ABERKENFIG & COYTRAHEN

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Table Top Sales: At Coytrahen Community Centre on the first Saturday of every month from 8am-12noon.

Future dates are this Saturday, June 3 and Saturday, July 1. Tables cost £5 each. There will be light refreshments, including bacon butties. available on the day.

To book a table contact Iris on 720840 or Jean on720086.

Cymanfa Canu: The Annual Cymanfa Canu or Singing Festival will take place at Smyrna Baptist Chapel, Pen-yfai this Friday, June 2 at 6.30pm.There will be a selection of popular and well-known English and Welsh hymns.

The service will be followed by refreshments in the vestry to which all are welcome.

Aberkenfig Allotments: The Aberkenfig Allotment Association shop is situated in the allotments at Sandfields Road Aberkenfig.

It’s open every Sunday from 10am-noon with a variety of products at good prices on sale. Call Joanne, or Jamie Hunt on 07810 034904.

Pilates Class: Every Thursday 6.15pm at Litchard Mission Church, Litchard. Contact Ruth on 07786 627 335 or email ruth@c2cfitness.co.uk for further details.

Spiritual Healing: Spiritual healing is offered each Tuesday from 6pm-7.30pm at the Ynysawdre Community Centre (at the junction of Bryn Road and Heol-yrYsgol). Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657463 or 07890 234235.

Christian Spiritualist: A Christian Spiritualist Church meets each Sunday at 6.30pm at the Ynysawdre Community Centre. Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657 463 or 07890 234 235.

Nazareth Chapel: Nazareth Baptist Chapel Bryncethin offers a Service 4pm each Sunday, this week led by Rev Euros Miles.

Smyrna Penyfai: Sunday School is held every weekend from 10.30am12noon for stories, singing and fun with arts and craft work.

All are very welcome to the service and to join for refreshments in the vestry afterwards.

A coffee morning is held on Tuesday, from 10am-noon with good company and a raffle is also held in aid of local charities.

Bible study takes place on Thursday evening at 7.15pm and is led in turn by Mrs Marlyn James and Miss Dorithy Evans.

For more information contact Mr Peter David on 01656 659856.

News Items: Please send any items to the address at the head of the column by the Wednesday evening for publication the following week. to all. Croeso I bawb. Admission £2. The coffee morning held for the Urdd raised £175.

Cantorion Coety Concert: The 2017 Annual Concert takes place at Tabernacl Chapel, Derwen Road at 7pm on Friday, June 9. Tickets are available at the door from 6.30pm or from any choir member. This year the choir is delighted to welcome back guest soloist Rhydian Jenkins of Maesteg.

Rhydian is a very accomplished performer, having won many competitions at the Urdd Eisteddfod and at the Eisteddfod of Wales. He is currently studying music at Cardiff, and enjoys playing rugby to a high standard.

Cantorion Coety Choir is also pleased to welcome two choirs from the Kenfig Hill area to join them, for the first time. Both choirs perform under the auspices of the Kenfig Hill Male Choir.

They are namely, Da Capo Children’s Choir, and Crescendo Youth Choir; both choirs are directed by Katheryn Brace, with Beryl Evans as the accompanist.

A warm welcome awaits all who wish to attend and support the concert.

WWII Memorial Project: A project is about to start on identifying the Bridgend and District men who lost their lives in WWII and whose names are on our war Memorial in Dunraven Place. If you have any knowledge or if you know of any soldier , RAF, or sailor whose name is on our War Memorial please contact me on 01656 66 3041. Hopefully a commemorative booklet will be published remembering the men of the area.

Philatelic Society: Do you collect postage stamps, post cards? Are you interested in postal history? If so, the Bridgend Philatelic Society meet on the second and fourth Thursday of the month at 7.30pm at the Gospel Hall School Room, Llynfi Street, Bridgend. Contact Mr Lyons on 01446 792 149 or Mrs Phillips 01656 653 753.

Wartime in Bridgend: On Saturday, June 10, Bridgend will step back in time to WWII.

The town centre will be transformed back to the 1940s with demonstrations, period games and activities that were common place during the war and the 1940s.

Many of the activities will be educational for people of all ages. Activities will include WWII toy soldier painting, 1940s cooking; poppy making, school life and period games and lots more. Live music entertainment will take place throughout the day.

A Winston Churchill and ‘Monty’ ‘sound’ and ‘look-a-like’ will also make an appearance around the town.

There will be 1940s cooking, school life and period games and much more for the children to do. Photographic displays by Bridgend and District Local History Society, Wartime display by Michael Ridley, Dig for Victory with Bridgend Allotments, three Historical Walks by John Dunkley-Williams, the first will start from Bridgend train station at 9.45am, and will proceed to Island Farm, taking around an hour, before John hands the group over to the friends at the gate of Hut 9 Camp for their camp tour, which would take around an hour and half.

This will be limited to the first 20 places which can be booked by contacting John at Ty Ardd 01656 754810.

