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Saturday 1st Feb at 7pm Sat 8th Feb & Fri 14th Feb at 7pm Sunday 1st March at 1pm A talk on the History of KINKY BOOTS THE MUSICAL CHRISTMAS PRESENCE Punch & Judy followed by a REUNION screening of JUDY & PUNCH Wednesday 20th Feb at 7pm National Theatre Live Presents Buffet Lunch followed by a CYRANO DE BERGERAC classic film. Fri 7th February & Fri 6th March at 9pm LIVE @ THE LANTERN Saturday 23rd Feb at 3pm Tuesday 3rd at 7pm and - OPEN MIC NIGHT Special Screening of PILGRIMS Sunday 8th March at 3pm PROGRESS with Tywyn Churches RIVERDANCE 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA Monday 10th February Friday 29th Feb at 6pm RELAXED SCREENING OF CATS THE SPOTLIGHTS Saturday 7th March at 8.30pm Relaxed screenings take place Tywyn & District Community at 1pm on the 2nd Monday of Award Ceremony THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES every month. Dress: Black Tie. All tickets £5. Live Theatre. Details and showtimes are on the website and in our programme www.tywyncinema.co.uk Telephone: 01654 710260

Food for All at The Magic Lantern

Following on from The Magic Lantern’s Christmas Day event, we are now hosting a pilot scheme for the charity Food for All UK. The charity currently distributes over 2,000 Food for All team, serving every Thursday 5-6pm meals daily in London and across the UK to anyone who is hungry or just enjoys the Food For All have been distributing free hot company! It is open to all. Initially the charity vegetarian meals for 30 years in London, and will be working with the young people in the gradually their network is spreading to other town to build a team of volunteers ready to towns and cities in the UK. serve everyone in Tywyn who would like to They are launching a new service in Meirionnydd come and eat. beginning 9th January here at The Magic Lantern There are many people of all ages who are finding from 5pm - 6pm and then every Thursday at the life very difficult, many face a choice of heating same time. Meals are available to all for free or by their homes or buying food, and people don’t like donation. The hope is to reach other local towns to ask for help, for fear of being labelled. It’s a over the course of 2020. problem more common than any of us like to think Anyone interested to help or to donate toward and The Magic Lantern is proud to have been asked running costs can get in touch with Rob by email to help in a small way. at: [email protected] 4 Sibrydion Sibrydion 5 Sibrydion 2020 Already! Cymunedol Where did that year go?

We have nearly reached the reckoning up stage of the calendar project, and now this issue is printed I can get on with that. It has been a long process. I would like to thank all the outlets who so very kindly took some for sale, as well as our printer, Jamprint, who printed them at cost, to support the cause. We will update you on the Debbie Ashton, funds raised in the next issue. Editor

I notice more and more that there are always people around us, some really close and some further afield, who need help and support. It is incredibly heartening to see people in our communities who simply knuckle down and get stuck into whatever is needed to help, whether to support a neighbour in need, or knitting bootees for Koala bears or Joey pouches for the wildlife injured in the fires currently ravaging Australia. The sense of community and willingness to help, is fantastic.

We still have the worst of the winter to come and so let’s remember to keep an eye open for neighbours who are living alone, particularly with all these viruses which are going around. If you haven’t seen someone for a day or two, and usually do, or in the event of power cuts, remember to knock the door to check all is ok, and they are able to keep warm. We are all so lucky to be living in this beautiful area, and to have the caring communities around us. Well done everyone!

Thank you to all the new volunteers who so kindly came forward and are delivering to homes in Tywyn, Bryncrug and Dolgellau. We are now giving our advertisers even more value for money by delivering Contributors/ to more than 1000 more homes. This could not be done with out the advertisers – Please volunteers so a HUGE thank you to all volunteers, new and old, you are note the submission all amazing and so very much appreciated. deadline for content in your diary (see Debbie Ashton – Editor right) –and supply in good time. Many 01341 250884 or [email protected] thanks.

6 Sibrydion Join us, Singing into the Spring! your first Come and sing with friendly local singing session is groups, your first session is FREE ! FREE in Dolgellau in Barmouth in Llanbedr with Swnion, Saturday with Singin’ Wimmin in with Cambrian Coast Singing Workshops every Parlwr Mawr at The Dragon Community Choir in the month with guest teachers. Theatre on Thursdays in newly refurbished Village Details: Richard Withers, term time at 7.30pm. Hall, every Monday in [email protected] Details from Ann 01341 247382. term time at 7.30pm. Details from Ann 01341 247382. [email protected] in Llwyngwril in Criccieth with Singwril every Monday with Lleisiau’r Byd / except first of the month World Voices in the from 7-9pm at Y Ganolfan. Jerusalem Hall Vestry on £3/session, including tea Wednesdays at 7.30pm. and cake! More details from Details from David 07840 957853. [email protected], [email protected] 07815574477 and ‘Singwril’ on Facebook.

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1/8 page – £39 / £45 1/6 page – £44 / £55 Contact Debbie Ashton 1/4 page – £60 / £72 1/3 page – £77 / £96 [email protected] Llyn Cynwch. Photo by Jean Napier, local professional Photographer and Author. www.jean-napier.com Delivered free to homes in villages: Abergynolwyn, Arthog, Bontddu, Bryncrug, Corris, Pick up a copy in: 1/2 page – £105 / £119 2/3 page – £154 / £180 Fairbourne, Friog, Llanegryn, Llanelltyd, Llwyngwril, Aberdyfi, Bala, Barmouth, Dinas 01341 250884 Penmaenpool, Rhoslefain, Taicynhaeaf. Mawddwy, Dolgellau, Dyffryn

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Sibrydion 7 Local Interest Tywyn Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Neuadd Pendre, Tywyn  The Old Territorial Army Drill Hall, Brook Street, Tywyn. email: [email protected]

Neuadd Pendre Social Centre is the ideal venue for meetings of groups. Rooms of various sizes are available for hire by the hour or day, or any mix of rooms can be hired for functions, events or celebrations. Fully modernised kitchen facilities of a commercial standard are available for events requiring catering and the licensed bar is also available on request, operated by the Neuadd Pendre Committee.

Kid’s ballet classes – Mondays, from 4.00-4:45pm (ballet infants), 5.00-5:45pm (ballet juniors) Contact Sarah Verity Gibbons. Adult Dance Fitness – Mondays 6-7pm and Wednesdays 7:30-8:30pm – Sarah Verity Gibbons. Kid’s Street Dance Classes – Wednesdays. Contact Sarah Verity Gibbons. 4-4:45 (street infants) / 5-5:45 (street juniors) / 6-6:45 (street seniors) Bingo – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Monday in month. 7.30–9.15pm. Contact. 01654 710694 or 01654 711839 Freewheelers Social Club – Every Tuesday 2.00–4.00pm. Various activities. Contact 01654 711839 Table Top Games for Ladies – Every Thursday 2-5pm Contact: 01654 711477 (Mrs Sheila Webster) Modern Jive classes plus social dancing. Every Thursday 7:30 to 9:30 - just turn up! No commitment needed, all abilities can learn easily. £2.50. Contact Steve & Sue Rollins; [email protected] 07747196014 or 01654 288538 Whist Drive – 3rd Friday in the month. Doors open 6.30pm for a prompt start a 7pm. Contact: 07795 415455 (Mary Page) TYWYN Regular Events @ BAPTIST CHURCH

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Monday 10am Toddler singing (term time), 2pm Crafty Sew ‘n’Regular events Sews (1st, 2nd, 3rd Mondays) 3pm Afternoon Service (4th Mon), 7.30pm H.O.P.E. House of Prayer Everywhere Monday Toddler singing 10am, Welsh lessons**1pm, CraLy Sew ‘n’ Sews**2pm Tuesday 9.30am Toddler Group (term time), 7.30pm3.00 p.m. TradiQonal service (1 Prayer Meetingst Monday of the month) 7.30 p.m. H.O.P.E. House of Prayer Everywhere Wednesday 9.30am Baby Group (term time),Tuesday 10.00amToddler Group 9.30am, WI meeQng** 2pm, Prayer MeeQng 7.30pm Craft Club (1st & 3rd Wednesdays)

Thursday 2pm Flower Arranging (2nd & Wednesday4th Thurs),Baby Group 9.30am, Welsh lessons** 9.30am, CraL Club** 10am, Welsh 7pm Ladies Bible Study (fortnightly) lessons** 1pm, Bro Dysynni Male voice choir** 7pm, House Groups** 7.30

Thursday Hearing Aid Clinic 10am (1st Thursday of every month), Healthy Eaters** 6pm, Friday 5.45pm OYES! Academy (school yrs. 3-6)Ladies Bible Study 7pm (fortnightly), Music pracQce 7pm term time 7.30pm OYES! (school yrs. 7-9) term time 7.30pm At Advent book shop H.O.P.E.Friday HouseOYES! Academy** (school yrs. 3-6) 5.45pm, OYES!**(school yrs.7-9) 7.30pm of Prayer Everywhere

Saturday Street Evangelism/outreach (pleaseSaturday contactNone currently for further details) Sunday Sunday Service 10.30am, OYES! Extra Qme** (fortnightly youth Bible study) Sunday 10.30am Sunday Service, 5pm OYES! Extra5pm time (school yrs. 7-11+) please contact

Plus, lots of other community/church events: For more information on any of the above groups, We also run CAP money courses and support the trussell trust (South Gwynedd Foodbank) please enquire regarding availability on 01654and the Meiryionnedd (Bi-monthly) Prayer Network held at Ty Siamas, Dolgellau. 711752 or email [email protected]. We also run CAP money courses and support the South Gwynedd Foodbank and the Meiryionnedd Prayer Network held bi-monthly at Ty Siamas, Dolgellau.**For more informaQon on any of the above groups, please enquire regarding availability on 01654 711752 or email [email protected].

