LLYNFI VALLEY
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Llynfi Surgery: Are you or someone you know going to University this year and were born between September 1, 1997 and August 31, 1998.
Please ring for your appointment to immunize yourself against Meningitis A, C, W & Y.
All young people born between September 1, 1996 and August 31, 1997 are also invited to be immunized.
Ring for appointment – immunizations are available for Tuesday of this week September 6 between 2pm and 3pm.
Flu injections are available every Tuesday in October no appointment necessary just come along between 1.30pm and 3pm
Garth Senior Hall: Simple Sewing Workshop at Garth Hall, Bridgend Road, CF34 0NB, Christmas Star Table Centre, Saturday, October 22 from 2pm5pm.
Sewing machine workshop suitable for beginners and improvers.
You will learn basic sewing and patchwork techniques, a little machine quilting and have a beautiful table centre to take home ready for Christmas.
£10 per person, tea or coffee and cake included.
A list of requirements will be provided when you book.
Call Anne Wilkes on 0790 460 4049 or email: institches4@hotmail.com
Harmony Concert: Harmony will be celebrating their 10th anniversary this year so they would love you to join them in the celebrations at Maesteg Town Hall, Saturday, October 8 at 7pm doors open at 6.30pm.
Tickets cost £10 from any chorister or contact the Town Hall box office 01656 815995 or www. maestegtownhall.com.
Special guests for the evening are Richard and Adam finalist’s from Britain’s Got Talent, the brother’s who are from Holywell are welsh classical singers.
Compere for the special evening is Maesteg’s very own Ross Thomas former
Mayor of Maesteg.
So please come and join us in this celebration.
Côr Merched Cwm Llynfi: You may have noticed that Côr Merched Cwm Llynfi is not performing an annual concert in Maesteg Town Hall in September this year.
Since the musical calendar of Maesteg is very full in September and October, we have taken the decision to move the date of our annual concert to April each year.
Our next showcase concert in Maesteg Town Hall will be on April 7, 2017, put the date in your diaries now!
That isn’t to say that the choir is not busy rehearsing and performing.
On September 28 we will be entertaining those attending the Harvest supper at St Cyfelin’s Church, Caerau.
While on October 26 we will be performing at Shiloh Church, Llangynwyd.
We will be supporting the restoration fund of the Catholic Church of Our Lady and St Patrick by singing in a concert on Friday, November 25.
Online Help: Organised by Awen Cultural Trust in partnership with Bridgend Communities First, we can answer all your online, web and internet based questions and more.
From September 5 to December 16. Pop in for a chat on Tuesdays at Maesteg Library, 10am-12noon or call us on 01656 754835.
Healthy Cooking Sessions: These free sessions are at Caerau Development Trust on Fridays September 30, October 7, 14 and 21 and November 4 and 11. All of them are from 10am-12noon.
Enjoy finding out how to make easy to cook recipes to keep you healthy! Free to all those living in Bridgend Communities First areas, advance booking required by contacting Jeremy on 01656 643518 or email: Jeremy. Dimond@bridgend. gov.uk.
Zumba Fitness Sessions: Free sessions are being held at Caerau Social Centre on Tuesdays September 13, 20, 27 and October 4, 11,and 18.
All of them are from from 10.30am-11.30am.
Have great fun with your friends and family getting fit to music created with specific beats and tempo changes which targets every muscle group in the body!
Free to all those living in Bridgend Communities First areas, advance booking required by contacting Jeremy as above.
Charity Concert: This will take place on Wednesday, September 28 at 7pm in Central Church, doors open at 6.30pm.
This year, Curtain Up Youth Theatre will perform in aid of Action for Children. Last year Maesteg Children’s Choir perfomed, and it’s good to know that young people are ready to support other young people less fortunate than themselves.
Tickets cost £3 and will soon be available from church members, or you can pay at the door.