The second and third walks will start from the same place at 1pm and 3pm, and John will deliver the same information on his part, but the walks will be a shorter circular walk around town.

This event will be staged throughout Bridgend town centre from 10am-5pm.

Local History: Bridgend Local and District History Society begin the new season on Wednesday, September 13, at 7pm with Allan Underhill giving an illustrated talk on the subject of Images of Bridgend. Registration will also be held on the same evening and the joining fee is £7 and visitors £2.

Coffee Mornings: These continue every Friday and Saturday, from 10am12noon at Bridgend United Church Tondu Road all welcome.

Fair Trade Move: The Den Company – the fair trading clothing and accessories store – has moved from Queen Street and is now situated in the Rhiw Shopping Centre (unit 2). Good luck to all concerned.

Bridgend Male Choir: Next month, the choir will be appearing at two historical venues, Harrow School, in north west London and the Coal Exchange in Cardiff Bay.

Harrow School will be the venue for an evening concert on Saturday, June 17. Joining the choir will be Lewis-Merthyr Band under the baton of renowned Welsh conductor Owain Arwel Hughes CBE. The concert is in support of St Mary’s Anglican Church, Harrow on the Hill.

The historical Coal Exchange in Mount Stuart Square, Cardiff has been restored and converted into a luxury hotel, the Exchange Hotel, and the choir will entertain 200 guests at the Chartered Institute of Builders (CIOB) Presidential Dinner on Thursday, June 22.

Quiz Night: Join Laleston Gardening Club this Saturday, June 3. Entry is £10 per team with a maximum of six members, all the proceeds go to Guide Dogs Cymru. The fun starts at 7pm for 7.30pm and includes a fish & chip supper, but bring your own drinks! Call Norah Clarke on 01656 786 018 or 07776 437 565.

Hospital Service: The Hospital Christian Fellowship service this Friday, June 2, will be conducted by Marian White from Bridgend in the Hospital Chapel at Princess of Wales Hospital, Coity Road, from 3pm. The service is also broadcast tover the hospital radio. for a 10am start. All ages and abilities welcome, male and female. £1.50, followed by cuppa & chat.

Festival of Learning: Pop in for a cuppa and some friendly help on Wednesday, June 7, 14, 21 and 28, from 2pm-4pm. Also on and Tuesday, June 13 and 20, from 1pm-3pm.

For more information email: kpcyouth@hotmail. com or call 01656 749 219 or 745 399.

Phil & Ash: Phil and Ash will be performing at The Grove Golf Club on Friday, June 23 at 7.30pm. All proceeds will go to KPC Youth and Community. Advance tickets are £5 and on the door £7. For tickets contact kpcyouth@ hotmail.com or call 01656 749219/745399.

Cwtch Cynffig: For 50 years Kenfig Hill has provided a meeting 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.

Call the Talbot Community Centre on 01656 749754.

Kenfig Hill and District Male Voice Choir: The Choir’s Annual Concert will take place on Saturday, July 8, at The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, from 7pm.

Festival Week: This year the theme is Flower Power. Festival week commences on Saturday, June 24 until Sunday, July 2, with a Fun Day on Saturday July 1.

Thank you to everyone who works so hard to make this event such a success for us all.

To book a table call Gina on 07752 366241.

Community Bake It: Pyle Community Council, Mynydd Cynffig Women’s Institute and the Talbot Community Centre are organising their second Community Bake It during Festival Week.

All entries must be taken to the Talbot Community Centre on Tuesday, June 27, from 8am-12noon.

The judges will be members of the WI who will commence judging at noon. Entrants and members of the public will be allowed back into the hall from 12.30pm-2pm to view the prize certificates.

Contact Cheryl Butcher 01656 749 754 for full entry details and categories.

Bethel Community Church: Breakfast is served on Tuesdays from 10am-12noon. Bethel Community Church is situated in Pwllygath Street, Kenfig Hill.

The Talbot Community Centre: Quilting and Sewing – come along for inspiration and help with your projects Mondays from 2pm-4pm.

Do you want to learn how to use a computer, tablet or iPad? Two computer classes are available at The Talbot, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 10am-12noon.

Whist players are needed for the Partner Whist Drives at The Talbot on Wednesdays, from 6.30pm-8.30pm.

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 to book tickets.

Reading Groups: Join one of the many reading groups in Pyle Library.

The Night-Owls Group meet on the third Thursday of the month at 7pm.

The Daytime Group meets on the last Thursday of the month at 2pm.

The Teenage Group (12-19 years old) meets on the second Thursday of the month.

The Junior Reading Group (8-12 years old) meet on the 2 Tuesday of the month.

Bounce and Rhyme meets on a Friday at 10am.

Mothers’ Union: Meet at the Parish Hall in Pyle every third Tuesday of the month at 7pm, from April – October. Call Mrs Brookes on 741077.

Memory Lane Café: 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, from 9.30am-11am.

There will be 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