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Sibrydion 9 Local Interest Diddordebau Ileol Bala

Church services in Bala

Christ Church (Anglican), Ffrydan Road 1st & 3rd week: only 9.30am: bi-lingual Holy Eucharist Services 2nd & 4th week: 9.00am Welsh and 10.30am bi-lingual Also Thurs: 11.00am 5th Sunday Mission Area service 10.00 am Evangelical Church Sunday 10.30am and 6.30pm evening service Canolfan Bro Tegid, High Street Capel Tegid (Methodist), Tegid Street Sunday 10.00am – Welsh Capel Annybrynwyr, (Congregational) Sunday 10.00am now held in Fatima Catholic Church Coleg Y Bala (Presbyterian), Ffrydan Rd Young at heart service: 6.00pm (tea and Cake) for 6.30pm – Welsh service Our Lady Of Fatima (Roman Catholic), Saturday 4.00pm High Street.

An alphabetical list of community organisations within the Bala and Penllyn area, taken from www.balawales.com. See official website for the town www.visitbala.org Cor Merched Edeyrnion This is a choir of 50 female voices, formed in 1979. Members come from the villages around the towns of Bala and Corwen. They enjoy giving concerts and also competing in many festivals. The choir has won the ‘Best Ladies Choir’ title 11 times! They have a website and meet on Mondays at 7.30pm, at Neuadd Edeyrnion, Corwen. Contact Mrs Manon Easter Lewis, the Musical Director. 01490 412550 Rotary Club, of Bala and Penllyn The group welcomes contact from other Rotarians around the world. They meet on Mondays at 6.30pm for 7.00pm at The White Lion Royal Hotel, High St. Bala. Other useful information: Recycling Centre is on the industrial estate. Internet access: at the library and also Ysgol y Berwyn for free broadband. Penllyn Leisure Centre has free wi-fi in the café. North Wales Police: non-emergency: 0845 607 1002 or 101, if less urgent than 999. Lake Warden Office at the lake foreshore, 01678 520626 Cinema Neuadd Buddug, 01678 520800 Bala Golf Club, Penian 01678520359 www.golffbala.co.uk Penllyn Leisure Centre, 01658 521222 Bala Lake Railway 01658 540666 www.bala-lake-railway.co.uk Sailing Club 01658 520118 www.balasc.org.uk Ganllyn Bowling 01658 541000 www.balabowling.club.moonfruit.com Other clubs – Bala Catamaran Club; Bala & District Motor Club; Bala Rugby Club; Bala Sailing Club; Bala Town Football Club; Bala & District Angling Association.

10 Sibrydion Bow Street Station is on track

Transport for Wales has begun work on the Ken Skates – Minister for Economy and Transport, new £8-million railway station at Bow Street said: “Our vision for railways includes the opening of in Ceredigion. new stations and the improvement of connectivity across all regions in Wales. This is the beginning of Opening to passengers in 2020, the station, which delivering that ambition. Bow Street Station will is funded by the Welsh Government and the improve links to employment, business, education Department for Transport, will include park and and leisure facilities in Mid Wales. We have been ride facilities, cycle storage and a multi-modal clear about the need for greater investment by the transport interchange. The scheme is being UK Government so we welcome this funding from the delivered by TfW, Network Rail and Ceredigion Department for Transport, which sits alongside our County Council. own funding. We look forward to further joint working Part funded by the Department for Transport and investment from the UK Government, which has via the New Stations Fund , the new station will responsibility for rail infrastructure under the current provide a link to the national rail network for devolution settlement, to improve rail infrastructure the community of Bow Street for the first time in all parts of Wales.” since the former station was closed in 1965. This James Price – Transport for Wales CEO, said: will transform transport for local residents, “I’m delighted that work has started on the new providing links for employment and educational station at Bow Street as it’s an important part of our opportunities. Through providing alternative plans to transform transport throughout the whole travel, it will also help ease road congestion on local of Wales. This is the first station we’re building since roads supporting the sustainability agenda. we took over the Wales and Borders rail service, and Located close to the UK Innovation and Research we’ve committed to at least five further schemes, Campus that is being developed by Aberystwyth demonstrating our commitment to investing in University, the station will provide access between connecting communities throughout Wales to the rail the site and the University’s main campus in network.” Aberystwyth itself. Claire Williams – Community Rail Officer said: The station will be served by trains on the Cambrian “The Bow Street Interchange project will make the Line between Aberystwyth and Shrewsbury, and railway more accessible for passengers from all will be the first of several improvements to services over the county as well as reducing the amount of on the line as part of TfWs transformation of the congestion on the roads within the area, therefore Wales and Borders rail service. reducing the carbon emissions which of course is Bow Street will benefit from the introduction of fundamentally better for the environment. The brand new trains and an hourly weekday service Cambrian Railway Partnership is proud to have been from 2022, and other stations along the line will involved in this project from its inception and look benefit from investment as part of TfWs £194 forward to its opening later this year.” million Station Improvement Vision. Sibrydion 11 Local Interest Llanegryn / Bryncrug / Diddordebau Ileol Abergynolwyn

Regular activities at Neuadd Llanegryn  Bookings or enquiries / Pwyllgor Neuadd Egryn: Holly Griffiths 01654 710793. Cymdeithas Egryn Avril 01654711232. Cyngor Cymuned Llanegryn Llywela 01654710613. Table Tennis – Mondays 7.30pm onwards in the Main Hall. Players at all levels welcome. Pwyllgor Neuadd Egryn Committee – 1st Monday at 7.30pm Cymdeithas Egryn – [In Welsh, learners welcome] 3rd Monday at 7.30pm Cyngor Cymuned Llanegryn Community Council – 4th Monday at 7.30pm Coffee and Chat – Thursday mornings 10.30–11.45am. Drop in for friendly informal chat over coffee and biscuits. All welcome. Make and Mend – Thursdays 10am–1pm and 6–9pm in SHED EGRYN our community workshop. We will try and help YOU repair broken items, or make something from scratch. Or just call by to see what we are about over a coffee.

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan Bryncrug Community Hall  The Ganolfan has a Hall with a stage and a sizeable kitchen to accommodate large functions and also a Meeting Room which seats up to 50 people and has access to a small kitchen. We would like the Community to get together and organise activities during the day or any of the free evenings. Bookings or enquiries: Graham, 01654 782 258 Youth Club – Mondays 7–9 pm (Youth Leader Michelle Bain) Young Farmers – Thursdays 7.30–9.30pm, Daf Jones or Catrin Lisa Davies, 01654 711813 / 07856 650099 Dysynni Ladies – 2nd Wednesday of every month 7.30pm Merched y Wawr – Last Friday of every month 7.30pm Bryncrug Community Council – meet 3rd monday of every month. Coffee morning – 3rd Tuesday of every month 10.30am–12 noon

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan, Abergynolwyn  You can hire our lovely village hall very affordably, for your own events or functions: – Main Hall £12/hr, Meeting Room £8/hr, Kitchen £3/hr. Enquiries 01654 782644

Pilates classes with a qualified instructor. Monday afternoons, 2-3pm, just £5 each week. All abilities welcome including beginners. Please bring cushion and mat/blanket. Caffi’r Ceunant – The Café – Wednesday to Sunday, 9.30am to 3.30pm. Tel 01654 782372 Aber Friends – 2nd Tuesday of every month at 2.00pm. Tel 01654 782767 Band Practice – Every Monday, at 6.30pm to learn and at 7.30pm to play. Tel 01654 782622 Knit & Natter Group – Every Wednesday Jan-Dec 2.00-4.00pm, admission £2. Tel 01654 782671 Line Dancing – Every Wednesday at 7.30pm, admission £2.50. Tel 01654 782331 Tai Chi - Every Thursday, 3.00 to 4.00pm, admission £3. For more info call: 01654 782262

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THE CHURCH IN WALES Bro Ystumanner Ministry Area Bro Ystumanner is the Ministry Area of the Church in Wales at the southern tip of Snowdonia. There are six churches in the Area, visitors and newcomers are very welcome. All churches are open everyday at least from 10am to 4pm. Services are all Anglican, and bi- lingual where possible. Worshippers of all denominations are very welcome.

