RADYR CHAIN Free to every home in Radyr and Morganstown Number 244 October 2019
Radyr & wheels in motion as well as all the good to give us interesting talks. members and committee members in Who knows, one day another group Morganstown the past and present. We’d also like to might decide to start a gardening club thank the speakers some of whom in Radyr & Morganstown and should Gardening Club travelled in the winter when the that happen, we wish them all the best. weather has not been particularly Sadly, due to a steady decline in membership over the past few years, it was decided at the AGM held in Radyr Cricket Club - 2019 Season April to wind up the Gardening Club When the time finally comes to write success on and off the field and it on 1st September 2019. the complete history of Radyr will surely rank as one of, if not the The club commenced over 25 years Cricket Club, the 2019 season will best, years ever. ago and in its early years there were surely have a chapter all of its own. On the field there were three promo- plenty of members who enjoyed This year has seen unprecedented tions for the club’s … continued on page 12 interesting talks as well as trips to gardens in both Wales and the West of England. We very much enjoyed our last trip to the Physic Garden which is situated in the centre of Cowbridge and is open daily with free entry. We had a guided tour by volunteers one of whom was Sue Duffield. Sue and Sonia Thomas, who was also present, were founding members of the Gardening Club. The photograph, above, was taken on the day. It was decided at the AGM that Radyr Woods would be an appropriate recipient of any surplus funds. We’d like to thank those who worked tirelessly in the early days to set the COMING EVENTS Mon 19:30 RMA General Meeting 18 Dr Barry Mc Donnell - Cardiovascular Do you wish to send Nov health. Attendance at the meeting, in the Old Church Rooms starting at greetings to family & 7:30pm, is open to all residents. friends this Christmas? www.radyr.org.uk/events-summary/ 19:30 RDS Performance of ‘The Why not use Scout Christmas Post 21- Odd Couple’ RDS Production of The 2019. 23 Odd Couple by Neil Simon at Nov Morganstown Village Hall Once again Radyr Scouts are www.radyr.org.uk/events-summary/ providing the opportunity for you N.B. Details of all coming events can be found in 19:30 RMA Film Club - Tolkien (PG) to send Christmas Greetings the Diary section of the website Thur Big Screen film screening at the Old through the Scout Post to family www.Radyr.org.uk 28 Church Rooms. Tickets £4.00 from Nov and friends living in the Cardiff ener-chi or online 19:00 RCTS South Wales and Vale areas. Wed www.radyr.org.uk/filmclubwww.radyr.org.uk/ev Another Evening with my Father’s 9 ents-summary/ If you wish to support scouting in slides - Scotland by David Cross Oct Radyr and Morganstown, please www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/ Mon 19:30 Radyr and Morganstown WI “Christmas Celebration” hosted by the purchase your scout post stamps 19:30 Radyr and Morganstown WI 9 Mon Committee. Old Church Rooms, Park “Birds in the Garden” by Anthony Dec from the local area outlets: 14 Road. Visitors and New members Walton. Old Church Rooms, Park Oct welcome. Visit our page “Radyr Women’s Pugh’s Garden Centre, Road. Visitors and New members Institute” for contact details. Morganstown welcome. Visit our page “Radyr Women’s www.radyr.org.uk/events-summary/ Institute” for contact details. P’zazz Hair Designers, Castle www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5524-2/ Wed 19:00 RCTS South Wales Court, Caer Graig. Mike Wilcock Videos of South Wales 10:30 Tenovus Cancer Care 11 Thur and beyond by Mike Wilcock Solo Hair & Beauty, 1a Springfield Coffee Morning at Radyr Golf Club Dec 17 www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5984-2/ or Gardens, Morganstown. All welcome. Oct http://bit.ly/RCTSSW Radyr Library, Park Road. www.radyr.org.uk/events-summary/ Slice, Station Road. Thur 19:30 RMA Film Club - Kind Hears Little Flower Den, Rear of 24 and Coronets (PG) Big Screen film Charities Fair & Oct screening at the Old Church Rooms 2 Station Road. Tickets £4.00 from ener-chi or online Coffee Morning www.radyr.org.uk/filmclub Section Leaders and members of Radyr Scout Group. 16:00 All Souls Service - Christ at Sun Church, Radyr All are invited to come We are grateful to these local 3 Radyr Methodist Church to light a candle in Commemoration of businesses that support scouting in Nov the Departed as we gather to Saturday 9th November Radyr and Morganstown by selling remember our loved ones. Refreshments 10.00am -12 noon stamps during such a busy period. served after the service. Contact Can I thank all those people who [email protected] for more infomration Entrance £1.50 www.radyr.org.uk/parish/events/ (Refreshments included) have supported Scout Christmas Post in the past. Mon 19:30 Radyr and Morganstown WI Proceeds to Our speaker, Romeo Basini, is By purchasing your stamps locally, 11 you are providing the Radyr scout Nov returning with his talk “The Italian Christian Aid Connection - Part 2”. Old Church Come and support various group with its largest source of Rooms, Park Road. Visitors and New fund raising during the year. members welcome. Visit our page “Radyr charities with Leaflets giving information on Women’s Institute” for contact details. Christmas cards, www.radyr.org.uk/clubs/5524-2/ Scout Post 2019 will be delivered to Scout stamps, your door and stamps will be Wed 10:30 Coffee Morning for the 13 Alzheimer’s Society Traidcraft gifts and more available at the local outlets from Nov All Welcome for coffee and cakes at the start of November. Radyr Golf Club in aid of the Please note that scout post Alzheimer’s Funding Group. THE DECEMBER EDITION OF greetings will only be delivered to www.radyr.org.uk/events-summary/ THE CHAIN WILL GO TO PRESS 19:00 RCTS South Wales the Cardiff and the Vale areas Wed PROMPTLY ON THE 15th OF 50 years on the beaten track - five indicated on the scout post 2019 13 NOVEMBER WE CANNOT decades of exploring abandoned and Nov GUARANTEE TO INCLUDE leaflet. forgotten railways in South Wales and ITEMS THAT ARRIVE AFTER beyond by Geoff Atkins www.radyr.org.uk The last date for posting this year is /clubs/5984-2/ or http://bit.ly/RCTSSW THAT DATE Monday 2nd December 2019. Please use the post boxes provided Letters, articles, reports and other contributions are invited and should be submitted by at the above outlets and the scout November15th. Submissions may be subject to editing at the Editor’s discretion. hall. The views expressed in the Radyr Chain are not necessarily those of the Editors. The price of the scout post stamp is Receiving Editor - Jeff Davison, 3 James Place, Treforest, Pontypridd CF37 1SQ 30p. The Radyr group receives 24p E-Mail address - [email protected] for every stamp sold. Advertising - Linda Turner, 19 Sycamore Tree Close, Radyr. 