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The Pwll Action Committee please call The unique BR Class 8 4-6-2, 71000 Duke uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The This is edition No 18 and we never dreamt 755665 or 755260 or 777420 or drop your of Gloucester thunders through Pwll on phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mind. that we would ever achieve this milestone. articles or reports through our letterboxes at May 26th with the Birmingham International Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde It is with your help that we are still here and 43 or 53 or 81 Pwll Road or you can send to Fishguard harbour special excursion Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr still publishing the magazine. us an e-mail at: head coded “The Southern Irishman”. the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt Fares comprised of:- This edition contains all the usual features [email protected] tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the and hopefully some other articles that you Standard Class £74 rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses will find entertaining. Any photographs we use are first scanned First Class £104 and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. and then the originals are returned to their Premier Dining £164 Enjoy. rightful owners so don’t be shy or fearful in Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not sending us your photographs. It would be That must have been some meal! raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a

handy though if you wrote your name and wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas After all these years, I see that I was address on the back of the photo (in pencil) tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it or you attached one of those ‘post-it-notes’. is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her. – Mark

Twain His money is twice tainted: taint yours and taint mine (Mark Twain) This superb steam train was built at Crewe DATES FOR YOUR in 1954 but was withdrawn from service DIARY in1962.There has been a great deal written THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS about the below expectation early We would like to welcome our new PWLL ACTION COMMITTEE Sept 13 Jewish New Year performances of this locomotive and was sponsors to the magazine and hope that earmarked to become a part of the National our association will be a long and enjoyable Ramadan begins Collection, but that decision was reversed The Pwll Action Committee will be holding one. Oct 28 Summer Time Ends – their Biennial General Meeting on in favour of a move to keep only the Turn clocks back 1 hour cylinder assembly and valve gear. With Wednesday 17 th October 2007 at the Pwll We would also like to express our thanks and gratitude to all our sponsors without Oct 31 Hallowe'en those parts removed the train was Community Hall. The meeting will start at whose generous contributions this edition despatched to the Woodham Brothers` 7:00pm Nov 5 Guy Fawkes of the magazine would not have been Barry scrap yard. Everyone from the village is welcome to possible. Nov 11 Remembrance Sunday attend and put forward their ideas and Few people imagined that this train would We ask our readers to patronise our Nov 30 St Andrew's Day ever see mainline duty again, but in 1973 it views. Your views and ideas are important sponsors whenever possible and please was rescued from the scrap yard where the to us and everyone else in the village. mention the Bônau Cabbage Patch when 71000 Preservation Society was formed, Please make every effort to attend. you make your purchases. and in 1977 it became the 71000 Duke of

Gloucester Steam Locomotive Trust. PARISH RECORDS Twenty years later, the organisation DID YOU KNOW BÔNAU DEADLINES 1816 September 19 th received a grant of £233,800 from the

Heritage Lottery Fund towards a The deadline for the winter edition of The – To cash paid for a spinning The fastest selling book of all time is J K th programme of no less than seven major Bônau Cabbage Patch is 25 October for wheel for Mary Rees 6s 0d Rowling's new Harry Potter and the Deathly th developments and a heavy general your articles or reports or 20 October for Hallows. The seventh and final book of the – To postage of letter from Fishguard, overhaul. A most impressive monument to any amendments to your advert. series sold 11 million copies within 24 concerning Methusalem Morgan, a pauper engineering as it whistled its way through hours, breaking the record of 9 million of the parish of Pembrey. the village. Let`s hope this magnificent iron copies sold in the first day held by the sixth If all men were rich, all men would horse will one day return. – To the constable for apprehending Rees Harry Potter novel. be poor. (Photos by Kevin Sullivan - © 2007) Williams 1s 0d (Submitted by: Puffin Billy)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE Committed to developing women’s talents, FOR CAT LOVERS paws, heel, jump through a hoop, play a WOMEN'S INSTITUTE the WI today has links with over 8 million piano, play dead, roll over, open a door, women in some 60 countries. The ancestor of all domestic cats is the hide food in boxes, shake, and fetch. African Wild Cat, which still exists today. Founded in 1897 in Stoney Cats sleep 16 to 18 hours per day. When

Creek, Canada, the In ancient Egypt, killing a cat was a crime cats are asleep, they are still alert to SPORT IN THE TRENCHES OF WW1 punishable by death. Women's Institute (WI) has incoming stimuli. If you poke the tail of a become a fundamental In ancient Egypt, mummies were made of sleeping cat, it will respond accordingly. part of many women's lives cats, and embalmed mice were placed with In Great Britain, black cats are thought to throughout the world. them in their tombs. In one ancient city, bring good luck. Originally set up to provide over 300,000 cat mummies were found. Besides smelling with their nose, cats can training and education to women and address the wrongs in In the Middle Ages, during the Festival of smell with an additional organ called the Saint John, cats were burned alive in town Jacobson's organ, located in the upper predominantly rural society in the late 19th squares. surface of the mouth. century, the WI now offers women a mutual support structure, as well as an important For soldiers fighting in the trenches in the The first cat show was in 1871 at the Cats can't taste sweets. lobbying voice on issues close to its First World War, sport was another way of Crystal Palace in London. The chlorine in fresh tap water irritates members' hearts. relieving the tension. Football, as might be expected, was very popular with both sensitive parts of the cat's nose. Let tap Although organisations similar to the WI formal and impromptu games taking place. water sit for 24 hours before giving it to a took root in Belgium and Ireland in the first Other sports such as boxing and cricket cat. years of the 20th century, the UK proved were also played. Some soldiers remember The average cat food meal is the equivalent more stubborn a convert. The woman who making their own sports and cricket to about five mice. co-founded the WI, Adelaide Hoodless, equipment out of objects close to hand. arrived in Britain in 1899 but her missionary The catgut formerly used as strings in Tennis could be played with entrenching campaigning fell on deaf ears. It was only tennis rackets and musical instruments tools, cricket bats could be made out of old with the onset of the First World War and does not come from cats. Catgut actually tins and pieces of wood. For units with the change in the country's economic and comes from sheep, hogs, and horses. access to horses, there were divisional social landscape that the war brought that horse shows, point to points and A large majority of white cats with blue eyes the women of the UK began to recognise competitions for the best turned-out horse are deaf. White cats with only one blue eye the need for the WI. Today there are about 100 distinct breeds or team of horses. of the domestic cat. are deaf only in the ear closest to the blue As the men were dragged to the trenches, eye. White cats with orange eyes do not women suddenly were needed in virtually Genetic mutation created the domestic cat, have this disability. every social field. At the Agricultural and which is tame from birth. Chocolate is poisonous to cats. Horticultural Union meeting held six months DID YOU KNOW Like birds, cats have a homing ability that into the war, the discussion turned to the Neutering a cat extends its life span by two A blue whale's heart is the size uses its biological clock, the angle of the most pressing issue: the need for industrial sun, and the Earth's magnetic field. A cat or three years. of a Volkswagen Beetle! and agricultural co-operation to meet the taken far from its home can return to it. But Pregnant women are advised not to come Eggplants aren`t vegetables; national crisis. Madge Watt, a WI member if a cat's owners move far from its home, in contact with cat faeces, because it can who had come to England to educate her they`re actually fruits the cat can't find them. contain an organism that can affect the sons, enthralled the audience with an Most car horns honk in the key of 'F'. Hunting is not instinctive for cats. Kittens unborn child and even cause miscarriage. account of agricultural industry in Canada, particularly among women. It snowed in the Sahara desert on February born to non-hunting mothers may never Ten human years translate to about 60 cat 18, 1979. learn to hunt. years. The reaction was immediately positive: the agricultural industry began to see the value By the age of 60, most people have lost Cats bury their faeces to cover their trails of women particularly in producing and 50% of their taste buds. from predators. preserving food, and soon Mrs Watt Mother cats teach their kittens to use the Stress is when you wake up Seaweed is used to thicken ice cream. succeeded in founding the first British WI litter box. screaming & you realize you haven't under the auspices of the Agricultural Your mouth produces 1 litre (1.8 pints) of fallen asleep yet. Organisation Society. saliva a day. Among other tasks, cats can be taught to use a toilet, come, sit, beg, eat with their SWINGS IN THE PARK? ‘no win no fee’ claim culture which is so PWLL CARNIVAL PICTURES common these days. We received the following letter, which we forwarded to County That said, we are keen to provide as good

Council, The Millennium Coastal Park and a quality playground as we can in Pwll, and

Pwll recreational Committee. I have asked Mr Davies to forward the last

inspection report, along with a list of

recommendations and costs for improving Dear Editor the facility, through to Mr Dickinson, to see

What is the first thing you think of when you what can be funded, possibly in partnership mention a children’s playground? SWINGS! with the local recreation committee and/or Well, in Pwll Park there are no swings for community council. the children to play on and nothing Please be assured that we will do all we whatsoever for little toddlers to play on. can to maintain and possibly improve the My grandson is just over a year old and if I facilities available in Pwll Park, within the want to take him to a park where he can go limited resources we have available. on anything I have to take him to Peoples

Park in Llanelli. It’s too bad that I can’t take Yours sincerely him to my own park in Pwll where my Ian Jones – Head of Leisure mother and father, with many more of their generation, helped raise money so that the park could come about in the first place.