Tywyn, St Cadfan Llanegryn, St Mary’s and St Egryn’s. Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Holy Eucharist, 2nd and 4th Sundays each Churchwarden: tel 01654 710630 month, 8.00 am & Wednesdays at 10.30 am. Healing Service on 3rd Sunday at 3pm. Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, St Michael’s. Silent Prayer: Wed and Fri at 8am & 5pm Services: No regular services but visitors Churchwarden: tel 01654 712116 or 288473 welcome. Exhibition about Mary Jones who walked barefoot to Bala to obtain a Welsh Aberdyfi, St Peter’s. bible, plus model of the Dysynni Valley. Services: Sundays at 11.15 am Administrator: tel 01654 782262 Churchwarden: tel 01654 767935 Pennal, St Peter ad Vincula. Abergynolwyn, St David’s. Services: Sundays at 09.30 am Services: Sundays at 09.30 am Churchwarden: tel 01654 702121 Churchwarden: tel 01654 782632 Ministry Team The Area is led by the Vicar, Revd Dr Ruth Hansford. Assisting her are three non-stipendiary clergy - Revd Nigel Adams, Revd Celia Adams and Revd Christina ten Wolde and two Readers - Meryl Gover and Sue Whitehouse. May 2019

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Regular activities at Neuadd Dyfi, Aberdyfi  If any other activities take place, please let me know the activity, the day, the time and a contact number and I will gladly include them in this list. We have only included the activities that we have. Bookings or enquiries: (01654) 767225 [email protected] www.neuadddyfi.org Mondays 1.30–2pm Move to the Groove. 2-3pm TAI CHI Sandy Andrews 07790 045445 Tuesdays 6.30pm – The Really Big Glee Club – [email protected] 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 10am–3pm – Aberdyfi Art Society. Guest tutors. Chairman is Debbie Townsend Fridays 2–3pm Move to the Groove. Sandy Andrews 07790 045445

Regular activities at Canolfan Pennal  Our multi-purpose community centre provides facilities for the use of all sections of our community and beyond. It consists of a hall with stage, meeting room for about 25 people and a well-equiped kitchen. Bookings and events range from parties, dinners, fun-days, displays, concerts, workshops amd meetings. For bookings or enquiries: [email protected], on Facebook or call: 01654 791221.

P.O & Café - Tuesday morning 11.00am–12.30pm (Post Office only) - Wednesday 8.30–10.00am Gwynedd Ddigidol / Digital Gwynedd - free drop-in sessions with IT specialist – restarts in Sept. Knit & Natter - 1st Monday of every month 7–9pm (a week later if bank Holiday)​ Tuesday Club - 2nd Tuesday of every month 2.30–4.30pm Yoga - Every Monday & Wednesday evening 6.30pm Whist Drive - 1st Thursday of every month 7.30pm Merched y Wawr - 3rd Thursday of every month 7.00pm

Aberdyfi Advertising & Improvements Committee Vacancy for a Secretary / Treasurer

Duties to commence in the Spring of 2020. The objectives of the AA&I Committee (made up of Community Councillors and co-opted members) are:  to support the advertising and promotion of Aberdyfi  to carry out or assist with improvements to the village  to support events and activities that develop the promotion and improvement of the village. Further details from A H Richards on: [email protected] or 01654 711200

16 Sibrydion From www.rhs.org.uk Find more advice and detailed Garden Diary instructions on their website. Prune Wisteria. Wisteria needs regular pruning Monthly Jobs for February to keep the growth and size under control, but it Prepare Vegetable seed beds and sow veg seeds will also improve the flowering display. Although under cover. Growing vegetables from seed can it seems complicated, wisteria pruning is quite be satisfying. However, it is important to plan simple if you follow our simple guide. ahead so that you don’t find that your hard work Prune Conservatory Climbers. Vibrantly produces gluts and shortages. Knowing which coloured bracts of Bougainvillea brighten warm vegetables to sow where, when and how means greenhouses and conservatory borders during you can maintain constant supplies throughout the the summer. These tropical climbers are suitable season. for large containers placed in the garden during Chit potato tubers. Potatoes are a versatile summer but must be kept frost-free in winter. By vegetable that is eaten all year round. The tubers following the tips below you will be rewarded a vary in size, colour, texture and taste and can be stunning display. Cut back deciduous grasses left grown from spring to autumn uncut over winter and remove dead grass from evergreen grass Protect blossoms on apricots, peaches nectarines. Most top fruit and soft fruit are very Protect new spring shoots from slugs. Slugs are hardy but once they start into growth in spring, persistent and widespread pests which can cause flowers and buds are especially vulnerable to frost havoc in the garden, eating holes in leaves, stems, and may need protection to crop well. flowers, tubers and bulbs. They can cause damage throughout the year on a wide range of plants, but Net fruit and veg crops to keep birds off. seedlings and new growth on herbaceous plants in Wood pigeons can cause a lot of damage to plants spring are most at risk. in gardens and allotments. They peck at leaves, tearing them, often just leaving the stalks and Plant shallots onion sets and early potatoes. larger leaf veins behind. Pigeons will feed on many Onions and shallots are essential vegetables. plants, lilac, brassicas and peas are particularly Most have yellow, white or brown skin and white susceptible. flesh, but red-skinned and red-flesh cultivars make interesting alternatives. Shallots generally Prune Winter flowering shrubs which have produce smaller bulbs than onions, with a more finished flowering.Deciduous shrubs that flower distinct flavour. They are used for pickling as well in late winter, spring and early summer need as cooking. They are both relatively undemanding annual pruning to encourage strong, healthy crops giving good yields. shoots and improve flowering. Annual pruning also prolongs the life of these early-flowering shrubs. Plant summer-flowering bulbs. Bulbs make a fine Such plants fall into RHS Pruning groups 2, 3 and 5. display planted in containers or borders, especially daffodils, snowdrops and tulips in spring. They Divide bulbs such as snowdrops which may need are one of the easiest and most rewarding garden planting in the green. Many bulbs readily multiply plants to grow. by producing offsets without any help from the gardener. But as well as taking advantage of this, it Lift and divide overgrown clumps of perennials. is quite simple to grow more of your favourite bulbs Dividing perennials regularly will ensure healthy, using just a few other techniques, including scaling, vigorous plants that will continue to perform year bulbils, seed and division. after year. It also offers the opportunity to multiply your plants.

Sibrydion 17 Local Interest Llwyngwril Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Y Ganolfan, Llwyngwril

 Bookings or enquiries: Sue Hamlin 01341 250062

Clwb Gwril – 1st Monday in the month, for the over 50s. Full programme of events/ talks/ social Afternoon at 2.00pm Cymdeithas Ddiwylliadol – Every 1st Monday at 7.15pm. This is for Welsh Speakers and Learners are welcome to join. Singwril – Every Monday apart from the 1st in the month, at 7-9pm. £3/session, including tea and cake! More details from [email protected], 07815574477 and Facebook ‘Singwril’ Whist Evening – Every Tuesday evening 7.00pm. Come along for a couple of hours of fun to include refreshments. Learners welcome. Keep Fit – Every Tuesday 10.15-11.30am incl. warm-ups, floor exercises, some equipment, socialising and FUN. £2.50/session. Buddug Jones: 01341 250202 Art Group – Every Tuesday 1.30pm. Details: Lyn Baxter 01341 250044 or Sue Richards 01654 768004 (Due to space constraints, membership is currently full. Please contact us to be put on the waiting list) Coffee Morning – Each Wednesday. Come and enjoy a chat, coffee/tea and cake. Yarn Bombers also have a meeting and ‘knit-in’. Garden Club – Every 1st Wednesday. Meet 7pm, talk starts at 7.30pm. You don’t need to be a gardener to come along. See Events Diary for programme. Contact Val Dyer. 01341 250334 Short Mat Bowls – Mixed Every Thursday afternoon at 1.30pm Table Tennis – Every Thursday at 7.00pm, £2 per person. 01341 250394 for info Stitch & Bitch (Nicely) – Fridays 2–4pm. Join in an extra session with the Yarnbombers, learn to knit, or crochet and share ideas. Helen Jenkins 01341 251253 Headway South Gwynedd – Every 4th Saturday 10.45am except August and December. Community Council Meeting – 2nd Wednesday of the month, apart from April and August. Any issues the public wishes to raise must be sent, (clerc@cyngor-llangelynnin-council.org.uk) seven days prior to the following meeting, or verbally to any of the Council Members.

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By David Harrison

Some weeks ago someone asked what I knew the East in the 1941–42 period, in recognition of about an unnamed grave in the cemetery its commander Władysław Anders. The army was in Llwyngwril. I had to reply, “Not a lot!”. So created in the Soviet Union but, in March 1942, my voyage of discovery began as I started based on an understanding between the British, investigating how a Polish woman ended up being Polish, and Soviets, it was evacuated from the buried in the cemetery in Llwyngwril. Soviet Union and made its way through Iran to Palestine. There it passed under British command I was told that it was the burial place of a Polish and provided the bulk of the units and troops of the woman who had been staying in Sunbeach Polish II Corps (member of the Polish Armed Forces Caravan Park in Llwyngwril, which was a former in the West) military camp used by the Royal Marines in the Second World War. It was known by the code By 1945, 228,000 troops of the Polish Armed Forces name Burma Camp. The Royal Marine Training were serving in the West under the high command Group (Wales) set up five camps locally to train of the British Army. Many of these men and women Royal Marines in the art of beach assaults, and the were originally from the Kresy region of eastern Amphibious School at Tywyn. Poland. The Polish II Corps was instrumental in the Allied defeat of the Germans in North Africa and On 23 August 1939, Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Italy, and its members hoped to return to Kresy in Russia stunned the world by announcing that they an independent and democratic Poland at the end had concluded a non-aggression pact, committing of the War. themselves not to aid each other’s enemies or to engage in hostile acts against one another. However, the Yalta Conference in February 1945, which was the second wartime meeting of British Just over a week later, Hitler invaded Poland, his Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier armies brushing aside the brave but ill-equipped Joseph Stalin and U.S. President Franklin D. Polish army, while shortly afterwards the Red Roosevelt, the three leaders agreed to demand Army marched into the eastern part of the country. Germany’s unconditional surrender and began Thousands of Polish people were deported from plans for a post-war world. Churchill agreed Stalin this part of Poland, known as Kresy, to Soviet should keep the Soviet gains that Adolf Hitler had Gulags, forced labour camps. endorsed in the Nazi-Soviet Pact, including Kresy. When two years later Churchill and Stalin formed As a consequence, Churchill had agreed that tens an alliance against Hitler, the Kresy Poles were of thousands of veteran Polish troops under British released from the Gulags in Siberia and formed command should lose their Kresy homes to the the Anders Army. Anders’ Army was the informal Soviet Union. In reaction, thirty officers and men yet common name of the Polish Armed Forces in from the No. 2 Polish Corps committed suicide. Images: David Harrison

