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School retirement: On Friday, July 21 Mr White retired after 41 years of dedicated service to the children of the village and school. He had been deputy for 38 of those years, and it is incredibly difficult to encompass such a wonderful career in Cefn School in a handful of words; but it has been wonderful! Thank you Mr White from us all.

125th Anniversary of Parc Slip Mining Disaster: In 1892 an explosion in the mine took the lives of 112 men and boys.

Saturday, August 26 will mark the 125th anniversary of the explosion which happened at 8.20am.

Join the Wildlife Trust at their Parc Slip Nature Reserve and Visitor Centre for a day of remembrance, talks and heritage walks.

Starting at 8.20am at the memorial fountain, Parc Slip you are then invited to breakfast at the visitor centre.

There will be an exhibition in the Discover Room by the Memorial Committee, and a new self-guided heritage trail around the Reserve is also available.

At 2pm Carole and John Mason will give a talk based on Agnes Owen’s reminiscences of Parc Slip, followed at 2.30pm when Neville Granville will be giving a talk about the Parc Slip explosion.

To book breakfast or for further inquiries please contact a.woodhall@welshlife. org or call 01656 726992.