MAOS Show: Advance notice of this year’s show at Maesteg Town Hall– Joan Littelwood’s musical comedy ‘Oh What a Lovely War!’
It’s on Friday and Saturday October 21 and 22.
Tickets cost £ 12 or £ 10 cons from Maesteg library on 01656 815995 or maestegtownhall.com
What a good choice for this year, with so many special ceremonies to remember the dead in battles fought, in particular The Battle of the Somme.
The original production was performed with the cast in pierrot costumes and metal helmets due to Littlewood’s abhorrence of the colour khaki and antiwar feelings.
The production features such World War I- era songs as It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, Pack up Your Troubles and Keep the Home Fires Burning.
The song Oh! It’s a Lovely War was written by JP Long and Maurice Scott in 1917.
Fright Night: Advance notice of the Llynfi Valley Amateur Dramatic Society’s Fright Night.
The date is October 28 and the venue Maesteg Harlequins, time 7.30pm. Admission £ 5.
We will be providing a buffet and the bar will be open.
Alan Flay is wondering if any of you have personal experience of any ghosts, the paranormal, etc.
If so, please contact him.
Two 2- Day Trips: The first is the Christmas Market in Birmingham on Wednesday, December 14, cost £ 109 and £ 42 extra for a single room with a £ 35 deposit required when booking.
Then the following week, on Wednesday December 21, there is a trip to see the very talented Andre Rieu in concert in Birmingham £ 204 and £ 15 extra single room with a deposit of £ 108 required when booking.
Contact Eirwen Thomas on 01656 736379.
Our River: The Llynfi Valley Rivercare Group, who clean our river and plant flowers along its banks, have a ten year lease on a piece of land in Bridgend Road, Garth.
They intend creating a ‘ wetland’ there and have already had the land for five years, waiting for BCBC’s planning permission.
At last it’s now in the hands of the Planning Department – so watch this space.
Special Dates: Do you have a 100th birthday coming up, or a Golden or Diamond Wedding and live in the Maesteg Town Council area?
You, or your relatives, can inform the council.
Then you can expect a special visit from the Mayor and consort bearing gifts.
Befriending Scheme: The Big Lottery funded Community Companions befriending scheme for over 50s is looking for volunteer voluntary befrienders in the Maesteg area.
Imagine going days or weeks wit seeing somebody or not being able to get out of the house?
An hour of your time to visit someone or help them participate in community activities can make a huge difference to their day.
Led by Bridgend Association of Voluntary Organisations ( BAVO) and delivered by BAVO and its partners, the project is free of charge, confidential and non- judgemental, providing volunteer befrienders and community cafes for socially isolated people aged over 50 throughout Bridgend County Borough.
By becoming a befriender you can experience first hand the difference that you can make to people’s lives.
You can help older people meet others, improve their access to local services and improve their overall health and wellbeing.
An hour of your day will really go a long way!
For further details call BAVO on 01656 810400 or you can send an email to: bavo@ bavo. org. uk
Choir News: Do you like music? Do you like to sing? Do you like making new friends?
Then one of these choirs is for you.
Each has choristers from all over the borough, has their own style in making music and all are friendly, with a warm welcome waiting for new members.
If you have attended any of their concerts, you already know their style and their friendliness, which come across to the audience.
CÔr Meibion Maesteg a’r cylch/ Maesteg Male Voice Choir rehearse at the Celtic club on Thursdays and every other Tuesday starting at 7pm-9pm on Thursday with a 15 minute break and 7pm-8.30pm Tuesday with no break.
CÔr Merched Cwm Llynfi, the Llynfi Valley Ladies Choir rehearse at the Catholic Church – St Mary’s and St Patrick’s – on Wednesdays 7pm-9pm.
The Gleemen – Maesteg Gleemen Male Voice Choir rehearse at the British Legion Club.
Harmony Ladies Choir, rehearse Mondays 7.30pm-9pm at Nanty Rugby Club.