LLANDUDNO

GWYNEDD HEALTH RETIREMENT FELLOWSHIP: Aberconwy branch’s monthly meeting will be held at the hall of the Llandudno Baptist Church, West Shore on Friday January 30. Ms Helen Morton from Conwy Borough Council will speak on Welfare Rights. If you are retired or soon to be retired from the NHS come along to a meeting or contact Margaret Nolan Secretary on 01492 584219 for further info. ST JOHN’S METHODIST CHURCH: Today (Thursday), noon Soup and Roll £2; 1.45pm Healing Service with Rev David Vinton: tomorrow (Friday) 10am Coffee Morning for Church: Sun, Jan 25, 11am Morning Worship with Mrs Frances Williams: Mon, Jan 26, 9.30am Toddlers Singing Group £1 per family: Tues, Jan 27, 2.30pm Ladies Fellowship - “My Journey” Judith Holliman: Wed, Jan 28, 9.30am Toddlers £1.50 per family; 2.30pm Bible Study: Thurs, Jan 29, 1.45pm Healing Service with Eva Daniels. ROTARY CLUB OF LLANDUDNO: The meeting held on Tues Jan 13 was the New Year Message meeting deferred from the 6th. President Mike Clutton introduced the speaker, the Rev Noel Carter, recently appointed Rector of the benefice of Rhos-Cystennin, who was accompanied by his wife Wendy. The vote of thanks was given by President Mike. RNLI: Llandudno RNLI lifeboat crew took advantage of the stormy conditions last week to take the all-weather lifeboat for a two-hour rough-weather night navigation exercise near the Constable bank. Similar conditions at the north shore had earlier provided the crews with valuable practice for challenging circumstances. At Moelfre’s new lifeboat station winch cables have now been installed, commissioned and load-tested, and slipway trials are expected to be carried out later this month. A few tickets remain for the Llandudno Lifeboat Annual Ball at St George’s Hotel on February 27; for ticket enquiries contact suedavies5711@gmail.com or 07816 958145. SHIPPING: Passing Great Orme’s Head at the weekend on her way from Liverpool to France was the small twin-screw tug ‘MTS Vulcan 2’ owned by Falmouth-based Marine and Towage Services. After subsequently passing through the Menai Strait she left Caernarfon on Sunday to continue her long passage to the small port of Dielette in Normandy. Passing by further offshore last week was Irish Ferries’ ‘Ulysses’, returning to the Holyhead-Dublin service following overhaul at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead; passing in the other direction was the RN frigate HMS ‘Portland’ (F79) en route Plymouth-Liverpool. On arrival the warship joined the Royal Netherlands Navy frigate HNLMS ‘Van Amstel’ (F831) berthed at the cruise terminal, both ships being in port for courtesy visits.