20 Sibrydion Many MPs openly criticised Churchill over the tried to persuade Poles in the UK to leave. However, Yalta agreement and voiced strong loyalty to because of the Soviet repression of Polish citizens Britain’s Polish allies. Churchill explained his and the creation of the Eastern Bloc, many Polish actions in a three-day Parliamentary debate men and women refused to leave. starting 27 February 1945, which ended in a vote of The Government reconsidered and the result was confidence. The prime minister said: ‘His Majesty’s the Polish Resettlement Act 1947, Britain’s first Government will never forget the debt they owe mass immigration law. The Polish Resettlement to the Polish troops... I earnestly hope it will be Corps was an organisation formed by the British possible for them to have citizenship and freedom Government as a holding unit for members of of the British Empire, if they so desire.’ Yalta the Polish Armed Forces who had been serving made all Polish personnel on UK soil ‘illegal’ and with the British Armed Forces and did not wish to a political embarrassment to the post-war British return to a Communist Poland after the end of the government. The final insult to all Polish service Second World War. personnel was their exclusion from the Victory Parade on 8th June 1946. Each of the armed services was responsible for the de-mobilization and transfer of armed When the Second World War ended, a Communist combatants into the Resettlement Corps. It was government was installed in Poland. Initially, the designed to ease their transition from military into British government led by Clement Attlee wanted to maintain cordial relations with Stalin, and so Continued > Sibrydion 21 Local Interest Fairbourne & Friog Diddordebau Ileol

Regular activities at Fairbourne & Friog Village Hall

 The recently refurbished Village Hall offers includes a state of the art kitchen to enable hirers of the Hall to plan party and catering events operating with the most modern equipment and surroundings. Find us at: Beach Road, Fairbourne, Gwynedd LL38 2EQ We welcome your ideas and suggestions for future activities – please get in touch on: 01341 250386

MONDAY Tai Chi 11.00– Noon Art Club 1.30–4.30pm TUESDAY Stretch & Tone 10.00– 11.00am Gardening Club 10.30– 12:30pm (last Tuesday of the month only). Keep Agile 1.30–3.00pm. Suitable for all ages The Ark 4.00–5.30pm – St Cynon’s children & youth club Aftershock 5.00–6.15pm WEDNESDAY Table Tennis 10.30– Noon Bingo 10.30– Noon (3rd Weds of the month only). Parents & Toddlers 1.00–3.00pm (2nd and 4th Weds only) THURSDAY Badminton 10.00– Noon Indoor Bowls 7.00–10.00pm FRIDAY Quiz Night 7.00–10.00pm (last Friday of every month) See our noticeboards and our Facebook page for more information on our activities. In the Lobby Food Bank Collection Point / Book Sale

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22 Sibrydion control until they were fully adjusted to British life. The British Army mainly ran it. The Air Ministry published the conditions of service for the PARC and listed the choices: • Settle in Britain • Emigrate to Commonwealth or other foreign countries • Return to Poland Meanwhile in Llwyngwril, The Armoured Support Group of the Royal Marines was disbanded after returning from France during 1944. Many of its personnel were transferred to the 29th Royal Marine Battalion, which was formed on 3rd October 1944 at Burma Camp in Llwyngwril. However, on 1st March 1945 practically all its personnel were drafted to form the 34th Amphibian Assault. This left the camp empty and meant it was available as a Polish The unmarked grave at the cemetery in Llwyngwril. Resettlement camp. After meritorious service with some pilots being killed, the unit left for the UK on 10 October 1946 and was formally disbanded on 29 October 1946. Members of 663 Dyon Samol Air Force Squadron Teodozia was buried in the and their families were housed in Burma Camp, Llwyngwril, Penrhos Camp in Pwllheli and at a cemetery at Llwyngwril camp in Harlech. on May 20, 1948, marked Amongst the group in Llwyngwril was Teodozia only by a simple oak cross Szarkowski. Unfortunately, little is known of Teodozia or what role she fulfilled in the camp. bearing no inscription. Whether she was visiting her friends in the Harlech or Pwllheli camps, or simply going to or from Llwyngwril or Barmouth, is not known, but on May 18, 1948, whilst walking along the track, she 663 Dyon Samol Air Force Squadron RAF was an was struck by a railway engine and killed. In those Air Observation unit of the Royal Air Force, which days camp personnel occasionally walked along was officially formed in Italy on 14 August 1944. the railway tracks on their way to and from the Volunteer Polish Army officers had been sent by camp and the railway station close to the centre ship to South Africa in June 1944 for initial training of the village. Her death certificate states she was as pilots and then for operational training in the 40 years old. Teodozia was buried in the cemetery very low-level air observation role. The fifteen at Llwyngwril on May 20, 1948, marked only by a successful officers reached Italy on 28 October. simple oak cross bearing no inscription. All squadron personnel were drawn from Polish We are seeking to raise money for a permanent artillery units. The squadron’s primary role was head stone for Teodozia. Please send any to observe enemy ground targets and to help contributions to the Teodozia Fund: direct artillery fire on them. After further advanced training, the squadron was declared operational St Celynnin’s Churchyard Fund on 30 January 1945. The squadron’s HQ was at Maes Gwynedd, Llwyngwril, Gwynedd LL37 2QB Villa Carpena, with three flights, two of which were detached elsewhere, as needed to support No. Sort Code: 402856 2 Polish Corps artillery units on the progressing Account Number: 70002194 ‘front line’. Thank you so much for your support.

Sibrydion 23 The fifth annual Showcasing Youth Concert Series

This season’s Showcasing Youth Concert Series at the Tabernacle in Machynlleth started at the end of 2019 with the visit of the Kanneh-Mason family - whose playing at the Royal Variety Performance before Christmas ended a very full year for this unique family. Now the Series continues in February with the coming together of three exciting young Ellis Thomas, pianist Welsh harpists. Huw Boucher from Cardiff was tenor Simon Brown, who is studying at the Royal a winner at the National Eisteddfod in 2019 and Conservatoire of Scotland. is a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain that was given so much praise in the On Friday April 17th at 7.30 the Series is delighted Proms last year. Greta Roberts from Llanidloes to welcome the brilliant young pianist Ellis Thomas won a music scholarship to Shrewsbury School from Llandudno, a scholar at Cambridge University and has now started at the Royal College of Music; studying music. Ellis won the overall Gregynog and Cerys Hafana from Machynlleth plays with Music Competition in 2019 and the Blue Ribbon the Welsh Youth Ensemble, AVANC and Ty Teires for the under 19 Instrumental Solo at the National with Robin Huw Bowen, and aiming to study music Eisteddfod. at University this year. They come together on Saturday February 22nd for a lunchtime concert The Series ends on Friday May 1st at 7.30 when at 12.00. the Music Scholars of Shrewsbury School make their annual visit to Machynlleth giving everyone On Thursday April 2nd at 7.30pm the outstanding an opportunity to hear a variety of very talented strings winner of the 2019 Gregynog Music musicians , many of whom aim for a professional Competition, Danushka Edirisinghe, plays the career in music. cello and shares his tutor with Sheku Kanneh- Mason. He is accompanied by his brother Avishka, Tickets for all concerts are available at the door currently studying piano at the Royal College of – £12 with free entry for under 18s – and £10 for Music. Danushka is a member of the Junior Dept at Machynlleth Music Club season ticket holders, for the Royal Academy of Music; and they are joined whom there is no charge for the Ellis Thomas’s in an interestingly diverse programme by young concert.

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Regular activities at Institiwt Corris

 Corris Institute has a flexible large main hall that is ideal as a meeting/conference or event space, with garden space for breakout if required. There is a catering kitchen as part of the community café – making the venue ideal for self-catered functions. Upstairs there are smaller meeting rooms and office space for rent, with fibre broadband access. Bookings or enquiries:Elaine, 01654 761346 or email: [email protected] www.institiwtcorris.org.uk

Post Office – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 9.00–11.30am. Free cash withdrawals, cash & cheque deposits for highstreet banks, travel money, Royal Mail and Parcelforce, Post Office financial services, home phone and more. Saturday Papers 9.45–11.30am. 01654 761692. Community Café – Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 10.00am – 1.00pm. Run by volunteers for the local community to get together and enjoy refreshments and a chat. All welcome. Yoga – Mondays 7–8.30pm. Beginners & intermediates welcome. BYO mat. Amy 07484 796602. After School Club – Organised child care and activities during term-time 3.30–5.30pm. Booking advised, contact Wendy 07398 494372. Baby Walking Goup – Fridays. Meet at 9.30 in term time, 10.00am during holidays. Join us for leisurely local walks with toddlers, pushchairs or balance bikes in tow. ClŴb y Deri – Social group for over 50’s – 2-4pm 2nd monday of the month.

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At each session there is also an ATM Gerddi Bro Ddyfi – the Mach Community service, where you can withdraw cash Gardens has a box of cards for sale in up your normal banking limit. Corris Post Office. Pennal: The assorted greetings cards have been given by Tuesday 11.00am – 12.30pm people who no longer want or have use for them, Wednesday 8.30am – 10.00am but would like them to be used rather than simply binned/recycled. Buyers make a donation for Llwyngwril – Riverside Stores: Tuesday 8.30 – 10.00am any cards they’d like (ideal for making new cards, Wednesday 11.00am – 12.30pm tags or craft use), with the money raised going to keep the community gardens planted up and Corris – Institwt: maintained. Monday 9.00 – 11.30am Tuesday 9.00 – 11.30am We are running out of cards. If you have any Friday 9.00 – 11.30am you don’t want, we’d receive them gratefully. Saturday 9.00 – 11.30am Please just drop them in to the Corris Post Office (Opening hours on the left). Many thanks.

