CEFN CRIBWR
Send Your News To: Jill Goudge
01656 740026 jgoudge@sky.com
Wesley Church Centre, Tondu:
There will be a Coffee Morning every Tuesday, from 10am-12noon (except school holidays).
All very welcome for tea or coffee, biscuits, chat, jigsaws. Pre-loved clothes also available.
Tai Chi Qigong Classes: Tuesdays, from 2pm-3 pm. Cost is £5 per class – pay as you go.
Exercises for wellbeing and better health which involves gentle stretching and relaxation. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Enhances breathing, balance, circulation and digestion. Can be performed standing or seated. No equipment required.
Please call Jane for further information on 07491 651 642 or email: jbowser01@me.com.
Cefn Community Pantry and Chatty Café:
There is a new initiative at the Community Centre, a chatty café will be held at the same time as the community pantry.
Anyone can pop into the Green Hall for a cuppa and chat or to buy a bag of food or both!
The big bag of food includes fruit and vegetables, family favourites, cupboard staples like tuna, pasta or rice are all included in the bags.
Every week the bag includes a different selection. All food is fresh or within date. Every Tuesday from 1pm2.30pm
The team would like to thank everyone that has made Cefn community pantry’s second year another successful one.
New Pilates Class at Community Centre:
A new weekly Pilates class for absolute beginners has started on Saturday mornings at Cefn Community Centre (the Green Hall). Classes are from 10.30am-11.30am.
Weekly pear shaped Pilates classes are also held on Tuesdays at 6pm and 7.15pm and on Thursdays at 10.30am at the community centre.
For more information please visit www.pearshapedpilates.com, and message the coach Sarah to book your place.
Mynydd Cynffig WI: We were in our regular venue the Talbot Centre on the second Tuesday of the month, from 2pm-4pm.
The weather had been terrible so it was good to see our members braving the wind and the rain.
We discussed WI business, the summer show will need us to start thinking of things to enter.
The NFWI annual meeting is in Cardiff this year so not so far for us to travel and the annual council meeting is in Port Talbot.
Both meetings have very good speakers and a chance to meet with other WI and catch up with old friends.
Our speaker this month was Derek Windsor who gave us a demonstration on oil painting and had us enthralled.
Next month we have Mr John Mason giving a talk on local history.
Our speakers topics are as varied as we can arrange and hopefully our members enjoy them.
Lunch, walking, book and scrabble clubs all up and enjoyed by our members, call in and spend a pleasant afternoon with us tea and biscuits always to hand.
LALESTON & BROADLANDS Send Your News To:
Carol Thomas
carbrya1@gmail.com
01656 657846 Birthday Greetings:
Many Happy Returns to birthday friends/girls (loosely speaking) this month: Pam K on February 16; Margaret on February 20, Lesley on February 22, Meryl on February 23, Dianne 1 and Diane 2 on February 25.
Hope you all enjoy your special days and also little Isla Seren Evans who is four years old tomorrow on February 9.
Laleston Gardening Club: A little reminder for all those enthusiastic gardeners the Club Shop opens for the new season this Saturday, February 4 and customers will see that shop manager Dennis Roberts has rearranged the interior to provide better access.
In her recent newsletter Chairman, Sue Ford took the opportunity to wish a Happy New Year to all members of Laleston Gardening Club.
It is also appropriate to wish good health to the membership as it is common knowledge that an active interest in gardening is a significant pathway to good health.
The club currently has more than 260 members and this comes at a time when many clubs are experiencing a decline in membership and particularly a shortage of people who are prepared to take responsibility for holding office in those clubs.
That is not so with Laleston Gardening Club where Sue Ford is the driving force as Chairman, Sian James is Vice Chair, Patrick Stevens is Secretary, Rob Stark is Treasurer with Linda Thomas as Vice Treasurer.
Margaret Worgan is President with the eight remaining committee Members all making substantial contributions to the running of the club.
Given the fact that so many members are completely new to the organisation, Sue included in the newsletter an outline of how the club functions.
There are considerable costs involved in the running of a gardening club which occupies an historic Grade II listed building and the club’s main source of income is derived from membership fees and fees charged for the hiring of the hall.
To supplement this income the club holds regular fundraising activities to boost finances and allow all expenses to be met.
