Welcome
to our April 2013 newsletter.
Our aim is to be able to update
you on anything you may have missed if you didn't attend our April
2013 meeting and also to inform you of any future events.
April
meeting
- A good turnout for this meeting 17 members attended to listen to Colin Gregory and Owen Davies give a talk on the development of the Pontypridd Canal. There were slides shown of where the canal started in Merthyr to where it ended in Cardiff and also of how the development is progressing. For those who were familiar with Pontypridd a long time ago it was a trip down memory lane.
Summer
Trip
- We recently voted on where we would like to go for our Summer Trip this year. It was decided to meet up in St Fagans: National History Museum, this will replace our August monthly meeting at the church hall. Members, friends and family will all be welcome and further details of our get together will be available soon.
Our
next meeting is on Wednesday 8th
May
- This meeting is our annual AGM so hope you can all attend.
Supper
Club
- Our next 'Supper Club' is on the 20th June 2013 at La Trattoria, Pontypridd. Apologies as there should have been one in April but we inadvertently forgot to take names so it never went ahead.
Banner
making evening
- Thank you to all those who are able to attend the Banner making evening and also a big thank you to Carol and Cheryl who are leading us every step of the way. It was exciting at our last meeting to see it starting to come together. The parade of banners will be at the 90th Anniversary Christmas Festival, St David’s Hall, Cardiff on Monday 2 December 2013. There will also be The Gfwi massed choir with Huw Tregelles Williams and Conductor Alun TregellesWilliams and Guest Artistes ‘ONLY MEN ALOUD’ there and tickets are priced at £22.50. Tickets will be distributed on a first come first served basis so if anyone is interested please see Erica or Pat at the next meeting.
Please
don’t forget our chosen charity– the Local Food Bank and bring a
non perishable food item if you want to donate. Doesn’t have to be
anything expensive – small can of fruit, long life milk, packet
soup, etc.
Forthcoming
events...further
details on these events can be found on the information table in the
church hall.
- August’s walk towards the 90 mile walk challenge will be around Pontypridd, on Tuesday 20 August. This varied walk is approximately 5 miles in length and takes in countryside, roads around Pontypridd and a visit to its famous park. There is one steep clime over a distance of 1 mile.
- Glamorgan WI Show 27 July 2013. Advance tickets are now available for the Show. These will give entry at £2 instead of £2.50 at the door on the day.