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Sibrydion 29 Local Interest Diddordebau Ileol Arthog

Regular activities at Arthog Village Hall

 The Ganolfan is a fantastic venue that lends itself easily to all types of events: from parties for children and adults to funeral, christening or wedding receptions. It is an ideal location for business meetings or courses and its large clear hard floor and high ceilings give perfect opportunity for dance and fitness classes. The hall is available to hire for business use or personal use at very competitive prices. We have a fully fitted kitchen making us the perfect venue for self-catered functions or for serving food catered outside. Showers, hot water and central heating mean we offer a great resting site for cyclists or weary walkers tired from enjoying the scenic Mawddach Trail or many of the other local routes. To book the Hall please contact our Caretakers Martin and Bekki Stott on 07497 361165. Yoga – Gentle/beginners Yoga 6-7pm / Intermediate Dynamic Yoga 7.15-8.45pm, every Tuesday. Niki Rees – fb.Mawddach Yoga 07884554150 or email: [email protected] Keep fit, flexible & balanced using Yoga to retune & regulate the mind & body. Knit & Natter Group – 7.30pm, 2nd Wednesday of the month Sequence Dancing – 7.30pm, every Thursday. Contacts: Jean 01654 711121, Dorothy 01341 250876 Heavenly Connections – 7pm Fridays, fortnightly. Spiritual group with guest mediums. Dysynni Dogs Obedience Classes. Monday evenings 6–9pm 6pm Puppy class. 7pm Adult beginner. 8pm Advanced. Drop in session - First Saturday of the month, 10-11am, open for tea, coffee, book exchanges and a chat.

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Sibrydion 31 Nature Notes by Rennie Telford

The Beautiful Mawddach Estuary music. The bird calls which echo across the salt marsh are much wilder sounding and harder edged To my mind Wales has some of the most than the gentler, more ‘civilised’ sounds of the spectacular and scenic landscapes in Britain, dawn chorus of our garden and hedgerow birds. but one of the jewels in the crown is without a doubt the wonderful Mawddach Estuary and the The thin, wavering piping of the Oystercatchers surrounding area. I make no apologies for using the as they stand in serried ranks by the water’s edge, word beautiful in the title, although many other interspersed with the harsh, mockingly sarcastic descriptive words would be just as fitting, such laughter of the ever present Herring Gulls is the as magnificent, awe-inspiring or breathtaking. predominant sound as the tide turns and the water It is easy to become a little inured to one’s starts to recede. Sporadically the panic stricken surroundings and perhaps begin to take them a sounding alarm call of a solitary Redshank breaks bit for granted, so it’s worth taking time out now out, as one of these ‘sentinels of the marsh’ warns and then to take a look around and appreciate the all and sundry of a possible or perceived danger – sheer splendour that is the Mawddach Estuary. So perhaps the sudden appearance of a Peregrine or, come with me now and let’s use all our five senses more often a harmless dog walker approaching too to explore this rather special corner of Wales. close for comfort. One of my favourite sounds is the constant, The Sounds of the Estuary cheerful whistling of the winter-visiting Wigeon, On a cold winter’s day, with the wind blowing as these dapper little ducks, the males with their wildly across the mud flats and salt marsh and smart chestnut-brown heads, graze along the the icy cold, almost horizontal rain testing the marsh edge or swim along the flooded creeks in efficiency of your waterproofs to their limit, the closely packed little flocks. Their melodic and estuary can seem a rather bleak and inhospitable tuneful whistling carries a fair distance over the place, but on a calmer day, especially in the winter, flat salt marsh and reaches a crescendo if they are the sounds of the estuary have their own haunting startled and all take flight in a whirling, whistling cloud. Images: Mawddach Estuary, Rennie Telford and Oyster Catcher, Luton Andreson, Creative Commons 32 Sibrydion Occasionally, the plaintive mewling call of a • The sudden appearance of a ghostly, white Barn buzzard makes one look up as one of these broad- Owl looking like a giant moth in the gathering winged birds circles slowly overhead, gradually darkness as it flies silently across the track in rising higher and higher to avoid the screaming front of me. gulls and raucous, croaking crows which harry it • Magnificent sunsets over the glistening sea and unmercifully. the way the sun sinks slowly into the horizon Probably the most evocative and haunting sound and then seems to disappear abruptly, leaving a of the estuary though, is the lonely, mournful glowing red sky which gradually fades away into cry of a curlew, which starts off with a clear flute darkness. like note and builds to a mesmeric, bubbling trill • A heron standing, statue like, in the shallow which never fails to raise the hairs on the back waters of a mud bordered creek, before of my neck. To hear this seemingly disembodied explosively stabbing violently into the water cry, emanating out the mists or low clouds is an and then lifting its head with a wriggling fish achingly wonderful experience and perfectly held firmly in its bill. evokes the spirit of wild and lonely spaces. The lovely Welsh word ‘hiraeth’, which is not really • A weak, wintry sun, yet bright enough to make translatable, but means something like a nostalgic the snow covered hills sparkle and glisten. longing or yearning, always comes to mind when I • A Short-eared Owl perched on a nearby fence hear the call of the Curlew. post glaring directly at me with its fierce and penetrating pale yellow eyes. Of course, always, in the background is the constant song of the sea – sometimes a restful • Smart little Stonechats ‘clinking’ as they fly sounding ‘rustle’ for want of a better word and at from fence post to fence post in front of me. other times an elemental, overpowering roaring • Skylarks pouring out a cascade of silvery notes which dominates the soundscape of the estuary. as they fly ever higher and higher until the The Sights of the Estuary become just specks in the sky. • Oystercatchers probing the mud for mussels in The ever changing estuary provides a never ending the mud flats under Barmouth Bridge, exposed stream of sights which I could fill a dozen articles by low tide. with but I don’t want to bore you all, so here are just a few little vignettes dragged out of my mental • A family of Weasels crossing the road in front of memory banks. me in single file, nose to tail. • Short-eared Owls hunting low and gracefully over the marsh at dusk. • Cormorants flying straight and direct over the sea with wing tips almost touching the water. • Cormorants standing motionless with outstretched wings like gothic gargoyles. • Low lying clouds hugging the tops of the encircling hills, gradually taking on the shape of the hills themselves. • A Peregrine Falcon hurtling into a swirling mass of panic stricken Wigeon. • Vivid purple Orchids in yellow carpets of Lady’s Bedstraw in the sand dunes. • A skein of Canada Geese flying over Oyster Catcher Barmouth Bridge against a red setting sun. • An Otter catching fish in the shallows at the water’s edge. Sibrydion 33 • The amazing view from Barmouth Bridge Dare I say it, but I find the smell of the Fairbourne looking down the estuary framed by the hills on Railway steam engines as they chug along the track either side. down to Penrhyn Point, not unpleasant, though • The lights of Barmouth twinkling in the probably best not to inhale too deeply! blackness over the water on a summer night. I could go on and on but I expect you all have The Tastes of the Estuary your own personal memories – and I’d like you Now, I’m going to cheat a little bit here – there are to keep reading so I’ll call a halt! plenty of edible plants and berries in and around the estuary and no doubt it would be quite feasible to come up with a meal of freshly caught fish, The Smell of the Estuary garnished with some Marsh Samphire, with a side dish of cooked Sea-Beet all washed down with a If ever I’ve had to pay a visit to a large town or had glass of home made Rowan berry wine. However to travel for a few hours in busy traffic, the first there are plenty of books written by much more thing I want to do when I get back home is to get knowledgeable people than me on the subject down to the estuary with my dog and take some – two that spring to mind are Food for Free by deep breaths of that lovely clean air. The smell of Richard Mabey and Wild Food by Ray Mears – both the sea is difficult to describe I think, it’s not really full of information on what and what not to eat. definable , but it is definitely unmistakable – a salty, clean and invigorating cocktail of freshness, But there is one plant which I came across on the which blows away any lingering memories of traffic edge of the dunes a few years ago (not very topical fumes and cities. am I?), which is one that you most definitely do NOT want to taste, or for that matter, handle too Of course there are other smells and scents much. It was the infamous Henbane – a highly in and around the estuary. In the summer the poisonous plant which was used by the notorious sweet ,honey like aroma of the blankets of Lady’s Dr Crippen to murder his wife in 1910. To be honest Bedstraw which grows in the sand dunes can be I (like I suspect many other people) walked by it overwhelming and the delicate scent of the wild several times without being aware of it, until my Thyme that grows in the shingle is memorable on wife pointed it out. It is a rather sinister looking a sunny day. plant with pale yellow petals thickly veined with A walk along the Mawddach trail can be a treat for blackish, purple lines and with a dark, almost the olfactory senses as well – on one side you have black centre. Even the leaves look wrong somehow the salty, estuary smells and on the other side in – verging on grey rather than green and covered places you have the earthy, dampish smells that with dense, sticky hairs. Appropriately enough it are so typical of a Welsh woodland. is a close cousin of the equally unpleasant Deadly Nightshade – not a nice family! I had never seen the plant before and I’ve never seen one since, but apparently it tends to crop up in sandy, coastal areas unexpectedly and then seems to disappear as quickly, so it’s worth keeping a look out for – just don’t absent-mindedly start chewing one of the leaves or something! The Feel of the Estuary So here endeth my little paean to the magical Mawddach Estuary with its wealth of wildlife, its spectacular backdrop of hills and mountains, its constantly changing moods throughout the seasons and its atmospheric, indefinable ‘feel’. A place to be enjoyed and cherished. Rennie Telford – Friog. 01341 250133

