OMMUNITY EWSLETTER FOR LANGOED LANRAFON AND ENMON SSUE AY FREE C N L , G P I 27 M 2019 SPRING IS SPRUNG... Hall; see also page 3. March gave us a slice of el Knitting Club: the third tropicana to help an amazing Monday of the month at show of spring flowers; the Pont y Brenin Community baking heat last summer hub, 2.00pm-3.00pm; see seems to have been to bulbs’ also page 2. liking if the display of crocus, Clwb Ifanc Ffermwyr snowdrops, daffs and the like Llangoed Young is anything to go by. April Farmers Club: every came in with hail and sleet, a Monday, 7.30pm-9.00pm, proper 'blackthorn winter', so in Llanddona (not what happens this summer Llangoed) Community will be anybody’s guess. Hub, Maes Gwyn. As always, The Puffin says a Telephone Delyth Owen big 'thank you' for the help 26 March 2019: a blackthorn winter...blackthorn blossom was everywhere in on 01248 810385 for more that it receives from its many Llanddona’s hedgerows, like a light dusting of snow (A Perrott) information; see friends and supporters, Llanddona below, and also sponsors and donators, page 5. anonymous or otherwise. Llangoed WI: the first These include Red Boat Ice Wednesday of the month at Cream Parlour, the Bull 2.00pm, Llangoed Village Hotel, Janet Bell Gallery, Hall; see also page 4. Bishopsgate House Hotel, Tavern on the Bay, Echo Zumba: every Beach, Spar, Beaumaris, and Wednesday, 6.30pm- McColl’s, Llangoed, to name 7.30pm, Llangoed Village just a few...apologies to Hall. anybody whose name isn’t mentioned; our anonymous Whist group: alternate supporters will know who Thursdays, 1.30pm- they are! 3.00pm, Pont y Brenin Community Hub. 31 March 2019: at Llangefni, the sheltered woods in the Dingle were carpeted with celandine, above, and wood anemone, with bluebells just Seiriol Men’s Shed: for WHAT’S HAPPENING beginning to show here and there (A Perrott) men aged 18-108: the WHERE chance to meet and chat. Every Thursday at Here’s our quarterly round-up 10.00am, Pont y Brenin of what’s on in the locality. It Community Hub. doesn’t cover everything that’s on, so if you think that Bingo: the third Friday of an event is missing and the month at 7.00pm, Pont should be mentioned, do let y Brenin Community Hub. us know, please; our contact Llanddona: details and submission deadlines are always given Yr Hen Ysgol Neuadd on page 8. Bentref Llanddona Village Hall: works on the Llangoed: new premises have Clwb Garddio Llangoed proceeded apace, with no Gardening Club: the third repeat of last year’s 'beast Monday of the month at 5 April 2019: brrr...more blackthorn winter: Moel Faban was looking suitably from the east' to throw a 7.30pm, Llangoed Village chilly before the sudden warm spell a couple of weeks later (A Perrott) spanner in the works. At One of the 17 coolest places to get an ice cream in the UK! Find us in the heart of beautiful Beaumaris 34 Castle Street, Beaumaris LL58 8BB 01248 810022 [email protected] www.redboatgelato.com [email protected] 1 OF 8 The Puffin ISSUE 26 FEBRUARY 2019 the time of writing it is hoped that the new premises will be Gŵyl Beaumaris Festival: Tuesday 21 May-Monday 27 opened early this summer, so keep your eyes open locally May: for more information contact Melanie Jackson on and on Facebook for updates: https://www.facebook.com/ 01248 811200, and for some information about what’s on, llanddona, and see the photographs on page 8. see page 4. Anglesey & Caernarfon Dog Training Club: used to meet every Wednesday at the old Llanddona Village Hall at LLANGOED FLOWER & CRAFT SHOW 2019 8.00pm, but is taking a break; the monthly dog walk towards the end of each month is still taking place. For The Llangoed Flower and Craft Show will be held at Llangoed more information contact Andrew Perrott at ajbperrott@ Village Hall on Saturday 17 August 2019. As well as the usual yahoo.co.uk. flower, vegetable and cooking sections there will be three classes for organic Llanddona Book vegetables. The craft Reading Club: the second sections will include Tuesday of the month at patchwork, cross-stitch the Owain Glyndŵr pub. pictures, wood carving, For more information walking sticks, clay modeling contact Kirsty Simpson at and driftwood sculptures. kirstyalisonsimpson@ hotmail.com. The photography section subjects are (1) Wheels, (2) Village Knit Club: every 'At the end of the pier', (3) Monday at the Owain Autumn and (4) Mountains. Glyndŵr pub at 7.00pm. The schedules are at the For more information printers and will be out soon, contact Meg Marsden on giving you plenty of time to 07913 223435. get your entries ready...so Llanddona and start shooting! Beaumaris Horse and Pony Show: Saturday 24 For more information contact August 