2084 3562 Be prepared and post early to save E-Mail address - [email protected] money by using Hon. Treasurer - Ellis Jenkins, (to whom donations may be sent; they will be gratefully acknowledged) 62 Windsor Avenue, Radyr, CF15 8BY SCOUT POST 2019 Distribution - Chris Wills, 1 Llwyn Drysgol, Radyr. 2084 2197 JBT www.radyr.org.uk is…A one-stop shop for information about R&M events, organisations, businesses and services 3 collected I take them to a local drop Present When Is Plastic off point in Llandaff North, and they Fantastic? are posted off to the charity. The pouches must be clean and dry Bingo A slightly strange title for an article I before being sent off. Once know, in view of the recent media processed, the material is then attention focusing on the problem of turned into plastic granules which Lingo plastic pollution. can be used to make products such as fence posts and benches. As the rehearsal season starts again So let me explain just how plastic for the Radyr Musical Society’s 2020 can be fantastic and how I came to I am also collecting bread bags for production of “Return to the be involved in this campaign. Ellie’s Fund These are also turned Forbidden Planet” plans are also into rigid plastic products like During the course of my daily work underway for a fundraiser for the benches, or used as film for products group that will be suitable for all as a pet sitter covering Radyr and such as rubbish bags. the local area, I became acutely ages. aware of just how many pet food If anyone is interested in collecting RMS are bringing you a fun night of pouches were ending up in rubbish any of these items for me, that would entertainment in the form of Bingo bags as the council were unable to be amazing. I am happy to collect Lingo, a modern twist on the old recycle them. These pouches have them from the Radyr/Morganstown classic with a bit of extra fun thrown grown in popularity over the last area. in with mini challenges for extra few years with fewer clients using I recently delivered my first box of prizes. Not only will you be jumping the traditional tins or cardboard over 250 pouches collected in less up for a line or house, but also for packets. Both wet and dry cat/dog than a month! best dancing or tongue twister amongst other fun games. food is now readily available in these Alternatively there is a collection box handy plastic pouches. That is great for the pet pouches in Village Bingo Lingo will take place on Friday for the pet owner, but a disaster for Garden and Pet Supplies, Station Rd, 8th November 2019 starting at the environment. Llandaff North. 7:30pm at the Christ Church Hall in Radyr. Don’t be afraid to give it a go If just one pet owner uses 2 pouches Please call or text me on 07938058868 per day, that equals 14 per week. and join in the fun, it’s eyes down This in turn means over 50 per For more information check out and dabbers at the ready for a heart month, and over 600 in one year! www.elliesfund.com/recycling racing night of searching for Two Little Ducks, the Brighton Line and Recently when visiting a regular Or their facebook page - Recycling for Ellie’s Fund-a BTRS Charity Fund Dancing Queens with a light buffet client she left me note asking me to thrown in, raffle and extra little side wash and dry the pouches and keep Here you can find full details of all games along the way. them for her. Apparently she had the products they accept and how to found a way to recycle them! This get involved. This will be a fun night for all ages, was certainly of great interest to me. groups and solo’s, so if you fancy a Thank you, Nicky night out with the Radyr Musical I have now found out that the Society then get yourself a ticket from pouches are being recycled and the RMS Website money is being raised for charity at History Society www.radyrmusical.org.uk/tickets or the same time. The charity is raising speak with a member of the society. money for brain cancer research, and After a busy summer of events the Tickets are priced at £6 each…and last two indoor meetings of the support for children, in memory of you know we can put on a decent year will be on; Ellie Othick-Bowmaker who passed spread for that! away in 2010. Thursday 17th October It’s not too late to come and join the Graham Davies will give a talk Before her death Ellie raised an group and be part of their crew You are Legend - The Welsh astonishing £25,000 by organising taking off for the 2020 Musical that is Volunteers in the Spanish Civil fund raising events to help other War. on stage during the week children facing the same illness. The This will include a section on commencing Monday 17th February. fund raising known as Ellie’s Fund Robert Traill of Radyr, who died Rehearsals for chorus take place in was continued by her mum Heather near Madrid in July 1937. Christ Church Hall on Friday until 2017. Heather took a step back evenings from 7:30pm. Thursday14th November to spend more time with her family If you’d like to support RMS further, Paul Barnett will give a talk on and it is now part of BTRS, Brain please check out our VIP membership Lydney’s Lost Fleet. Shipping in Tumour Research and Support scheme on our website. As always, Across Yorkshire. the Forest of Dean in the 19th Century. your continued support in the society There are over 18 different streams of and its events will help to ensure that plastic that can be recycled for Both talks will take place at the its future is bright and we can Old Church Rooms at 7.30. Elliesfund. I have chosen to get continue to bring you quality involved by collecting the food ALL ARE WELCOME productions that help to bring the pouches daily. Once enough are local community together. www.radyr.org.uk is…An on-line diary for R&M organisations 5 CHAIN COOKERY CORNER Grilled Sea Bass with Fennel and Lemon The simplest recipes are best for fish as long as the fish is really fresh. Serves 4
4 fillets sea bass/ sea bream or red mullet 4 medium fennel bulbs , cut in 6 lengthways (Reserve the green fronds to garnish)
good 100ml olive oil (1/4 pint) juice of 1 unsprayed lemon (warm slightly before using) lemon wedges to serve Salt+ freshly ground black pepper
Boil or steam fennel for 5 mins. Place in 1 layer of lightly oiled ovenproof dish Season fish and place on top of fennel Place with skin upwards
