Llanelli Star

Hendy

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Your Your Hendy Hendy correspond­ent is Steve LloydJanes, Janes, 95 95 Iscoed Iscoed Road, Hendy. 01792 882018. slloydjane­s@aol.com

100 years remebered There will be a programme of events for the community of Pontarddul­ais and Hendy held during October November and December to commemorat­e the end of the First World War which ended 100 years ago. Many young men from the local community took part and lost their lives. There will be an exhibition, plus there will be a special rememberan­ce concert and, of course, the traditiona­l temeberanc­e parade. This year the local group of volunteers that are organising these events are hoping to lay thousands of poppies with a special casade of poppies which will be laid at the cenotaph in Pontarddul­ais. They are asking locals to knit or make their own poppies from fabrics. If you have any items from the war or photos of long-lost relatives who took part in war then why not lend the articles so that they can

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