DATES FOR YOUR CAPEL BETHLEHEM CHAPEL been pushed down the priority list in our EDITORIAL high-pressure lives. DIARY On July 27th The summer is nearly over 2006 I was and we’re preparing to enter There may have been times when we privileged to be the winter months again. intended to return to Church or Chapel part of the large Why is it that the winter months seem to be worship, and then we just never got round to congregation in longer than the summer months? The time is nd it. We need in a changing world Sept 22 Autumn Begins The Church of St. flying by as this edition proves! This edition is rd to hold on to those things that are Sept 23 Jewish New Year Mary the Virgin, number 14 and that means we’ve been going th unchanging. Jesus is always ready and Sept 29 Michaelmas Day to now for about three and a half years. We are st waiting at the door of our hearts - He keeps Oct 21 Trafalgar Day witness the Institution and starting to receive praise from far afield as to th on knocking- why dont we let Oct 29 Summer Time Ends Induction of the Reverend Richard Paul the quality of the magazine and how lucky st Him in? The door of Bethlehem Chapel is Oct 31 Halloween Davies as Vicar of Burry Port with the people of Pwll are to have such a good th also open to receive anyone who so Nov 5 Guy Fawlkes Pwll, and as Minister of Bethlehem I once publication (we are allowed to wallow in th desires to come and find peace and joy in Nov 12 Remembrance Sunday again through this publication some self praise you know!). th being part of the large family of Nov 14 Prince of Birthday welcome Reverend and Mrs Davies along th Christ. No-one is turned away. This is your magazine and we need your Nov 30 St Andrews Day with their family to Pwll, and look Mae 'na groeso mawr yn eich disgwyl. articles, views, news and comments. Please forward to the opportunity of sharing God's Duw a'ch Bendithio. May God Bless You. don’t be shy in contributing. Hand written is work in the village. Bendith Duw perfectly all right with us as long as you arnoch yn eich ardal newydd. include your name, address and telephone TIMELY REMINDER – number so that we can contact you if we SUMMER HAS ENDED May I remind everyone that following the Karate is a form of martial arts in which can’t read your handwriting. Summer holidays the ENGLISH service people who have had years and years of Summer has come to an end with SUNDAY SCHOOL will re-commence training can, using only their hands and If you enjoy reading this edition half as much and just to prove it its time to on SEPTEMBER 17th at 3.30pm. feet, make some of the worst movies in as we have enjoyed producing and turn the clocks back an hour. So don’t forget All other services are in WELSH at 3.30pm. th the history of the world. distributing it then it’s all been worthwhile. to do it on 29 October. Croeso cynnes i'r oedfaon. Mae'r Gweinidog

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Bônau y Parchg Carys Awen Jones BTh o Cabbage Patch. Happy reading! MUFFIN THE MULE hyd yn barod i rhoi cyngor i unrhyw un sydd

eisiau angen. BÔNAU CABBAGE PATCH ANNUAL Fred Tickner had BÔNAU DEADLINES AUTUMN RAFFLE As part of her mission Rev Carys Awen originally created a mule Jones is available on 01554 771252 puppet in the 1930s for The deadline for the Christmas edition of The th should anyone need guidance or advice in puppeteers Jan Bussell Bônau Cabbage Patch is 25 October for To help with the costs or printing and th any matter. and Ann Hogarth. It was your articles or reports or 20 October for distributing this magazine we are again not until 1946, when they were working with any amendments to your advert. holding our autumn raffle. The money we The next OPEN COFFEE morning will be on have raised in previous raffles just about September 25th at 10.30am in the presenter Annette Mills (sister of John Mills), covers the cost of publishing one edition. The vestry of the Chapel- please come and join that Muffin was named and used for a CONTACTING US other three editions every year are paid for us, you'll be most welcome. television appearance in an edition of For by our sponsors (the advertisers) and we are The Children broadcast on August 4 1946. To contact The Bônau Cabbage Patch or A Grand Concert featuring The BURRY extremely grateful for their help and The character, with his signature tune "We The Pwll Action Committee please call PORT BRASS BAND, and the BURRY contribution in keeping this magazine afloat. want Muffin" proved popular, and ran on 755665 or 755260 or 777420 or drop your PORT MALE VOICE CHOIR will be held at BBC television in his own series until 1955. A articles or reports through our letterboxes at We have a small band of volunteers who will the Chapel on FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29th at wide range of spin-off merchandise was also 43 or 53 or 81 Pwll Road or you can send us be tramping the village over the coming 7pm. Tickets £5- in aid of the building restoration fund. Your support will be much made using the Muffin character. an e-mail at: weeks knocking on your door and asking you if you would like to buy some raffle tickets. appreciated. Jan Bussell and Ann Hogarth, and later their [email protected] Please give generously. A THOUGHT FOR ALL--- daughter Sally McNally (1936-2004), Any photographs we use are first scanned We would like to thank all the people who We all need at one time or another in our continued to use Muffin in their own shows. and then the originals are returned to their have so generously donated prizes towards lives to return to our spiritual Eight surviving original episodes are rightful owners so don’t be shy or fearful in this raffle. Without your help and generosity roots. Perhaps the pressures of life, job and available on DVD. sending us your photographs. It would be we would be scratching our heads wondering family and other distractions handy though if you wrote your name and In 2003 the rights to Muffin were bought by where the money was going to come from to have taken us away from worship. The address on the back of the photo (in pencil) Maverick Entertainment plc and a new 26 keep the magazine afloat. Thank you all. desire to be in God's presence may have or you attached one of those ‘post-it-notes. part animated version of Muffin returned to BBC TV in September 2005. HOLY TRINITY roaches. The geckos did not die from the in purgatory. The Devil allowed him one CHURCH residual poison (surprisingly), but their grace, a burning piece of pit coal to central nervous systems were greatly th PWCA - (WILL O’THE WISP) warm him on his desolate walk through On 27 July, we had affected, causing the lizards to slow down. the wild lands, which he uses to lead the Institution of our Moving up the food chain, the cats ate the wanderers into the marshes. The lights new Vicar, the Rev slow-moving lizards and started to die off in There are various Paul Davies at St large quantities. Of course, fewer cats explanations for the were also seen as death omens, and Mary’s Church, Burry Port. It was a joy to means more rats, and the country's rat Will o' the Wisps, when seen within graveyards they were see the church full, many had travelled from population soared. As a result, the World the most general known as corpse lights. These were said Solva, the Vicar’s former parish, together Health Organization was forced to step in being that they are to light the path of a coming funeral - with friends from various parts of the country. and ban DDT. In an effort to restore the malevolent spirits from the victim’s home to the graveyard There were also numerous clergy from all ecological balance, they flew in planeloads of either of the dead or - in the form of small flickering flames. In parts of the Diocese. cats to kill the rats. other tales the lights were often said to non-human The Institution was conducted by the Bishop intelligence. They appear in places where a tragedy was of St David’s, the Rt Rev Carl Cooper. This PARISH RECORDS have a mischievous about to occur. was followed by the Induction by the Archdeacon, the Venerable Alun Evans. and often malevolent nature, luring More mundane explanations for the Will 1756 - Buried from unwary travellers into dangerous Representatives from other places of Halfway Inn o' the Wisp come in the form of marsh worship, local organisations, schools and situations. (Tywyn, Cornel gasses - natural methane - formed from civic dignitaries welcomed the Vicar during Mawr) Frances A common story is one about a Welsh rotting vegetation. The gas was thought the course of the service. Roberts Will o' the Wisp (Pwca); a peasant, who to sometimes ignite spontaneously Following the service, refreshments were is travelling home late in the evening forming standing flames over boggy served at the Church Hall, Pwll, which 1856 - 1st Notice is hereby given that a sees a bright light travelling before him, ground. It has also been suggested that allowed everyone an opportunity to meet and Vestry or Meeting will be held at the Vestry looking closer he sees that the light is a the little understood phenomena of ball Room in the Parish of Pembrey on Friday, welcome our new Vicar and his family. We lightning may have been the cause of the 1st day of February next at 3 o’clock in lantern held by a "dusky little figure" look forward to another chapter in the life of sightings. the church and wish our new Vicar and his the afternoon, for the purpose of considering which he follows for several miles, family a long and happy stay with us. the best method of diverting the road leading suddenly he finds himself standing on from the Railway Station to the village of the edge of a great chasm with a roaring A CAT CALLED OSCAR Our Sunday School has a break for the Pembrey. torrent of water rushing below him. At summer, and restarts on September 10 th at During World War II a cat called Oscar that moment the lantern carrier leaps 10.30am at the Church Hall. A warm st served on the 1856 - Feb 1 Vestry meeting resolved that across the fissure, raises the light over German battleship welcome is extended to children of all ages the meeting be adjourned to the Red Lion to come along. its head and lets out a malicious laugh, Bismarck. instantly. after which it blows out the light leaving On September 15 th we have a jumble sale at When the Bismarck the unfortunate man far from home, the Church Hall at 5pm. Harvest will soon be DID YOU KNOW was torpedoed, a upon us again, our Thanksgiving service will standing in pitch darkness at the edge of British sailor st The train carrying iron from be on Sunday October 1 and the Harvest a precipice. They were not always so serving on board rd Zouerate to the coast at Supper on Tuesday October 3 . our dangerous, and there are tales told HMS Cossack rescued him. Five months th Nouadhibou (Mauritania), is the Christmas fayre is on November 10 . about the Will o' the Wisp being later HMS Cossack was sunk but HMS Ark world's longest train in regular guardians of treasure, leading those Royal came to the rescue of Oscar. service, at a length of 3 Vicar: The Rev Paul Davies kilometres (1.85 miles). brave enough to follow them to sure Three weeks later a German U-boat Tel: 01554 – 832936 riches. destroyed HMS Ark Royal and Oscar was