Pour over 1/2 olive oil and all lemon juice Preheat grill to medium Place under grill Grill for 8 mins until skin is really crispy Pour over remainder of oil Serve with lemon wedges Music at Christ One of the aim of these concerts is to raise money for local charities. The A few toasted fennel or onion seeds could be scattered on top Church schools will nominate their chosen charity in turn. Bryn Deri had the A.M.P. November 15th will see a new series first choice and have nominated of concerts based at Christ Church, Bobath Cymru. Radyr. It is hoped that these concerts will be held approximately every Bobath is based in Whitchurch and Radyr and two months. provides physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and Morganstown The idea is to mix professional language therapy to children who musicians with the talented young have cerebral palsy by concentrating Friends of Tenovus people from our local schools. Bryn on the ability and not the disability. Would like give our grateful Deri, Park Road Primary School, thanks to all those people, who Radyr Comprehensive and These concerts will start at 7 p.m. on Danescourt Primary School. Friday evenings so that as many walked on our sponsored walk children as possible will be able to in June and also those who The first Concert will include an attend and aim to be a fun evening attended the Strawberry tea orchestra made up of Bryn Deri and mixing well known classics will afterwards. We are pleased to Radyr Primary School pupils, and music from musicals and the theme announce that we made £3923 talented soloists from Bryn Deri and music from popular films. in total. Danescourt Primary Schools. The professional artist or group has yet Look out for further details. Rosanne Holmes to be confirmed. www.radyr.org.uk is…A source of news about people and events in the locality 7 News from Radyr & Morganstown WI …from back cover Unfortunately, a few days before the show, Judy had broken her foot and had to model a shirt and jacket whilst sitting down. She was persuaded to stand briefly to show off her latest fashion accessory, her support boot! All part of the fun and the new “term” got off to a good start. The following day, Tuesday 10th September, a group of members went on an early Autumn trip on the Brecon Mountain Railway. This outing was chosen following Rotary Club use the Church for the concert. consultation with members where it I would also like to thank everyone became clear that some members in Radyr for your support during would be interested in shorter trips, of Cardiff the last year and look forward to i.e. less travelling time and not your support in the coming year. lasting all day. Many members have West family and social commitments. The Mansel Thomas mountain railway trip proved very The Rotary Club of Cardiff West, President 2018-19. enjoyable largely due to the superb once again, organised the opening weather. The previous days had concert of the Radyr and been wall to wall rain and thick mist! Morganstown Festival which, this Radyr Food For However, on the day, the sun shone year, was held in Christchurch and Thought and the scenery was stunning. was very well attended. Cantorion Lunch in the nearby pub was then Creigiau provided the Venue: The New School Rooms, Heol Isaf, Radyr enjoyed and everyone returned to entertainment, which was to their Time: Tuesdays 12.15-2.00pm Radyr by 3.00pm with plenty of time usual high standard and very much Membership Fee: £20.00 to continue the day’s activities. enjoyed by everyone present. Lunch: £7.50. Talk only: £3.00 All our subsidiary groups have their The Festival’s Charity this year is Autumn Programme 2019 Autumn programmes in place and Action for Children, which works October 8th New Town… Little the October, November and with vulnerable children, young Ireland - Richard Brittain December meetings of 2019 look people and families to enable them October 15th AWalk with Elephants interesting and varied. to fulfil their potential and make the Roy Gee Another date for the diary is the most of their lives. The concert October 22nd Peru October birthday dinner. This is due raised £750 which, with a grant of Richard Smith to take place on the evening of another £750 from the Rotary October 29th HALF TERM Tuesday 22nd October at Radyr Golf Foundation has enabled us to work November 5th TRIP Club. with Action for Children to organise November 12th two “days out” for families with Adventures in Quizzland Looking further ahead, we will be disabled children. These will be Gwerfyl Gardner hosting a stall at the Christmas Tree held during the October half term November 19th Family Work at HMP Lighting Event in early December, and the February half term. Most Parc - Hayley Morris weather permitting. Details of this November 26th Secrets of a Private nearer the time. families enjoy these events regularly but for some this is not possible. At Eye - George Brady We meet on the second Monday of Christmas 2018, the Rotary Club December 3rd Behind the Scenes each month at 7.30pm in the Old joined with Action for Children to Rosemary Chaloner Church Rooms, Park Road, Radyr, fund a visit to the pantomime for a December 10th DNA, Fingerprinting, CF15 8DF. All welcome - email us at group of families, none of the Forensics & Crime - Dr. Rhian Morgan [email protected] children and very few of the adults December 17th A Musical Interlude & m or visit our page on the Radyr and had ever visited a pantomime before Christmas Lunch - Abdul Seckam Morganstown Community website, that. www.radyr.org.uk Next Term begins on 7 January 2020 I would like to thank the Rector of LH Telephone Number 2084 2461 or Christchurch and the 2084 2225 Churchwardens for allowing us to www.radyr.org.uk is… A place to interact with us on Facebook / Twitter 9 of providing a quick way to recycle helping yourselves in one go! For News from unwanted things! If you have any details about what items Rags 2 Riches Bryn Deri PTA old/unwanted items, Bryn Deri will be accept, see the image with this article. taking collections on November 7th. Our Christmas Fayre will be on After a lovely summer break, the PTA You’ll be helping the school and are back with parents, teachers, pupils and the wider community to raise money to enhance the educational experience of all pupils at Bryn Deri. We have a lot in store for this academic year! We are continuing to focus our fundraising towards a “Multi-Use Games Area” (MUGA) on the school grounds, which will provide a contained, bespoke facility in which sporting activities can take place. This will not only benefit the pupils at Bryn Deri but also the wider community. Although the MUGA is a long-term fundraising goal, we have chosen to pay for it in instalments so that the current pupils can begin to enjoy it right away. By the time of reading construction should be well underway!