34 Sibrydion Terracycling fund update

Craig Dobbins our Recycling king who sorts all the Terracycle items you have saved up for him to process, in the Dolgellau area, and up the coast toward Tywyn, says a big THANK YOU to you all, for your enthusiasm and all your recycling! He has, since starting the Terracycle collections more widely, raised a whopping £390 for local causes, and he is feeling very proud of himself. I think he deserves a big ‘Well done’ for helping us to do prevent some of our waste from going into landfill. This is something we have to think about nowadays with the dreadful effect that we humans have had on the planet. These items are received by our local eco warrior, Craig, who selflessly collects and sorts these items; TerraCycle recycles: sends them to TerraCycle to collect the points and gives the money to:  all brands of crisp packets the Barmouth Food Bank/ Barmouth Elim Church/  batteries Barmouth Oasis Community Group / Y Not Drop-In  inkjet cartridges Centre / Dogs Trust / Gwynedd Hospice At Home  postage stamps (used)  pet food pouches and flexible plastic bags/ Drop off points: pet treats Tywyn – Co-op  trigger spray tops Dolgellau – Co-op  Garnier shampoo Llanegryn – Bin outside the village hall  old spectacles Llwyngwril – Bin outside Riverside Stores, and  washing up liquid bottle tops – Plastic dustbin oil back yard of Bod Idris  old mobile phones Aberystwyth – MIND, The mental health charity  marker pens/highlighter pens/felt tip pens in the Cambria Building across from the pier.  McVities’s nibbles packs Tre’r-ddol – Cletwr, SY20 8PN, has a collection box,  cracker wrappers which is located just inside the front door to the  biscuit wrappers shop.  all brands of cake bar wrappers TerraCycle also collects plastic contact lenses,  toothpaste tubes and caps/any brand of blister and foil packaging from: toothbrush outer packaging/toothbrushes Boots Opticians, Great Darkgate St., Aberystwyth and electric toothbrush heads SY23 1DE.  Pringles tubes and plastic lid and seal www.terracycle.com/en-GB/ *(All Items Must Be Clean And Dry)

Customised, handmade rosettes for any occasion, large or small Sally Friswell: 07851 314519 / [email protected]

Sibrydion 35 Closed Doors

Having a door shut in your face can be very can be times of great achievement, but sometimes upsetting, especially when you do not expect it. pushing against a hard obstacle can be damaging. Fortunately it hasn’t happened to me too often Sometimes we have to accept that certain paths as a parish priest. When a colleague or friend are not available to us. In those circumstances it recommends you call on someone you expect to be may be better for us to accept the situation and favourably received, so the sudden closure of the look for another path. door can be very difficult. If you are a ‘cold caller’ It is said that St Paul must have travelled some then at least you can half expect a rejection. I was 10,000 miles in his mission to spread the news of amused by the T.V coverage of the well prepared Jesus Christ. Most of the time the journeys would ‘door to door’ calling by the parliamentary have been on foot and I wonder how many doors candidates during the last election campaign. All were shut to him at the end of a very long tiring seemed to have been well received when the the day’s trek. In what is now modern day Turkey, truth must be that on many occasions the doors he experienced the shutting of a door. He and his were firmly shut in their faces. colleagues wanted to go into the area of Asia We have all experienced a closed door when we (S.W. Turkey) but were “prevented by the Holy thought an opportunity presented itself. We are Spirit” (Acts 16. 6&7). At this time of frustration, Paul not very good at making friends and we tread has a vision of a man calling him to cross over the carefully. The closing of the door on a relationship sea into Europe. In St Luke’s account the pronoun can be very painful. Many people have had changes at this point ‘he’ (Paul) to ‘us’. (The good their hopes dashed when promotion at work is doctor, Luke is accompanying his pal Paul). The denied them. We need to show far more care for door to Asia was firmly shut but that to Greece was those who have suffered many a closed door in open. What seemed like a dead end proved to be their lives, often without any fault of their own. the point for the opening of many doors in the cities I enjoyed the T.V coverage of Gareth Malone in of Philippi, Corinth and Thessaloniki. Aylesbury Young Offenders Prison, working with In his much loved poem “The Road not Taken”, the Governor to produce a choir for a performance the American, Robert Frost reflects upon the in the prison. Gareth Malone tried so very hard to decisions he has made in life. When faced with open doors for these very troubled young men who two paths he chose one and with a wistfulness he in every sense, suffered and continue to suffer the sighs “I took the one less travelled by, and that closure of doors. For those who have had difficult made all the difference”. Had he regretted his times, it is their minds that close down. decision? He does not say. We can spend too much Gareth had to push gently but firmly on those time worrying about what should have or should interior doors. not have happened in our lives. It is important We applaud those who have suffered adversities to retain an attitude of acceptance and possibly and overcome them. By pushing and pushing they thankfulness. St Paul didn’t give up and turn have forced the door open and stepped through around. He forged ahead with Luke and others on into a better life. Recovery from a serious illness or a new path. overcoming the damage of an abusive childhood Rev. Lindsay Ford Photo by Lucian Alexe on Unsplash 36 Sibrydion CHURCH TIMES Regular Midweek Activities Monday – 7.00pm Women’s Fellowship at Gallery for the Bro Cymer Room, St. Mary’s, Dolgellau (fortnightly) Wednesday – 7.00pm Craft Club at Gallery Room, Ministry Area St. Mary’s, Dolgellau

Covering the Churches in Arthog, First Wednesday in month – 2.30pm Bryncoedifor, Dolgellau, Fairbourne, ‘Be Still, Be Silent’ (meditation and silent prayer) Llanelltyd, Llanfachreth, Llanelynnin at St.Mary’s, Dolgellau and Llwyngwril Thursday – 7.30pm Ministry Area Prayer Group Friday – 9.00am ‘Tyfu gyda’n Gilydd’ / ‘Growing St Catherine’s Church Arthog Together’ (for parents and young children) Holy Communion 9.30am last Sunday of the month at Gallery Room, St. Mary’s, Dolgellau St Paul’s Church Bryncoedifor (bilingual) To absolutely confirm service times, and avoid 9.00am Holy Communion (1st and 3rd Sunday) any possible wasted journey, please contact the relevant church wardens. For a home visit or St Mary’s Church Dolgellau (bilingual) any other information in the Dolgellau area please 8.00am Holy Communion (2nd and 4th Sunday) contact Rev’d Tim Webb on 01341 388091. 10.00am Holy Communion and Sunday School For Arthog, Fairbourne and Llwyngwril please (1st, 2nd and 3rd Sunday), All Age Praise contact Rev’d Lindsay Ford on 01341 250888 (including Sunday School) (4th Sunday), or one of the Churchwardens: United Holy Communion (5th Sunday) For Arthog and Fairbourne: George Williams on 01341 250204 or Liz Stokes on 01341 251066. St Cynon’s Church, Fairbourne For Llwyngwril and Llangelynnin: Thelma Wilson Holy Eucharist 11am each Sunday except Morning 01341 250289 and Maggie Bates 01341 250048. Service at 11am 16 Feb and 15 March St Celynnin’s Church, Llwyngwril Holy Eucharist at 9.30am each Sunday except 9.30am 16 Feb and 15 March Morning Service and 5pm 23 Feb and 29 March at Evening Prayer.

St Illtud’s Church Llanelltyd (mainly in English) 11.30am Holy Communion (2nd, 3rd, 4th Sunday), Morning Prayer (1st Sunday), United Holy Communion at Dolgellau (5th Sunday) St Machreth’s Church Llanfachreth 3.00pm Holy Communion (1st, 2nd, 3rd Sunday), Evening Prayer (4th Sunday) United Holy Communion at St Mary's Dolgellau (5th Sunday) Yr Hen Eglwys Llangelynnin Old Church No services

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Church Barmouth Wednesdays & Fridays 10.30–1pm Church open Welsh Service – 9.30 Sundays for refreshments and sale of FairTrade products. English Services – 11am & 6pm Sundays Midweek Meditations: Wednesdays 2.15-4pm: For more info – Mr G Vaughan Jones Silent prayer and a study of the Psalms. 01341 280 892 / [email protected] Crafters’ Corner: Fridays 2-4pm all are welcome to come and learn and practise their crafts. Ice Cream Sundays: 11.00am Summer sundays Barmouth Elim – Family-friendly worship for all. Pentecostal Church WoW! Worship on the Wharf! Sundays 6.00pm Join Aberdyfi Christians Together in the Wharf Pastor: Rev Dawn Robinson. Gardens for a time of worship together, led by Sunday Service at 11.00am. Scripture Union Cymru. Revelation Bookshop: Open Mon–Thurs Simon Morgan 01654 767336 and/or email: 10.00am to 2.30pm [email protected]. Elephant Works, Park Road, LL42 1PH Presbyterian Church of Wales. (Opposite Barmouth Co-op Carpark) Seaview Terrace, Aberdovey LL35 0L 01341 280808 [email protected] www.aberdoveypresbyterian.co.uk www.barmouthelim.co.uk

Bro Ardudwy Churches Our parish stretches along the coast from Bontddu in the south to Llandecwyn in the north. Our purpose is to worship God, to grow the church and to love the world. All services use both Welsh and English and are either Holy Communion or Morning Prayer. Details can be found on our facebook pages. https://en-gb.facebook.com/broardudwy/

Sunday Services - Every Sunday Llanfihangel y Traethau 11.30 am Harlech 9.30 am Llandanwg as shown on noticeboard / in magazine Llanfaiw 9.30 am Llanbedr 9.30 am Llanddwywe (Talybont) 11.30 am Llanaber 9.30 am Abermaw/Barmouth 11.30 am The monthly single combined Bro Ardudwy service at one church will be advertised.