On June 21, 2001 a train 7,353m (4.568 rescued yet again. The naval authorities then In many places the Will o' the Wisp were decided that Oscar had had enough and miles) long, comprising 682 ore cars and 8 associated with spirits of the dead who locomotives made the Newman--Port posted him on land. DDT could not enter either heaven or hell, Hedland (Western Australia) trip and is listed According to British naval records, Oscar The Malaysian government decided to solve as the worlds longest train ever. malignantly wandering the earth leading died peacefully in 1955. their disease-carrying mosquito problem by foolish travellers astray. Another story spraying the infested areas with DDT. This Even i f you're on the right track, you'll get allowed a wicked blacksmith named Will worked, but the cockroaches then devoured a second chance to live a wholesome run over if you just sit there. Half the truth is often a great lie. the dead mosquitos. This was followed by life on earth, but he lived it in such evil the region's gecko lizards consuming the that he was doomed to wander the earth

CYMORTH CRISTNOGOL RIDE A COCK Whilst at the summit disaster struck as we / CHRISTIAN AID HOSE THE GOWER CLIMB almost lost a climber who nearly fell off the It was a warm and pleasant June day when edge. A decision would then have had to be During Christian Aid week in Ride a cockhorse to seven climbers left Pwll and headed for base made on whether we would have climbed May, we held a Special United Banbury Cross camp to conquer one of the many hills on the down to rescue him as it was almost

Service held at Bethlehem To see a fine lady Gower Peninsula. lunchtime! Chapel. Members of the three Churches in upon a white horse We eventually started the climb after two of It was now time to start the descent and on the village – ie Holy Trinity, Libanus and Bethlehem – took part. The Minister of With rings on her the way down we discovered what must have Bethlehem, The Reverend Carys Awen fingers and bells on been a Second World War gun installations, her toes which were now looking the worse for wear - Jones welcomed everyone and during the Service addressed the congregation on the She shall have music wherever she goes. a bit like Ieuan really! Judging by the importance of sharing and giving support to nostalgic look on Huw’s face he must have the needy, centring our thoughts on the The lyrics of this nursery rhyme relate to fired a few shots himself. He probably missed! needs of Ethiopia due to HIV/AIDS and Queen Elizabeth I of England (the fine lady) encouraging us to put faith into action. Every who travelled to Banbury to see the new We arrived back at base camp with all of us member to the congregation had a Prayer huge stone cross, which had just been being grateful to live in such a wonderful Card and the opportunity of completing a erected. environment, with the splendid Gower coast

Trade Justice Post Card. These cards were The lyrics 'With rings on her fingers' on out doorstep. Pwll is better though! sent to the Prime Minister asking the obviously relates to the fine jewellery, which (Article submitted by Sir Edmund Hillary’s best friends Government to fight for TRADE JUSTICE would adorn a Queen. The words 'And bells and not Free Trade. cousins next doors neighbours distant uncle who knows on her toes' refers to the fashion of attaching the party arrived late after getting themselves someone that climbs hills. Photographs not by John The Prayer for Christian Aid Week is as bells to the end of the pointed toes of each lost on the journey over to the Gower. The Lichfield-Bailey - the official photographer to the Bonau follows- Cabbage Patch) shoe! omens were not good. We soon realised

what a tough ascent lay ahead as the air was Lord God, this disease is beyond us alone. Banbury was situated at the top of a steep SUDOKU hill and in order to help carriages up the thinning faster than Tony Blair’s hairline, and Please Lord, help young people to rid The rules of Sudoku are simple. Enter digits steep incline a white cockhorse (a large seemed to be having an effect on our Ethiopia of HIV. from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row stallion) was made available to help with this thought process. Give us the will and the ability to bring about must contain one of each digit. So must task. When the Queen's carriage attempted “How did Tensing drive change. every column, as must every 3x3 square. to go up the hill a wheel broke and the his Sherpa van up You can do anything, so let all people pray Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can Queen chose to mount the cock horse to Everest?” was one for this. be reached logically without guessing. And as we have received your love, so may reach the Banbury cross. remark. “Will we get we love Her visit was so important that the people of sunburn quicker as we one another and support one another. the town had decorated the cock horse with are getting closer to the We pray this in the name of Jesus. sun”, was another. ribbons and bells and provided minstrels to Amen. accompany her - "she shall have music The climb eventually wherever she goes". The big cross at started to level out, Banbury was later destroyed by anti - much to the relief of During Christian Aid Week the House to Catholics. one climber who was House Collection came to £548.72p then a gasping for air getting further £13.44p was received. The DID YOU KNOW out of the car! I shall mention no names Treasurer, Leslie Evans, has sent a cheque John. on 24 June for £1,000 on behalf of the The next world cup (2010) will be Village. Also a big thank you to the hosted by South Africa. On the level plateau we were surprised to

Collectors who gave up their time to cover as Picasso could draw before he see some horses, and Jeff was rather many houses as they could. Thank you all for could walk and his first word was concerned as he had backed one of them for your continued and generous support. the Derby being run later in the day. the Spanish word for pencil. We arrived at the summit to be greeted with Anyone interested in more information or Thomas Cook, the world's first travel agency in the world, was founded in 1850. wonderful views of the Devon coast and who have a little spare time, we would be Caldy Island, although we were disappointed more than glad of your help. Contact No. Slugs have 4 noses! not being able to see the Kingdom of Pwll Enjoy the puzzle. It’s quite easy really but if

01554 758023. due to another of the Gower hills obstructing you need some help you’ll find the answer on Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! our view. A walk for next time maybe? page twenty-nine. A CAPE HORNER Swansea or Liverpool to San Francisco, In OBITUARY – THE Common Sense was preceded in death by 1894 he jumped ship in that port, and spent PASING OF his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Introduction: the next two years largely working farms in Discretion; his daughter Responsibility; and COMMON SENSE Between the years the area. John Wheatland recalls many his son Reason. He is survived by three 1904 – 1940 Thomas conversations with his grandfather, who had Today we mourn the stepbrothers: I Know My Rights; Someone Wheatland lived in Pwll, strong views and was fond of disabusing passing of an old friend, Else Is To Blame, and I’m a Victim. what he felt were popular misconceptions. Common Sense, who has firstly at the Rank Not many attended his funeral because so One of these was that all Californians in the been with us for many (Sailor’s Row) and then few realised he was gone. If you still 1890’s walked around carrying revolvers; the years. No one knows for at Bay View (Tyle remember him pass this on. If not, join the local Sheriff carried the only one he ever sure how old he was Catherine). He had met majority and do nothing. saw. (In contrast, carrying guns in South since his birth records were lost long ago in and married Charlotte America was general). bureaucratic red tape. and had 2 children, a (Submitted by Mrs Pat Lewis, 9 Aelybryn, Pwll) boy who of course was Doug Wheatland and Before signing on a ship’s crew would always He will be remembered as having cultivated a daughter Vi. Jeff Wheatland still lives in the enquire about the master, knowing that their such valuable lessons as knowing when to family home. come in out of the rain, why the early bird lives would depend on his knowledge and Even if you do the right thing for the wrong As most people in Pwll, Thomas was a very skill. Germans were unpopular because they gets the worm, life isn’t always fair, and reason, it's still the wrong thing to do. keen gardener and beside the very large had a reputation for carrying too much sail in maybe it was my fault. garden in Bay View he also owned a plot of an effort to outdo all others, and the most Common Sense lived by simple, sound land opposite the school in School Road. He popular, according to Thomas Wheatland, policies (don’t spend more than you earn) sold this plot for £100. I wonder what is were Norwegians. and reliable parenting strategies, (adults, not DID YOU KNOW

