The Ancient Cwmbran Society held a dig in Greenmeadow Woods during May and believe they discovered a cemetery from the Bronze Age and a medieval well. Keep an eye on the group’s website for info on upcoming events and digs. Here are some photos for the May dig.
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Cwmbran men taking part in world record attempt for the longest rugby game ever played
Here are four of the Cwmbran men playing in a world record attempt for the longest played rugby match. The match kicks off today in Leicester and will raise money for Scotty’s Little Soldiers, a charity that supports men and women killed while serving in the British Armed Forces. The match was organised to honour […]
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Delilah’s, Cwmbran’s only nightclub to close this weekend
Cwmbran’s only nightclub is to close this weekend. Deliliah’s Facebook page announced an hour ago: “I hate closing places down as it feels like failure but I have no choice but to close Delilah’s Cwmbran down. We will have one last weekend though so please come down and join me Friday or Saturday for a […]
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Cwmbran dance school set to perform in Blaenavon Workmen’s Hall
The Carrie School of Dancing is performing its annual show next week at Blaenavon Workmen’s Hall. The nights will also help raise money for CLIC Sargent, a charity that supports children with cancer. You can buy tickets for ‘Now That I Can Dance’ to see these talented dancers at £7 for adults and £6 for under […]
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Meet the brewer at the John Fielding pub in Cwmbran. Listen to Gav from The Celt Experience
Gavin Conway from The Celt Experience was born to do this job. He lives, breathes and dreams about beer. His day typically starts at around 4am when he heads to Caerphilly to the 40 barrel award-winning brewery. When he gets home to Cwmbran he looks after his many home brews. Yesterday he brought a selection […]
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Cwmbran man in last weekend’s Sunday Mirror gives tips on growing giant vegetables
A top gardener from Cwmbran was in last weekend’s Sunday Mirror sharing his tips on growing giant vegetables. Kevin Fortey and his brother Gareth are among the UK’s top experts on growing giant vegetables. In 2011 Kevin’s six-year-old son won the UK title for growing the biggest sunflower head…a whopping 67inches in circumference. Last year […]
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Young Cwmbran girl is a top football striker
Bianca Ford is pictured centre with PC Zaihd Rouf (right) and Anthony Price, Security Manager (left). (Back row left to right) Jay Dibble, Dominic Samotaj, Bianca, Evan Skuse. (Front row left to right) Jack Colcombe, Sam Spiteri, Sam Aspland, Abbie Souch. An eleven-year-old girl from Cwmbran has proven to be a top striker after scoring the winning […]
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Cwmbran’s Scene 123 Cinema. Meet the man who locked the door for the last time after 40 years of films
Cwmbran Life was set up in 2011 and I’m so annoyed that I’ve taken this long to interview someone from Scene 123. A post in 2012 picked up quite a few comments but I didn’t make the effort to go behind the scenes and see who was behind this well known town centre landmark. Fast forward to […]
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Cwmbran man wins competition to train with Amir Khan and Nathan Cleverly
The thought of training with Amir Khan and Nathan Cleverly would scare most people from entering a competition where that was the prize. But Marcus Warner from Cwmbran was over the moon at winning this knockout prize from Maximuscle. He won the training session with the two top British boxers as part of Maximuscle’s Protein […]
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Two girls in the 1972 postcard of Cwmbran Boating Lake- Local mum says ‘they’re my daughters’
This post, ‘Old postcards of Cwmbran. Yes, Cwmbran used to have its own postcards 🙂 Wish you were here!‘, attracted a lot of views, shares and comments. It led to Cwmbran mum Chris Ward contacting Cwmbran Life to say ‘my daughters are on one of the boats’. It wasn’t a new surprise to Mrs Ward […]