Although the committee are always mindful of the need to raise money, they take great pleasure from those occasions when they are able to provide the membership with treats free of charge, for instance the refreshments following the quiz and social evening in November and the two mince pie and coffee mornings in December.
Although it is still early days in 2023, a number of events have already been arranged for the months ahead.
The first lecture of the new year took place on January 9 when Ivor Mace was booked to give a lecture on roses. Unfortunately Ivor was ill and Kevin Thomas stepped in at short notice to give a talk on Winter Interest. Kevin is a great friend of the club and received a spontaneous round of applause when he entered the hall.
There was also a change of speaker for the Ladies meeting on January 10 when Linda Thomas stood in for Kerry Joseph, of Porthcawl Museum, who was too unwell to attend.
Linda is a multi-talented member of the committee, she gave a talk on using air fryers which was very well received.
With such a large membership and with insurance regulations dictating that only 60 persons can be in the hall at any one time, places at events often have to be booked in advance, it is very important to be quick off the mark if you want to come along.
Events are advertised at club meetings, via newsletter, the club’s Facebook page, website and of course word of mouth at Cliff Cottage.
New events for this year are already fully booked including the lecture by Terry Walton on February 13 and St David’s Day Supper on March 3.
Important dates for the following year include the Plant Sale on May 13 and the Annual Show on August 12 which is normally held on the first Saturday in September.
This change of dates has been brought about by the realisation that with climate change exhibits for September shows are becoming more and more difficult to provide, the best of vegetables and flowers having gone over.
There is so much more in the pipeline for this year, with the usual coach trips, BBQ, etc, and Chairman Sue will use all means possible to keep members informed.
Bridgend Lions Charity Book Sale:
The annual Charity Book Sale at Westward Community Centre will take place on Friday, April 7 and Saturday April 8.
Books in good condition will be gratefully received and may be taken to the Centre on Sunday mornings between 10.30am and 11.30am.
Bridgend & District Local History Society:
All meetings will be held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7pm in Hope Baptist Church (entry on Derwen Road), Bridgend.
The following is the Programme for 2022/2023 with its Speakers. Membership being £10:
February 8 – Bev Gulley on The Monks of Margam
March 8 – Gwerfyl Gardner on Dyffryn (the estate & families who lived there)
April 12 – AGM, plus Ian Price on The Williams family of Newcastle.
LLYNFI VALLEY
Send Your News To:
01656 810084 llyngazmvr@hotmail.co.uk
Clwb Maesteg: Mae rhagor o fanylion ar gael gan Lloyd Evans 07856 553 777 ebost: Psycho1283@ hotmail.com.
OGMORE VALLEY
Send Your News To:
Owen Sendell
1 Cardiff Street, Ogmore Vale, Bridgend. CF32 7EW. 01656 760 640 gazette@ogmore-vale.co.uk
The Blaenogwr, Nantymoel: Join us for our Sunday lunch back on and an artist to warm you up from 4pm into the evening.
Con Club, Ogmore Vale: Come and join us at the Con for some fab entertainment.
Also we have a function room for hire for weddings, birthday parties, hen parties, baby showers, and much more.
We also have a stairlift access to take you upstairs.
We also have snooker table, pool table, dart boards and juke box.
Contact 01656 840 243 for more information.
The Inn, Nantymoel: Entertainment weekly. Come along and have some fab nights out with us all at the Inn.
The Wyndham Pub: For more information on club entertainment, this can be found at the club or on Facebook.
Nantymoel Boys & Girls Club: We are now open Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights.
Nantymoel Boys & Girls Club Cafe: We are open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10am to 2pm.
Mandy’s Cafe: We are open for sit downs meals and takeaway meals serving some wonderful food including proper chips and some fab cakes, etc. We can deliver your food, or you can collect. We are open Monday to Saturday from 8am to 3pm.
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 Class: We are members of a Knitting Club who live in Nantymoel. We meet twice a week at Dinam Close every Tuesday and Friday at 10am to Midday.
We are always looking for new members and all our efforts are to make things for charities.
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.
News: Please remember to send any news or information to me by 8.30pm on Wednesday night every week. Email gazette@ogmore-vale. co.uk or ring 01656 760640.