would have been worth today? Thomas was shipwrecked twice; once totally children are in charge). In terms of annual average, Keriche, Kenya He worked at Glyn Jones Brick Works in Pwll for which we have no details, and again in His health began to deteriorate rapidly when has more hail than anywhere else on earth, and often gave David Mansel Lewis a lift in Patagonia, where the vessel spent ten well intentioned but overbearing regulations with hail falling on 132 days each year. the horse drawn dram which passed the months being repaired. Sadly, the names of were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old Stradey Estate on its way to collecting the Thomas Wheatland’s ships have not On 17 July 1841, a shower boy charged with sexual harassment for of heavy rain and hail in clay for making the bricks. survived; all we have left are his grandson’s kissing a classmate; teens suspended from recollections of conversations with the old Derby, England was As a grandfather he was the best. We as school for using mouthwash after lunch; and man. According to him the name accompanied by a fall of grandchildren have many happy memories of a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly “Skyscraper” first used in America, originated hundreds of small fish and him, one of which was when he sailed student, only worsened his condition. frogs, many of them still from the lookout point on a ship above the around the Cape Horn - a story recalled by crow’s nest. He had an extraordinary story Common Sense lost ground when parents alive. Mr John Wheatland of and recorded about one of his attacked teachers for doing the job they by Joanna Greenlaw in her book Swansea On 14 August 1979, a ships – the failed to do in disciplining their unruly Copper Barques & Cape Horners. rainbow was seen to last for Dumfriesshire. children. It declined even further when three hours over North Wales. The master, schools were required to get parental Cape Horn is a headland, 1,391 ft (424 m) Captain Lewis, consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or high in Chile –the southernmost point of died on the a sticky plaster to a student: but could not South America, in the archipelago of Tierra TO CURE A COUGH voyage from San inform parents when a student became del Fuego. It was discovered and first Francisco to pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. rounded by Willem Schouten, the Dutch To cure a cough: take a hair from the Swansea and, navigator, on Jan. 29, 1616, and named for Common Sense lost the will to live as the coughing person's head, put it between two as a mark of Hoorn in the Netherlands. Lashing storms Ten Commandments became contraband; slices of buttered bread, feed it to a dog, and respect, the crew and strong currents made “rounding the churches became businesses; and criminals say, "Eat well you hound, may you be sick tied his body Horn” one of the great hazards of sailing-ship received better treatment than their victims. and I be sound." near to the days. With its cold and windy climate, it is still Common Sense took a beating when you wheel as the a formidable challenge to navigation. couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in vessel entered Swansea. your own home and the burglar can sue you Enthusiasm is the greatest asset in the Thomas Wheatland – A Cape Horner: Thomas Wheatland (pictured) died in April for assault. world. 1940, and lies buried at Holy Trinity Church Thomas Wheatland was born in Hove in It beats money, power and influence. where his tombstone is still clearly legible. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live Sussex in 1870 and went to sea at the age of after a woman failed to realise a steaming This article is dedicated to his memory. fourteen, later becoming a ship’s carpenter. cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in

Interestingly, a large part of his seagoing (Article submitted by Jean Morgan nee Wheatland) her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge career was spent on ships running from settlement.

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tyddynod, daethom ddeall bod llywodraeth ymlacio cyn mynd ar wibdaith fer yn y Paper - newspapers, magazines, directories, Norwy er mwyn cadw’r cymdeithasau cefn DID YOU KNOW prynhawn. Aethom am drô drwy’r pentref, a writing paper and junk mail. (Please keep the gwlad yn fyw ac yn gyfan, yn ogystal a dyma un o’r argraffiadau sydd wedi glynu, ac items dry by putting them inside a plastic bag un yr wyf yn siwr a ddaw yn ôl bob trô y daw gwario ar ei ffyrdd a thwnelau er mwyn The New York phone book before putting it in your blue bag. had 22 Hitlers listed before Norwy i’m côf. Wrth fynd am drô drwy’r trosglwyddo nwyddau yn rhwyddach ar hyd a pentref yr hyn a’m trawodd oedd ei fod mor lled y wlad. Cardboard – food and drink cartons, cereal World War II ... and none packets without the waxed inner packet, after. dawel! Dim byd yn symud, popeth yn dawel, Peth arall a’m dim ond ambell berson ar droed, neu ar feic, ready meal sleeves. swynodd oedd yr The only Englishman to a dim ond un modur neu ddau! Edrychom ar Eglwysi Polion (Stave Plastics – clean plastic bottles, rigid food and become Pope was Nicholas ein gilydd gyda gwên wrth sylweddoli ei fod Churches) a’r drink containers (eg margarine and ice Breakspear, who was Adrian yn fore Sul, (a Sulgwyn ar hynny), ychydig ar bensaerniaeth cream tubs), ready meal trays, carrier bags. IV from 1154 to 1159. ôl hyn clywsom glôch y llan yn galw’r arbennig oedd i’w Cans – steel and aluminium food and drink Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee. ffyddloniaid i addoli. gweld ynddynt. Adeiladwyd y mwyafrif cans, used aerosols (Please make sure ohonynt yn y ddeuddegfed ganrif a’r drydedd Wrth gerdded drwy’r pentref, fe wnaethom these are empty and do not squash). sylwi fod y berllannau a’r caeau lle tyfai ganrif ar ddeg (1100 BC – 1200 BC) ac y mefys a llysau, yn ffinio ar balmant, nid oedd mae’r rhan fwyaf ohonynt yn cael ei mynychu PWLL FOOTBALL CLUB HOW THEY FINISHED PWLL WI

