Pontyberem
Keith Evans
43 Brandyway, Pontyberem.
01269 871955 keithevans806@btinternet.com
Library The local library in the Memorial Hall operates on Mondays from 3pm to 7pm and on Thursdays from 9.30am to 1.30pm. There is a free internet service, DVDS and audio books for hire. Inquiries during library times can be made to Anja on 01269 870891.
Post office in CKS supermarket the post office operates six days a week, Monday to Friday from 9am to 5.30pm and Saturday from 9am to 3pm. Chemist times Monday to Friday trading hours of the local pharmacy are 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5.30pm.
And finally It has been a privilege to write this weekly column since 2007. Over those 15 years relating local news much has inevitably changed. My thanks to readers, past and present editors and journalists, for making the role of community correspondent for Pontyberem, Bancffosfelen and Crwbin so worthwhile. My best wishes to all.
Tumble
Welsh champion Congratulations yet again to Mabli Collyer whose parents, Rickie (Maesgwern) and Meinir (Dan y Graig) were brought up in Tumble. Mabli, a pupil at Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth, competed in the Welsh National Swimming Championships and won five gold medals in various disciplines and distances for age 15 and under. She also swam in two races for Swansea Aquatics relay teams, winning a silver and bronze medal.
Mobile library The county mobile library is available in the car park opposite the hall on Tuesdays from 1.45pm to 4pm. You can request any item available in any of the public libraries in Carmarthenshire free either through the online catalogue or ask the mobile library staff. For those who may not be able to visit the mobile or other library, the book swap shelves will be available in the old library in the hall again soon. You may bring a book and swap it for another or just borrow a book and bring it back.
Bag and bin it! There have been complaints again about dog mess left on pavements in the village. Lately, Bethesda Road has been a ‘hotspot’, as has the Cefneithin entrance to the Mynydd Mawr Woodland Park. Many people from the village and elsewhere walk their dogs around the rugby and football pitches of the park in Tumble and on the Graig park. They are lovely places to walk and get exercise. But it’s not so pleasant for the groundsmen cutting the grass when bits of dog faeces fly up in their faces. Please would the few people who do not clean up after their dog remember that dog mess can carry disease and no one wants to take it home on shoes, bike wheels or pram wheels!
Neuadd y Tymbl Saturday market: The hall will be hosting a monthly Saturday market with stalls for local traders. Please contact the clerk if interested. Coming soon: An Evening with Ceri Dupree in May; Jubilee Afternoon Tea with Peter Karrie and Like Freddie Tribute Night in June. Eisteddfod Gadeiriol y Tymbl is back in September. Various regular activities and services are now available in the hall. This is a selection: Performance Factory children’s stage school: Monday, 4.30-7.30pm. Line Dancing: Thursdays, 1.30-3.30pm. Cyfle i Bawb: Every other Tuesday, 1-3pm. Pat, 01269 831773. Zumba: Monday, 8-9pm; Wednesday, 7.30-8.30pm. Turn’d Up Fitness: Thursday, 7-8pm. Happy Feet Clinic and Heart Clinic: By appointment. For more information about any of these or if your group/society would like to discuss the possibility of meeting in the hall, please contact Mrs Clare Hope at llannonccclerk@ outlook.com. The hall is available again for private functions such as birthday and wedding parties.