FREE COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER FOR , GLANRAFON AND  ISSUE 18 FEBRUARY 2017

PUBLICATION DATES: CORRECTION financial problems due to the cost of keeping a historic boat afloat and an appeal is in place. We can only hope In the last issue we stated that The Puffin would be that the necessary funds are raised. published quarterly, in January, April, July and October.

Please note the following correction: we will be publishing The Puffin quarterly, but in the months given below:

• February (submissions by 10 January)

• May (submissions by 10 April)

• August (submissions by 10 July)

• November (submissions by 10 October).

It may be February already, but it’s not too late for us to wish our readers Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, Happy New

Year, and all the best for 2017! The Fleet Review at Spithead, 1953 (Popperfoto/Getty Images)

In 2007 Fred Olsen Lines approached the operators of MV BALMORAL: THE STEAMER SPIRIT LIVES ON MV Balmoral and sought their blessing to name their new cruise flagship Balmoral. Since then, Fred Olsen John Nunn writes below of his trip last year on the MV Lines have been supportive of their smaller namesake Balmoral, a trip that evokes the spirit of the North Wales and there is a photo of the cruise liner on MV Balmoral steamers of yesteryear. and a photo of MV Balmoral on the cruise ship.

Since our move to this lovely island nearly a year ago Enough background...now for our trip! we have been stunned by the beautiful scenery, the friendliness of the folk here and the relative lack of We assembled at the pier in on a frosts. I still had geraniums in bloom outdoors at the end gorgeous day, but bitterly cold. We set off down the of November. You wouldn’t get that in Manchester! Straits, past and out by . We sailed around the Great Orme, which was interesting, Back in July we decided to see the island from a having frequently driven around Marine Drive. To see it different perspective by taking a cruise around the coast on the MV (motor vessel) Balmoral. This ship has a long and illustrious career, having been built originally in 1949 for Ferries of to carry passengers and cars to and from the . In 1953 she took part in the Fleet Review at Spithead in honour of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. If you explore this on-line it really is of another era, with vessels of the Royal Navy and Merchant Marine lined up almost for ever.

Eventually, she was bought by P & A Campbell and operated with the White Funnel Fleet in the Channel. In about 1970 I sailed in a White Funnel Fleet Menai Bridge pier (J Nunn) boat from Swansea, where I was living, to Ilfracombe and then by train to my parents’ home in Mid Devon. I from the sea was different. Our first destination was like to think it might have been on the Balmoral! She Llandudno pier where we picked up a few more now operates under the label of White Funnel (no direct passengers. Because of the swell, the boat scratched connection) as an excursion boat from many ports the wooden pillars at the end of the pier and the captain around the British Isles, and is a charitable foundation. was told off by some official in no uncertain terms. I At the time of writing we are hearing that there are have to say that I thought that was what piers were

The Puffin  ISSUE 18 FEBRUARY 2017 1 OF 8 built for (amongst other things), and that the thick wood "Gad Sir, so you have!" I think it’s what’s called British was there precisely to take the strain. But what do I stiff upper lip. know? And so we sailed under the bridges to dock again at We then set off to sail all the way around : up Menai Bridge.

If MV Balmoral survives her financial crisis, I recommend the trip to anyone – very worthwhile. Wrap up warm though, even in summer. Oh, and there is food and a bar on board.

MV Balmoral Excursions http://www.whitefunnel.co.uk/

CYBER AWARE: A USEFUL WEBSITE

If you use a computer, smartphone, whatever...you’re probably not as safe and secure as you think.

The Great Orme (J Nunn) Cyber Aware (formerly Cyber Streetwise) is a useful past , Moelfre and Bay to pass off . An interesting commentary accompanied the trip and our attention was drawn to two white markers lining up on shore and another on the island of in the Skerries. They are known as the White Ladies and, when lined up, point to a sea level rock called Coal Rock which can make a nasty hole in the bottom of your boat.

At Holyhead two of the big ferries were in port about to sail. You really do get a picture of the industrial nature of Holyhead from the sea.

