There are just two days to go until the curtain is raised at the Congress Theatre for Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Cwmbran Woodland Players are behind the show which runs from Wednesday 4 January to Saturday 7 January. Tickets cost £9 (£7 concessions- students, Over 60s and children). You can buy tickets direct from the […]
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A walk through Fairhill Woods in Cwmbran and a failed attempt at uploading video to WordPress for Android
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUltbXgzGM0&w=640&h=360] This was a chance to walk down memory lane and at the same time try out the ‘quick video’ option on WordPress for Android. This failed as no matter what I did the video would not upload. This post explained that you need to have a self-hosted blog with a plug-in or use VideoPress […]
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Fly-tipping in Cwmbran.Day five. The clear up.
The fly-tipping at Fairwater Shops in Cwmbran has been cleared up. Click here for yesterday’s post. These pics were taken at 11.30am. For the first time I spotted a warning sign but it is not behind or even next to the recycling banks. Maybe if this sign was in a better position it would make […]
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Fly-tipping at the recycling banks in Cwmbran. Day four.
Here are some photos from today of the fly-tipping at the recycling banks in Fairwater Shops. This blog has contained a post and photos on each of the last three days. Click here for yesterday’s post that includes photos of other recycling sites in Cwmbran. The annoying thing is some people are even dumping glass […]
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Landsape artist’s pictures of Cwmbran
Pontypool based artist Jill Hobbs has produced some artwork that features places in Cwmbran. She specialises in landscape paintings, mainly using pastels but also enjoys working in acrylics and watercolours. The captions on the photos below show the artwork and the price. Most of the pieces can be bought from Jill but a couple of them can be found […]
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Fly-tipping at recycling banks in Cwmbran. Day three
People are continuing to dump their Christmas rubbish at recycling sites in Cwmbran. For the last two days I have been posting about the problem at Fairwater Shops. Click here for the Boxing Day post and click here for yesterday’s post. Here are some pics from today at Fairwater Shops. The Cwmbran Stadium site had […]
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Mountain bikers racing down the lane overlooking Blaen Bran reservoir in Upper Cwmbran. YouTube clip
These guys fly down this path. Pretty scary stuff. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVms53gsSIw]
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Fly-tipping in Cwmbran. Day two rant on Cwmbran Life blog!
Look what had happened since this blog post yesterday afternoon. People are dumping their Christmas rubbish by the recycling banks in Fairwater Shops. These pics in this post were taken at 11.50am today. Have a quick look at the amount of rubbish there yesterday compared to today. I think people are thinking ‘ well, if […]
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Fly-tipping in Cwmbran
Please share this link if you agree with my rant. Fly-tippers have started dumping their Christmas rubbish by the recycling banks in the car park of Fairwater Shops. They think that it is ok for some strange reason. Clearing up mess like this across Torfaen costs £30,000 a year. Torfaen Council staff have used hidden […]