I have been told there is no money CRICKET available for baby swings, swings for older ELEVEN’s children or a see-saw. Anyone would think that I was asking for an Olympic Gym! Eleven pairs of fathers

Other people can have money but when it and sons have comes to Pwll children and Pwll Park represented England nobody wants to know. in test matches: Alan

and Mark Butcher, Yours truly, Colin and Chris Mrs P Williams Cowdrey, Joe snr and Pwll Joe Hardstaff jnr, Len and Richard Hutton, Jeff and Simon Jones, We had the following reply from FG and FT Mann, JH and JM Parks, Arnie Carmarthenshire County Council. and Ryan Sidebottom, Mickey and Alec Stewart, Fred and Maurice Tate, CL and Dear Mr Kent DCH Townsend. Chris & Stuart Broad I have raised the matter with both Mr Rory could be the twelfth pair if Stuart is ever Dickinson, the MCP Manager, who is chosen to play for England. responsible for the park, and Mr Eamonn

Davies, from the Streetscene Division of the authority, who has operational responsibility and organises the safety DID YOU KNOW inspections of many Carmarthenshire The earth travels through space playgrounds. at 660,000 miles per hour.

As you are probably aware, the health and safety obligations of running these Is bottled water worth it? 'Evian' playgrounds are becoming increasingly spelled backwards is 'naive'. onerous and costly, especially in light of the SERGEANT IVOR REES, V.C . Crosses, a number of Distinguished though as we were also unable to see Conduct Medals, a batch of Military Medals Burry Port, which is always a good thing. etc. The hope of the people has been A ceremony was held st realised now the V.C. has at last come to on 31 July 2007 at the town. We understand that Messrs Llanelli Town Hall to th Richard Thomas & Co some time ago mark the 90 stated that they would present £100 to the anniversary of the first Llanelly man who won the V.C. As THE WHITFORD WALK V.C. being awarded The return walk would be long as Huw took Sergeant Ivor Rees is both an employee of to Sergeant Ivor Having been on previous expeditions to the us on a different route. “Follow me,” he the firm and a Llanelly man, the sum will be Rees. Gower, we had always intended taking a shouted, looking like Lawrence of Arabia useful to him in his proposed marriage. Ivor Rees was my great uncle. He was born panoramic picture of Pwll but never actually but without the camel. Sergeant Ivor Rees, formerly a crane driver achieved it. in Felinfoel, but the family moved to Pwll “This way is longer, but we will get back with the South steelworks, received when he was little and he was a pupil at Therefore, on an originally bright June sooner”. (I still can’t work that one out!). the from King George V for Pwll School. Our family is, naturally, very morning six intrepid explorers left Pwll and We eventually arrived back at the car park proud of him and felt that it would be fitting his bravery during the First World War. headed for Whitford Point with the intention feeling de-hydrated and confused, but glad for this brave man, on this special occasion, He was greeted to a hero’s of finally taking that elusive picture of Pwll to be back at all. The sun was now at its to have a mention in The Bônau Cabbage welcome on his return in all its glory. strongest and as Bônau luck would have it Patch. home, with around 20,000 the mist had risen and we could see Pwll The walk to the point took us through areas people lining the streets of clearly. Not to worry – another trip would be The following is taken from “A Llanelli of natural outstanding beauty – a bit like us Llanelly to watch Mr Rees planned for later in the summer when better Chronicle” by Gareth Hughes, and is really – and past varying species of birds in reproduced by kind permission of Llanelli pass by in a cavalcade, daylight could be guaranteed. their natural habitat. It was reassuring to Town Council. flanked by civic dignitaries.

know that wildlife could still survive without Liquid refreshment was now the order of 20 th September, 1917 He married Mattie Jenkins at Triniti Chapel, intervention or destruction from the modern the day, as six weary travellers got in their New Dock, Llanelly, and the couple had five world. cars and headed home. The journey was The Victoria Cross has been awarded to children – two sons and three daughters. going well until we got to Penclawdd when “Look! There’s a red kite” said Jeff. Sergeant Ivor Rees, of Pwll, Llanelly, who it seemed we got stuck in a normal traffic At the end of the war Mr Rees went on to “Don’t be twp mun,” replied Ieuan, “It’s got belongs to the . The jam. announcement is made in the last “London work as a water inspector for Llanelly no strings!” Gazette”, which includes the names of Borough Council until his retirement in “I can see Elvis Presley on stilts,” said Huw. th We walked through a mixture of sand and 1959. He died on 12 March 1967, aged Had the strong summer sun and Huw’s another ten similarly honoured. The official marshland to get to our holy grail of that 72. His Victoria Cross is displayed at the long short cut finally taken effect? record of Sergeant Ivor Rees’s action is picture at Whitford Point and passed many given as follows: - For most conspicuous South Wales Borderers Museum. hides in the process, which are intended for However, it quickly became apparent that bravery in attack. At Pilchem, Belgium on (Article from Mrs Dawn Howells Davies, Penllwynrhodyn st bird watching. Although after our visit it we were in the middle of Penclawdd 31 July 1917 a hostile machine gun Road, Llwynhendy, Llanelli) seemed more like Dad’s Army than Nature carnival. This was confirmed when a opened fire at close range, inflicting many Watch. person dressed in a white coat approached casualties. Leading his platoon forward by us and asked if we were the “Anthill Mob” short rushes, Sergeant Rees gradually DID YOU KNOW “Does the lesser spotted tufted tailed red from the cartoon series The Wacky Races! breasted duckheaded bottled nosed grass worked his way round the right flank to the Our eyes are always the same size from rear of the gun position. When he was warbler lay its eggs here? asked Ieuan. We took third prize behind Elvis and the birth, but our nose and ears never stop twenty yards from the machine gun, he Teletubbies. growing. “I hope not,” replied Jeff, “because if it does rushed forwards towards the team, shot I’ve just sat on it!” The parade cleared and we were now able Contrary to popular belief, only one alligator one and bayoneted another. He then to continue our journey back to the has ever been found in the New York City Having commenced the journey in bright bombed the large concrete emplacement; RELATIVE normality of Pwll. It had been an sewer system. The 125 lb (57 kilogram) sunshine we arrived at our destination to a killing five and capturing 30 prisoners, of enjoyable day, despite not achieving our alligator was pulled out by four boys way feeling of disappointment. A misty haze had whom two were officers, in addition to an initial aim. undamaged machine gun. Rees, who is 23 back in 1935. descended over Pwll, so yet again our years of age, is a native of Llanelly. Llanelly intention of taking pictures of Metropolis We will take a torch next time. has been thwarted. It was not all bad news men have secured a great many honours (Article compiled by The Anthill Mob in conjunction with The most important things in life during this war, including eight Military Universal Pictures) aren't things. THE GARDENING prominent pair of tube-like structures at the BUTTON PRESSING If you have short-term memory loss, press CLUB - APHIDS end of the abdomen. Aphids come in a 9. If you have short-term memory loss, selection of colours, with more than 500 How many times have press 9. If you have short-term memory Aphids are sap-sucking species in Europe. They exist in both you phoned somebody loss, press 9. If you have short-term insects that can be found on winged and wingless forms. They are weak and been asked to memory loss, press 9. fliers, but can travel a long way on air a very wide range of plants. press a button? If you have low self-esteem, please hang They are one of the most currents - even hundreds of miles! up. All operators are too busy to talk to you. common pests to attack garden plants. Life cycle Answering Machine At They are more commonly known as Many species of aphid have more than one The Local Psychiatric ‘greenfly’ or ‘blackfly’. Some aphids attack Hospital "Hello,.. and welcome to the host plant, and will over-winter on different DID YOU KNOW many different types of plant, others are plant species from the ones they live on in psychiatric health hotline...... specific to only one or two. the summer. Life cycles are generally If you are obsessive-compulsive, press 1 ◊ There are 26 species of peppers Typical symptoms complex and many generations are repeatedly. Aphids will attack all parts of a plant produced each year. They usually survive ◊ The only native mammal in Puerto If you are co-dependent, please ask including leaves, shoots, flowers, stems the winter at the egg stage, although in mild Rico is the bat someone to press 2 for you. and even roots. Most commonly, aphids are weather the adults can survive and remain ◊ The BBC has 43 different active. 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There will also be planting of The money we have raised in previous raffles pox virus. answer. hazel, spindle, guilder rose, damsons and just about covers the cost of publishing one elder honeysuckle to provide a linear Aphids consume large volumes of sap, edition. The other three editions every year If you are dyslexic, press 96969696969696. dormouse habitat. excess being secreted as a sticky are paid for by our sponsors (the advertisers) and we are extremely grateful for their help If you have a nervous disorder, please ‘honeydew’ that may coat the leaves fidget with the hash key until a The Green Network is working in beneath. Sooty moulds may develop on the and contribution in keeping this magazine afloat. representative comes on the line. partnership with Countryside for Wales, honeydew coated leaves. The black or dark Environment Agency, Carmarthen County brown soot-like deposits can prevent light We have a small band of volunteers who will If you have amnesia, press 8 and state your Council and Millennium Coastal Park. getting to the leaves causing premature leaf be tramping the village over the coming name, address, telephone number, date of fall, though sooty moulds are not in months knocking on your door and asking you birth, national insurance number, and your To date an extensive amount of work has themselves harmful to the plant. if you would like to buy some raffle tickets. mother's maiden name . been carried out for the footpath including

