From the London Welsh Trust and Association at Grays Inn Road www.cymryllundain.org.uk Awst/August 2008 • Rhif/Issue 50-22 £2.00 The Tower Bridge Experience - page 3 TUD/PAGE 2 AWST/AUGUST 2008 O’R GANOLFAN/FROM THE CENTRE Diary Here is the news – Friday, 19 September - Bar, Comedy Club’s opening Huw Edwards for President! night , 7.30 for 8.00 till late. Friday 17 October - Bar, Comedyclub 7.30 till late Saturday 8 November - Bar, Big At the last AGM a couple of weeks ago, Screen Rugby Wales v Lord Morris stepped down as our South Africa 2.30 pm Saturday 8 November Cwrs President after seven years in that office. Undydd Cymraeg – Intensive I am sure you will all join me in thanking one-day Welsh course for all standards him for his support during that period Friday 14 November - Bar, Big Screen Rugby Wales v and in expressing the hope that we will Canada 7.15 pm continue to see him attending our Friday 21 November - Bar, Comedy Club returns functions at Gray’s Inn Road for many Saturday 22 November - Bar, Big years to come. Screen Rugby Wales v New Zealand 5.15 pm It may be news to some of you that Saturday 22 November - Gwalia Huw Edwards has agreed to be our new concert in aid of the Centre Sunday 14 December - 6.00 pm President. I am delighted to welcome Nine lessons and Carols him in that role, although he is no Literary events are being organised for September and stranger to London Welsh, having served November. Please check the web-site for details. as a Vice President of the Trust as well as being President of the Gwalia Male Barrie Lloyd Our Advertisers Voice Choir and a Vice President of the Please mention this London Welsh Male Voice Choir. The Theo Brueton or myself. magazine when contacting official hand-over will take place at the We would like to use the fact that the our advertisers.If you know of a potential advertiser Festival Of Male Choirs at the Royal Centre is not being used much during please contact Rita Clark: [email protected] Albert Hall on 18 October. August as an opportunity to move Lodwick Davies has retired after three forward with redecoration. I would like to WEB INFORMATION; years in office running the London Welsh hear from wielders of paint brushes or Don’t forget to visit the London Welsh Forum. His efforts have brought us some layers of tiles, etc. who would like to Centre’s bi-lingual web pages at www.londonwelsh.org.uk for up to date very interesting Forum meetings on a volunteer to help us. information on all events at the Centre. wide range of themes. Thank you, Lod. For those not so manually inclined, Also included is a special section for Wales in London events and links to Unfortunately, we do not yet have a we are also looking for people to other in-house groups and other related organisations. successor for Lod, so here’s an strengthen our various committees. opportunity for somebody reading this to Barrie Lloyd See What’s on and Where page 4 for London Welsh activities elsewhere step forward. Another quiz night was held at the Cadogan Hall Concert Published by the London Welsh Association. 157 Grays Inn Road, London WCIX 8UE Centre in June. This again proved to be a The recent London Welsh Choirs concert Telephone: 020 7837 3722 www.cymryllundain.org.uk / very popular event and I would like to at the Cadogan Hall raised over £15,000, www.londonwelsh.org.uk EDITORIAL TEAM: Eirlys Bebb, Theo thank those who organised it. which was divided equally between the Brueton, Rita Clark, David Daniel, Gordon Roberts, Bob Trevor and Gethin Williams. We are starting to sign up people for London Welsh Trust and the London DESIGN SUPPORT: Taliesin Communications ADVERTISING: Rita Clark the next year of Welsh classes. We are Welsh School. Thank you to everyone PRINTED BY: Y Lolfa looking for some additional help in this who organised the concert and to Editorial contributions may be sent to the address above or, preferably, emailed to area. If you are interested, please contact everyone who supported it. [email protected] Advertisers may also contact Rita Clark Views expressed in this publication must not be taken as necessarily representing those of the London Welsh Association. Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru – Awst 2-9 The London Welsh Trust is a Registered Charity. This statement is given to support Ar Faes yr Eisteddfod yng Nhaerdydd bydd Stondin Cymry Llundain yn y Neuadd Arddangos . any advertisement which appears in the columns of London Welsh Magazine from time to time in the name of the Trust and deemed, in terms of the Act, to be Copy from contributors and advertisers needed by 30 September 2008 for inclusion in next issue. fundraising. Front Cover Picture courtesy of the Tower Bridge Experience Library O’R GANOLFAN/FROM THE CENTRE TUD/PAGE 3 AWST/AUGUST 2008 There’s Lovely See... Congratulations To Janice and John Samuel (Castle Street) on celebrating From the people who brought you ‘The Quiz’ their Ruby wedding in June. comes a fresh new burst of marvellous mirth They attended Morning in the form of “There’s Lovely See” – a new Service on the anniversary. comedy night on the third Friday of every To Elisabeth and Iorwerth month held in the bar at the London Welsh Potts (ex Clapham members) Centre. who celebrated their It will feature the best Welsh talent on the Diamond Wedding comedy circuit, with resident Welsh compère Anniversary in June. The in the form of Sion James. It will also feature celebrations took place in the gibbering nonsense of London Welsh London although they now Centre’s very own Paul Harry Allen live in Ffosyffin, near It starts on the 19 September with discount Aberaeron, Cardiganshire. for members. To Parch . Peter Dewi Richards on being appointed Paul Harry Allen President of the English section of the Baptist Union. To Russell and Eluned Jones Lod’s forum year – a towering success on the birth of their grandson Rex Anderson to their daughter Susan and her husband Alan – a brother for Esmé. To Ifor ap Glyn (son of Iona and Glyn Hughes (Harrow) on being appointed the Children ’s Poet for a year. To Dr Elwyn Evans , BSc, now of Edinburgh on his promotion to the ranks of the Blue Robed Bard in the Gorsedd. To Katherine Morgan , Forum outing to Tower Bridge. Photo: Russ Jones daughter of Huw and Linda and granddaughter of Dilys The heavens looked down kindly on some 25 opened automatically even if she arrived in a Morgan and Ryland and members of the London Welsh who attended rowing boat, is the queen. Eileen Jenkins on gaining a B the Forum visit to Tower Bridge on June 9 . At 8-30pm we were privileged to witness Sc degree, First Class in We were escorted around this famous the bridge being opened for the fifth time that Speech Therapy from the edifice by two very knowledgeable guides, day - the whole operation took a brief 5 University of London. willing to answer all our questions and minutes. Many of us who have lived long obviously very proud of their association with years in London had never seen the opening of the Bridge and its history. Tower Bridge - so it was really exciting. Readers! We were shown the old engine rooms We walked along the high walk-ways, on a Do you know of anyone who may be interested in hiring rooms at which housed the machinery used to operate beautiful summer’s evening we admired the the London Welsh Centre? the lifting gear before everything was fantastic views up and down the River electrified - beautiful feats of engineering with Thames and the city with its famous land For meetings, rehearsals, etc. huge highly polished brass wheels and turning marks. Two Halls, gear. This was the final event and crowning Committee Rooms , etc available for hire during the day. One of the many amazing facts we heard glory of Lodwick ’s years of organising the was that the Bridge is opened on average one Forum and it turned out to be such a special For further information thousand times a year. It is free to anyone if evening that we decided not to throw him off contact the Administrator on the boat has a mast of a minimum height - the bridge after all! Diolch Lod. 0207 837 3722 the only person for whom the bridge would be Eirlys Bebb Email [email protected] TUD/PAGE 4 AWST/AUGUST 2008 DIGWYDDIADAU/EVENTS Who’s doing what, and where GWALIA MALE VOICE CHOIR LONDON WELSH MALE VOICE CHOIR Musical Director: Janet Haney Musical Director: Dr. Haydn James. Accompanist: Christopher George Accompanist: Annabel Thwaite 16 August Wedding, St. Andrews Church, Windsor. 17 September St Anthony’s Church, White Plains, NY, USA 6 September Wedding, St. Mary’s Church, Sevenoaks. 21 September Regis College, Weston, Mass. USA 18 October Concert at Harvest Festival dinner, Eynsford, Kent. 18 October Royal Albert Hall, London 22 November Joint concert with Icelandic choir at the London 1November Leatherhead Theatre, Surrey Welsh Centre – all proceeds go to the London Choir rehearsals are held from 7.30 – 9.30 every Thursday Welsh Trust evening at the London Welsh Centre, 157, Gray’s Inn Road. All 29 November 90 th Birthday party at Sidcup Old People’s Home. visitors and potential new choristers are always welcome.