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success and the models who volunteered their services were superb. It was a lovely opportunity to catch up with old friends.
I was particularly delighted to bump into Mrs Sheppard, my eldest son’s first head teacher. Really pleased you are enjoying reading this section.
Easter Bonnet Parade on Good Friday, April 14, at lunch time. Lunch on the day will be a beef dinner followed by jam roly poly and custard and will be served from 12.151.15pm. Members £4.40. Non-members £5.
Talbot Day Trippers will be visiting Saundersfoot and Pendine on Tuesday, June 20. They will be leaving the village at 9am and will be home at 6pm. £12 per person for members and £13 per person for non-members. Call 01656 749754 for more information and to book tickets.
Quilting and Sewing – come along for inspiration and help with your projects Mondays, from 2pm-4pm.
Cwtch Cynffig: For 50 years Kenfig Hill has providedam eeting place for people with disabilities and their carers and the Cwtch Cynffig project continues their good work every Thursday.
Activities include arts & crafts, chair based exercise, health and wellbeing sessions.
Morning sessions run from 10am-12.30pm and Afternoon sessions run from 1.30pm-4pm.
Each session costs £5 which include refreshments.
Lunch is also provided at an additional cost of £2.50.
For further information telephone the Talbot Community Centre on 01656 749754.
Easter Activities: Come along to Pyle Library for some holiday fun.
Story and Easter Egg Hunt on Thursday, April 13 at 2.30pm.
Film Club are showing Hop on Tuesday, April 18 at 2.30pm.
Storytime and Craft with Cats Protection Thursday, April 18 at 2.30pm.
Kenfig Hill and District Male Voice Choir: The Choir’s Annual Tribute to their Patrons will take place on Saturday, May 13, at The Grove Golf Club, 7pm.
Cynffig Cluster World Book Day Quiz: Five primary schools participated in this event recently.
Each team had to answer 20 questions about a fiction book provided by the organisers at Pyle Library.
Both Mynydd Cynffig Primary and Pil Primary achieved 20 out of 20 meaning that a tie-break consisting of five more questions each took place.
Harry Mason and Daniel Thomas held their nerve and conferred expertly as a team to win the trophy for Mynydd Cynffig Primary School for the very first time in the competition’s fouryear history.
The boys will now progress to the Bridgend Primary Schools finals which will take place in Maesteg in June along with Mia-Elise Lewis and Claudia Broom who represented Pil Primary and were within a point of the winning school. Congratulations to both teams.
Festival Week: Preparations are already taking place for this wonderful annual event in the Kenfig Hill and Pyle Community. This year the theme is Flower Power.
Festival week commences on Saturday June 24 until Sunday July 2 with Fun Day on Saturday July 1.
More information nearer to the time.
Thank you to everyone who works so hard to make this event such a success for us all.
Anybody wishing to book a table please contact Gina on 07752 366241.
Bethel Community Church: Kidzone for children aged 7 – 11 on Fridays 5.30pm-6.45pm at Bethel Community Church on Pwllygath Street, Kenfig Hill. Parents are requested to take their child/children to Kidzone where they can register their attendance. For more information, call 01656 857505.
KPC Youth & Community: Messy Play Sessions are available on Tuesdays 10am-11am.
This a fabulous opportunity for toddlers to explore and learn about textures through play while their parents, grandparents or carers have a chat and a cuppa, socialise and make new friends.
For further information please contact the centre on 01656 749219.
The Scout Hall: Situated just off Croft Goch Road, Kenfig Hill, The Hall is available for hire during the day and certain nights throughout the week.
It is also available for children’s parties.For mroe information contact Gina on 07752 366241.
Adult Community Learning: Have you seen the exciting portfolio of evening and daytime classes available in the Bridgend area?
Get a copy of the brochure from Pyle Library or view it online at www.bridgend.gov.uk/ adultlearning. You can enrol during the week commencing Monday April 24 on the day and time of the advertised course.
Courses start on Monday May 8.
Memory Lane Café: Are you very forgetful? Are you looking after someone who is very forgetful or has been diagnosed with dementia?
Come and meet people in a similar situation at Pyle Life Centre every Friday 9.30am-11am.
Come along for a cup of tea and a chance to talk about any issues you need help with.
There will be a host of activities including singing and crafts and looking at old photographs of the area. Call Louise on 07791 891578.
Pyle Life Centre: What’s on?
Mondays – Basic Skills, Cuppa with a Copper, Digital Skills, Bridges into Work 2, Tang Soo Do Martial Art and Zumba.
Tuesdays – Basic Skills, Revolutionize Dance, Kyokushin Karate and Dance Maniax Street Dance.
Wednesdays – Basic Skills, Learn Direct Drop In, Weight Watchers, Lego Club, Ballet, Shotokan Karate and Yoga.
Thursdays – Shelta Cymru, Kyokushin Karate, Cynffig Crafts and Hip Hop with Revolutionize.
Fridays – Bounce and Rhyme, Tang Soo Do Martial Art and Gymnastics for Children.
Saturdays – Story Time and Craft, Baby Ballet with Revolutionize and Dance with Revolutionize.
For more details and times drop in to Pyle Library.
Cuppa with a Copper: If you would like to chat toam ember of your local police team, about any issues that may be concerning you or you would like some crime prevention advice come along to Pyle Library on Mondays, from 2pm4pm.
Retirement Wishes: I discovered this week that Dr Kim Mohajer has recently retired.
For me, he was the doctor that the doctors themselves turned to when their own children were ill and I will always be grateful for his support during the most awful two weeks 24 years ago.
I wish him a happy and peaceful retirement and thank him for everything he has done for our community over the last 30 years. followed by lunch.
Rev Anthony Beer is 01656 859487.
Easter Services at All Saints Penyfai:
Good Friday, April 14 – 10am Stations of the Cross.
Sunday Easter Day April 15 – Service at 10.30am.
Smyrna Chapel Services: A Traditional Sunday School Service in Smyrna Chapel Penyfai always starts at 10.30am, the evening services will take place in Smyrna Chapel starting at 6pm, coffee morning every Tuesday in the Smyrna chapel vestry from 10am to 12noon, also stalls of produce are on offer, bible studies take place on Thursdays at 7.15pm and led by Marlyn James and Dorothy Evans, newcomers to the village of Penyfai are always made very welcome
Penyfai WI News: The next meeting of the Penyfai WI will be early April 12, because of the Easter Holidays, when it will be the AGM.
Penyfai Woodland Trust: Trustees and members of the Penyfai Woodland Trust, want to thank everyone for coming to their fundraising Spring Dance in the Scout Hall, and making the night a great success, a special thank you goes to Mid Life Crisis for providing the music.
Penyfai in Bloom: A visitor to Penyfai have reported to me on how lovely Penyfai looked with all the daffodils in bloom on the Village Green Prothero Avenue, Penyfai Common and Court Coleman they also said they thought Penyfai is a very nice place to live, with still having open countryside to enjoy.
Parents and Toddlers: Every Friday morning during term time in the Smyrna Chapel vestry a very friendly parent and toddler group will be starting at 10am. Call 07977 594 257 for more information.
Play and Community: Family’s of newcomers to the village of Penyfai with children from two years to four years and are looking to join a play group, for many years the Play and Community play group has been held in the scout hall on Court Coleman Road, Penyfai.
The Playgroup is open from 9.15am-3pm from Monday to Friday during term time.
Call 07813 392 464 for more information. remember to check tide times and do not sit under the cliffs or try to climb them.
Dogs are banned from Dunraven Bay from May 1 to September 30, but are welcome all year round at Ogmore-bySea.