The Pwll W.I. meetings PWLL CRICKET CLUB With the World Cup Division 1 P W D L GD Pts start again this month after taking place this Trallwm 22 16 3 3 35 51 the summer break. The League Division IV - year, there seems to th next few months will be positions as at 29 July be hardly a break in Johnstown 22 14 5 3 33 47 very busy in the W.I. 2006 the football season. Tumble 22 15 2 5 25 47 calendar. This month’s For Pwll the new Pengelli 22 13 6 3 24 45 speaker is ‘Trysorau Nerina’ from Tumble season began on Garden who will be giving a demonstration on her August 1 st with Pwll 22 10 3 9 6 33 Club/Team W L D W-D L-D Total Village silver and costume jewellery collection. One taking part in the pre- West End 22 9 4 9 10 31 of our members Christine Wheeler-Jones will season Star Cup be spending a weekend at Denman College1 Aberdare 7 1 0 3 0 238 having drawn Penyfan 22 9 2 11 -9 29 in Oxfordshire with other members from Bancosfelin, Tumble Pwll 22 7 4 11 -9 25 . The courses include2 Landore 8 1 2 0 0 233 and Drefach in their group. A fair enough Felinfoel 22 7 3 12 -11 24 ‘Ramble and dance’, ‘From garden weeds to assignment and a chance for new first team herbal cure’, ‘Textile jewellery’ and ‘Let’s manager, Dennis Hughes, to ascertain the Kidwelly 22 3 9 10 -24 18 3 Winch Wen 5 5 1 0 1 182 entertain.’ Also members will be going to The strengths and weaknesses of the squad. Penllergaer 22 4 3 15 -41 14 Grand Theatre Swansea to see ‘Blood 4 Bronwydd 4 1 1 1 3 169 The first team begin their season with an Llangain 22 2 2 18 -39 8 Brothers’ now commonly regarded as one of away game at Kidwelly on Saturday 2 nd the all time great British musicals. September with the first home game on 5 Llandysul 4 4 1 0 1 151 In October there will be an interesting and th Reserve Tuesday 5 September against Hendy. P W D L GD Pts Division 2 unusual demonstration on egg decoupage. The club will be looking to move forward from There is also a Thanksgiving Service and6 Pwll 4 7 0 0 0 149 Pwll 22 16 3 3 36 51 last season when the first team failed to Flower Festival in St. Peter’s church to reach their ultimate goal of promotion back to Bwlch 22 15 0 7 30 45 celebrate 80 years of the W.I. movement 7in 3 5 2 0 1 149 the premiership while the reserve team went Burry Port 22 13 4 5 11 43 Carmarthenshire. Members of the numerous on to win the championship to return to the Llandeilo 22 13 2 7 19 41 W.I. groups in the county will be taking part8 Hills Plymouth 3 7 0 1 0 145 top division. Pengelli 22 12 3 7 22 39 in this service and have been busy practising in the choir. A presentation evening attended by 83 Gorseinon 22 9 8 5 11 35 9 Porthcawl 3 6 1 0 1 145 players and guests was held at the Loughor 22 6 6 10 -3 24 In November Rosemarie Morris a member of Ashburnham Hotel, where a lovely three * Abergwili 22 8 2 12 -20 24 Five Roads W.I. will be giving a seasonal10 Hirwaun 2 6 0 2 0 140 course meal was accompanied by an “open demonstration on Christmas flower Tumble 22 7 2 13 -15 23 the box raffle” compered by S4C broadcaster arrangements. She will be giving the Wellfield 22 5 6 11 -25 21 Ieuan Thomas. Awards for the 2005/6 members ideas for Christmas and will also st season were given to the 1 Team players of * Felinfoel 22 4 4 14 -25 11 raffle the flower arrangements made on the IRISH DRINKING TOAST the year Christian Bonnell and Andrew * Kidwelly 22 3 2 17 -41 9 night. Members are also interested in going nd Here's to you and yours Phillips, 2 Team players of the year Andrew to see ‘Amazing Grace’ a musical written by And to mine and ours. Mooney and Kevin Aitken, top goalscorer Mal Pope, in The Grand Theatre Swansea. Darren Blake, Clubman Andrew Mooney and Sir Gar And if mine and ours DID YOU KNOW Ever come across to you and yours, Sportsman Jason Saunders. An excellent Carmarthenshire Federation of Women’s Institutes I hope you and yours will do evening was enjoyed by all and the club now The Bledowska Desert in Poland Celebrating 80 Years (1926-2006) As much for mine and ours look forward to a successful season with a is the only true desert in Europe. of As mine and ours have done young and vibrant squad who have been Laughter and Fun, For you and yours! training hard throughout the summer break. The number 4 is the only Friendship and Learning number in the English language Come and join us now that the evenings are that has the same number of starting to get longer and darker. We meet in Everybody can get angry, that's easy. I keep six honest serving men, (They letters in its name as its nd th Pwll Community Centre every 2 and 4 taught me all I knew); Their names are meaning. But getting angry at the right person, Wednesday of the month at 7.00pm. There is What and Why and When, And How with the right intensity, at the right so much to do in the Pwll W.I. and excellent and Where and Who." (Rudyad Kipling, The only Englishman to become Pope was time, for the right reason and in the company. right way, that's hard. (Aristotle) from 'Just So Stories', 1902.) Nicholas Breakspear, who was Adrian IV from 1154 to 1159.

PWLL SCHOOL WINS HERITAGE AWARD Mirren. Mrs Thorpe used to wait at the bus stop with her! SCHOOL REPORT Our school have won an award for our work Her first teaching post was in Glenhouse in making a DVD of the school’s history in Private Nursery, Pembrey in 1968. She has 2005. We were invited to Brecon by the been teaching for nearly forty years!, Mrs Heritage committee to receive our award. Thorpe has been teaching at our school Some other chosen schools from all over since 1991. She has many happy memories Wales attended the presentation. On Friday th of our school and she said that we have THE SWIMMING GALA the 14 we left for Brecon. It took us just over always been a very friendly school. She did an hour to get there. The awards were going This year Pwll school took part in the think at first that we were too friendly – swimming gala the children who took part in during her early days she remembered the this year’s gala were Andrew Jagger, Andrew Mrs Thorpe presents Josh and Jade with the junior cup time when Gaynor, our cook had a rash on Richards, Cara Davies, Emyr Rees, Jade her stomach. She was shocked when Jackie Payne, Josh Bunyan, Lowri Bevan, Melissa the caretaker closely examined the rash! She Burns and Nikki Hayes. ROUNDERS found out later that they were married – to

th each other! ( my mum and dad) Before we got changed we ate our On the 12 July some of the year 5 and 6 sandwiches in the café. After we got pupils took part in a rounders Tournament in She also remembers the day when she changed we all went down to the pool. Pen y Gar playing fields. We won against rushed up from Pentip for Christmas dinner, Andrew. J went in first and swam front crawl Bygin and lost against Trimsaran and St. absolutely starving, only to find that we had a he did really well. For the girls Cara went in Mary’s. We brought Shannon Chainey and power cut and no dinner. No one was to be first and she also did brilliantly. By the time Shannon Rees from year four to play with us seen except Mr Morris the head teacher. Nikki and Melissa had finished their activity as well. We all did very well and we all most of us went to get changed to go back to enjoyed ourselves. school because it was nearly time to go to be presented in the Theatr Brycheiniog. home.

When we came back we all had something (Above: Matthew Treharne and Jade Payne receive our from the pupil of the day box. Luckily the award on behalf of the school). weather stayed dry because we were already soaking when we came out of the pool. So Before the presentation we set up a display when we got back we had quarter of an hour of our work in a room. People came around in school and then we went home. to look at all the work from the different schools on display. In the presentation the Infants prizes were presented, the prize SPORTS DAY money ranged from £100 – £500. Then came

This year’s sports day was on the 23 rd June This Is The Rounders Team the junior prizes. There were 28 schools in Kirianna, Emily, Eleri, Yasmin, Lowri, Cara, Jade, Emma, this category. They read them in reverse and the weather was very nice. Carley, Shannon Chainey, Shannon Rees, Josh and Mrs Thorpe told us how happy she is to Scott. order. Prize money ranged from £100 to come to school each day and how sad she is The teams competing were the yellows £1,500. Our school received a £250 national to leave. Good luck Mrs Thorpe and don’t (Dulais), the greens (Graig), reds (Strade) DID YOU KNOW trust award. We have to contact the national forget to come back and visit us! and the blues (Stepney). Most of the trust to see what the prize involves. activities were the same like spoke wheel, The only part of the human body Josh Bunyan and Emyr Rees of year 6 interview Mrs Thorpe arch and tunnel and the three-legged race. that has no blood supply is the Reporter: Jade Payne, year 6. But the two separate cups were given to the cornea in the eye. It takes in yellows in the infants and again the yellows oxygen directly from the air. MRS THORPE CALLS IT A DAY DID YOU KNOW in the juniors. The only continent without Recently we said a sad farewell to the ever- Babies are born with 300 bones, So it was a fun sports day especially reptiles or snakes is Antarctica. popular Mrs Thorpe who retired after a long but by adulthood we have only 206 because of the weather it wasn’t too hot and Offered a new pen to write with, 97% of all and successful career as a teacher. We took in our bodies. it wasn’t too cold. So Pwll School would like people will write their own name. some time to ask her a few questions about to thank everyone for their supporting this her career. She trained as a teacher in In 1845, President Andrew year’s sports day. The praying mantis is the only insect that can college in London in 1967. She remembers Jackson's pet parrot was removed turn its head! being in the year below the actress Helen from his funeral for swearing.