Bryn Deri PTA is a Co-op “Local Cause” until the end of October. We will benefit from all purchases of Co-op branded goods (at any Co-op) when a Co-op membership card is shown. We are still asking for donations of foreign or old coins. These coins have been used during lessons and will ultimately be exchanged for sterling with the Cash4Coins Schools scheme. Saturday 30th November, 10-12. All come. The grant has also gone towards Please note the collection of coins will members of the community are a new Wales flag, which can be seen stop at the end of October, so get them welcome, so pop the date in your flying from the Bryn Deri flag pole in quick! The Ty Nant and the Radyr diary and come and enjoy the now.If any members of the community Post Office have kindly agreed to take festivities with us! have any fundraising ideas or donations. Please leave your notes Finally the PTA would like to thank opportunities, or would like to be and coins in the labelled bottles. the Radyr & Morganstown involved in activities, the PTA would Donations can also be taken to Bryn Community Council for their £1,000 love to hear from you. We can be Deri School. grant that helped pay for the Multi- contacted via the school. Rags 2 Riches has been a wonderful Generational Allotment on the school Many thanks! way to raise money for the PTA the grounds. Pupils and the community past few years, with the added bonus will be able to enjoy it for years to
www.radyr.org.uk is…A window on the history of where you live 11 Radyr Cricket Club the season progressed they eased themselves into the season and Radyr Parish Gift - 2019 Season began moving up the table. By the last Saturday they knew a victory Day … from front cover with maximum points would see 27th October 2019 them promoted. They achieved that with the minimum of fuss with a So many people who live in Radyr crushing victory. have a long and close affection with both Christ Church and the The Fourth X1 as with the other original and 750 year old parish three sides were always competitive, church of St John’s where some of and near the top, but a few Roald Dahl’s family are buried. unfortunate losses meant they For generations we have attended ended up in a creditable mid table these churches for the baptisms position. They defeated the then and weddings of our children and unbeaten champions, as well as grandchildren and we have senior sides with the First X1 blooding some exceptionally gathered to say our sad farewells winning their division, the Under 13 talented youngsters, which will hold at the funerals of our loved ones. them and the whole club in good and 15 girls teams proving to be the Over the years those who worship stead for years to come. best in Wales and the Under 19s each week in these churches have winning the T20 Welsh Cup: the The Radyr girls in the Under 13 and invested time, talents and financial first time the club has ever won a 15 age groups were just too good for resources to keep the buildings in national competition. Off the field Welsh opposition. In the Lady good order. In recent years we the clubhouse extension, long talked Taverners competitions they both have redecorated the churches and about, is finally happening thanks to won the local titles and upgraded our lighting and many donations and grants from subsequently flexed their muscles sounds systems. Every five years Cricket Wales and the Community across teams from across the bridge. parish churches are inspected by a Council. The older girls ultimately went the surveyor and our recent report has The First X1, which is the flagship of furthest losing in the quarter finals, shown there are hidden problems any cricket club, led the table for having taken some significant scalps with the structures of both most of the season, but going into on the way. In Welsh ladies cricket churches. Given the age and the final Saturday they had slipped Radyr is the place to be. value of the churches the scale of into second place. Whilst promotion Then the icing on the cake: the the necessary repairs is not vast but we do need to raise around was the ultimate goal, the players triumph of the Under 19s who, in £25K to be spent on each church who had given so much wanted the the semi and subsequent final, over the next five years to ensure title. Following a crushing victory, smashed their opponents from east the buildings remain secure and which finished at 3.30pm, it was sit and west Wales. The twelve lads on watertight for future generations. and wait time. Then three hours display were a credit to the club, later the news came through that showing huge commitment, massive It would be a real gift to this our rival’s opponents had held out talent and a desire to win. They are community if all who feel an and Radyr, by one point (280 to 279) the future of the club and amazingly affection for our churches would were champions. The joy and the vast majority are available for consider making a gift to Radyr subsequent celebrations will live next year’s competition. If you wish Parochial Church Council on 27th long in the memory. to see their moment of triumph just October (or at any other time) there are GiftAid envelopes The Second X1 had also led their pop onto Twitter and look available for you to use in our division right until the death, but a for@radyrcc. churches if you are a UK tax few losses, especially one to the The season continues in one way payer. ultimate champions, meant second and that is in the building works for place but a well deserved the extension to the pavilion. This I invite you all to join us in promotion. This was achieved on will provide new changing facilities worship on 27th at 9.15am at St John’s or 11am at Christ Church - the penultimate Saturday and was for players and officials, it will or if you would rather just send a no mean feat given that the side enhance what the club can offer its gift anonymously to The Rectory I generally consisted of eight juniors members and will be a fitting can assure you that your donation and three adults. How we managed tribute to a fantastic season. to travel away on occasions was a will be put to good use so that we Christopher Hitchings - Chairman mystery. can better serve the community Radyr Cricket Club now and in the years to come The Third X1 had a slow start in a division filled with excellent, In hope and gratitude experienced teams: the side were Vicki Vicar of Radyr always competitive but not able to win those tight games. However as
12 www.morganstown.org.uk is…A photo-archive for our local community Hallett’s win the Glamorgan title… Congratulations to Radyr Golf Club’s Hallett team on winning the Glamorgan County title for the second time in the last three years. Well done to everyone that was involved throughout the year. The winning finalists are pictured below:
(From left to right: Simon Gould, Mike Goddard, Stuart Williams, Stuart Cox, Charlie Velasco, Gareth Martin, George Amos and Steve Baker).
