These two photos were taken this morning and show the shutters are up on the Fairwater House pub. The pub has been boarded up since September. In the area just inside the main entrance there is some scaffolding and chipboard panels. Back in December Cwmbran Life reported that the pub, which closed last September, […]
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Welsh Mums in Business group to meet in Cwmbran. Do you run a business or want to work for yourself?
A networking group to encourage mums who want to start up a business or network with other like minded entrepreneurs is meeting in Cwmbran. Emma Evans, from Caerleon, started the Welsh Mums In Business networking group in 2009 as she felt she couldn’t attend the usual breakfast or evening networking meetings with a small baby […]
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Ex-Wales and Neath flanker Lyn Jones to speak at charity dinner in Cwmbran
Lyn Jones, the ex Neath & Wales Flanker is the guest speaker at a charity dinner in Cwmbran later this month. Lyn went on to coach at clubs including the Ospreys and now is in charge at London Welsh. He is helping to raise money for the Mayor of Torfaen’s charities and the Welsh Charitables […]
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Photos of County Hall in Cwmbran being demolished
These pictures show the demolition of County Hall’s debating chamber and surrounding rooms. It is part of the first stage of the work that is being carried out by Walters, the contractors. This work should be finished by May when work still start to knock down the civic office. The whole building should be down by […]
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Vandals attack children’s playpark just one week after it opens in Cwmbran
This story in the South Wales Argus, ‘Anger as new Cwmbran playpark is torched one week after opening’ has attracted a lot of attention today with loads of Facebook and Twitter comments flying around. Any extra publicity will help put the spotlight on the ‘scumbags’ who did this. The photo was above was sent to […]
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The winner of the Simon and Garfunkel competition is…..
….Timothy Meddick. Well done Tim. All the winning entries were written on a scrap of paper, popped in my daughter’s hamster ball and she picked out the winner. Tim wins a pair of tickets to the Simon and Garfunkel show at the Congress Theatre in Cwmbran on Saturday 13 April.
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The winner of the Simon and Garfunkel competition is…..
….Timothy Meddick. Well done Tim. All the winning entries were written on a scrap of paper, popped in my daughter’s hamster ball and she picked out the winner. Tim wins a pair of tickets to the Simon and Garfunkel show at the Congress Theatre in Cwmbran on Saturday 13 April.
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Cancelled. The Good Friday walk from Cwmbran to Twmbarlwm is called off
The organisers of the annual Good Friday walk from Cwmbran to Twmbarlwm have called it off due to the cold weather. Richard Davies, from Ancient Cwmbran, said: “After much thought and consideration we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the Good Friday walk to Twmbarlwm. “Even though the weather outlook is improving at lower levels, conditions at […]