Please give generously. the installation of a farm gate (just below Some aphid species are tended by ants If you have post-traumatic stress disorder, The Talbot Inn) with a public access point. that feed on the honeydew they produce. In We would like to thank all the people who s-l-o-w-l-y and c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y press 0 0 0. return, protecting the colony from predators have so generously donated prizes towards In the near future the bilingual interpretation and parasites. this raffle and we are always looking for more If you have bi-polar disorder, please leave a panels will be installed on site. The Llanelli message after the beep, or before the Ramblers will be present at the opening Description of pest kind hearted people to donate more prizes for the raffle. We need your help to keep the beep, or after the beep. Please wait for the ceremony of the project. Generally 1- 5mm long with a soft body, beep. long legs and antennae, Usually a magazine afloat . Thank you all.

Well it flew round the moon like it should A WALK ON THE of the old council depot. Marsh, pyramidal do. WILD SIDE and the scarce bee orchid were flourishing PWLL W.I. And started to head back to land in the favourable ground. They waited around on the hilltop A great disappointment A local rambler noted that With the W.I. choir and band. this summer was the gannets were a regular sight

The Wizard Woman of Science absence of cygnets on fishing in the bay and up to When it landed they sang Jerusalem, our great lakes. Including myself many five were present on the 28th On that hillside by the sea. A W.I. lady called Gladys people were looking forward to seeing of June, quite unmistakable Then they all went back to Glad’s house Wanted some glory and fame. those fluffy white balls bobbing on the with their white plumage and large 6 foot And had a cup of tea. She thought she would dabble in science water, but after weeks of sitting on the nest wing span.

So to Denman College she came. nothing materialised. Was it perhaps a Glad’s strawberry jam fuel was successful. One day on my travels around the ponds a phantom pregnancy? Lets hope they will be Just as she knew it would be. heron behaving strangely. When I observed She listened and studied with gusto successful next year. But scientific boffins from Whitehall it through my binoculars a 2 foot eel was And then took her G.C.S.E. Had to come down, just to see. A walk on the wild side could now be really being prepared for lunch; a few stabs with She said, “What can I do to be famous, called a walk on the wet side due to the its powerful beak, a gulp as it slid down its So people will look up to me.” She was invited to go to the Palace terrible weather we’ve experienced during throat, a few slurps of water, a shake of the

To meet with our Queen – Oh my! the summer. After a soggy May, early June head and that was that, gone! At the time of Now Gladys heard tell of a rocket Who said, “what a wide range of subjects became warm with an amateur writing this article, (end of July), we were in That could fly right round the moon One can learn at W.I.” meteorologist recording 30.3 centigrade - a very unsettled spell of weather and I hope She said “I’ll do that – it looks easy, that is hot! - and we all thought summer by now we are experiencing warm pleasant And I’ll launch it early in June.” So Gladys did well with her rocket was well on its way. Since that day it rained weather. With the deluge of rain we

A household name she became for 25 consecutive days, which can only be endured this summer, let us hope we will So she set about building the capsule “But I think I’ll retire” she decided described as horrendous, hideous, never hear those immortal words “water With a design that she found in a book. ‘Cos I’ve had fifteen minutes of fame”. atrocious, diabolical and shortage” or “hosepipe bans” ever again. She worked all the days and the evenings an absolutely dreadful And hardly stopped, even to cook British summer time ends October 28th, so But she spoke at the W.I. meetings spell of weather. How remember to turn your clocks back one And told them all how it was done. can we forget Friday This wizard woman’s lunar invention th hour. Have a nice autumn, see you next She said ”Come on and try out some July 13 (Oh what a Was fuelled with boiling red jam, edition. science, day!) when the phrase That was made with loads of fresh You might even find that it’s fun!” raining ‘cats and dogs’ strawberries was putting it mildly. THE PLANET MARS.

By her next door neighbour, Pam. The only thing missing was the odd Mars is one of our

This fun but informative poem was written mongrel and tabby cat. closest planets, only a Glad Crocheted Anti-Macassars, by one of our members Eve Lake. mere 34,000,000 miles away at is nearest To make sure the engine kept clean. However, nature was still behaving in orbit. There have been many reports of And worked out all the projections strange and peculiar ways - a fox moth You are welcome to come to find out about UFO`s and other strange sightings and who She was extraordinarily keen. visited the Colliers Arms one evening. It other interesting and varied activities the knows, one day in the future a visit from must have been enjoying the local brew. members of Pwll W.I. are involved in. As this planet can not be discounted. So here It was launched with a bottle of sweet During the dry spell of early summer the from September we hope to start holding is some terminology that we may have to sherry. slugs and snails must have starved but oh our meetings in Pwll Community Centre boy it’s been happy days from then on as be familiar with. The day dawned bright and clean. again. The meetings are held at 7.00 pm As the rocket moved off skywards they’ve been devouring every succulent Martian Dandruff (Chopped Parsley) every 2 nd and 4 th Wednesday of the month. The ladies gave a cheer, plant they could find. Martian Aphids ( Greenfly)

Butterfly’s and dragonfly’s Martian Side Salad (Lettuce)

Glad watched it with opera glasses Men and nations behave wisely once were scarce due to the Martian Ball Bearings ( Peas)

As it hurtled towards the moon. they have exhausted all the other adverse weather conditions Martian Flatulence Maker (Sprouts)

She said “I’m getting so tired, alternatives. but a very interesting item (Article from: Mr Will U. C. Green). I hope it will come back soon.” that was brought to my

attention was that of several different species of orchid growing on the wasteland Old age comes at a bad time. BETHLEHEM P..."How do you speak to God?" finger etc remember the pain?) and If you require any information about our BAPTIST M..."By praying- that is basically speaking then allowing people to spit at Him, make church life, or if you wish to speak privately CHAPEL PWLL. with God" mockery of Him, calling Him the "King of about other matters, please contact me. P..." Oh I do that a lot!!" the Jews" throwing dice to gamble for His Bendith Duw arnoch. May God Bless you. clothes- and there's more a LOT more that The following is part M..." Really , but you said you couldn’t be Revd. CARYS AWEN JONES (Minister of happened on what we call "Good Friday" of a conversation that I had with a person, sure of God 'cause you couldn’t see Him, Bethlehem Pwll.)