As we rounded the end of Holy Island we reached the Plas Newydd (J Nunn)

website that gives information about changing people’s on-line behaviour so that they adopt simple secure on- line behaviours to help them to protect themselves from cyber criminals. Examples are the use of strong passwords made up of three random words, always downloading the latest software updates as soon as they appear, and so on. This is based on expert advice from the National Cyber Security Centre.

Cyber Aware is a Government awareness and behaviour change campaign that is provided by the Home Office in conjunction with Department of Culture,

Media & Sport and the National Cyber Security Centre. Caernarfon Castle (J Nunn) It is funded by the Cabinet Office’s National Cyber only "rough" part of the trip, with a real swell to the sea. The views from offshore around North Stack and were simply stunning, and there was a wealth of seabirds launching from the cliffs and diving for food.

The coast on that side of the island is somewhat more domesticated but, as we came to the entrance of the Strait, we had a couple of visitations from low-flying helicopters. We sailed past Caernarfon Castle and on towards our starting point.

Again, the commentary drew our attention to points of interest – the statue of Lord Nelson, Plas Newydd and the story of the Marquis of Anglesey’s leg (shot off at MV Balmoral passing Gallows Point, Beaumaris, last summer (A Perrott) the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, if you didn’t know). Security Programme. Apparently he turned in his saddle to the Duke of Wellington, on his horse next to him, and exclaimed, Cyberawareness "Gad Sir, I’ve lost me leg", to which the Duke replied, https://www.cyberaware.gov.uk/

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BEAUMARIS CRICKET CLUB: 2017 SEASON happy atmosphere.

Beaumaris Cricket Club held its annual dinner and AGM For more information please contact our office on over Christmas. Officials elected were: Wednesday 01248 811 508 (Shelia am and Hazel pm) or Thursday morning. Chairman: Ian Jones: 01248 811248 For more information... Captain: David Graves: 07851 632881 Secretary: James Grant: 01248 811214 Telephone 01248 811508, Wednesdays, Thursday mornings Treasurer: Phil Lewis: 01248 490363 From Kathleen Hulme. Please contact any of those named above if you would

like to play, support or sponsor the club. READING SERVICES FOR THE BLIND AND In 2016, we had a successful season by our standards, PARTIALLY-SIGHTED coming second in the Anglesey and Caernarfonshire mid-week league and getting to the semi-finals of the North Wales Society For The Blind: the Society cup. We were also undefeated in friendly matches (40 provides practical and emotional support to blind and overs). partially-sighted people throughout North Wales.

All might seem rosy, but we are an ageing team, Working with blind and partially-sighted people of all ranging mostly from 40 to 72, with some fast-improving ages, it endeavours to work to promote independence, youngsters...we need more. To help the rusty and choice and confidence whilst providing the essential inexperienced we will be holding nets practices in early- services that its members say are important to them. April in David Hughes School in Menai Bridge. Our Among the services that it provides are: home games are played at Menai Bridge Cricket Club on Wednesday nights; 20 overs. The ground is probably • Talking newspapers and magazines: its the most scenic in the UK. We have a full kit, some of volunteers and Audio Transcription Team record which needs replacing; all in all, we have hopes for and distribute a wealth of talking books magazines 2017 but our costs are high and we need a few more and newspapers free of charge. lithe characters. If you are interested in any way please contact any of those named above. • Spotlight: Spotlight is a quarterly bilingual newsletter which covers a wide range of topics Finally, on a very sad note, 2016 was the year we lost from financial matters to the latest gadgets and two of our amazingly loyal stalwarts. technology.

