Dyfed Women Make Welsh History
DYFED News from and about members Dyfedwomen makeWelshhistory AS BEFITSthe centenaryofwomen’s suffrage, my Declaration as High Sheriff at Cardigan Castle was also aDyfed ‘first’ for alady Lord-Lieutenant and Wales’s first female bishop,the newBishopofStDavids! DyfedisWales’s largest county, comprising Ceredigion, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshiresothis year Ihave busily traversed its mountains, rivers and spectacular coast road. Small wonder two of our three royal visitors thisyear came by helicopter –HRH The PrinceofWales during his summer ‘Wales Week’athis Dyfed home, Llwynywermod, and subsequently to Llanelli to openthe newWales Air Ambulance Station in March; HRH The PrincessRoyal landed in Januarysnow for aMotor Neurone Disease Association event in Aberystwyth. However, HRH the Royal Welsh AgriculturalShowwhere Above: High Sheriff’s Declaration all-women line- up (L-R) Gwen Burgess JP (witness), chaplain Earl of Wessex came by road for aDuke Carmarthenshirewas thehost county. Revd Canon Enid Morgan, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Edinburgh Awards day at the National My husbandDenis and Iattended Sara Edwards,the High SheriffSusanBalsom,the Botanic Garden of Wales in October. memorable legal services in the Inner BishopofStDavids,RtRevd Joanna Penberthy Duringmyyear Iwas privileged to Temple and Llandaf Cathedral; also child protection teams and their impressive attend ceremonies at three university World WarOne commemorationsand cybercrime unit. My admiration for our campuses in Aberystwyth, Lampeter and carol concerts in local chapels, as well as police and fireand rescue services is Carmarthen,perhapsthe most exotic RemembranceDay. immense. They serve avast rural area with being agrand Buddhist ‘Veneration of the Thetremendous camaraderie among very diverse towns and along coastline Ancestors’ritual at Lampeter’sAcademy the Welsh Shrievalty past and present has wherethey areresponsible for security of Sinology with my chaplainRev Canon been areal joy.
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