Mass Times for Saturday 12.00 noon in St David’s Tywyn Catholic Churches Sunday 9.00am in St David’s Tywyn

(The Catholic Church in Thursday 6.00pm in St Mair Machynlleth Aberdyfi is now closed.) Sunday 11.00am in St Mair Machynlleth

For more information about St David’s and St Mair, visit www.stdavidandstmair.co.uk Service times for other churches in Tywyn can be found at www.tywynchurches.org.uk

38 Sibrydion Events Friday Walkers Digwyddiadau Helen Vaughan TREE & GARDENING SERVICES

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As brambles and nettles take over and shade Mawddach No need to ponder, we shall never know Wholefood

So into the woodlands off we go. Co-operative Cyfanfwyd Sat by the path, but not very big Mawddach A happy contented wooden pig!! We have been supplying wholefoods, organic and This circular walk was from Penmaenpool to ethically sourced food, Dolgellau, on footpaths. and environmentally friendly household products to our We meet in the Friog school lay-by, opposite the members at good value closed garage every Friday at 9.30. Our walks prices for over 30 years. of 5 - 7 miles are very varied. As we walk to the The Co-op is open to local weather. The decision where to go is made the residents in the Mawddach day before, after seeing the forecast. area and beyond. Members pay an annual subscription Christine Radford 01341 250814 of £12 and participate in the running of the Co-op from our new premises at: The Old Changing Rooms, Dolgellau Park, LL40 1AU.

You are welcome to come and have a look round to see if you would like to join us.

For more information find us on Facebook or contact [email protected]

Sibrydion 39 www.theatrfach.co.uk Box Office: 01341 422680

Fri, 31 Jan 7:30 pm Need a Venue for hosting an Sat, 1 Feb 2.30pm event for your organisation? Snow White and The main theatre, dressing room, kitchen the Seven Dwarfs and clubroom are all available for hire. Rates are available on our website A family pantomime. www.theatrfach.co.uk/booking or call: Please check for ticket availability Jacki (see above), or Richard Withers: £7.00. Jacki - 07931 706682 [email protected] / 01654 761358.

Dolgellau Amateur Dramatic Society Glyndwr Street, Dolgellau LL40 1BD

40 Sibrydion Events Events Diary DigwyddiadauDigwyddiadau

REGULAR & WEEKLY EVENTS

Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays Tuesdays 2.00–4.00pm (weekly) 1 Apr – 7 Oct 1.45pm (weekly) Freewheelers Social Club Barmouth Bowling Club Neuadd Pendre Brook Street Tywyn. We are a Come along and have a game of flat green bowls Charity organisation holding numerous activities at £3 a session. Beginners are welcome and tuition including Bingo, Quiz, Music, Games and will be given. A healthy outdoor activity for all the interesting talks on a topic of interest. We have family, with friendly members of the Club. Day Trips to various locations and have Lunches  Mari 01341 280043 and Buffets too. New Members always welcome.

MONDAYS WEDNESDAYS

Mondays 4.15–5.45pm / 6.00–7.30pm Wednesdays 10.30–12.30pm (weekly) (weekly, term time) Coffee Mornings – Y Ganolfan Llwyngwril Yoga Classes – Barmouth Come and enjoy a chat, coffee/tea and cake to The Arts Room, Dragon Theatre. Improve your support Y Ganolfan. Dydd Mercher. Bore Coffi i strength, flexibility and general well-being.Early gefnogi’r Ganolfan bob bore. Mercher o 10.30 tan session, Gentle Yoga; Later session Dynamic Yoga. 12.30. Dewch am sgwrs, paned, a chacen. £7.50 drop in or £30.00 over 5 weeks. www.traceyyogamassage.co.uk Wednesday 7.00–9.30pm (weekly)  Tracey 01766 770610 / 07809 485323 Batala Bermo at The Venue in Barmouth. Have fun and to learn Mondays 7:30pm (weekly, term time) to play Samba rhythms on a variety of drums. Cambrian Coast Community Choir No experience is needed, just enthusiasm and A fun, friendly, mixed choir singing songs from all energy. This community band will give you instant over the world, all taught by ear by a skilled leader. friendships and opportunities to learn new skills No experience or musical knowledge needed. and travel abroad with the world wide Batala We sing for us, not for competition or public family if you wish. Come and give it a go you will performances. VENUE: We have returned to the be welcomed. newly refurbished Llanbedr Village Hall.  Neil on 01766780096 for more details. Wednesdays 5.15 / 6.30-8.00pm (weekly) Yoga – Llanelltyd Village Hall Gentle/Beginners class 5.15-6.15pm, £5. TUESDAYS Intermediate Dynamic Yoga 6.30-8.00pm, £6. Keep fit, flexible & balanced . Yoga Asana & Tuesdays 7.30pm (weekly, term time) Pranayama Breathwork = Harmony, Relaxation. Machynlleth Wind Band  Niki Rees 07884554150. fb.Mawddach Yoga. Y Tabernacle, Machynlleth. We are a community band which meets EVERY TUESDAY during term time. New brass and wind players always welcome. For further details please contact the Musical Director, Sally Marshall 01654 781304. Or visit our website or face book page.

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REGULAR & WEEKLY EVENTS Thursdays 7.30–9.30pm (weekly, term time) Singin’ Wimmin’ – Barmouth THURSDAYS Arts Room, Dragon Theatre. Singin’ Wimmin is an acapella, women’s choir. Songs are taught by ear Thursdays 10.00am–2.00pm (weekly) so you don’t need any previous singing or musical Dolgellau Thursday Market experience to join in. We sing beautiful songs from around the world in harmony. Our musical leader At The Ship Hotel, Dolgellau. Spread through 3 is Julie who encourages everyone to have fun rooms. A local produce market selling locally and laugh a lot...which relieves stress and makes produced foods, seasonal veg and plants, arts, you feel good. Whatever singing experience or crafts and gifts. Coffee and teas available through ability you have, if you are a woman who wants to the Hotel.  Pauline 01341 423390 have fun singing then Singin’ Wimmin is for you. Sessions cost £5 ...first session is free. Thursdays 7.30pm (weekly)  Sandra 01341 247561 or Ann 01341 247382. Fairbourne Dance Club – Sequence Dancing Arthog Village Hall. The easiest way to learn Thursdays 3-4pm (weekly) ballroom dancing as the steps are all there and Tai Chi the choreography is all done for you. Beginners Y Ganolfan, Abergynolwyn. Admission £3. Welcome. Admission £2, (incl. tea and biscuits) Contact 01654 782262.  01341 250317 or 01341 251018

Thursdays 7.00–8.30pm (weekly) Thu, 5 Sep 10:30am (Weekly) Gentle & Progressive Yoga Taught Art Group Tywyn Scout Hut. Newcomers always welcome. Dolgoch. Friendly group. Beginners and Please bring a Yoga mat cushion, blanket/sleeping experienced welcome. All media. Anytime bag and water. £6 per session payable weekly. between 10:30 to 3:30pm. £2.50 per hour (stay as  Gill 01654 710470 [email protected] long as you like).  Angela - 07468 608597

Wed, 5 Feb 7.30pm (every 1st Wednesday) FEBRUARY Llanuwchllyn Women’s Institute At The Village Hall New members welcome, Tue, 4 Feb 2pm (every 1st Tuesday) refreshments and interesting guest speakers. Tywyn Women’s Institute At the Baptist Church (Tywyn). Visitors are welcome, Thu, 6 Feb 10am – Noon (every 1st Thurs) refreshments are being served. Hearing Aid Clinics Drop in clinics to check and service Hearing Aids – by Tue, 4 Feb 8pm (every 1st & 3rd Tuesday) Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board trained Folk night at the Slaters Arms, Corris volunteers at Dolgellau Leisure Centre and Tywyn Traditional Folk Music session. All musicians Baptist Church. General servicing, new batteries, welcome, just come along and play. This is an open, tubing and domes. There is no need to make an inclusive and relaxed session, all tunes including appointment, just come along, there is no charge. Welsh, Irish, English, Scottish, Breton and even Bluegrass are permitted and encouraged.  Gary Thu, 6 Feb 8pm (every 1st Thurs) 07795 066 454 or Mike at the Slaters. Zikr, Dances of Remembrance At Derwenlas Hall, near Machynlleth SY20 8TN.