Dafydd G Jones of was our president from • Weekly news CD: weekly news is a compilation of 1975 onwards; he showed a great interest in the club local news stories taken from various newspapers which is carried on by his youngest son Freddie who and magazines. plays regularly for us. • Welsh talking newspapers: its volunteer readers Shelley Thomas of Llanfaes opened the batting for the record a variety of publications each month; the Club with his inimitable style for 40 years; we will never titles are all Welsh-language local newspapers. forget that, in a local derby with Menai Bridge, he scored a century (not out) as he oft pointed out. Both will be Telephone 01248 353604 greatly missed by all. North Wales Society For The Blind From Phil Lewis. http://www.nwsb.org.uk/

RNIB: the RNIB’s clear website gives a lot of useful

information; click on the Reading services link. BEAUMARIS OVER 50S CLUB Telephone 0303 123 9999 Monday-Friday, 8.45am-5.30pm Well, folks, here we are at the beginning of 2017. We had a very enjoyable lunch at Lastra Farm at the end of RNIB http://www.rnib.org.uk/ 2016, which was a great success. The Committee and Hazel, our chairperson, hope that you had a very special festive season with friends and family, and wish FOOTBALL ROUND-UP you all the best for 2017. Our AGM took place on 30 January 2017. The 2016 season started on 13 August with an away

It’s time to think about subscriptions: still only £7 for the game, Llangoed v Bulls, newcomers to the year! We’d also like to thank you all for your support and Anglesey League. Everything started according to plan, generosity in 2016, and look forward to health and with Mitchell Jones giving Llangoed the lead after 11 happiness to all in the coming year. minutes with a 30 yard strike flying into the top of the net. The joy soon turned to disaster, though, as Based in the Canolfan Iorwerth Rowlands Centre, Bryngwran scored twice in the second half to give Beaumaris, and established for 10 years, the Club Llangoed, the title hopefuls the worst possible start to enjoys numerous activities and outings in a warm and the season.

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On 16 August Llangoed looked to get the season back Mynydd Llandegai Reserves 4-1, with Mitchell Jones on track with their first home game of the season scoring Llangoed’s single goal. against more league newcomers, Mynydd Llandegai Reserves, and they did so in style winning the game 4- Things had to change, and change quickly; on 29 1, with Mitchell Jones, Matthew Owen, Matthew Roberts October travelled to Llangoed, back in and Carwyn Williams grabbing the goals. league action, and the league high-fliers knew that another slip-up here could effectively end their title Llangoed faced a tough task, travelling to the 2016 hopes. That fear was soon put to bed, however, with Anglesey League champions, Valley, on 20 August, Llangoed running out 3-1 winners: a Craig Jones double and a tough game it was, too...but Llangoed shone and Owain Roberts securing the victory. through to win that match 3-1, with Mathew Owen, Craig Jones and Rhys Jones enjoying the goal-scoring in this Next up were Gwynedd league title hopefuls match. Bontnewydd in the Junior Cup on 19 November. This was a massive game for Llangoed, with Bontnewydd Llangoed then faced a battling Reserves on being unbeaten in all competitions, but Llangoed rose to 24 August at home, and fought through a gruelling 90 the occasion in some style, winning 5-2: another Craig minutes with Martin Byast grabbing the only goal of the Jones double and singles from Mitchell Jones, Carwyn game to give the home side the victory. Williams and Wayne Thomas.