(who obviously shall be nameless) some and yet you speak with Him- that's really Jesus did this for us- for you and me - so time ago- and I can assure you that this wonderful, because perhaps without that if we believe in Him and follow Him - conversation DID REALLY HAPPEN in the realising it, you appear to me to have Faith i.e. make Him important in our lives every village of PWLL. that needs to be "fed" explored and Only two things are necessary to day - follow His rules etc, then He has P = person nurtured - the more you speak with God the keep one's wife happy. One is to let promised all who do this eternal life. M = Minister- Revd. Carys Awen Jones. greater your Faith will grow, you can ,of her think she is having her own way, course, do this alone, but it's also good to This doesn't mean that we have to be "dry and the other is to let her have it.

miserable people" (we can smile and be P..." You know where you do your work, - be with other Christians who also speak happy you know!") but it means that we your chapel, Is it that building on the main with God." road by the pub, - on the left, - or right P..."yes I've thought about that" respect and love God for sacrificing His son M..."Well then, why don’t you come and for us. (depending on whether you are facing Llanelli or Burry Port)-- with a sign outside worship with us at Bethlehem Pwll" UK ALL-TIME TOP 10 FILMS: Being a Christian (believe it or not) is saying different services?" P..."But although I speak a little Welsh I M... "Yes it is" don’t always understand the big Welsh interesting! but it's not easy to practice in 1. Titanic (1998) - £69m P... "Oh I've passed that place many times" words" our troubled world - Yes people are "busy" on Sundays, but what if you were invited to 2. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone M..."Really?" M..." Don’t worry my Welsh is very easy to understand, and I can always give you a a wedding on Sunday- would you be too (2001) - £66m P..."Yes, you have mainly Welsh services, and an English service with Sunday School short synopsis of my message in English" busy to go?! or a Baptism/Christening? 3. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of at 3.30pm on the 3rd Sunday of every P..." O.K. perhaps I will come - but not yet- Who created "Weddings and the Ring (2001) - £63m 'cause I'm busy on Sundays" Baptisms/Christenings"? Think about it! month" 4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the M..."Yes that's right" M..." Every Sunday?" P Well... um...No" Jesus was NOT TOO BUSY to die for us. King (2003) - £61m P..." Do all the services start at 3.30pm every time?" M..." Well then, when you're not busy on a DON'T FORGET. 5. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sunday, why not ask God to help you M..."Yes they do" (2002) - £57.6m make that 1st step to be part of His people, P..."I've read the notice board many times" OCTOBER 12th...Grand concert at 6. Casino Royale (2006) - £55.5m M..."Why didnt you come in and visit with who enjoy singing, and praising His Holy Bethlehem Baptist chapel with the BURRY us, - even if you're unsure of your Faith, name - you have my promise that you will PORT MALE VOICE CHOIR along with the 7. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets not feel awkward, you will be welcomed by BURRY PORT BRASS BAND. See (2002) - £54,8m you are still welcome to come and meet me (the Minister) or any of the members" people who have worshiped at Bethlehem members for tickets and / or pay at the 8. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's P..."Don't really know, feel a bit shy,- well to for many years, along with others (including door. Chest (2006) - £52.5m myself) who have more recently been be honest I feel a bit scared of chapels and OCTOBER 19th ... Come and join us for a introduced to this Christian family." 9. The Full Monty (1997) - £52.2m churches and all those things to do with HARVEST SUPPER followed with a bi- P..."O.K. I'll think about it- bye " God" lingual QUIZ. 10. Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom M..."bye - for now, - hope to see you M..."Really, why?" Menace (1999) - £51m P..."Cause I don’t understand these things again" DECEMBER 1st ... Our CHRISTMAS FAIR (Source: UK Film Council 2006) and you cant see or touch or prove that End of conversation. to be held at Bethlehem vestry ... where is

God is real" that? … attached to the Chapel... where is Have you thought about it? M..."True, but isnt that all the more reason that? ... read the beginning of this article People are lonely because they to come to our services, so that you can That is, coming to say thank you to Jesus and it'll tell you!!! build walls instead of bridges. search your mind, - examine your thoughts for allowing Himself to be nailed to 2 pieces and feelings about things in your life, and Os am fwy o wybodaeth am ein heglwys, of wood, which obviously gave Him pain speak to God about these things that you're cysylltwch a mi. that we cannot possibly imagine- (perhaps unsure of" you've hammered a small nail through your

A HERO FROM POLAND and to reduce the forward momentum of the aircraft on ground impact, the pilot The identity of the brave and skilful pilot of instantly decided to crash the aircraft on its the hurricane fighter aircraft which crashed wing, which allied to the fact that its in wartime Pwll, May 1941 has been known airspeed had now decreased to only 70 for sometime, namely F/Lt Waclaw mph, fortunately did indeed succeed in Wilczewski, but until now he has remained bringing the aircraft quickly to a stop in the faceless – that is, there was no photograph field where the Pwll cricket ground is now of him available. located, at the rear of Isfryn and Bethlehem Chapel.

The low speed of the aircraft immediately prior to landing was itself dangerous, and by intentionally crashing the aircraft the

pilot very probably avoided an involuntary

crash on perhaps even less suitable landing space, or perhaps on to Pwll dwelling houses and the catastrophic

consequences such an event would have precipitated.

This gallant officer, whose life was in jeopardy by virtue of his aircraft developing serious mechanical problems, sought to avoid crashing in a built up area. He had twice made preparation to make an emergency landing, first at the Penyfan playing fields in Llanelli and secondly at the cricket ground at Stradey. On both occasions he did not complete his landing intentions due to the many people being in Fortunately, F/Lt Waclaw Wilczewski’s both proposed emergency landing areas, photograph has recently come to hand, and and who would have been exposed to peril it is published here, together with a copy of by such action. The aircraft striking power the official entry in the 316 Squadron cables at Stradey, increased the difficulty of (Polish) Operational Record Book relating aircraft control which further exacerbated to the incident (see next page). his own perilous situation. He subsequently deliberately crashed his aircraft in a field, We salute him and give thanks for his even though of limited space. Because of coolness, skill and courage in the crisis that the small landing space available to him (© - D Howell Rees) he faced on that long ago wartime May day. PWLL SCHOOL school. I know where all the classes are PWLL SCHOOL - Continued Goodbye Year 6 already and I’m looking forward to starting. Wendy told us that all oils are blended with However, I have been really happy since drape seed oil to avoid skin allergies. We Most of us in year six have been in Pwll Welcome & Goodbye I’ve come to Pwll School and will be sorry had massages on our feet, head and School for the last seven years and will be to leave.” hands. Everyone had a relaxing time. sad to leave. Six of the fifteen children in Welcome! Thank you Wendy. (By Jamie and Alysha) our class have joined us from other Christopher has been to Garreglwyd in I came to this school after the Easter schools. Emily and Yasmin joined us when Gwendraeth School on two visits. He met holidays. I used to go to a school called St Tai Chi - Year 5 have also been having we were in the infants. Megan, Matthew, his new teacher, Mr Hiskiss and Matthew, Catherine’s which was in Bristol. I moved some Tai Chi lessons with Mr Preston Scott and Adrew Jagger have also moved Daniel, Liam and David who will be in his here with my mum and brother. My brother, James. During the lessons Preston to the school since we have been in the class. He settled in well and I am sure he Daniel is in year 3. I like coming to Pwll showed us some pictures of things he had juniors. will be very happy there. School. In school my favourite part is seen and done in China and taught us writing and playing on the yard. My friends Zac and Eleri are looking forward to starting some Chinese words. Here are some of name is Amber. (Kiera Veal – Year 2) those words:- in St John Lloyd after the holidays. Zac says, “I am excited and nervous and I will Goodbye! Hello ninhao nee how miss all my friends who are going to I am leaving Pwll School at the end of term Good Bye zaijian zi jee ahn Glanymor but I will miss Pwll School most to move to Chalgrave in England. We are Thank you xiexie sea air sae air of all because I have enjoyed my time moving so that we can be closer to Gran Yes shi shr here”. and Grandpa. We have seen our house No bu boo (Report by Cara Davies) and it is nice although our garden is a lot Mother muqin moo cheen Sports Day smaller. I will be starting my new school in Father fuquin foo Cheen

On Sports day we went to the park. All the September. Anger Management – Four children were infants sat together and the juniors sat in I am not looking forward to leaving Pwll also chosen to take part in an anger their teams. Firstly the 4 year old boys School but am excited because I don’t management programme. During the To get ready for our new school we have raced and there were lots of race. The egg remember what its like to move. I’m going sessions we used puppets, played games had open days when we met friends and and spoon, the sack race and bean bag to miss all y friends in Pwll School. I’m and used cards to talk about different got to know our new school. Ten of us are race. My favourite was the shuttle relay. looking forward to making new friends in emotions. Debs also showed us how to use going to Glanymor in September and There were for teams, Stradey, Stepney, my new school as it is much bigger than massage to calm our nerves if we were recently went for a day to get used to the Graig and Dulais. We raced them all then Pwll School. I don’t want to move because feeling anxious about something. We school. We had two lessons and and we Mr Thomas announced with the big I’m going to miss the teachers in Pwll enjoyed the sessions. spent the morning with our new form speaker who came last to first. In the School. (Amber Chainey – Year 1) th rd teachers. We had to write about the person infants, Graig were 4 , Stradey were 3 , nd sitting next to us and we had to read out Stepney were 2 and Dulais were first. CYCA The older I grow, the more I distrust the Stradey were 1 st in the juniors. Then the what we had written. Older pupils of This term our school was chosen to take familiar doctrine that age brings Glanymor were chosen to be mentors to cup was presented to the team captains. part in an emotional health programme run wisdom. help us settle in. They stayed with us The parents raced and Kalli’s mum won the by CYCA. During the programme year 5 throughout the day to guide us around the race and Yasmin’s uncle won the men’s children took part in activities such as school. We were very surprised about how race. aromatherapy, tai chi and anger BRITISH SUMMER TIME long the school was but a lot of us have got (Report by Tristan Morris – Year 2) management. ENDS Dance Aerobics used to the school and know our way around so it seems a little smaller now. We On Monday we had dance aerobics in the Year 5 Have A Relaxing Time - Six pupils British Summer Time officially th met a few of the teachers and they are very hall. Our teacher was Miss Hall and she from year 5 have been having ends on Sunday October 28 nice but we are very excited to start in wore a sparkling green top, black trousers aromatherapy sessions. Those pupils are so don’t forget to turn your clocks BACK Glanymor and get to know more of the and pink trainers. She taught us exercises Jamie, Alysha, Owen, Declan, Chris and one hour before going to bed on Saturday. teachers. to music like cycling on our backs and she Atlanta.