Marcroft B - Michael Burgess Vs Finals Day at Matthew Dews NINA THOMAS Ladies Copper Championship - It is with sadness that we report the Radyr Golf Club death of Nina Thomas at the grand old The players in Bold were the Leah Edwards Vs Mary Hawkins age of 104. Nina lived for many years in winners: Ladies Bronze Championship - the flats at the corner of Danybryn Avenue until infirmity forced her to go Club Cup - Mike Donofrio & Sal Helen Young Vs Suzanne Brown into a home in St Hilary, relatively Schiazza Vs Alex Evans & Rob Junior Championship - Jordan recently. Mullen-Jones Bolderson Vs Harry Powell Nina was born in the north of Scotland Lougher Bowl - Roy & Margaret Ladies Club Championship - and was a practicing midwife at Guy's Colenutt Vs Robert P Evans & Charlotte Bethell Vs Sian-Elin Jones Hospital in London at the outbreak of the Wendy Hamer-Evans Second World War, working a great deal Men’s Club Championship - Mark in the east end of London. She recorded Ladies Wednesday Cup - Jeong-eun Lewis Vs Kyle Davies her memories of working as a midwife in Cho Vs Alison Morris Guy's in Wartime Memories, a book Seniors Knockout - Huw Llewelyn There were also two other club produced by the R&M Community Council to mark the 60th anniversary of Davies Vs Owen Golding finals played earlier in the week, which consisted of the following; the ending of WW2. Although now out Ladies Challenge Bowl - Caroline of print it can be downloaded, free of Michael Vs Linda Jones Ladies Coronation Bowl - Charlotte charge, from the History Society pages on the Community Wednesday Cup - Chris Payne Vs Bethell Vs Sian-Elin Jones website. In fact Nina's Memories could Ladies Foursomes - Gemma Easton Jordan Standing easily have been the source material for Junior Plate - Owen Evans Vs Ceri & Charlotte Bethell Vs Annette the BBC drama series Call the Midwife. Vaughan-Jones Campbell & Amanda Mullen-Jones After the war she moved to Cardiff with Peace Vase - Eryl Williams Vs Congratulations to those of you who her husband who was a G.P in the Ely area. Matthew Stevens were involved in Finals Day and thank you to the members who gave up their Her daughter Liz Davies still lives in Marcroft A - Richard Putterill Vs Radyr. We send our condolences to Liz Gareth Button time to contribute to what was a and the family. successful day. www.radyr.org.uk is…A photo-archive for our local community 13 stown Ÿ Ra n d Garth a u Pentyrch, Gwaelod y rg r Radyrnew andmembers Morganstown. Joining us as a Pontypridd o a T Radyr & Morganstown Community Council M h A470/M4
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These include: Weir is available on our websiteDan y Bryn (under ‘Our The Old Church Rooms has had a Cheshire Home Cardiff Council has invited us to work’ / ‘The Chair’s Blog’). minor upgrade over the summer, with submit ideas for its new infrastructure Methodist Forest Farm Chapel and Hall Conservation the installation of oak-effect floor tiles Centre ideas list. These will be projects that Garage Radyr Station (Park & Ride) Footbridge nt 51 in the main hall. We think it makes the um Play Cardiff can fund via Section 106 Area room look bigger, better and lighter. It a River Taff Money (which is provided by housing Clos Play Maedref Area Clos Ni cholas will also be much easier for hall users Tylaway Court Burnt developers, as part of their planning Mound Radyr to clean after their events. No more Woods consent deals). We have gathered 49 gouging Camembert from carpet tiles residents ideas via an online survey - after cheese and wine parties. No more and via the RMA. We also have our Hermit Wood dabbing at red wine stains with a wet (LNR) own ideas! This is a very exciting cloth. Simply mop and sweep! We opportunity for R&M - and we will have also been discussing buying a footbridge publish our contribution to the list in Cardiff new piano for the hall - which would Radyr Vale the near future. New ideas can be Cardiff please those groups who use the OCR Caerdydd submitted at any time, since Cardiff Cllr Huw Onllwyn Jones for choir practice and concerts. will be keeping their list as a ‘live’ Chair document. This needs a health In the near future we will be Radyr and Morganstown Community warning, however, since it is unlikely considering the provision of facilities, Council that every idea will be accepted by activities and support for our young September 2019 Cardiff for funding. But if we don’t people. This work will be undertaken submit any ideas - we won’t get any in liaison with a number of agencies money! We will also be meeting and organisations - as well as young Bumps A Daisy people from across R&M. We want Cardiff’s Section 106 team in the near Babes ’n’ Tots Group in Christ Church them to enjoy a range of activities - future, to press our case. Hall (new school rooms) each and to have good places to socialise - Road safety: we had an excellent Wednesday beginning 6th November whilst sharing the values that help meeting with Cardiff Council’s from 10am until 11.30am make R&M a great place to live. Transportation team on 10 September. We discussed several items, including We have responded on our website to All Souls Service the imminent installation of a the arson attack on a bird hide located Commemoration of the Departed Nextbike stand outside McColl’s on in Forest Farm. Although this is not in 3rd November 4pm at Christ Church Station Road (with more stands being Radyr and Morganstown, it is an area Radyr. Come and light a candle and considered, including electric bikes at enjoyed by members of our remember loved ones. Refreshments Radyr Station). Start of works is community. It is a great pity that some after the service planned for Jan / Feb 2020 for our people think that setting fire to a three new zebra crossings, near Heol community resource is something Cymun Bendigaid Syr Lewis, Ty Mynydd Close and worth doing - and it is difficult to - St John’s Danescourt 4pm 13th Rectory Close. The legal preparations believe that they have any respect for October Bydd paned ar ôl y are underway to introduce a 20mph their community and neighbours. They gwasanaeth. may also be unaware of the penalties zone across all of R&M (apart from The Parish of Radyr is introducing a they could face, if caught. These are set Parc Radur). The scheme should be quarterly Welsh Language Eucharist out in the Sentencing Council’s introduced in spring / summer 2020. 