In a break from league action Llangoed then travelled to Llangoed then travelled to Pentraeth in the Elias Cup Bethesda Reserves in the Bwlch Cup and ran out 6-0 and won convincingly 8-0: Carwyn Williams grabbed winners Matthew Owen, Carwyn Williams, Owain three, there was another Craig Jones double, Wayne Roberts, Nick Williams, and a Wayne Thomas double Thomas grabbed a double and a single from Charlie tallied up the scoring. McKenna as well. Confidence was well and truly restored to the team now. On 3 September the awkward trip to Bodorgan arose and so did Llangoed, completing a 7-2 rout, Owain Llangoed then travelled back to Bethesda on 3 Roberts and doubles for Craig Jones, Carwyn Williams December, this time in the league, and added even and Wayne Thomas all scoring for the Llangoed team. more goals to their already impressive goal difference with a 7-0 thrashing of the home side: another Carwyn On 10 September we travelled back to Bethesda for the Williams treble followed by another Craig Jones double Dargie Cup, the most prestigious of all cups, and and a single from Darren Edmunds, with Llion Roberts although Bethesda put up a fight, Llangoed ran out 4-2 grabbing his first goal in senior football, having signed winners, a double each for Carwyn Williams and Craig from the juniors last year. Jones. Valley then came to Llangoed in the league, already Llangoed was at home on 17 September to Bodorgan boasting a victory in the Megan Cup and knowing that a in the Bwlch Cup, to be handed a 10-2 hammering, win on 10 December would put an end to Llangoed’s Martin Byast and Wayne Thomas grabbing singles, hopes for the league and keeps theirs alive. There was Darren Edmunds and Craig Jones gobbling up doubles a lot riding on this match, but Llangoed were the while Carwyn Williams added a further 4 on his own. eventual winners by 3-1, David Thomas, Darren Edmunds and Wayne Thomas grabbing those all- The only team to have taken anything off Llangoed were important goals for the team. next up at home in the league on 24 September, but this time Bryngwran succumbed to a 3-1 defeat, with Mynydd Llandegai Reserves then came to Llangoed on Mitchell Jones, Craig Jones and Nick Williams 17 December in the Bwlch Cup, and with the visitors completing the job. sitting pretty at the top of the group the home side knew that nothing but a victory could save their exit from The only team left in the league with an unbeaten record another cup...and a victory is what the home side gave, were Holyhead Town who were next up for the high winning the match 2-0, Carwyn Williams and Craig flyers. With nearly 200 watching it was a spectacle that Jones with the goals on this occasion. had everything in the match, with Llangoed leading 2-0 and 3-1 in the match, but eventually pegged back to The final game of 2016 took place on New Year’s Eve: draw the match 4-4, the scorers being Mitchell Jones, Bethesda travelled to Llangoed in the Lucas Oil Cup, of Carwyn Williams and Craig Jones with a double. which Llangoed are the current holders. Despite the visitors bringing most of their first team they still couldn’t Valley then travelled to Llangoed on 15 October; the stop the home side running out 2-1 winners, Carwyn previous result must have knocked confidence Williams and Wayne Thomas with the goals to see throughout the squad as Valley gave Llangoed its Llangoed through. second defeat of the season after extra time, winning the game 2-1 and officially ending Llangoed’s interests The first game of 2017 took place in Mynydd Llandegai in the Megan Cup. Mitchell Jones grabbed Llangoed’s on 7 January on a pitch which could only be described solitary goal. as a bog. This didn’t stop Llangoed battling out a 1-0 victory, though, with Wayne Thomas grabbing the only Things got a whole lot worse on 22 October 22 when a goal of the game. third defeat of the season was given to Llangoed, this time in the Bwlch Cup. It was a hammering away to From Vincent Walker.

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TERNS: FOLLOWING THE SUN habitats, manage threats at breeding sites in North Wales and help to create and secure the conditions that Christmas and the New Year have come and gone and, are needed for roseate terns to return to Anglesey. on Anglesey, we’re all hunkering down for the coldest and darkest months of the year and looking forward to By the beginning of April, the sun and our terns will be the first hints that spring is on the way. back. Watch out for them around our coasts and welcome the return of the light. Far to the south around the Antarctic and the coasts of By Alison Brown, Roseate Tern Community South and West Africa, some of Anglesey’s wild Engagement Officer, North Wales Wildlife Trust residents are enjoying the long, bright days of the southern summer. North Wales Wildlife Trust http://www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/ Terns hunt by sight, needing light and clear water to find and catch their prey of small fish. To ensure that they Roseate Tern LIFE Project http://roseatetern.org/ have food throughout the year, they must follow the sun. They return to Anglesey each year to breed and raise their young in the long days of our northern summer. 2016 BAAFTAS IN BEAUMARIS

The Beaumaris Annual Awards for the Allotments – the BAAFTAs – were held at The Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris recently when the sterling efforts of the hard- working allotment-holders were acknowledged and rewarded.

Following a year of good weather, there were more nominees than normal in the various categories with strong competition, particularly for the Best Vegetable Allotment and Best Newcomer.