Megan and Matthew are starting Coedcae also taught us a little dance. We all enjoyed We used lavender, chamomile, it and we hope she’ll come back again. frankincense and rose woods oils for Adults are just kids who owe school in September. Megan says, “I can’t wait to get all my clothes ready. We went to (Hanna W., Amber Ch., Carys W., Kiera V., Georgia T., relaxation and spearmint and myrtle for money. Coedcae and they showed us around the Lowri B.) focus and concentration.

HUMPTY DUMPTY COCKTAIL GARNISHES MARIE RED LADY OF GOAT’S HOLE CAVE, CURIE PAVILAND • Carrot sticks • CANCER Celery stalks (usually with leaves Contrary to initial thoughts - she is in fact a attached) CARE he. In 1823 the remains of the Red Lady of • Cherries Paviland were discovered by • Cinnamon, grated Ever wanted to get behind the wheel of a palaeontologist and clergyman Reverend • Cocktail olives, Cocktail onions fire engine or drive a JCB? William Buckland, who removed them from • Lemon slice, twist, or wedge the Goat's Hole cave on Gower. He • Ladies Driving Challenge mistakenly assumed the skeleton was Lime slice, twist, or wedge Sunday October 28, 2007- Pembrey Racing • female - as its bones were dyed red - and Mint sprigs or leaves Circuit he identified it as being from Roman times. • Nutmeg, grated You will have the opportunity to drive a It has since been confirmed as a male and Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, • Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. Orange slice, twist, or wedge variety of unusual and thrilling vehicles and many thousands of years older - around • Pineapple slice or wedge it is great fun whether as part of a team or 26,000 years old to be precise. All the King's horses, And all the King's men • Pepper on your own. The Paviland man was buried with

Couldn't put Humpty together again! • Salt, coarse (applied to glass) ornaments like shells, ivory, and mammoth Experienced drivers will help you get to • bones, and his skeleton was packed with Sugar, granulated or powdered grips with some of the most unusual and Humpty Dumpty was in fact a large • Shrimp challenging vehicles you will ever drive. red ochre. Subsequently it was taken to Oxford University - because there was no cannon! It was used during the English • Strawberries So grab your gear stick, floor the museum of Wales at the time. It remained Civil War (1642 - 1649) in the Siege of • Watermelon wedge accelerator and show the men in your life Colchester (13 Jun 1648 - 27 Aug 1648). what you're made of! there until 2006 when it was agreed in principle that it could be borrowed by Wales Colchester was strongly fortified by the Please note all entrants must be aged 18 or Royalists and was laid to siege by the and so it's expected to be displayed here in over and have a full UK driving licence (with 2007 as part of the centenary celebrations Parliamentarians (Roundheads). In 1648 less than 9 points) which must be the town of Colchester was a walled town of the National Museum of Wales. SUMMER WEATHER WETTEST ON presented on the day of your event. with a castle and several churches and was RECORD Paviland man was in fact only aged about protected by the city wall. Standing Even if you do not wish to participate, 21 when he died and his remains are immediately adjacent the city wall, was St The early summer has been the wettest please come and support this event. probably the oldest in Britain. since records began more than 240 years Mary's Church. A huge cannon, colloquially Kate Messer of Pwll Road will be called Humpty Dumpty, was strategically ago, the Met Office has confirmed. Of course when his body was laid to rest in participating in this event. Any sponsorship placed on the wall next to St Mary's the cave - the location wasn't quite so Figures covering three months up to 23 will be greatly appreciated. coastal at that time. The cave was probably Church. July show more than 387mm (15.2in) of For further information, contact Kate on more than 100km from the sea. Land A shot from a Parliamentary cannon rain fell in England and Wales. 01554 755665, or visit erosion has made it a decidedly more succeeded in damaging the wall beneath That is more than double the average of http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/events/ladiesd scenic final resting place - and of course at Humpty Dumpty, which caused the cannon 186mm (7.3in) for the period, resulting in rivingchallenges/ldc_wales_and_west/ that stage he was interred there Wales was to tumble to the ground. The Royalists, or two bouts of devastating floods in parts of still attached to Europe Cavaliers, 'all the King's men' attempted to England in June and July. Even so analysis shows that his diet would raise Humpty Dumpty on to another part of Humour is the great thing, the saving the wall. However, because the cannon, or The previous biggest summer deluge since thing. The minute it crops up, all our have consisted of fish, the odd bit of Humpty Dumpty, was so heavy 'All the records started in 1766 came in 1789 when irritations and resentments slip away mammoth meat and venison - courtesy of King's horses and all the King's men almost 350mm (13.8in) fell. and a sunny spirit takes their place. the reindeer that would have been living on Gower then. couldn't put Humpty together again!' This had a drastic consequence for the Royalists In recent years he has become the subject as the strategically important town of Show you care - a nd others will care Always do right. This will gratify some of a campaign for his return to Wales. Colchester fell to the Parliamentarians after for you. people and astonish the rest. a siege lasting eleven weeks.

HOLY TRINITY the charities offered consumers the opportunity to buy products which were PWLL SOCCER CLUB CHURCH

bought on the basis of a fair trade. Pwll enjoyed a successful 2006-2007 season with the first team finishing second in the league to Perhaps one of the Fairtrade labelling was created in the gain promotion to the Premier Division, while the reserve team put in a st erling finish to maintain most significant Netherlands in the late 1980s. The Max their place in the top flight. The club held their annual presentation evening at the Ashburnham things that is Havelaar Foundation launched the first Hotel where the guests included the chairman of the Rural Council, the secretary of the happening in this Carmarthenshire League and the landlord and landlady of the clubs headquarters, the Talbot Inn. Fairtrade consumer guarantee label in 1988 county and area at the moment is to do with on coffee sourced from Mexico. Today FLO Entertainment was provided by the Blues Brother and a disco. The following players won the Fair Trade. The Carmarthenshire Fair (Fairtrade Labelling Organisation) co- awards – presented by the managers Dennis Hughes and Mark Aitken with chairman Gordon Trade Group are working hard to promote ordinates Fairtrade labelling in 20 countries Billings as master of ceremonies . Fair Trade and to establish including the UK. Fairtrade guarantees: a st 1 team player of the year – Steve Phillips and Lee Burns Carmarthenshire as a ‘Fair Trade County’ . price that covers production and a living 1st team players player of the year – Christian Bonnell Of the twelve towns in Carmarthenshire, nd wage; decent working conditions; no child 2 team player of the year – Darren Blake most have now, through their respective nd labour; rights for women; few or no 2 team players player of the year – Andrew Mooney Town Councils, resolved to become ‘Fair Top goal scorer – Lee Burns chemicals to protect workers and the Trade Towns’, including Pembrey and Clubman of the year - Tom Watkeys environment; a long term trading Burry Port, Kidwelly and (I think) Llanelli. Sportsman of the year – Jason Saunders relationship and a social premium that Young player of the year – Kevin Evans Furthermore, many churches in the county invests in community projects such as are also supporting the cause. Indeed, at schools and hospitals. An enjoyable evening was attended by 86 guests and the club received the following letter from our last PCC meeting, the Parish of Burry their hosts, the Ashburnham Hotel. Port with Pwll resolved to become a ‘Fair How can I help? You can help by: shopping for fair trade Trade Parish’. products (easily identifiable by the blue and Why does Fair Trade Matter? green logo) and if you can’t find them ask Fair trade matters desperately because, for them; stop buying exploitative products, within our world: a child dies of poverty and tell the company why; talk about Fair every three seconds; workers on banana Trade and get involved with Fair Trade. plantations can earn as little as 60p a day; More details are available from Mark children are Richardson on 07766 015664 or from: abused through [email protected]. overwork with little or no FORTHCOMING EVENTS AT HOLY reward; long TRINITY Friday 14 September: Jumble Sale at working hours make for ill health and family strain; Holy Trinity Church Hall from 5.00pm dangerous working conditions contribute to Sunday 30 September: Harvest Sunday in Holy Trinity: Family Eucharist at 9.00am and high mortality; environmental damage Evensong with Sermon at 5.00pm. The guest causes short and long term concerns; no rights for workers make those stuck in the preacher will be the Revd Ceri Davies, Llanelli cycle of poverty vulnerable and without Tuesday 2 October: Harvest Supper in Holy Trinity Church Hall at 7.00pm hope. Friday 16 November: Christmas Fayre in Holy