4pm at St John’s Church Danescourt Sentencing Guidelines. A fire such as Golf Club Lane is to be closed - with on 13th October 2019 work carried out in summer 2020. And this one, causing moderate damage to the Council has asked us to propose a public amenity, can result in a prison The service, sermon and hymns will be improvements to the Station Road sentence ranging from 6 to 26 weeks. in Welsh . We hope you will come and area, to improve its role as a place for Similar penalties exist for criminal join us - Everyone is welcome. The the community to meet, shop and damage. Anyone with any information service will be followed by socialise. We will be conducting an about the attack should contact the refreshments online survey about this, soon, to seek police. Services in 2020 views and ideas from residents. And Finally, I am very pleased to announce 12th January, 12th April and 12th July we have, of course, expressed our the appointment to our team of two www.radyr.org.uk Is…A notice-board for you to use 15 Your Community please send any suggestions for news items that we can publish on Remember, Website the front page of the website to our address – [email protected] or Remember…….. www.radyr.org.uk let us know about features you Some thoughts for Remembrance The new RMA Web Team took would like to see. Sunday from our Vicar, the Revd. ownership of your Community Finally, feel free to add any relevant Vicki Burrows. Website http://radyr.org.uk back in events to our diary July. Through July and August we http://radyr.org.uk/calendar - Dear Friends have made some security and which now includes the ability to I regularly struggle to remember functionality updates to the site. link to further content about an where I left my car keys but Why not take a look and see if you event either within our site or thankfully there are things I notice the changes? September has elsewhere. cannot forget. seen us start an audit of the content The RMA Web Team One of my earliest memories is currently on the site and we are Ian, Tom, Nick, David seeing my father grieve. He never working with contributors to ensure www.radyr.org.uk@RMHub spoke of his escape from the that all entries are up to date. If you http://bit.ly/fbRMHub pogroms in Poland or the journey are running a group in Radyr and his Jewish family made to the UK Morganstown that is not listed in the seeking asylum. I remember Directory then please get in touch to Festival 2020 seeing tears roll down his face as create your entry. We want your You may or may not have heard he watched a holocaust Community Website to reflect the that the Government has moved documentary and I will never full breadth of life going on in our the early spring bank holiday in forget the silent tears he shed community. 2020 from the Monday to the when Olga, the only cousin to Friday of the first full week of May. As part of our site review, alongside survive Auschwitz, died. the Social Media feeds managed by This means that the bank holiday the team, we have updated the seven will be on Friday 8th May, the 75th Some years ago as I conducted a aims for the website: anniversary of VE day. Remembrance service I watched a 1. A one-stop shop for information This has meant the RMA and the little girl, in a poppy red coat about Radyr & Morganstown Festival Committee having to plan with a black velvet collar and wet events, organisations, businesses next year’s Festival in the light of cheeks, bravely plant a small and services the change of the Bank Holiday poppy cross for her father in date. The Fun Run will be on the Royal Wootton Bassett’s “Field of 2. An on-line diary for Radyr & first Saturday followed Remembrance”. As the BBC and Morganstown organisations immediately by the Fete (hopefully paparazzi cameras whirred and 3. A source of news about people in the grounds of Radyr Primary clicked she stood silently amongst and events in the locality School) and the Concert in the Parc thousands of crosses and my own 4. A place to interact with us on will be on Friday, 8th May (the eyes filled as I recognised in her Facebook / Twitter moved Bank Holiday) and take the loss the huge and personal cost of form of ‘VE Day Commemoration 5. A window on the history of where working for peace. Concert in the Parc’. you live For Christians painful The Festival Walk will move to remembering is at the heart of our 6. A photo-archive for our local Monday, 4th May and will be faith. We break bread and share community around Cowbridge, starting at 7 7. A notice-board for you to use p.m., the first lunchtime concert wine as we remember a life lived will move from Friday to Thursday, and sacrificed for others - perhaps We can only achieve this if you keep it is this remembering that helps us informed of what is happening in 7th May, Tenovus will be holding a Fashion Show on Thursday, 14th us try to love our enemies and our local area. Please send any news, May and the Jazz Night will be on seek justice for all. article or photo submissions to web- Friday, 15th May. Other events will, [email protected] I hope you will join us in broadly, be as usual, with a remembering those whose lives The beauty of radyr.org.uk is that it Cookery Event, a Festival Play, a have been given or scarred by is a one-stop shop for the variety of Film Night and a final Charity conflict by gathering at Radyr’s life that is happening in our Concert (on Sunday, 17th May) for war memorial and joining us in Tenovus, the 2020 Festival charity. community. One of the aims of the church for a Remembrance The first full planning meeting for RMA is ‘making Radyr a better place to Service on 10th November live and work’. We had that in mind the Festival is on Thursday, 3rd when we took over responsibility for October in the Old Church Rooms At the going down of the sun and the site and that is our focus as we If you can volunteer to assist in co- in the morning, We will plan for its future