In fact, it was so hard to choose between all the plots that a new category of Most Productive Plot was

introduced. The fiercest competition was in the Largest Roseate terns at Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico (A Morales, via Wikipedia) Pumpkin category, however, with a huge array of giant specimens on display. Here again there was so much Breeding colonies of terns are now very much restricted competition that it was decided to introduce two new to the north coast of Anglesey at Bay and the trophies for Junior Giant Pumpkin Grower, one for those Skerries. On their arrival back to the island in just a few aged up to 5 and one for those aged 6 to 16. weeks’ time, however, they will move around Anglesey’s coast to 'refuel' and build up their strength in readiness This year, in addition to the Bulkeley Hotel hosting a for the exhausting business of laying eggs and raising Guess the Weight of the Giant Pumpkin competition, the young. Even now, in the darkest months of our northern Bull Hotel and the Tredici Deli are also running winter, the earth’s orbit has tipped the sun away from competitions. All funds raised will go to the local RNLI. the south and its light is moving northward again and, as the light moves north, the terns will come with it. The Chairman, Jill Anker, said, "The BAAFTAs are the highlight of our year. It gives us a chance for everyone The Roseate Tern LIFE Project is funded by the EU (co- to get together and celebrate the successes on the funded by Tarmac Cement Ltd), and recognises the allotments." global importance of the UK and Ireland for breeding terns. During the lifetime of the Project, North Wales The various trophies were presented to those listed Wildlife Trust, the RSPB and BirdWatch Ireland will work below; there are some pictures on page 6: together to improve the conservation prospects of the • roseate tern (sterna dougallii dougallii) in the UK and C M Haynes Cup for Best Vegetable Allotment: the Republic of Ireland. winners were Andrew and Cath Dixon; Cup presented by the Deputy Mayor, Cllr Frank Carr

Although once established around the coast of • Keevan & Jill Anker Award for the Tallest Anglesey, roseate terns no longer breed in Wales, Sunflower: the winner was Peter Thomas; although they still visit. Accordingly, the North Wales presented by Keevan Anker Wildlife Trust is taking a broader approach to the Roseate Tern LIFE Project’s objectives and will support • Happy Valley Pavilion Award for Best Newcomer: all of the tern species found around the coasts of North the winners were Terry & Jennifer Hannon; Wales in summer – arctic terns, common terns, presented by from Cllr Charles Brimecombe Sandwich terns and little terns – as well as the roseate tern. • Liverpool Arms Trophy for Most Productive Plot: the winner was Joan Hopkin; presented by Prof In 2017, North Wales Wildlife Trust will continue to work Trevor Ashenden, Town Clerk of Beaumaris Town to enhance and secure our terns’ breeding and feeding Council

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• Joan Hopkin Cup for Largest Pumpkin: the winner LLANGOED WI: MEETINGS was Ian Davies; cup presented by Dafydd Rowlands, Joan Hopkin Estate Agents November 2016: our Annual General meeting took place on 2 November.

• Junior Giant Pumpkin Grower Trophy (up to 5 It was noted that Llangoed WI Darts Team won the All years): the winner was Joanna Hall; presented by Anglesey WI Darts Tournament, which was held at the Cllr Gwen Jones Wellman’s Sport & Social Club in on 20

October 2016. • Junior Giant Pumpkin Grower Trophy (age 6-16 years): the winner was David Hall; presented by The winners of the Christmas Ornament competition Cllr Gwen Jones were: 1st, Olga Lloyd Jones, 2nd, Jenny Martin Jones

Joanna Hall, winner of the Junior Giant Pumpkin David Hall, winner of the Junior Giant Pumpkin The 2016 BAAFTAs sponsors and winners at the Grower Trophy (age up to 5 years) (K Anker) Grower Trophy (age 6-16 years) (K Anker) Bulkeley Hotel, Beaumaris (K Anker)

Andrew & Cath Dixon, winners of Terry & Jennifer Hannon, winners of Vanessa Greveson, winner of the Keevan & Jill Anker, winners of the the C M Haynes Cup for Best the Happy Valley Pavilion Award Longest Runner Bean competition Bulkeley Hotel Trophy for Services to Vegetable Allotment (K Anker) for Best Newcomers (K Anker) (K Anker) the Allotment Community (K Anker)

rd • Longest Runner Bean competition: the winner was and 3 , Jean Whitehead. Vanessa Greveson; certificate and prize presented The winner of the raffle was Geraldine Hodderick. by Jackie Waddicombe, Secretary of Beaumaris Town Council [6] : At the meeting on 7 December, Janet December 2016 • Bulkeley Hotel Trophy for Services to the Allotment Smith gave a demonstration of calligraphy followed by a Community: the winners were Keevan & Jill Anker; hands-on session.