PENDINE VISIT LOWRI WINS GOLD ! out. When we got back to school all the

th VISIT TO THE SYNAGOGUE teachers and pupils were very pleased for On Friday 7 July our school athletics squad On Monday 5 June 2006 years 5 and 6 went us. took part in the School athletics On Tuesday we went on a school trip to the (By Emma Williams and Lowri Bevan, year 6) on a trip to . We took part in a wide Championships at Stebonheath. A total of synagogue. Mrs Glass told the boys to wear range of activities. The visit was a residential ten boys and girls from the juniors took part. a yarmulke. We saw the Star of David on the stay for five days. When we got there we window. The boys had to sit on one side and were given our cabins. Pwll School shared THE ECO COUNCIL The squad took part in the following events: the girls sat on the other. We acted a bit of with Cefneithin, Brynsierfel and Waun Wen Moses and we crossed the red sea and it The School Council has been working really 70m hurdles: boys-Lewis Bunyan, girls – Primary School, Swansea. We got on very was fun. Mrs Glass showed us the Torah. hard to improve playtimes. They were given Eleri Williams. well with the three other schools. There was a special pointer called the yad money from The Collier’s Arms 49’ers Club. 100m: boys – Andrew Jagger, girls – Lowri and it helped to keep the place in the Torah Bevan. They did a survey to find out what type of scroll. We watched two children get married 800m: boys – Josh Bunyan, girls – Jade equipment was needed in both the infant and under the canopy and Corey was the rabbi. Payne. junior yards. Lots of good suggestions were We said Shalom and then we left. made -but whoever asked for an adventure Long Jump: boys – Josh Bunyan, girls – Lowri Bevan. (By Maya Y2) playground – we would love to buy one but High Jump: boys – Andrew Jagger, girls – our budget will not stretch to that! Jade Payne. Shot putt: boys – Andrew Richards, girls – AN INTERVIEW WITH MRS HAWKINS

Kirianna Davies. We interviewed Mrs Hawkins the school cook 4 x 100m relay: boys – Andrew Jagger, Josh to find out about her work. Yesterday we Bunyan, Andrew Richards and Lewis invited Mrs Hawkins the school cook to our Bunyan. class. Brandon, Maya, Callum and Kalli 4 x 100m relay: girls – Lowri Bevan, Jade wrote notes about the answers. Payne, Yasmin Finnigan and Heidi Burns. We asked her ‘Do you like your job? `She The weather was rather hot. The activities Everyone did very well especially because likes her job because she likes cooking. Mrs were very enjoyable. We took part in water they were up against the best athletes from Hawkins said that we sometimes waste sports, archery, rock climbing. Matthew other schools in Llanelli. Two children vegetables and salad but we do like her Treharn came second and Andrew Richards deserve a special mention. Jade Payne Sunday dinners. Then we asked all of the came third in archery everyone did brilliant. came second in the 800 metres for girls. This other questions on our questionnaire. After was a very hard race because they had to that Mrs Hawkins went to clean up. We can On Thursday 8 June we went to Bosherston run two laps of the whole track. Lowri Bevan help her by eating all of our food and by not The School councillors went on a shopping Lilly ponds and Pembroke castle. We got won her heat and was one of the four fastest making a mess. trip to Trostre Park to buy playtime equipment. dropped off at the lily ponds in Bosherston to get to the final. The final was a very close Mrs Hawkins has been a cook for ten years we walked on the path to the bird watch race but she just managed to win. This is the and she wears blue trousers and a white When you speak, your speech should where we watched a duck and his baby’s first time any girl from our school has won jacket. swim by. Then we walked to Pembroke the final of the girls’ 100 metres. Well done (By Charlotte Nelson Y2) be better than your silence would have castle. In Pembroke castle we found out that Lowri! been. no one could climb the very steep walls. At the end of the trip everyone went down to BOBBY BUSTERS WD40 see the dragons foot print then we did brass Earlier this term some of year 6 went to a rubbings it was really good fun. Did you ever wonder what the WD quiz called Bobby Busters in Dewi Sant in WD-40 stands for? school. The team were Emma Williams, On the last day we said good bye to our Lowri Bevan, Jade Payne and Emyr Rees. The name was lifted right out of friends from Waun Wen primary School We were up against about 9 different schools chemist Norm Larsen's laboratory ,Swansea and Cefneithin. When we arrived and we did our best. We came third which notebook. back in school we got picked up by our was a very good postion. We had some of parents. Way back in 1953, he was trying to Dewi Sant school cheering their school on concoct an anti-corrosion formula, Andrew Richards and Zac Roberts of year 5 report on an which made us lose concentration. Mr. which worked on the basic principle of eventful week in Pendine earlier in the term. James came along to support us and we saw displacing water. On his 40th try, Larsen our past head teacher Mr. Morris. At the end finally got it right. Hence the name WD-40. (Report by Andrew Richards and Josh Bunyan) we had a cup of squash and then we headed It literally means Water Displacer, 40th try. back to school. We all enjoyed our morning Casglodd Menna Davies dros gant o and the mother frantically trying to free the CAPEL LIBANUS dowelion i’w hanfon i’r Mudiad Christnogol youngster by mobbing it, you can imagine hwn sy’n dod a gobaith a iachad i dros 5 the outcome. CHAPEL miliwn o fobol mewn 95 porthladd dros y byd. A WALK ON THE A great mystery was the disappearance of Oedfaon y Sul am Diolch yn fawr am eich ymateb brwd ar fyr WILD SIDE the cygnets at the substation pond. One day 10.00 y bore rhybydd. there were eight and later on there was Ysgol Sul :- Estynnwn groeso cynnes i ddarllenwyr Bone Another summer has none, where had they all gone? After talking Ysgolion Sul y plant Cabej i ymuno yn yr oedfaon a’r slipped by and I hope with some residents they actually saw a huge a’r oedolion yn ail-ddechrau mis Medi. that most of you had a gweithgareddau. torpedo looking fish rise out of the water and Un Oedfa Gymun y mis a’r Suliau yn nice even tan and did attempt to take a cygnet, a pike. This Rhif ffon 01554 758023 am fanylion pellach. amrywio. not get too frazzled on creature is the perfect

those baking hot days. Because of the cold killing machine and Cynhelir Cyfarfodydd arbennig :- spring one good outcome was the reduced Diolchgarwch a’r Nadolig. will take many young SEVEN number of green fly and black fly, hooray! water birds, an Sul y chwiorydd yn flynyddol. Always a menace for all gardeners. We Sul y dynion yn flynyddol. Deadly sins: Pride, envy, immense problem. A endured a deluge of rain on 22nd May, which real mean and Suliau plant ac athrawon yr Ysgol Sul. wrath, sloth, avarice, caused the sewage works and ponds to flood Suliau dan arweiniad yr aelodau. gluttony and lust. ferocious looking predator. with the tide out! What would have been the Suliau o Fawl. Virtues: Faith, hope, outcome if the tide had been in - a possibility Days are shortening now (worse luck) so Sul Undebol Capeli Cymraeg Llanelli a’r charity, fortitude, of gardens being underwater yet again. before long autumn will be upon us so here

Cylch – Sul olaf mis Mehefin prudence, justice, and is a reminder to turn your clocks back one The same day the temperance. hour on October 29th. I really appreciate on GWEITHGAREDDAU’R FLWYDDYN :- playing fields where receiving all the information for the article. Cymdeithas Ddiwylliadol - Bydd yn ail Dwarfs: Dopey, Sneezy, looking like the village Oh yes! - A cuckoo was heard this summer, ddechrau ym mis Medi bob pythefnos ar nos Bashful, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Doc. duck pond and talk along the Ashburnham golf course. See you about party in the park Lun am 7 o’r gloch. Cawsom amrywiaeth Seas: Red, Adriatic, Black, Caspian, in the next edition. eleven ducks where diddorol o siaradwyr a brethyn cartref yn Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and the Indian ystod y tymor diwethafa. Daeth y enjoying these watery Ocean. Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder. cyfarfodydd i ben gyda’r aelodau yn conditions… I wonder if the cricket team Wonders of Ancient World: Great Pyramids mwynhau cymdeithas dros bryd bwyd blasus have ever matched that score - only a joke of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue yng Ngwesty’r Ashburnham. boys okay. The month of June really lived up of Zeus at Olympia, Temple of Artemis at to its reputation absolutely flaming. The hot MONSTER AT SEA Dosbarth Llenyddiaeth - Gwyliau dros Ephesus, Mausoleum of Maussollos at weather continued into July which triggered yr haf ond bydd y dosbarth yn ail gychwyn Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, off a spectacular thunderstorm on the One glorious June ym mis Medi pob nos Fercher, am 7 o’r gloch Lighthouse of Alexandria. evening of Sunday the 2nd, and on some morning my am 20 wythnos. companion and I Colours of the rainbow: Red, Orange, Yellow, occasions it lit up the Gower with terrific Dewch i gymdeithasu a mwyhau darllen a bursts of fork lightning. One local crossed the railway by Green, Blue, Indigo, and Violet. the slip opposite the thrafod llenyddiaeth Cymraeg dros fisoedd y meteorologist recorded a temperature of gaeaf. Cewch groeso cynnes i ddosbarth Hills of Rome: Aventino, Campidogio, Celio, almost 35 degrees Celsius – that’s into the park. The tide was full poblogaidd iawn dan arweiniad Bethan Esquilino, Palatino, Quirinale, Viminale. sizzling nineties! Hot! Hot! Hot! in and not even a ripple on the water - Clement. Ages of man: Infancy, childhood, Pwyllgor Cymorth Cristnogol yn cwrdd yn On one adventure around what a majestic sight! adolescence, young adult, adult, old age and the lakes I came across a y Festri. Suddenly there was a disturbance on the senility. strange noise going tick, Trip yr Ysgol Sul tick, coming from the surface and a creature disappeared. We Diolch i Deryth Davies am drefnu gwibdaith i bushes and thought I had thought probably only a seal, and waited to Ddinbych y Pysgod ar 22 Gorffennaf. DID YOU KNOW not heard that bird before, see his head reappear. Time went on, and there was no head seen. What could this Cafodd bron llawn bws o blant ac oedolion but then realised it was not amser arbennig yno ar ddiwrnod heulog braf. At the towering height of 193 a bird but the gorse seed creature have been? Definitely not a seal!