42 Sibrydion Events Events DigwyddiadauDigwyddiadau

These Dances are meditation in movement that can help us be in touch with the sacredness of all life. Wed, 12 Feb 9:00 pm Dances are easy to learn and everything you need to Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni know for each Dance is taught first. Croeso i bawb (Welsh Male Voice Choir) – everyone is welcome Cost: £5. Contact Sandra Trefeddian Hotel. Choral concert. Licensed bar Sunfire for more details: [email protected] available during the concert. Roger - 01341 250727 www.dancesofuniversalpeace.org.uk Thu, 13 Feb 11:00 am Fri, 7 Feb 10:30 am Grwp Gofalwyr / Carers Group Ymarfer Club – Welsh Conversation Club Tywyn Baptist Church. Siawns am banad, sgwrs a The Magic Lantern Cinema, Tywyn. We meet the chael cyngor ac arweiniad. Budd-daliadau a cymorth first Friday of each month from 10:30 until 12:00 for ymarferol. A chance for a cuppa, chat and have conversation and activities in Welsh and a cup of tea, information and support. Benefits advice + supoort. of course. All levels from beginners to native Welsh Free. Cards sold in aid of Dementia Go (Donations). speakers welcome. £2.50. Heather Broster and Sara Angharad ab Iorwerth, Community Connector Waddington. c/o The Cinema - 01654 710260 (01341) 424 572

Sat, 8 Feb 10:30 am Thu, 13 Feb 12 noon (every 2nd Thurs) Singing with Swnion Workshop Pub Philosophy led by Charlotte Woodford The Skinners Arms, Machynlleth. Philosophical Llanelltyd Village Hall, LL40 2TA. Fabulous songs with discussion. No charge.  0779 4441832 luscious harmonies taught by a wonderful Natural Voice Teacher. 10.30-16.30 Please bring lunch to Fri, 14 Feb 8:00 pm share. Early Bird ticket £20 available from 14 days Live at the Club Jazz Uptairs event prior to workshop, then £25 on door Richard Withers The Rugby Club, Dolgellau. An exciting, informal night - 01654 761358, [email protected] of blues, jazz, soul, ska, grooves and more. You will love the quality and variety.£5.00, reservations@ Sat 8 Feb from 6.00pm barmouthmusic.co.uk - 01341 450 353 Jazz Night at Tyn y Cornel Tyn y Cornel Hotel, Tal y Llyn. Join us for a great night Mon, 17 Feb 7:00 pm of live Jazz with The Art Blank Combo featuring the From Wefts to Webs: excellent James Brownfield. Free entry to music Dolgellau’s Woollen Industry event. Optional Meal & Music 3 course meal at £29.50/ Ty Siamas, Eldon Square, Dolgellau. An illustrated person to be booked in advance. Details and booking talk by Merfyn Wyn Tomos, Archivist. This is a 01654 782282, [email protected] Treftadaeth Dolgellau Heritage event to which all are welcome. Free entry. John - 01341 421093 Tue, 11 Feb 7:00 pm North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT) Mon, 17 Feb 8pm (every 3rd Monday) Dolgellau Cricket Club. Talk – ‘Water Work’ by Acoustic Jam – Mach Arfon Hughes; about some effects of Flood Control At The Skinners Arms, Machynlleth. Singers, Schemes & other N.R.W. projects relating to our musicians and audience welcome. No charge. landscape & wildlife. No charge (Donation only)  07794441832 Janet - 01341 423988 Wed, 19 Feb 11:00 am Tue, 11 Feb 7:30 pm Homes for Wildlife Tywyn Garden Club RSPB Ynys-hir. Nature needs all the help we can Tywyn Baptist Church LL36 9AD. “A Garden for all give it. Providing a home in your garden or local Seasons”. Speaker Quentin Deakin. Membership £8 greenspace is one way to help. Come and build a nest per year, £1 each meeting. Non Members £2 box or a bug hotel. £5 per home. Margaret Evans - 01654 711316 Beverly Dimmock - 01654 700222 Sibrydion 43 Diary

Sat, 22 Feb 1:00 pm Three Welsh Harps: A Lunch Time Concert MARCH Y Tabernacl Machynlleth. Part of the series ‘Showcasing Youth’. Supported by Machynlleth Music Sun, 1 Mar 7:30 am Club. HUW BOUCHER, Gregynog Young Musician, Drummers at Dawn - RSPB Ynys-hir National Eisteddfod award winner. GRETA ROBERTS  See 23 Feb entry for details. from Llanidloes, student at RCM. CERYS HAFANA from Machynlleth, Welsh Youth Folk ensemble, Sun, 1 Mar 9:00 pm AVANC, and Ty Teires. £12 Tickets on the door. £10 Cor Meibion Bro Dysynni Season Ticket holders. 18 and Under Free. (Welsh Male Voice Choir) Mrs Sally Marshall - 01654 781304, 07710452767 Trefeddian Hotel, Aberdyfi. St David’s Day Choral Concert. Free. Licensed bar available for drinks Sat, 22 Feb 1:00 pm during concert. Roger - 01341 250727 Showcasing Youth Concert Series Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth. Three young Welsh Tue, 3 Mar 8pm (every 1st & 3rd Tuesday) Harpists – Huw Boucher, Greta Roberts, Cerys Hafana Folk night at the Slaters Arms, Corris – National Eisteddfod, Gregynog Music Competition  See 4 Feb entry for details. winners and members of national orchestras and ensembles. £12.00 (Machynlleth Music Club £10.00) Wed, 4 Mar 7.30pm (every 1st Wednesday) Under 18 free. Hugh Ramsbotham - 01654 702121 Llanuwchllyn Women’s Institute  See 5 Feb entry for details. Sun, 23 Feb 7:30 am Drummers at Dawn Thu, 5 Mar 10am – Noon (every 1st Thurs) RSPB Ynys-hir. This time of year our woodpeckers Hearing Aid Clinics can be heard drumming as they get ready for the  See 6 Feb entry for details. breeding season. At Ynys-hir we have Greater spotted. Join the wardens for a woodland walk to see Thu, 5 Mar 8pm (every 1st Thursday) if we can spot them. £6 - Adults, £4 under 16 years. Zikr, Dances of Remembrance Beverly Dimmock - 01654 700222  See 6 Feb entry for details.

Fri, 28 Feb 7:30 pm Mon, 9 Mar 7:00 pm Barmouth Music/Cerdd y Bermo The Lost Cinemas of Dolgellau The Dragon Theatre, Barmouth Ty Siamas, Eldon Square, Dolgellau. An illustrated RICHY JONESES ALL STARS. Variety, youth and talk by John Lewis. This is a Treftadaeth Dolgellau experience with Richy Jones on vocals, Alex Clarke on Heritage event to which all are welcome. Free. sax, Isaac Horne on trumpet. With Andy Mackenzie on John - 01341 421093 guitar, Greg Robley on bass, Brendan Day on drums. £10.00. [email protected] - 01341 Tue, 10 Mar 7:30 pm 450 353 Tywyn Garden Club Tywyn Baptist Church LL36 9AD. “Getting the Best Fri, 28 Feb 7:30 pm from Bedding Plants & Plugs”. Speaker Mr Allan Evans Machynlleth Music Club: Evening Concert of Conwy Horticultural Services. Membership £8 per Y Tabernacl. ‘BEETHOVEN IN WALES’ Mary Hofman year, £1 each meeting. Non Members £2. Margaret Violin. Richard Ormerod Piano with a specially Evans - 01654 711316 commissioned Violin Sonata by Welsh composer Sarah Lianne Lewis. Beethoven Sonatas Op. 30.1, 2 & Thu, 12 Mar 11:00 am 3. £12 Tickets on the door. £10 Season Ticket holders. Grwp Gofalwyr / Carers Support 18 and Under Free. Mrs Sally Marshall - 01654 781304, Tywyn Baptist Church. Siawns am banad, sgwrs 07710452767 a chael cyngor ac arweiniad. Budd-daliadau a 44 Sibrydion Events Events DigwyddiadauDigwyddiadau

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Thu, 12 Mar 8pm (every 2nd Thursday) Pub Philosophy …into APRIL  See 13 Feb entry for details. Thu, 2 Apr 7:30 pm Fri, 13 Mar 8:00 pm Showcasing Youth Concert Series: Live at the Club Jazz Uptairs event Edirisinghe Brothers The Rugby Club, Dolgellau. An exciting, informal night Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth. Danushka Edirisinghe, of blues, jazz, soul, ska, grooves and more. You will Cello, won the Gregynog strings Competition; love the quality and variety. £5.00. reservations@ student at the Junior Royal Academy of Music; his barmouthmusic.co.uk - 01341 450 353 brother Avishka won the accompanist prize; studen at the Royal College of Music. £12.00 (Machynlleth Mon, 16 Mar 8pm (every 3rd Monday) Music Club and under 18 free) Acoustic Jam – Mach Hugh Ramsbotham - 01654 702121  See 17 Feb entry for details. Fri, 10 Apr 8:00 pm Fri, 20 Mar 7:30 pm Live at the Club Jazz Uptairs event Rotary Charity Film Night The Rugby Club, Dolgellau. An exciting, informal Dragon Theatre. “JUDY” starring Rene Zellweger. night of blues, jazz, soul, ska, grooves and more. Much-acclaimed performance about Judy Garland. Musos from far and wide. You will love the quality and Fish & chip supper 6.30pm in Arts room (must be variety. £5.00, [email protected] - prebooked). Film starts 7.30pm. Proceeds to local 01341 450 353 Rotary good causes. Fish supper and film £12.00. Film only £7.00. Booking - Dragon Theatre - 01341 281697 Fri, 17 Apr 7:30 pm Showcasing Youth Concert Series: Fri, 20 Mar 8pm (every 3rd Friday) Ellis Thomas Dances of Universal Peace – Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth. Ellis, pianist from Dawnsio O Heddwch Byd-Eang Llandudno, won the Blue Riband at the National  Shamsia Sandra Sunfire: 01650 511513 Eisteddfod, £12.00 (Machynlleth Music Club and [email protected] for details under 18 free). Hugh Ramsbotham - 01654 702121

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