured the slogan "Castrol – liquid DIFFERENCE - Butts. Butts created the game as a variation of engineering"; this was more recently refreshed Another change that occurred was more another word game he had invented, called and reintroduced as "It's more than just oil. It's ENGLISH / participation from women. Many businesses Lexiko. liquid engineering." In 2008, this slogan was would set up their speakeasies to attract AMERICAN Butts decided on the frequency and distribution also being featured as the name for a new women to get more profits. Women also began of letters in Scrabble by analysing the front rewards club called the "Castrol Liquid to insert themselves into the business of page of the New York Times. He used a Engineering Crew" in which members get the speakeasies. Texas Guinan, a former screen UK US penknife to cut his first set of wooden Scrabble chance to win prizes. and stage actress, opened many speakeasies Aubergine - Eggplant tiles. The original name of Scrabble was “Criss- during Prohibition such as the 300 Club and the (Source: Wikipedia) Biscuit - Cookie Crosswords.” El Fey. Guinan greeted customers with "Hey Candy floss - Cotton candy Suckers" and admitted she'd be nothing without The game has 100 tiles and is played on a Chips - French fries Prohibition. Her two biggest competitors were board 15 spaces high and 15 spaces wide, for a NEWS OF THE WEIRD Conserves - Preserves Helen Morgan and Belle Livingston. total of 225 squares, although the original Cornflour - Cornstarch Scrabble didn’t include a board. It was played The M3 was brought to a standstill recently Courgettes - Zucchini Culture was also affected by speakeasies with just the tiles. when two swans - one of which was injured and Crisps - Potato chips during prohibition and the speakeasy became a could not take off - crossed the motorway Fish fingers - Fish sticks focal point. An example to show this was in the To keep people from racking up easy scores by during rush hour. Jacket potato - Baked potato movie theatres. Companies were restricted pluralising other player’s words, Butts allowed Jam - Jelly from depicting alcohol on screen, but some still only 4 “S” tiles in the entire game. After players A convenience store employee in Canada Jelly - Jello continued to do so because they felt it showed made a word, they picked out however many foiled an attempted robbery by striking the Mince - Ground meat true American lifestyle. A few examples of how new letter tiles were needed to bring their count would-be thief with a well-aimed banana. Porridge - Oatmeal illegal scenes were shown include actresses up to seven again. The suspect fled the store in Ontario empty- Pudding - Dessert like Joan Crawford in Our Dancing Daughters, The game is sold in 121 countries in 29 handed, The cashier was reportedly “a little Rocket - Arugula who was depicted as a dancer on a table in a different languages (there is even a Braille shaken up” by the experience, but no Sweet - Dessert speakeasy. version). One hundred million sets have been employees or customers were injured during Tinned - Canned sold worldwide. the incident. dried and shelled, 100 grams of seeds give you DID YOU KNOW 34g of protein as well as magnesium and help strengthen your bones. The rind of watermelon Corn silk can be used to improve blood flow because it is I can’t fault Mark Palios too highly. Corn silk – the fine threads on high in citrulline. corn on the cob – can be Onion peelings Paul Gascoigne has recently become a father made into tea which has been and has been booked for over-celebrating. used to treat an array of After peeling an onion THE QUOTES OF JOHN health issues. Most (and drying your eyes), MOTSON commonly, corn silk is used to the onion peelings very There’s been a colour clash: both teams are treat urinary tract infections due to its properties often end up in the bin. Asprilla is totally unpredictable, but perfectly wearing white. as a diuretic. The liquid can also be used to But if you are suffering capable of doing the unexpected. lower and control blood pressure due to it not from hay-fever, these peels could be the key to And I suppose they (Spurs)are nearer to being controlling the allergy. This is because onions having side effects like many over-the-counter For those of you watching in black and white, out of the FA Cup now than any other time medicines. Corn silk tea can also relieve are naturally anti-histamines. They are also since the first half of this season, when they Spurs are in the yellow strip. persistent itching around the area of a bite or a high in quercetin which can help prevent heart weren’t ever in it anyway. rash. problems and high blood pressure. In order to Nearly all of the Brazilian supporters are extract the goodness from the onion scales, Brazil – they’re so good it’s like they are Chicken bones simply boil the onions without peeling them. wearing yellow shorts – it’s a fabulous running around the pitch playing with Instead of being When it begins to simmer, let it cool and peel it. kaleidoscope of colour. themselves. discarded, chicken bones can be boiled and used to So different from the scenes in 1872, at the The Czech Republic are coming from behind make a stock. Sometimes known as ‘broth’, Cup Final none of us can remember. stock has many health benefits and boosts to in more than one way now. the immune system and improves digestion. The referee is wearing the same yellow- He knows all about the Italian opposition, Pickle juice coloured top as the Slovakian goalkeeper. I’d NEWS OF THE WEIRD playing now in Turkey. Although good to throw down have thought the UEFA official would have spotted that – but perhaps he’s been deafened the sink due to its cleaning That shot might not have been as good as it properties, pickle juice can by the noise of the crowd. be helpful in various ways. Vladimir Putin's paternal grandfather worked might have been. The vinegar in pickle juice can help cool as a cook for both Vladimir Lenin and Joseph You couldn’t count the number of moves he sunburn and remove the stinging sensation Stalin, the president said in a film posted on the made. I counted four, and possibly five. The goals made such a difference to the way from the affected area when pressed there as internet recently. the game went. well as soothing aching joints and muscles. Bruce has got the taste of Wembley in his Pickle juice is also apparently a great hangover An English pub cancelled a charity snail race nostrils. Whether that was a penalty or not, the referee cure. scheduled to take place after unseasonably icy thought otherwise. Strawberry leaves weather made potential competitors too slow to And Seaman, just like a falling oak, manages compete. he World Cup is a truly international event. The leaves of strawberries to change direction. T can be brewed in tea and used to alleviate Ariana Grande has been widely mocked on Certainly Russell Watson did very well to get I think this could be our best victory over gastrointestinal problems the internet, after she posted a photo of her through both those anthems. I suppose you Germany since the war. such as a stomach ache. new tattoo. The singer had wanted to get a could say two for a tenor really. The leaves can also help Japanese translation of the title of her hit song improve digestion. 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