2018; details of the Mike Linford on 01248 Show programme will be 490184 or via caimcot@ btinternet.com. posted on the Llanddona/ Beaumaris Horse & Pony Show Facebook page LLANGOED KNITTING (https://www.facebook. com/pages/llanddona CLUB AND CYFEILLION beaumaris-horse-pony- YSBYTY GWYNEDD show/400266890032055) HOSPITAL LEAGUE OF in due course. FRIENDS Beaumaris: Llangoed Knitting Club would Pioneers Walking Group: every Wednesday, 2.00pm at like to thank all those who have donated wool, the donation of the Canolfan Iorwerth Rowlands Centre, Steeple Lane. which has helped with its support of Cyfeillion Ysbyty Telephone Howard Jackson on 01248 810050 for more Gwynedd Hospital League of Friends. information. This tax year the League of Friends purchased equipment for Beaumaris Film Night: the first Thursday of the month at Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital to the value of £13,335.28. It also 7.30pm at the Canolfan Beaumaris Leisure Centre. pledged £58,817.13 to purchase equipment for operating Telephone 01248 811200 or e-mail enquiries@ theatres, the urology clinic, urogynaecology, the Emergency canolfanbeaumaris.org.uk for more information. Department and Gogarth Ward...diolch yn fawr iawn/thank you so much to everybody for such wonderful support! What’s showing during the coming months? (Mrs E Roberts, Bodwyn, Llangoed) 6 June: Phantom Thread 4 July: Leave No Trace CLWB PÊL DROED LLANGOED FOOTBALL CLUB: 1 August: Can You Ever Forgive Me? SOME THOUGHTS FROM OWEN WILLIAMS, CLUB Table top sale: the first Sunday of the month, 10.00am- CHAIRMAN 4.00pm, at the Canolfan Beaumaris Leisure Centre; refreshments are available. Telephone 01248 811200 or e- The end of another season is upon us...a bit up and down, but mail [email protected] for more with some good results against Bro Goronwy and Nefyn. The information. downside was the unavailability of players at times, and some inconsistency of play, especially towards the end of the season, Antiques & collectors’ fair: the third Sunday of the month, when things seemed to fizzle out. Support was pretty good, but 10.00am-4.00pm, at the Canolfan Beaumaris Leisure we need more people to drag themselves away from television Centre; refreshments are available. Contact morganfairs@ football to football at a grassroots local level! We want hotmail.com or telephone 07516 277794 for information/ everybody to be proud of our hard-working local Llangoed bookings. team, which has been part of the community since 1946-1947. One of the 17 coolest places to get an ice cream in the UK! Find us in the heart of beautiful Beaumaris 34 Castle Street, Beaumaris LL58 8BB 01248 810022 [email protected] www.redboatgelato.com The Puffin ISSUE 27 MAY 2019 2 OF 8 www.poblseiriol.co.uk/newsletters/ We would like to thank Iris between 1966 and 1981, and Rowlands for her thirteen 10,000 were made in years’ service in our canteen. Portugal between 1980 and We’d like also to thank Huw 1993, when production of the Jones (Bryn Mawr) for doing Mini Moke finally ended. the nets and for cutting the Since arriving in Australia field, and our many other she’s been displayed at helpers, including those who various car events, producing work hard for the Fifty-Fifty a lot of interest, and has Club. We’re looking for more joined various owners’ clubs helpers to move the Club in South Australia. forward with new ideas for funding, help on the field on Various British police forces match days, and so on. used Mini Mokes in the 1960s, and she’s one of the Our under-16s season will survivors, having served in finish soon, hopefully with a 31 March 2019: Tîm Pêl Droed Llangoed Football Team at Llangoed Wrexham as KCA 217F. The cup. We really do need Back row, L-R: Russell Evans (Manager); Nathaniel Evans; Rhys Owen; police found them very somebody to start again from David Thomas; Kane Briggs; Jamie Roberts; Charlie McKenna; Nick Williams; Dewi Williams (Assistant Manager) useful; they were ideal for the under-11s, to nurture Centre, purple fleece: Iris Rowlands driving down narrow lanes, them and take them forward. Front row, L-R: Robin Morris; Wayne Thomas; Craig Jones; Llion Roberts; alleyways and on the beach. In short, we need more young Jay Fenton (C Couchman) They could be exited quickly blood! We’d love more and the side grab-handles youngsters to take part; who might well have been used as knows? The Premier League anchor point for handcuffs. could be the next stop! Welsh police forces had the If you’d like more information, highest number of Mini or think that you’d like to help Mokes in use, but Devon and in one way or another, do get Cornwall police ran a couple in touch: Owen Williams, as well.