What is Fairtrade ? Trinity Church Hall from 5.00pm

In the 1970s and 1980s, development May I take this opportunity of reminding agencies recognised the important role that parishioners who cannot get to church that consumers could play to improve the Home Communion is distributed on the situation for producers. By buying direct Looking forward to the new season, the first team have a new player manager, Robert Thomas second Monday of each month. If you can who has experience in the Welsh League with Carmart hen Town and Ammanford and holds a from farmers at better prices, helping to not get to church and would appreciate UEFA class C coaching badge. Pre season training has gone well and the club will be looking to strengthen their organisations and communion at home, please contact Elaine consolidate its position in the Premier Division, while the reserve team under the leadership of marketing their produce directly through Unsted on 750209. Mark Aitken and Andrew Mooney will be hoping for a good start when the season begins on their own one world shops and catalogues, September 1 st . The club has its own website and to follow the clubs p rogress, log on to R Paul Davies - Vicar of Pwll www.westwalessport.com and follow the links “Football” then “Pwll”. LETTERS TO THE (The editorial team unreservedly apologises for any WHATS ON IN THE AREA fireworks display over historic Carmarthen distress that may have been caused by the publication EDITOR of the story in question). Castle. September 1 st & 2 nd FEAR rd Dear Mr Kent & Mr Williams, MACS November 23 I hope you don’t mind me What do people fear most? At The United Counties Llanelli Christmas Carnival writing, only one letter, but I’ve got arthritis the top of the list is death, the Showground, Nantyci. Spring Gardens, Llanelli fear of which is necrophobia. Town Centre. very badly in my right hand. Music Festival featuring established acts One of the largest events in Very many thanks for you wonderful Second, apparently, is the fear of failure, and artists about to explode onto the scene. the County sees over 15,000 “Bônau Cabbage Patch Magazine”, which I which is called kakorrhaphiophobia. After Strong local presence and Welsh medium people celebrate the start of received today. What a wonderful reading this article you may have music crossing all genres. 5 stages, chill the Xmas period with a magazine. I laughed at some of the sayings developed a fear of words! Which is out village, carnival atmosphere. logophobia. Or perhaps you developed a carnival parade, live music, until I felt tears in my eyes. th th fear of a particular word or name, which is September 8 & 9 competitions, stalls, The reason I am writing to you now is to tell onomatophobia. Health Fitness & Wellbeing Show 2007 refreshments, fireworks, children’s rides you I was with Gwen Beynon when she Selwyn Samuel Centre, Llanelli, West and the official switching on of the lights. If you handled the short words well but gave birth to her daughter Gwyneth (page 3 Wales, Llanelli. developed a fear of long words, you suffer th th of “Some Memories of Pwll”). Gwen had a The 3rd annual Health Fitness & Wellbeing 24 & 25 November brother who lived two or three doors up. I hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia . show is Wales’ unique healthy lifestyle Carmarthen was working for them. My name at that time exhibition showcasing health, fitness, Antiques & was Phyllis Parr and I left them in 1940 to PWLL CARNIVAL – 1983 beauty and healthy food related exhibits. Collectors' Fair marry my husband Gwyn Harry. I’ve lived in United Counties Llangennech ever since. September 16 th Showground

Please find enclosed a cheque to help with Roman Games Fun Day Carmarthen producing The Bônau Cabbage Patch. & Carnival Carmarthen The last fair of the year - your chance to Park, Carmarthen. speak to specialist dealers covering a Yours faithfully, fascinating range of unusual collectors' A huge variety of family Phyllis Harry fun activities with a Roman fields. Your last chance to buy a special Christmas gift. (Thanks for the story, the compliments, and the cheque. twist in the heart of Carmarthen! We’re happy and please you enjoy the magazine). th October 7 th 24 November Wonderful Welsh Weddings Show Carmarthen Town Treats Hi Stuart, United Counties Showground, Carmarthen. Carmarthen Town Centre. I read with interest Pamela's This exhibition allows for a wide variety of A showcase for local music, memories of Pwll. stands embracing the traditional elements arts & dance groups! such as dresses, cars, cakes and flowers, I remember the many th but also original ideas for a more unusual 30 November characters well but cannot day to remember. Ammanford Christmas recall my parents dispensing drinks with Carnival "very little joy". The Travellers Well was a th November 16 Quay Street, Ammanford typical and popular community "local" run Carmarthen Christmas Live music, competitions, stalls, by two genial and respected landlords in a lights switch-on refreshments, children’s rides, professional manner. Carmarthen. fireworks and the official switching on of the Regular customers enjoyed dominoes, Celebrating the start of lights. cards, darts and lively Saturday nights the Xmas period in ending with the inevitable singing and picturesque Guildhall Married life is very frustrating. In the enjoyed by all. These are my memories. square in Carmarthen first year of marriage, the man speaks

with carol singing & the Mary Sutton and the wife listens. In the second official switching of the Tracey Sullivan – Pwll Carnival Queen 1983 year, the woman speaks and the lights plus a huge aerial husband listens. In the third year, they

both speak and the neighbours listen. SAD (Seasonal climate, whether skiing or somewhere hot, A GIRLS REPLY Question : What do you do with a man who Affective Disorder) is indeed a cure). The preferred level of thinks he's God's gift? light is about as bright as a spring morning Question : What is Answer : Exchange him!! Whether you thought it on a clear day and for most people sitting in the difference was called SAD Question : Why do men like smart women? front of a light box, allowing the light to between men and syndrome, Seasonal Answer : Opposites attract. reach the eyes, for between 15 and 45 puppies? Adjustment Disorder, minutes daily will be sufficient to alleviate Answer : Puppies Seasonal Affected Disorder or just plain the symptoms. The user does not have to grow up. SAD Disorder then you've come to the right stare at the light, but can watch TV or read place. The terms Winter Depression or CONGRATULATIONS or similar, just allowing the light to reach the Question : Why do Winter Blues are also sometimes used, eyes. men always have a stupid look on their Congratulations to Emma and especially when describing milder types of faces? Andrew Mooney on the birth of More information available from SAD th SAD. Answer : Because they are... their son Niall William on Thursday 12 Association, P.O. Box 989, Steyning, BN44 Animals react to the changing seasons with July. Niall weighed in at 6lb 15oz 3HG Question : What do men have in common changes in mood, metabolism and with ceramic tiles? behaviour and human beings are just the Answer : Fix them properly once and you same. Most people find they eat and sleep can walk all over them forever. slightly more in winter and dislike the dark The more sand that has escaped from mornings and short days. For some, the hourglass of our life, the clearer we Question : If you drop a man and a brick however, symptoms are severe enough to should be able to see through it. out of a plane, which one would hit the disrupt their lives and to cause ground first? considerable distress. These people are Answer : Who cares????? suffering from SAD. Question : What did God say after he The symptoms tend to start from around ENDANGERED FISH & CHIPS created man? September each year lasting until April, but Answer : I can do better than this! And then are at their worst in the darkest months of The population of a species of shark, which he created woman!!!. December and January. is commonly served up in British fish and Question : What's the difference between Above: Niall William Above: William Daniel Around 2% of people in Northern Europe chips shops, is on the verge of collapse, a an intelligent man & a UFO? Congratulations also to Elaine and Michael suffer badly, with many more (10%) putting global conservation body has warned. Answer : I don't know, I've never seen on the birth of their son William Daniel on up with milder symptoms (sub-syndromal North Atlantic stocks of spiny dogfish have either. nd SAD or the Winter Blues). Across the world declined by 95% over the past 10 years the June 2 . Daniel entered this world the incidence increases with distance from World Wildlife Fund have announced. Question : What are two reasons why men weighing 7lbs 12oz the equator, except where there is snow on don't mind their own business? The spiny dogfish is commonly known as the ground, when it becomes less common. Answer : i) no mind ii) no business ‘rock salmon’ or ‘huss’ and is a slender, More women than men are diagnosed as smaller sized white-spotted shark that Question : Why did Moses wander in the PENGUINS having SAD. Children and adolescents are grows to about one metre long and travels desert for 40 years? also vulnerable. During the 1982 Falklands war British pilots in schools. It is found in cool, coastal Answer: Because even back then men reported that penguins toppled over The problem stems from the lack of bright waters worldwide. It is used in fish and wouldn't ask for directions. backward while gazing at the light in winter. Researchers have proved chips in the UK and as a smoked meat planes. British navy pilots were Question : What is the difference between that bright light makes a difference to the delicacy in Germany, called Schillerlocken. then banned from flying low men and pigs? brain chemistry, although the exact means (www.wwf.org..uk) over penguin colonies. It led to Answer : Pigs don't turn into men when by which sufferers are affected is not yet a UK government study of the known. It is not a psychosomatic or they drink... penguin-toppling effect. For imaginary illness. DID YOU KNOW seventeen days two helicopters were flown Question : What makes men chase women As the cause is lack of bright light, the Worldwide, 20,000 brands of beer are they have no intention of marrying? from varying directions and heights over the treatment is to be in bright light every day brewed in 180 styles, from ales, lagers, Answer : The same urge that makes dogs penguins. The result? It's official: penguins by using a light box or a similar bright light pilsner and stouts to bitters, cream ales and chase vehicles they have no intention of do not topple over while gazing at therapy device. (Going to a brightly-lit iced beers. driving. aeroplanes.

