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TADAS: Tondu and District Art Society will be holding its Autumn Exhibition at the Len Evans Centre, Heol Persondy, Aberkenfig from Friday, November 15 to Tuesday, November 19. The Exhibition will be open from 10am-4pm daily, including Sunday.

There will be over 150 framed paintings on display as well as a range of unframed paintings and greetings cards.

Also featured are Tondu Primary School pupils’ competition entries, entitled A Winter Scene.

Admission to the exhibition is free, and refreshments will be on sale.

Family History: The next meeting of the Bridgend branch of the Glamorgan Family History Society is on Monday, November 18 at the Len Evans

Centre off Heol Persondy, Aberkenfig CF32 9RF.

Guests are the Garw History Society who will give a talk on People and Events of the Garw Valley.

Doors open 7pm with talk to start 7.30pm. Refreshments available – all welcome .

Coytrahen: Come along and join the fun at Coytrahen in support of Children in Need on Friday, November

15, at the Philip Squire Community Centre, Coytrahen from 6pm. Free entry and all proceeds to the charity.

All are welcome to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Coytrahen Community Association on Wednesday, November 20 at 6pm at the Philip Squire Community

Centre, Coytrahen.

Psychic Fayre: A Psychic Fair will be held on Tuesday, November

19 at the Ynysawdre Community Centre. All readings £10. Doors open at 6.30pm. Call Mrs Bryant on 01656 657 463 or 07890 2342 35.

Community Council: If you have an interest in serving as a Community Councillor in the Ynysawdre district please contact Mrs Anne Wilkes (Clerk of the Council) for a friendly chat on responsibilities and opportunities.

Call 070 460 4049 or email: ynysawdre communitycouncil@ hotmail.com.

Christian Spiritualist:

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

Nazareth Chapel: Nazareth Baptist Chapel Bryncethin offers a Service 4pm each Sunday. Call 01656 663 652.

Items: Please send any items to the address at the head of the column by the Wednesday evening for publication the following week. award-winning local poet Rhian Edwards. Featuring guest poet Luke Wright. Tickets £5.

Santa’s Grotto: Father Christmas will be returning to Carnegie House and you can book through Bridgend Lions at www.bridgendlions. org.uk.

Marie Curie: Bridgend & Porthcawl fundraising group for Marie Curie are putting on a winter concert with Porthcawl choral group Sounds Familiar on Friday, November 22 at Bridgend United Church, Tondu Rd.

The evening will consist of refreshments, Christmas craft stalls and a raffle. Parking available opposite the church and a lift is available inside the church. Doors open 6.45pm.

Tickets cost £5 on the door or via 07791 255

943.

Cefn Gwyrdd. Everyone welcome.

Mistletoe and Musicals: Stage Right Productions return to the Community Centre (Green Hall) with their latest production on Saturday, December 14 at 7.30pm. Doors 7pm.

Performing songs from the musicals and some familiar Christmas tunes.

Tickets cost £10, including a glass of mulled wine and a mince pie, from www. ticketsource.co.uk. All in aid of Velindre.

Lesson for Litterbugs: Schoolchildren are teaching litterbugs in Cefn, Kenfig Hill, Pyle and Cornelly a lesson or two.

During the autumn term, pupils from six primaries including

Cefn School have been spearheading a campaign which aims to encourage residents to bin their rubbish instead of dropping litter.

In collaboration with Bridgend County Borough Council, Keep Wales Tidy and local Community Councils (including Cefn Cribwr Council), together with Sea Quest, the children will learn about the damaging effects of litter on their local environment by carrying out litter picks in their communities.

The pupils will then design posters and the winning designs and slogans will be displayed on streets around their schools.

There has already been a noticeable reduction in litter in recent months in Porthcawl where the initiative was first piloted.

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The Blaenogwr Nantymoel: Every Thursday Red Tooth Poker League Registration is 7.30pm game starts at 8pm & Saturday nights Karaoke disco from 8pm.

Sunday Carvery from 12noon-4pm.

Nantymoel Boys & Girls Club: Why not go along to the new cafe at the club open every day for teas, coffees, food, cakes etc.

Also they have a book swap club where you can have a tea or coffee while picking your books to take home to read and after reading them take them back to swap for some more.

Valley Ravens RFC: Mini & Junior rugby training is already underway for the coming 2019/20 season, with high numbers in attendance at various age groups, if any child is interested in joining the Valley Ravens, training is every Wednesday, under 6s & 9s is at Ogmore Park, under 13s at the Planka Playing Fields, both start time 6pm.

Guest Speakers: An invite to our friends and neighbours in the Ogmore Valley, on Friday, November 29, on the eve of the Wales v Barbarians autumn international, Pontycymmer Rugby Club are holding a gentleman’s evening at the function suite in their clubhouse on Oxford Street.

The club can confirm that the two guest speakers on the night are former British Lions, Wales Rugby Union, Great Britain

Rugby League and Wales Rugby League centres Allan Bateman and John Devereux.

It promises to be a fun filled night, which will also include a question and answer session.

Tickets cost £10 each and can be purchased from the club or pay on the door. All welcome.

Charity Work: We Would like to update you on what Trigger & Snowdrop (Brent & Theresa Edwards) of Edwards 3JJJs of

Ogmore Vale have done over the last few months.

They have given 40 bags of goodies and 12 boxes to Christchurch Chapel Ogmore Vale, sixhundred-pound worth of Halloween things to Bad Bikers Community hub for kid’s parties, 90 bags of Halloween fun bags worth over £400 to Wyndham Boys and girls club.

Raffle prizes to kids rugby in Ogmore, Nantymoel and not forgetting Cancer Research.

They have had help on the way from Yvette, Karl and Stuart of most

Haunted who kindly visited Ogmore Vale; Trigger Merchandise; calendar printing all kindly done by Tim and Owen of Bridgend Embroidery Store Ogmore Vale; and Caterina Povey for sorting out some Trigger T-Shirts.

A Big! Big! thank you to all who help us along the way and to our customers for their continuing support.

Coffee Morning: Coffee morning at Christchurch Chapel Corbett Street, Ogmore Vale on Thursday, November 28, with a cake stall, book stall, china and clothes stalls & not forgetting a raffle etc.

It will be from 9.30am10.45am.

So why not join them for a coffee and its free admission as well. All welcome.

Blackmill Over-50s: Blackmill Over-50s meet at the Local Community Centre on Wednesday evenings at 7pm, always glad to welcome new members.

This is a social gathering and occasionally a trip to the theatre or a meal out is arranged.

Nantymoel Knitters:

We are members of a Knitting Club who live in Nantymoel.

We meet twice a week at Dinam Close every Tuesday and Friday from 10am-noon.

We are always looking for new members and all our efforts are to make things for charity.

If there is anyone who has any spare wool they do not want, we would be very grateful to receive it.

Many thanks from all the knitting club members New members welcome.

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