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Bridgend and District Welsh History Society: Monday, Ferbuary 11 at 7.30pm in the Tondu Cricket Club. Allan Cooke will be talking about “A Pilgrimage to Penrhys”.

There will be a warm welcome for learners (at least Canroladd Level) and Welsh speakers. £3 each or free to members. 2019 membership is available now – £12 each. For further details, contact Pat Jones-Jenkins as above.

Bridgend Writers’ Circle: December’s meeting saw the presentation of trophies, cups and certificates to last year’s successful competition winners.

The Saviker Shield being won by John Bowdidge, for his poem Little One and memoir Memories of Wartime; Claudette Evans, received the runner-up Shield for her story The Great Gnome Mystery and collected the Endeavour Shield for her journalistic effort Your Starter for Ten.

Other winners receiving their trophies were: Bridie Branwell – the Keith Cole Shield and Michael Hayes for his Monologue. Unfortunately, Liz Mahoney was unavailable to collect her Railton Shield, and she also won the annual short play competition, with her farce What a Shower.

Entries being read and judged on the evening, by Alex Marshall.

Members and guests were also treated to a buffet and readings from the Ogmore Valley Local History Society’s Anthology Wartime Memories.

The Bridgend Writers Circle will take a break until February, when