PWLL CRICKET CAPEL LIBANUS Gobeithio y gallwn gael Sul Pasta a Reis

With only a few matches to play our boys are flying high at the top of Division 4. By the time this CHAPEL eleni eto ar Sul Diolchgarwch ar 14 Hydref

magazine is published we will know whether they retained their top spot and gained promotion to 2007. th Oedfaon y Sul am 10.00 y the division three. (Table correct as at 4 August) bore Estynnwn groeso cynnes i ddarllenwyr First XI - Division Four Ysgol Sul :- Bone Cabej I ymuno yn yr oedfaon a’r Club/Team Mch W L D W-D L-D Total Y plant am 10.15. gweithgareddau. Yr oedolion yn dilyn yr oedfa. Rhif ffon 01554 758023 am fanylion 1 Pwll 14 10 1 0 0 0 259 Un Oedfa Gymun y mis a’r Suliau yn pellach. amrywio. 2 Hills Plymouth 13 6 2 1 2 0 205 Cynhelir Cyfarfodydd arbennig :- 3 Drefach 14 4 3 0 3 0 184 Diolchgarwch a’r Nadolig. Sul y chwiorydd yn flynyddol. CYMORTH CRISTNOGOL / 4 Bronwyth 14 4 3 0 1 2 179 Sul y dynion yn flynyddol. CHRISTIAN AID Suliau plant ac athrawon yr Ysgol Sul. 5 Baglan 13 4 4 0 0 2 152 Suliau dan arweiniad yr aelodau. This year the Christian Aid Week United Suliau o Fawl. Service was held at Holy Trinity Church. 6 Llandysul 13 3 5 0 2 1 133 Sul Undebol Capeli Cymraeg Llanelli a’r Members of the three Churches in the village (Holy Trinity, Libanus and 7 Margam 13 3 8 0 0 0 124 Cylch – Sul olaf mis Mehefin Bethlehem) took part in this Special Service 8 Porthcawl 13 2 7 1 1 1 123 GWEITHGAREDDAU’R FLWYDDYN :- and we were able to show a short film Cymdeithas Ddiwylliadol - Y cyfarfodydd through the medium of Power Point, of El 9 Winch Wen 13 3 5 0 0 3 110 yn ail ddechrau pob pythefnos ar nos Lun Salvador and the practical aid given to the am 7 o’r gloch. Bydd amrywiaeth people. The Service collection, together WATCH WITH MOTHER ddiddorol o siaradwyr a brethyn cartref yn with the money from House to House GENTLEMEN’S ystod y tymor a chinio Nadolig I edrych collection amounted to over £500. A big • Picture Book - Mondays (from WIMBLEDON TITLE ymlaen ato. thank you for your support and generosity. 1955) Presented by Patricia Croeso cynnes i aelodau hen a newydd.

Driscoll and (later) by Vera The United Christmas Carol Service will be GB 35 Dosbarth Llenyddiaeth - Pob nd McKechnie held at Bethlehem Chapel this year on 2 USA 33 prynhawn dydd Mercher, am 2 o’r gloch December at 10.30.am. Please come along • Andy Pandy - Tuesdays (from Australia 21 yn y Festri. Sylwch, os gwelwch yn dda, even if it’s for the first time. You will receive 1950) France 7 bod yr amser wedi newid. a very warm welcome. Sweden 7 • Flower Pot Men - Wednesdays Dewch i gymdeithasu a mwyhau darllen a Bu oedfa Undebol Cymorth Cristnogol yn Switzerland 5 (from 1952) thrafod llenyddiaeth Gymraeg a Chymreig. canolbwyntio ar fobl El Salvador eleni ac Germany 4 • Rag, Tag and Bobtail - Thursdays Bydd y cwrs yn para 10 wythnos. effaith y tywydd arnynt, y corwyntoedd, y New Zealand 4 (from 1953) Cewch groeso cynnes i ddosbarth llifogydd a’r tonnau anferth ddaw wrth i’r Czechoslovakia 1 • poblogaidd iawn dan arweiniad Bethan The Woodentops - Fridays (from hinsawdd newid. Cafwyd Oedfa Undebol Egypt 1 1955) Clement. arbennig yn dangos ffilm o waith y mudiad Holland 1 Pwyllgor Cymorth Cristnogol yn cwrdd yn yr ardal. Spain 1 yn y Festri Croatia 1 Bydd Oedfa Carolau Undebol i ddathlu’r DID YOU KNOW “Support for Romania” Nadolig ym Methlehem eleni ar 2 Rhagfyr And if you don’t believe the GB result read ‘Rydym wedi derbyn llythyr o ddiolch am y 2007 am 10.30.yb. Dewch i ddathlu’r Geni on… Britons won the first 30 Wimbledon There are more movies produced in India than in Hollywood. dillad gasglwyd yn ystod mis Mehefin. Dros gyda ni – croeso cynnes I bawb. titles between 1877 and 1906, but there 90 o fagiau a dillad bron yn newydd i have only been five successes since. Anyone interested in more information or One in ten people lives on an island. fenywod, dynion, plant a babanod. Hefyd Arthur Gore won in 1908 and 1909 while who have a little spare time, we would be Peter the Great introduced a tax for people am y dillad gwely ddaeth i law yn ystod Fred Perry was victorious in 1934, 1935 more than glad of your help. Contact No. with beards. Gorffenaf. and 1936. 01554 758023 or any of the Christian Aid Diolch yn fawr am eich ymateb a’ch committee. Thank you. cefnogaeth. DEAR DOCTOR ◊ .... Then you told some woman whose DRINKING RULES before asking for “plain”. It helps us learn

husband had lost all interest in them to the stock). ◊ Please remember to order one Dear Doctor…. send him to a doctor. Well, my husband lost drink at a time as we like to run backwards ◊ When buying a pint for Jim, Tom, all interest in me years ago and he is a and forwards: it helps to keep us fit. Fred, etc please don’t ask them what they ◊ …. I've been doctor. want. Just tell us their name and show us

married for six years ◊ When ordering a round please where they are standing because we like to .... This is the second marriage for both and have five kids. ◊ make sure you don’t know what you want guess and we get such a thrill when we No twins. My of us, and when my husband said "I Will" when you arrive at the bar, we like to stand guess it right. husband still wants to have relations every he knew damn well he couldn't. and wait while you nip backwards and night and sometimes in the morning too. I forwards or shout across the room to find ◊ If, upon arriving at the bar, there is told him he should get himself a hobby, and out, although we do generally find that somebody waiting before you, shout up CHOCOLATE before them. We like to be abused by he says that is his hobby. other people at the bar have been waiting The Olmecs, the oldest “half an hour” and may start moaning. Not people who think they have been served ◊ …. I have a man I never could trust. He known civilization of the your problem. out of turn and it is usually our fault. We cheats so much I'm not even sure the baby Americas, were the first have the ability to keep track of people as I'm carrying is his. users of cacao. Cacao is, they arrive at the bar particularly on busy of course, used for making nights. So why not use it. ◊ .... I am a twenty-three-year-old liberated chocolate. ◊ If you have been waiting at the bar woman who has been on the pill for two for at least two minutes then please heckle years. It's getting expensive and I think my In the early 19th century, the English developed solid eating chocolate. The first us and tell us you have been waiting half an boyfriend should share half the cost, but I hour. It helps to keep us on our toes and don't know him well enough to discuss chocolate box was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868, when he decorated a we have no concept of time. money with him. candy box with a painting of his young ◊ Can we remind you that the bell is ◊ .... I suspected that my husband had daughter holding a kitten in her arms. just to make sure you’re awake. We don’t been fooling around, and when I confronted Cadbury also introduced the first want you to come to the bar for last orders him with the evidence he denied everything Valentine's Day candy box. until at least ten minutes after we have and said it would never happen again. In 1875, after experimenting for 8 years, ◊ Once you have received two started to turn the lights off.