trophy presented by Martin Owen, General The winners of the competition were: 1st, Julie Withers Manager of the Bulkeley Hotel, Beaumaris [7]. nd and 2 , Deborah Booth. [3] shows the 2016 BAAFTAs winners and sponsors at The winner of the raffle was Margaret Charles. the Bulkeley Hotel, Beaumaris.

From Jill Anker, Chairman, Beaumaris Allotment & Meetings begin at 2.00pm on the first Wednesday of Leisure Gardens Society. each month in Llangoed Village Hall, so, ladies, do feel very welcome to join us. Beaumaris Allotment & Leisure Gardens Society http://www.beaumaris-allotments.moonfruit.com/ From Anne Lindley, Press Officer, Llangoed WI.

The National Allotment Society Anglesey Federation of Women's Institutes (AFWI): Llangoed http://www.nsalg.org.uk/ http://www.afwi.org.uk/llangoed.html

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LLANGOED, PENMON & GLANRAFON COMMUNITY FEEDING BIRDS IN THE WINTER

COUNCIL We all appreciate the variety of birds that we see in our Every one of us pays Council Tax, but do many of us gardens and the surrounding Anglesey countryside, but really know what the little bit at the bottom of the how many of stop to consider how they survive when breakdown labelled as "Community Council" is actually their normal food supplies are low? Birds will look for? anywhere for food, particularly when conditions are bad, like in the snowy winter of 2010/2011, so help to make Once every month, the 11 unpaid voluntary members of the Community Council and the Clerk meet of an evening for 3 to 4 hours in the back room of the Village Hall. Every month they are joined by at least one of the 3 County Councillors who cover our ward to allow the community to feed back to the County Council its views on a variety of issues such as planning, waste management and highway maintenance, whilst allowing the County Councillor(s) to give updates on issues raised from previous meetings. All matters discussed are documented by the Clerk and recorded in the Minutes that are uploaded to the Council’s website. The Clerk is also responsible for implementing most of the decisions made, following up on outstanding issues, dealing with correspondence and managing the finances. Without the Clerk the Council would simply not A sparrow looks for seeds in the dirt that has accumulated under my wheel be able to function. arch (A Perrott)

Roughly £10,000 per year is allocated to the Community their lives a little less hard by providing food them; this is Council for the upkeeping of the facilities for which it is one of the most helpful things you can do for your responsible. From this budget regular bills are paid, garden visitors, as long as you are thoughtful with your such as public liability insurance for areas like the play feeding. Dawn and dusk are the most important times of park, cutting the grass in the graveyards, maintaining day to ensure that there is food available, especially the football pitch, repairing vandalism or damage to during the colder months. As well as food, the main common land, legal advice, the rental of the Village Hall requirements are water and shelter. Gardens tend to for the primary school play, and more. As you may have all three, which makes them perfect places for imagine, this money doesn’t go very far, so grants are birds to hunker down for winter when their summer frequently sought for projects such as the speed camera grounds turn cold and frosty. at the entrance to Llangoed and the notice board The RSPB and the British Trust for Ornithology suggest opposite McColl’s. feeding birds all year round. It is suggested, however, Opportunities to support other voluntary activities are that feeding birds during the colder months should be a also funded on an ad-hoc basis. Groups such as the priority. football team and The Puffin newsletter have also been grateful recipients of financial aid in the last 12 months. Without the Council’s help The Puffin would never have been able to start up, and this would also be most likely the last issue that you would receive.

Managing the common land and footpaths is by far the most time-consuming and expensive task for which the Council is responsible. Grounds management, flood prevention, maintaining boundaries and managing disputes takes a substantial proportion of the budget due to aging nature and the volume of land for which the council is responsible.