metres (632ft.) above sea level, pods splitting in the intense Possibly a basking shark? We do not know Sul Arbennig i gefnogi Mercy Ships. until this day. Who knows what lurks beneath Yn ystod mis Mehefin cafwyd Sul arbennig i the pinnacle of Rhossili Downs, heat. 'The Beacon', is the highest the murky waters of Pwll. gasglu towelion i gynorthwyo y llongau hyn point on Gower allowing Only a small percentage of ducklings sy’n heplu’r tlawd a’r anghenus i dderbyn matured this summer due to the presence of As the world is experiencing climate change llawdriniaeth rhad a chymorth ymarferol. unparalleled 360° views of the we may experience further peculiar sightings peninsula. marauding herons. A resident of Pwll Road witnessed a heron with a duckling in its beak - perhaps a Nessie!!! 23 rd Nov – 25 th Nov - French street market WHATS ON IN THE AREA UNTIDY VILLAGE See, taste and purchase goods such as WYNNE’S CHARITY QUIZ th There is no doubt about it - Pwll is beginning Sunday 24 Sept - Family Day home made biscuits from Brittany, olives, to look a little scruffy around the ears! The Wynne’s last Charity Quiz held at The A family day to raise money for the charity cheeses, homemade honey and jam, chichi problem with litter is increasing as is the dog Colliers Arms recently raised an outstanding Cerebra, that help brain injured children. (caramelised mess all around the village. It shouldn’t take £131 that was donated to The Bethlehem There will be many fun events such as face peanuts popular on much to take one’s litter home and it is now Chapel Restoration Fund by the winning painting, balloon modelling, entertainer, the French beach), an offence not to clear up the mess your dog team, which was captained by Cllr Eryl music and a talent contest with many grand paté, crepes, Morgan. makes. prizes to be won. chocolates, soap, Wynne, over the years, has raised an Venue: St Peters Civic Hall, Notts Square, table cloths & So please, with a little bit of effort and incredible amount of money for local charity. . pottery. Organised thoughtfulness on everyone’s part we can He is to be congratulated and commended. by Carmarthenshire make the village look a little less ragged and nd Well done Wynne. Wynne’s next quiz will be Sunday 22 Oct - Carmarthen Toy and County Council. untidy. And it wouldn’t really take much effort held at The Collier’s Arms sometime over the Train Sale Venue: Stepney Street, Llanelli and time if we all swept the path in front of our houses and you’d be surprised at the Christmas Holidays. Collectors Toy and th Friday 24 Nov - Llanelli Christmas difference it would make to the look of the Train Sale inc. Dinky Carnival village. FIRST SEX CHANGE Toys, Corgi,

Matchbox, EFE etc. One of the largest events in Carmarthenshire The first human sex change took place in and Hornby, Lima, sees over 15,000 people celebrate the start Take what you want and th en pay. 1950 when Danish doctor Christian Tri-ang, Bachmann etc. trains and much of the Xmas period with a carnival parade, (Aztec proverb) Hamburger operated on New Yorker George more. Venue: The Ivy Bush Royal Hotel live music, competitions, stalls, refreshments, Jargensen, who became Christine fireworks, children’s rides and the official Jargensen. th switching of the lights. Organised by Saturday 28 Oct - Model Railway Carmarthenshire County Council, Llanelli Exhibition LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITI ON~ LIMITED EDITION Town Council, Council & Multi Scale Model Railway Llanelli Round Table. Exhibition, with layouts, Venue: Llanelli Town Centre PWLL LIMITED EDITION 2007 CALENDAR COMING SOON model railway traders,

preservation and historical 25 th Nov – 26 th Nov - Christmas Craft & societies. To help raise funds for this magazine we’ve decided to Gift Show 2006 Issue an “Images of Pwll” full colour limited edition Venue: Community Education Centre,

Furnace Road, Carmarthen This new two day calendar later in the year. Christmas gift Friday 17 th Nov - Carmarthen Christmas spectacular will This A4 calendar is printed in full colour on professional lights switch-on feature a variety of high gloss paper and includes five superb photographs festive products and Celebrating the start of the Xmas period in of Pwll - all taken by our very own village photographer, gift ideas for picturesque Guildhall square in Carmarthen Mr Douglas Langley. everyone. With with carol singing & the official switching of everything under one the lights plus a huge aerial fireworks display roof discover beautiful It would make a fantastic gift for your friends and relations over historic Carmarthen Castle. Organised gifts and inspiring who have moved away from the village and who yearn for by the Carmarthen Festival Partnership. food ideas including a piece of nostalgia. Venue: Guildhall Square, Carmarthen hand made crafts, festive foods, Christmas

th decorations, fashions, stocking fillers, The calendar will have a price tag of £1.75 but we’re just Saturday 18 Nov - Carmarthen town jewellery, health and beauty products and hoping you like this magazine so much you might donate treats. 100's of innovative gifts. Not to forget the a little extra to help keep us going. fantastic entertainment for all family including After a successful introduction in 2005, Town a visit from Father Christmas, fantastic fun treats are back with appearances from the The calendar will be available from early November from legendary (and very real) herd of Cairngorm fair and a large firework display. Reindeer, Santa’s Grotto and various street Venue: Carmarthen Showground, West either The Pwll Action Committee or direct from the entertainments. Organised by the Wales editors of this magazine. More details will appear in the Christmas edition of The Carmarthen Festival Partnership. Bônau Cabbage Patch. Venue: Carmarthen town centre. A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation. LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION~ LIMITED EDITION wee folk” paint one haggis in every hundred and use them as steeds during the THE BERLIN WAR CEMETERY celebrations for the birthday of the Faerie HAGGIS HUNTING IN SCOTLAND King. On a recent trip to Berlin, a work colleague suggested a visit to the It's nearly haggis hunting time again! The Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery. The cemetery is maintained by the © Scotsman.Com and/or MPS Limited, 2003. All Rights Com monwealth War Graves Commission and is immaculate. On looking around hunt begins at noon on St Andrew’s Day, 30 Reserved. Refer to their Web pages (www.scotsman.com) the graves, there was one with a Welsh inscription (Mwyaf garw marw November. The hunt ends at 3pm on Burns’ for conditions concerning copyright. ymhell) and I was intrigued to find out where the deceased came from. Night, 25 January.