Daniel Peter of Switzerland added milk to drinks please take them back to your table (Submitted by: Pwll Pub Worker) ◊ …. Our son writes that he is taking Judo. chocolate to create today's familiar milk and stay for a quick chat before coming Why would a boy who was raised in a good chocolate. He then sold his creation to his back to pay. We’ll still be waiting. We’re not Christian home turn against his own? MAKES YOU THINK neighbour, Henri Nestle. going anywhere and we appreciate the rest.

◊ …. I joined the Navy to see the world. I've In the 6th century BC Greek ◊ Always order Guinness last. We mathematician Pythagoras seen it. Now how do I get out? DID YOU KNOW really want you to stand at the bar with all said that earth is round - but Music was sent down a your other drinks while it settles and are ◊ …. My forty-year-old son has been few agreed with him. telephone line for the first time in particularly pleased when we forget to top it paying a psychiatrist £35 an hour every 1876, the year the phone was up. Greek astronomer Aristarchos week for two-and-a-half years. He must be invented. said in the 3rd century BC that crazy. ◊ Never put money in our hands. earth revolves around the sun - but the idea

Sound travels through water 3 times faster We prefer to pick it up off the bar – was not accepted. ◊ …. I was married to Bill for three months than through air. especially if it’s all in change and sitting in a and I didn't know he drank until one night In the 2nd century BC Greek astronomer A square piece of dry paper cannot be puddle of beer. he came home sober. Erastosthenes accurately measured the folded in half more than 7 times. ◊ Never say “please” or “thank you”. distance around the earth at about 40,000 ◊ …. My mother is mean and short- It only irritates us. Air becomes liquid at about minus 190 km (24,860 miles) - but nobody believed tempered. I think she is going through her degrees Celsius. ◊ Always wait until you have been him. mental pause. told how much your round is before asking Liquid air looks like water with a bluish tint. In the 2nd century AD Greek astronomer for crisps, snacks etc. (When requiring Ptolemy stated that earth was the centre of ◊ .... I met this nice guy who was in the The thin line of cloud that forms behind an ready-salted crisps please ensure you ask the universe - most people believed him for service. He's the chief petting officer. aircraft at high altitudes is called a contrail. for the full range of flavours available the next 1,400 years. John DAVIES / S / 6 / Pembrey / Sch ANSWERS ARE IN THE BÔNAU HUMOUR Soviet Virgin Lands Short Of GENES ------Dwelling - 3 Tyfatty (Dyfatty) Road Some more sayings from the Goal Again

Continuing our walk through Pwll great Mae West British Left Waffles On in 1881. I’m lost again! It does William ROBERT / Head / W / 72 / Pembrey / Coal Miner. Marriage is a great Falkland Islands appear that we might have now institution, but I'm not ready finished with Pwll and we are Charles ROBERT / S / U / 21 / Pembrey / Lab' Lung Cancer In Women Mushrooms Brickyard for an institution. actually heading for Burry Port. (D = Daughter / S = Son / U = Elizabeth ROBERT / D In Law / M / 27 / One and one is two, and two and two is Eye Drops Off Shelf Pembrey / Mariners Wife. Unmarried / B = Born / W = four, and five will get you ten if you know Widow(er) / Sch = Scholar). Margaret J ROBERT / Grand Dau / 4 / Teacher Strikes Idle Kids how to work it. Pembrey / Sch Reagan Wins On Budget, But Dwelling - Goodig Fach Joseph ROBERT / Grand Son / 11m / Pembrey Right now I think censorship is necessary; ------More Lies Ahead the things they're doing and saying in films Ann DAVIES / Head / W / 75 / Llandeveylog, / Dwelling - 4 Tyfatty (Dyfatty) Road right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim Farmer 30 Acres 1 Serv' Hannah DAVIES / D / U / 47 / Pembrey / John CHARLES / Head / M / 61 / Pembrey / Coal no dignity anymore and I think that's very Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66 Farmers Daughter Miner. important. Evan WALTERS / Servant / U / 35 / Mary CHARLES / wife / 64 / Pembrey Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Axe Llandeveylog / Farmers Servant Margaret Charles / U / 26 / Pembrey / Cook, Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and ------Domestic Servant another, in case it doesn't rain. Plane Too Close To Ground, Crash Probe Dwelling - Goodig Fach Cottage Sarah CHARLES / U / 19 / Pembrey / General Told Say what you want about long dresses, but Servant, Dom. they cover a multitude of shins. Miners Refuse to Work After Death Williams WILLIAMS / Head / W / 52 / Pembrey / ------Coal Miner Dwelling - 5 Tyfatty (Dyfatty) Road Sex is emotion in Grandmother of eight makes hole in one Mary WILLIAMS / D / U / 17 / Pembrey ------Daniel THOMAS / Head / 32 / Llangunnock / Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing

Dwelling - Llettyrychenfach Farm. Haulier At A Colliery. Is it time for your medicat ion or mine? Two convicts evade noose, jury hung Jane THOMAS / Wife / 35 / Pembrey Thomas THOMAS / Head / 52 / Llandefeilog, / John THOMAS / S / 10 / Pembrey / Sch William Kelly was fed secretary Farmer 40 Acres. Margaret THOMAS / D / 8 / Pembrey / Sch HEADLINES Margaret THOMAS / Wife / 44 / Pembrey William THOMAS / S / 5 / Pembrey / Sch Sophia motion. This is a collection of Newspaper Headlines that William THOMAS / S / U / 17 /Pembrey THOMAS / D / 3 / Pembrey have been collected by journalists to show how She's the kind of girl who climbed the Farmers Son. Jesse THOMAS / S / 4 m / Pembrey John THOMAS / S / 14 / Pembrey / Sch not to do it! ladder of success wrong by wrong. ------Jane DAVIES / D / M / 20 / Pembrey Dwelling - 6 Tyfatty(Dyfatty)Road Something Went Wrong In Jet Crash, Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send David DAVIES / Son In Law / M / 26 / Expert Says one of them home, I'm tired. Llangendeirne / Shoe Maker Richard DUNN / Head / 54 / Pembrey / Labourer ------At A Copper Works Police Begin Campaign To Run Down Those who are easily shocked should be Building - Ifor Cottages - UNINHABITED (2 Mary DUNN / Wife / 53 / Pembrey Jaywalkers shocked more often. HOUSES) David DUNN / S / 11 / Pembrey / Sch ------Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers To err is human, but it feels divine.

Dwelling - 1 Dyfatty Road Dwelling - 1 New St. Should Be Belted Too much of a good thing can be taxing.

Margaret WILLIAMS / Head / W / 52 / Pembrey, William DAVIES / Head / W / 62 / Llangendeirn / Drunk Gets Nine Months In Violin Case Too much of a good thing can be Coal Miners Widow. Grocer. Survivor Of Siamese Twins Joins Parents wonderful. John WILLIAMS / S / U / 25 / Pembrey Brickman Rees DAVIES / S / U / 29 /Llandeveylog / Grocer At A Brickwork Assistant Farmer Bill Dies In House When choosing between two evils, I always Mary WILLIAMS / D / U / 23 / Pembrey / Ellen Jane DAVIES / D / U / 21 / Pembrey / like to try the one I've never tried before. Dressmaker. Housekeeper. Iraqi Head Seeks Arms When I'm good, I'm very good. But when ------Jane THOMAS / U / 24 / Pembrey / Domestic Is There A Ring Of Debris Around Uranus? Dwelling - 2 Dyfatty Road Servant I'm bad I'm better. (Article by Pwll Genealogy Fan) Stud Tires Out Jane DAVIES / Head / M / 46 / Pembrey Coal When women go wrong, men go right after Miners Wife. Prostitutes Appeal To Pope them . Eliza DAVIES / D / U / 17 / Pembrey Children begin by loving their parents; after a Panda Mating Fails: Veterinarian Takes You only live once, but if you do it right, Henry DAVIES / S / 11 / Pembrey / Sch time they judge them. Rarely, if ever, do they Thomas DAVIES / S / 8 / Pembrey / Sch Over once is enough. forgive them. (Oscar Wilde)