Should you wish to know more about the activities of the

Community Council or wish to contact it with an issue, Birds will feed even when it’s snowing heavily; these feeders attract visit: sparrows, goldfinches and starlings (A Perrott)

Cyngor Cymuned Llangoed a Penmon Community Council BBC Nature: UK garden bird feeding guide http://www.cyngorcymunedllangoedapenmon.co.uk http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17754543 for more information and details about how to get in How to help birds touch. http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/17831335

By Scott Paterson. By Andrew Perrott.

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LLANGOED VILLAGE HALL: HELPERS REQUIRED If you can spare a few hours now and then to help us, please contact one of the following for more information: Helpers are required to assist in the running of Llangoed Village Hall. The work involved includes opening the Richard Oakes 01248 490468 Adi Moore 01248 490218 Hall for events, helping on the bar for weddings, parties, Keith Whitehead 01248 490813 etc., keeping the Hall and grounds tidy, improving the

Hall and outbuildings (this could include some small building works and/or decorating), taking bookings and AN UPDATE FROM OUR ARCHIVIST showing potential hirers round the Hall. In the last issue of The Puffin, John Briggs asked if you had any old issues of the Llangoed, Penmon and Glanrafon Newsletter series dating from about 2002/ 2004 so that we could scan them to create a master set and make that available to everybody on-line as they are now becoming historically interesting. The good news is that now he has all issues except numbers 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18 and 20. We are very grateful to Emlyn Hughes, who was on the original editorial team, for providing them. Once scanned we will pass them to Anglesey Archives, which expressed interest in having them. Scanning will take time but we’ve already started.

If you have any of the missing issues, contact John Briggs on 01248 490551 or the Editorial Team via the e-mail address at the foot of this page.

There is a monthly meeting in the Hall (which is not TAILPIECE compulsory) on the second Tuesday at 7.30pm when Here’s a (Christmas) cracker of a joke... issues are agreed and jobs allocated. The work is voluntary and is not onerous. The Committee has Q.What do you call 22 killer whales playing violins? shrunk in size so that all the work falls on the same few people: hence our request for help to spread the load. A. An orca-stra...

EDITORIAL INFORMATION

THE EDITORIAL TEAM • We review all items for material that is obviously libellous or offensive, but we cannot check for factual accuracy; we simply Richard Adams Marie Madigan don’t have the time to do so.

John Briggs Scott Paterson • If you have strong feelings about what is said, or is not said, in The Puffin, don’t bottle it up: get in touch with us or join the Andrew Perrott Caroline Draper group of volunteers who enable its production.

Our e-mail address: GENERAL INFORMATION AND PUBLICATION DATES Katherine Gaunt [email protected] • We will do our best to reply to e-mails quickly. EDITORIAL POLICY • If you e-mail photographs and other pictures to us for inclusion • We welcome news, views and letters, in Welsh and in English, in The Puffin, please send them in .jpg format if possible; we as long as they are attributed to an author; please don’t send us publish in black and white, not in colour. anything marked 'not for publication'. • The Puffin is published in February (submissions by 10 • The views expressed in The Puffin do not necessarily January), May (submissions by 10 April), August (submissions represent those of the Editorial Team. by 10 July) and November (submissions by 10 October).

Finally...a big 'thank you' to the distribution team, and to McColl’s, Llangoed, for their invaluable help with The Puffin...we’d be lost without you!

SOME USEFUL CONTACTS

Alcoholics Anonymous 0800 9177 650 NHS Direct 0845 4647 Beaumaris Health Centre 01248 810818 Police: non-emergency 101 Beaumaris Leisure Centre 01248 811200 Police Community Support Officer: Beaumaris Library 01248 810659 Teleri Jones 07814 646320 Beaumaris Post Office (Spar) 0345 611 2970 RSPCA 01407 720743 Floodline 0345 988 1188 Samaritans 116123 Isle of Anglesey County Council: Samaritans: Welsh language 0808 164 0123 missed waste collections 01248 752860 Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital 01248 384384

Let us know if you’d like to see more contacts listed here; e-mail us at [email protected]

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