development. ordinating Festival events or have remember them Going forward, we are keen to an idea for something new, please Yours in Christ, get in touch with the RMA on publish stories of what is happening Vicki [email protected] in Radyr and Morganstown, so do www.radyr.org.uk is…A one-stop shop for information about R&M events, organisations, businesses and services 17 Panda in Folly Farm. We have enjoyed local and community events, one of our favourite nights was spent in Radyr Library to celebrate World Book Day. The Radyr Librarians opened up especially for us and we heard stories and took part in craft Our Scouting Year! activities and a book hunt. (Thank you ladies!) We have made 8 dog Well the saying is as busy as beaver! poo bag holders for the village, to And there is no doubt that 1st Radyr which we had an amazing positive Beavers are busy! We have had response from the Radyr Residents. another full and fun year. 40 Beaver We can decipher codes and learnt Scouts in Radyr have: played 100s of some Makaton. We had a very games! Iced biscuits, decorated cakes, musical evening learning to play cooked on a camp fire, been on a African drums. The sound of 20 welly walk in the dark, learnt about African drums will stay with me for and walked along the Walnut Tree ever! So this is a quick round up of Viaduct and tunnel trail with our bullied. We’ve had visits from some of our evenings. Fun and families and taken part in an Hedgehog Helpline and were able to Friends – Yes, busy as a Beaver –Yes! eggciting Easter Egg Trail! We donate food for the rescue centre and Thank you to all the Beavers for proudly marched in the had a Hedgehog box made for our making our evenings so much fun, Remembrance Sunday Parade and garden. We took part in RSPB and their parents for their continued made and displayed our own poppy birdwatch and made bird feeders for support. I can certainly recommend display outside the Scout Hall our own gardens. We had an evening being a Beaver Scout Leader, so if you displaying the names of all the lost with St Johns Ambulance, so we are are interested in joining our team servicemen from the Monument. We all in safe hands if we feel unwell! please get in touch. No qualifications have practised and demonstrated our We have celebrated Chinese New needed, just the ability to have fun! personal skills by looking after our Year, Burns night, St Patricks Day, After a rest during the Summer teeth, keeping fit, learning our Baden Powell’s Birthday and July 4th. Holidays we are ready for another address and sending our families We have made a difference to the Busy Year!!!! postcards. We have learnt to be world by looking at Global issues and mindful and not to be bullies or Fair Trade and have adopted a Red Simba www.radyrandmorganstown.org New Local Website! Operation Christmas Child www.radyrandmorganstown.org Once again we shall be filling Christmas shoeboxes to send via Christ Church to the warehouse in Llantrisant.There, teams of volunteers work in extremely cold conditions, to sort the boxes into age and suitability groups. Once checked, they are tightly bound with tape , crated and distributed worldwide.They are given to children suffering in some of the world’s most deprived areas. Your shoebox could assure someone of a little glimmer of light and love at Christmas. The shoeboxes are distributed at schools, Radyr and Morganstown Community Council has a Aimyoursmartphone camera here to visit our new orphanages and Churches. new website. website:
It's where you can find out about local news, Anelwch eich ffon yma er mwyn ymweld a'r Last year the total sent from South East Wales was events, grant schemes, consultations, opinion polls, wefan: clubs & societies, planning and development issues Liberia 8,212, Romania 5,614, Belarus 2,978 and -andmuchmore. Moldavia 8,118. The new website is alsotheplace to book your event at the Old Church Rooms. Please will you consider packing a shoebox? We're also on Twitter: @RandMCCouncil The flat pack boxes (50p) are available at the back of
Mae gan Cyngor Cymuned Radur a Threforgan wefan Christ Church and St. John’s Church along with the newydd. instruction leaflets and also from my home. Yma, gallwchddodohydifaterionlleol,gangynnwys newyddion, digwyddiadau, cynlluniau grant, www.radyrandmorganstown.org ymgynghoriadau, polau piniwn, clybiau a It is vital that filled boxes are taken to Church or me chymdeithasau, materion cynllunio a datblygu - a llawer mwy. before Shoe Box Sunday on November 17th. www.radyrandmorganstown.org Ywefan newydd yw'r lle, hefyd, i drefnu eich digwyddiad yn Hen Ysgoldy'r Eglwys. Any enquiries to: Mae gennym le ar Twitter, hefyd: @RandMCCouncil Anne-Marie Phillips - 2084 2526
www.radyr.org.uk is…An on-line diary for R&M organisations 19 Merched y Wawr Bro Radur Cawsom noson i`w chofio yn ein cyfarfod agoriadol, pan fu Parti`r Efail yn ein difyrru. Da dweud bod y Neuadd yn llawn i`r ymylon a chroesawyd pawb gan Elsbeth Edwards, llywydd y gangen. Sefydlwyd Parti`r Efail yn 1995 ac maen nhw wedi cystadlu ymhob Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a Gwyl Cerdd Dant ers hynny - tipyn o gamp ! Menna Thomas yw arweinydd y parti ers y cychwyn ac mae`n amlwg bod y criw hwyliog yma yn mwynhau pob munud wrth berfformio. Cyflwynydd y noson oedd Gwyn Hughes Jones a chafwyd rhaglen amrywiol dros ben a oedd yn symud yn rhwydd o fyd yr Alaw Braf oedd gwrando ar lais swynol Yng ngeiriau Elsbeth, llwyddom i Werin i Gerdd Dant. Buom yn aelod ieuengaf y parti, Iwan daro`r jacpot wrth wahodd Parti`r crwydro siroedd y De wrth wrando Gruffydd, yn canu alaw Efail i noson gynta`r tymor. ar Gân y Cardi ac Englynion y draddodiadol ac hefyd mwynhau Byddwn yn cyfarfod eto nos Daten gan Waldo Williams, cyn ymson digri Ifan Roberts. Fercher, Hydref yr 2 ail yn Neuadd dychwelyd i Forgannwg at yr hen Daeth y noson i ben gyda y Methodistiaid, Windsor Avenue, dribannau. Dewis canu yn phenillion cyfoes a doniol o waith Radur am 7:30 pm pan fydd Dr. nhafodiaith yr un sir wnaeth Menna Rhys Dafis wedi`u gosod gan Ffion Reynolds yn sôn am brosiect wrth iddi gyflwyno eitem unigol Menna Thomas. Mawr yw`n diolch Archeoleg Bryn Colli