There is a book of remembrance at the cemetery and on looking up the grave Do not walk behind me, I may not lead. The haggis can be found anywhere in reference found that the deceased was a Gwilym Williams from Anglesey. Scotland. However the creatures become Do not walk in front of me, I may not However, on the facing page of the book, I spotted an entry for a man from harder to find after 30 November. Centuries follow. Just walk beside me and be my Pwll, one Thomas Kenneth Morgan Williams. On getting back to Pwll over Easter, I v isited of persecution have obviously caused these friend. the war memorial outside Holy Trinity Church and saw that he is remembered creatures to be cautious at this time of year. as Ken Williams. The following is taken from the Commonwealth War Graves On 31 December, something very unusual web site: happens: haggii move east across the country in huge numbers. The reason for this ROBIN HOOD’S MERRY MEN mass migration is unknown. This could be an example of co-evolution as most of the human inhabitants of the country are in no Some say there were 140 condition to hunt on 31 December or 1 or 150 Merry Men (and January and the haggii can move Women) in Robin Hood’s unmolested. band of merry men. Only a handful were ever The Common named in the legends. Haggis - Here are those few. These little fellas could be described as the 'Common' Robin Hood (Lord of Haggis though Loxley) as every Scot knows, they are not a common John Little (Little John) sight. Their coat is the colour of dry mountain Maid Marian heather and thus can be found mainly in the Friar Tuck uplands of Scotland. The specimen shown is Will Scarlet a male, we can deduce this from the animal's Much the Miller’s son slightly smaller head and long sharp claws. Alan a Dale They can grow to anything between 12 - Will Stutely 35cm (4 - 14 inches). Gilbert with the White Hand David of Doncaster The Golden Haggis - Wat O' the Crabstaff The fabled Golden Gamble Gold Haggis (Marag Arthur a Bland (Little John’s cousin) fabulosus aurelius). George a Greene The hunter who Bold Jane Downey spots this very rare Cecily (Wil Scarlet’s sister) type of Haggis is Gwyn (Marians daughter) lucky indeed. Clorinda, (queen of the shepherdess) Scottish folklore speaks of untold riches and Tricket (Robin’s Dog) good fortune for whoever spots this beast. No-one knows where the Golden Haggis comes from. Scientists disagree over This article was submitted by Wayne Cuttler. If it's hard to do, then you're doing it whether it is a separate species or just an wrong. albino. Whimsical tradition has it that “the

Congratulations to you both on your Golden Narrow letters: Show someone who's SUDOKU – The Answer DID YOU KNOW Wedding - Ed. somewhat shy and inhibited but very self- disciplined.

Here is the answer to the Sudoku puzzle set The Viking Adamnan made the HANDWRITING - WHAT IT MEANS Letters that don't touch: Indicate an on page 7. How did you get on? first written account of the Loch impulsive, artistic, sometimes impractical free

Ness Monster in 564AD. He thinker. described how St. Columba heard about the monster killing Some letters connecting: Means the writer's personality blends logic and intuition. a man, and then rowed to the centre of the loch to order the All letters making contact: The sign of beast to stop such attacks in the future. Ever someone who's highly cautious. since that time, legend has it; Nessie has never repeated her misdemeanour. But it's A curved first mark: Shows a person who's traditional and plays by the rules. still there according to a number of people who have seen her. A straight beginning stroke: Reveals If letters slant to the left: Indicates introspection and a lot of emotional control. someone who's rigid and doesn't like being told what to do.

Learn to drink the cu p of life as it If letter slant to the right: Reveals a person who's outgoing, friendly, impulsive, and A final stroke straight across: The writer is comes. cautious. emotionally open.

If letters are straight up and down: An end mark that curves up: Reveals generosity. The sign of someone who is ruled by the head, not the heart. Perfect penmanship: The hallmark of a POPULATION communicative person. Letters that slant in more than one direction: Wales Indicates versatility and adaptability. An indecipherable scrawl: Indicates a person

LETTERS TO THE An erratic slant: Usually means a lack of who's secretive, closed-up and likes to keep 1891 282,300 1,771,400 EDITOR flexibility. his thoughts to himself. 1901 248,300 2,012,900 1911 310,200 2,420,900 Heavy pressure writing (like you can feel the Dear Sir, 1921 327,900 2,656,500 rib made on the back of the paper): The It's better to be poor than to be rich. The I have had a 1931 321,500 2,593,300 writer is agitated. rich always have to fear becoming poor, wonderful experience but the poor never have to fear 1951 316,200 2,598,700 Moderate pressure (the writing is dark, but just reading your Pwll 1961 315,800 2,644,000 becoming rich. you can't feel the rib on the other side of the magazine “The Bônau 1971 316,400 2,731,200 paper): Shows ability to deal with stress. Cabbage Patch”. 1981 330,200 2,791,900 Light pressure: Indicates someone who I go to Bethlehem Chapel in Pwll, and I 1991 341,600 2,798,500 THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT 2001 357,300 2,946,100 seems to take life in stride. wondered if you could possibly put my name on the mailing list. Tiny letters: Indicate the writer has a Water to Blood (Exodus 7:14-24) somewhat low self-esteem but is intelligent. Plague of Frogs (Exodus 7:20 - 8:15) I think you all do a grand job, and it makes Plague of Lice (Exodus 8:16 - 19) excellent reading. Small letters: The hallmark of quiet, Plague of Flies (Exodus 8:20 - 32) introspective types - they're generally detail- Enclosed some stamps to cover P & P. Murrain - Cattle Disease (Exodus 9:1-7) GOLDEN WEDDING oriented and have good concentration. Thank you very much. Plague of boils (Exodus 9:8-12) John and Mair Caines of 127 Pwll Road Large letters: Sign of a confident, easygoing Deluge of hail (Exodus 9:13-35) Yours faithfully, (formerly of ‘Blodau Mair, Llanelli) celebrated individual. Plague of Locusts (Exodus 10: 1-20) Mrs Val Borlase, Swiss Valley, Llanelli their Golden Wedding on 7th August. John is Darkness (Exodus 10:21-9) Huge letters: Indicate someone who's a native of Dorset and Mair is originally from theatrical, usually loud, and needs to be the Death of First Born (exodus 11:1 - 12:30)

Hendy. They have lived in Pwll since 1993, centre of attention at all times. but John (a beekeeper) kept his bees at Pwll Every day in every way, I was getting Wide letters (their width and height are about We should be careful to get out of an from 1984, until ill health forced him to ‘retire’ worse and worse until I stopped trying the same): The mark of someone who's open experience only the wisdom that is within as a beekeeper two years ago. to be like other people. and friendly. it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat

that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one any more. back to Buckingham Palace To the ears of her patriots how charming still commanding…’home, James! And don’t seems spare the horses!’… And that’s how an The music that flows in her streams. expression galloped into history. Chorus THE PWLL JUST A SECOND My country tho' crushed by a hostile array, The world gained an extra HEN WLAD FY GARDENING CLUB The language of Cambria lives out to this second on July 1st 1983, NHADAU day; when the Greenwich Mean Heathers: The muse has eluded the traitors' foul Time was extended by one Mae hen wlad fy knives, second to bring it into line By careful planning, a new nhadau yn annwyl i mi, The harp of my country survives. with solar time. The heather garden can give a colourful display Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri; adjustment was needed because Earth's in 3 to 4 years, which will require little Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwladgarwyr tra mad, Chorus rotation is slightly uneven. It made the day maintenance and will last 15 to 25 years. Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed. only a blink of an eye longer but in that single Heathers are best planted in beds totally second of that year: devoted to themselves, except for the Cytgan: Courage is not the towering oak that addition of a few conifers to provide contrast - Shiek Zayid ibn Sultan an-Nuhayan earned Gwlad, gwlad, pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad, in height and form. £190 from his royalties in United Emirate Oil Tra môr yn fur sees storms come and go; it is the I'r bur hoffbau, fragile blossom that opens in the snow. When buying, avoid lank and straggly plants - The world's population increased by 3: O bydded i'r heniaith barhau. and select bushy specimens with fresh There are 420 births every second but only looking foliage, which have been carefully 417 deaths. Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd, reared and trimmed in early life. - Concorde could fly 650 yards, a peregrine Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd A heather garden falcon 110 yards, a cheetah could run 33 hardd; yards, Seb Coe (in the course of breaking SOME SPORTING THEME TUNES should be planted in a Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si the world mile record) seven and a half yards position where it will Ei nentydd, afonydd, i mi. and the common snail moved one twentieth be unshaded for all or Cytgan of an inch at full tilt. most of the day and, if possible, facing - Britons drank 350 pints of beer and 2,609 Os treisiodd y gelyn fy ngwlad dan ei droed, south. Planting on dry cups of tea. Mae hen iaith y Gymry mor fyw ag erioed, BBC Snooker - sites or under trees Ni luddiwyd yr awen gan erchyll law brad, - And the forcipomyia midge, should it have Drag Racer should be avoided. Na thelyn berseiniol fy ngwlad. felt the urge, could have beaten it's wings by Bold plantings of 1,046 times. Doug Wood groups of 5 or more of Cytgan each cultivar give a BBC Test Cricket - Soul Lambo by Booker T and good overall effect, WELSH NATIONAL ANTHEM – Earth is the insane asylum for the the MGs but single cultivars, Unofficial English Version chosen to contrast or complement each other universe. Channel 4 Test Mambo No 5 can look attractive in a small garden. The land of my fathers, the land of my Cricket - by Lou Bega