Ddu. hyfryd. hefyd i Bethan Roberts am gyfeilio. Creoso i aelodau newydd. Radyr Drama Society’s Next production will be ‘The Exorcism‘ by Don Taylor. It’s a Christmas ghost story Dan and Margaret have come to spend Christmas with Rachel and Edmund in their renovated seventeenth-century cottage. Events become sinister and macabre when Rachel has a feeling of Deja vu, the electricity fails, the phone is out of order, and strange happenings esculate out of control. It’s been compared to the style of ‘The Woman in Black’ An adjudicator once said to me ‘ trust the script, and trust the audience, their minds will complete the story they are seeing’ This play will get your nerves November 21st-23rd 2019 at Not to be confused with ‘The tingling, your brain thinking and Morganstown Village Hall. Curtain Exorcist’ it won’t make your head your heart pounding. up at 7.30pm. turn…or will it?? www.radyr.org.uk is…A source of news about people and events in the locality 21 FILM CLUB By the time this edition of The Chain hits your doormat the Film Club will already have shown two films. The next film is on the 24th of October. Films are shown on the big screen in the Old Church Rooms, starting at 7.30. Plans are underway to purchase some new seat “cocoons” which will make the Old Church Rooms seating more comfortable. Tickets at £4 can be bought from ener-chi, Station Road, Radyr, online or at the door on the evening. All are welcome. Thursday 24 October 2019 at 19:30 Kind Hearts and Coronets outcasts. Their brotherhood soon Certificate: PG strengthens as Tolkien weathers the Parc Radur Runtime: 104 mins storm of a tumultuous courtship with Trailer: Edith Bratt and the outbreak of Play Area https://www.youtube.com/watch?v World War I. These early life =lTOeAGSV5Ro experiences later inspire the budding When his mother eloped with an author to write the classic fantasy Italian opera singer, Louis was cut off novels “The Hobbit” and “The Lord from her aristocratic family. After the of the Rings”. family refuses to let her be buried in Nicholas Hoult moves away from his the family mausoleum, Louis superhero roles to take on a more avenges his mother’s death by serious character. Not without its attempting to murder every family flights into fantasy, Tolkien aims to member (all played by Alec tunnel through the prose and link his Guinness) who stands between novels to real-life occurrences to himself and the family fortune. But discover the inspiration to his when he finds himself torn between cherished works. With popular actors Congratulations to the residents of his long-time love and the widow of in the central roles, Tolkien has Parc Radur who exceeded their one of his victims , his plans go awry. appeal outside of literary circles. projected appeal on Crowd Funding to raise money to As a celebration of this classic Ealing improve the Parc Radyr play area comedy reaching 70 years young, we in Drover’s Way. Together with a invite you to introduce this stone- generous grant from the cold classic to old faces & newcomers Community Council, the money is alike. Sir Alec Guinness’ hilarious in place to have a top class play multiple personalities never fail to area. raise a laugh and we think it’ll evoke Work to provide the new positive memories of a classic era for equipment will start once the British comedy. They don’t make underlying drainage problems them like this any more! have been resolved. We are therefore very sad to hear that that Thursday 28 November 2019 at 19:30 drainage work might not be Tolkien completed before the middle of Certificate: PG Runtime: 112 mins next year because Cardiff Council Trailer: do not have enough money in this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v year’s budget to carry it out. We =jq2MFEGJ_Sw sincerely hope our County Council can find the money to As a young student, J.R.R. Tolkien complete the work as soon as finds love, friendship and artistic possible. inspiration among a group of fellow www.radyr.org.uk is… A place to interact with us on Facebook / Twitter 23 Surprise Award for Radyr Guiders Margaret Gregory, Judith Turnbull & Julie Davies received mysterious invitations in June to Afternoon Tea in Broneirion, the home of Girlguiding in Wales. They arrived to join over 100 other leaders, all equally mystified & gathered in a large marquee in the grounds. Judith, Margaret & Julie had been invited as a Thank You from Girlguiding, for their long service to Guiding in Cardiff & East Glamorgan. Unknown to the ladies the County had nominated them to receive a Vice- Presidents Award. Tori James, President of Girlguiding Cymru, The Hon. Shân Legge-Bourke, Vice President, and Lesley Mathews Chief Commissioner presented the awards. Everyone enjoyed a delicious afternoon tea and chat with Guiding friends old & new before travelling home to all corners of the Principality. News from Radyr & Morganstown WI September 2019 Our first meeting of the Autumn term took place on Monday 9th September. We were pleased to welcome five visitors to a relaxed fun event – a fashion show featuring clothes from “Calon” in Rhiwbina and presented by the proprietor, Kath. The outfits displayed were in the “smart casual” genre rather than “occasion wear”, that is no “mother of the bride” ensembles! They were modelled with great panache by four committee members and two WI members, all six being of varying heights and builds. The brave volunteers were Megan, Marian, Frankie, Babs, Sue and Judy all six being of varying heights and builds. … continued on page 9 Celebrating 100 years Earlier this summer, Mrs. Sarah Hickson of Maes- y-Bryn, Radyr, celebrated her 100th birthday with her two daughters, Christine and Rosann, and son Alex. Her sisters, grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews came from far and wide to wish her a most happy birthday. Sarah has a great interest in her family life, loves reading and going out for meals. When she lived in Greenwich, London, she did voluntary work for the Save the Children charity until she was 84, and is still knitting beautifully for Operation Christmas Child. Well done Sarah!
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