Where possible beds should be of informal choice, International A Musical Joke HOME JAMES The land in which poets and minstrels shape with no straight edges. Plan on using Show Jumping - by Mozart 5 plants per sq. metre (4 plants per sq. yard) Home, James, and don’t spare the horses rejoice; Match of the Day - Match of the Day making allowances for other small leaved was a favourite expression of Queen The land whose stern warriors were true to the core, by Barry Stoller shrubs planted with the heathers. Victoria. In the latter half of the 19th century,

Queen Victoria had a carriage driver named While bleeding for freedom of yore. Pot Black - Rag Plant the heather deep with the lower foliage resting on the soil surface. Keep the bed free James Darling. Traditionally, the Victorian by Winifred Awell ‘upper class’ called their staff only by their Chorus: of weeds. A peat mulch will greatly assist this Wales! Wales! fav'rite land of Wales! Rugby Special - Holy Mackerel task. Heathers benefit from an annual surname. While sea her wall, may naught befall by Brian Bennet pruning. In as much, Queen Victoria calling Mr. To mar the old language of Wales. Ski Sunday - Pop Looks Bach

Darling – ‘Darling’ - seemed slightly by Sam Fonteyn inappropriate. So ‘James’ it was to be…Just Old mountainous Cambria, the Eden of imagine her Majesty departing the Royal bards, Superstars - Heavy Action by I have a hobby. I have the world's largest train at Paddington Station, anxious to get Each hill and each valley, excite my regards; Johnny Pearson collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you've seen some of it. Wimbledon - Light and Tuneful ------John HUGHES / S / 11 / B-Pembrey / Sch A job that a working dog does: "A slave." Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool Margaret HUGHES / D / 8 / B-Pembrey / Sch by Keith Prowse Something people might be allergic to: James GRAY / Head / 59 / B-Broad Risington- David HUGHES / S / 6 / B-Pembrey / Sch "Skiing." Gloucester, Gardener William HUGHES / S / 3 / B-Pembrey THE ANSWERS ARE IN THE Sarah GRAY / Wife / 55 / B-Hertford Town An occupation where you need a torch: "A (Article by Pwll Genealogy Fan) burglar." GENES Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool A well-known superstition: "Running in front David JOHN / Head / 52 / B-Kidwelly / Coal Continuing our walk through Pwll in 1881. In this BÔNAU HUMOUR of a car." list of 11 dwellings there are at least 3 Miner The funniest and best list dressmakers! (D = Daughter / S = Son / U = Mary JOHN / Wife / 53 / B-Llangendeirne, of Family Fortunes Something you use a microchip in: "A fish- Unmarried / B = Born / W = Widow(er) / Sch = Carms answers. fryer." Scholar) David JOHN / S / U / 23 / B-Pembrey / A dangerous race: "The Arabs." Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool Carpenter John WILLIAMS / Head / 43 / B-Pembrey / Margaret JOHN / D / U / 21 / B-Pembrey A game played in the dark: "Charades." Stoker At Tin Works James JOHN / Son / U / 17 / B-Pembrey A non-living object with legs: "A plant." Some famous brothers: "Bonnie and Clyde." Ann WILLIAMS / Wife / 43 /B- Pembrey. Jane JOHN / D / 16 / Pembrey A sign of the Zodiac: "April." A jacket potato topping: "Jam." Isaac WILLIAMS / Son / U / 17 /B- Pembrey / Ada JOHN / D / 13 / B-Pembrey / Sch Working in Tin Works ------An animal associated with a nursery rhyme: A part of the body you have more than two Jane WILLIAMS / D / 14 / B-Pembrey. Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool "Andy Pandy." of: "Arms." Mary A. WILLIAMS / D / 8 /B-Pembrey / Sch. Thomas REES / Head / 31 / B-Nevern, P'broke / Master Wool Weaver, Employing 3 Men. A mode of transport that you can walk in: Something you find on a fire engine: "Coal." Richard WILLIAMS / S / 5 / B-Pembrey / Sch. "Your shoes." ------Mariah REES / Wife / 32 / B-Nevern, P’broke A famous royal: "Mail." Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool John REES / S / 11 / B-Nevern, P’broke / Sch An animal with big ears: "A bear." Mary Ann REES / D / 7 / B-Ambleston, P'broke Something you do before going to bed: Martha POWELL / Head / W / 53 / B-Pembrey Something you do on water: "Wallpaper." "Sleep." John POWELL / S / U / 28 / B-Pembrey / / Sch Rollerman – Tinworks Elizabeth REES / Servant / 15 / B-Abergwilly, A musical instrument you can play in the An item of clothing worn by the Three Margaret POWELL / D / U / 26 / B-Pembrey / Carms / Gen' Servant bath: "A drum kit." Musketeers: "A horse." ------Dressmaker Something associated with Egypt: "Cigars." An animal you see at the zoo: "Dog." Betsy POWELL / D / U / 22 / B-Pembrey Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool ------Daniel JONES / Head / 43 / B-Llangunog, A part of your body you only have one of: Something you might do in a power cut: Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool Carms / Lead Smelter. "Your big toe." "Read a book." Hannah JONES / Wife / 42 / B-Llangunog, Isaac JONES / Head / 77 / B-Pembrey / Something you pull: "A potato." A famous Parisian landmark: "Hawaii." Furnaceman - Copper Works Carms Jane JONES / Wife / 69 / B-Pembrey Mary JONES / D / 14 / B-Llanelly An animal used as a form of transport: "A One of Harry Enfield's characters: "Sooty." Jane JONES / D / U / 26 / B-Pembrey / Richard JONES / S / 10 / B-Llanelly / Sch turtle." A famous Irishman: "Disraeli." Dressmaker Margaret JONES / D / 8 / B-Llanelly / Sch A famous Phil or Philip: "Phil Johnson." ------Anna Sophia JONES / D / 5 / B-Llanelly / Sch The first place detectives look for Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool Eliza JONES / D / 3 / B-Pembrey A habit people try to give up: "Spitting." fingerprints: "The floor." Elizabeth WILLIAMS / Head / W / 65 / B- Esther Ann JONES / D / 1 / B-Pembrey A Thunderbirds character: "Doctor Spock." Something you associate with the sea: "A Pembrey. William John JONES / S / 1 / B-Pembrey Another TV game show with the word 'family' coffin." Ann WILLIAMS / D / U / 20 / B-Pembrey ------in the title: "The Generation Game." A famous Arthur: "Shakespeare." Edward TAYLOR / Boarder / 8 / B-Barnstable, Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool Devon, Eng / Sch Thomas EVANS / Head / 38 / B-Pembrey / A seaside resort on the south coast: " Rio de A type of cut: "Skull." Mariah TAYLOR / Boarder / 10 / B-Barnstable, Mason Janeiro." Elizabeth EVANS / Wife / 31 / B-Pembrey A weapon in the game of Cluedo: "Dice." Devon, Eng / Sch Something you open other than a door: ------Elizabeth EVANS / D / 5 / B-Pembrey / Sch Something people take to the beach: "Your bowels." Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool John EVANS / S / 4 / B-Pembrey / Sch "Turkey." William DAVIES / Head / 34 / B-Abergwilly / Mary EVANS / D / 3 / B-Pembrey / Sch Something with a red light on it: "a Dalek." Rachel EVANS / D / 10m / B-Pembrey A reason someone digs a hole in the road: Lab - Tin Works Something that makes you scream: "A "Grave digger." Margaret DAVIES / Wife / 34 /B-Abergwilly, ------Dwelling – (Pwll) Pool squirrel." Mary DAVIES / D / 12 /B-Carmarthen Town / An ingredient in chicken stuffing: "Chicken." Sch David HUGHES / Head / 45 / B-Llanelly / Coal A food than can easily be eaten without Miner Something a girl should know about a man Elizabeth DAVIES / D / 7 / B-Llanelly / Sch chewing: "Chips." Hannah HUGHES / Wife / 40 / B-Llanelly before marrying him: "His name." Margaret Ellen DAVIES / D / 4 /B-Pembrey Mary HUGHES / D / U / 18 /B-Pembrey / A type of record: "A floppy disk." Thomas John DAVIES / S / 1 / B-Pembrey A bird with a long neck: "A blackbird." Dressmaker A type of large cat: "Persian." Ann HUGHES / D / 13 / B-Pembrey / Sch A bird with a long neck (2): "Naomi Campbell." An item of clothing a woman might borrow from a man: "Underpants." Something taken from a hotel as a souvenir: "The lamps"