Cwmbran’s tiny tot triplets recently celebrated their first birthday. Today Sofia, Tilly and Poppy were dressed up for a Halloween party at the Celtic Club. This mobile phone photo was snapped by local photographer Adrian Reilly and he and Charlotte, the girls’ mum, said it could be used on the blog.
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Student loses her wallet in Cwmbran
Can you help Suzi, from Coed Eva, who lost her wallet in Cwmbran a few weeks ago? She emailed this message to Cwmbran Life. “I lost it on or thereabouts, the 6th October. I got a taxi from Cwmbran by the John Fielding Wetherspoons pub to Willins in Coed Eva after visiting Subway. I checked […]
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The lovely food on the ‘flyer’ menu at the Mount Pleasant pub in Old Cwmbran
This is some of the food on offer with the 'flyer' menu at the Mount Pleasant pub on Wesley Street. Order before 7pm and it's £5.95 for one course, £7.25 for two courses or £8.95 for three courses. Kids' meals are £3.95. We felt these were cracking prices for food that tastes like it should […]
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Missing toy bunny in Cwmbran town centre
Were you in Cwmbran town centre yesterday (Tuesday) ? Did you spot this white toy bunny? Alison Moss' daughter dropped it during a shopping trip. Alison said: “It has a small bunny head with a pink and white stripy squeezy body. It is her first bunny so missed terribly.” Posted with Blogsy
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Cwmbran soldier helps raise £6,500 since his close friend was killed in Afghanistan
Corporal Michael Thacker was killed in Afghanistan in June and left behind his wife Catherine and their two-year-old daughter Millie. Cpl Thacker was a pupil at Fairwater High School. Since then his close friend Dave Allison, a former pupil of St Alban's RC High School in Pontypool, who served with him in The Royal Welsh, […]
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Flytipping in Cwmbran
These photos were taken at 4.30pm today in Fairwater Shops car park. Once again people are using the recycling banks and bins as an excuse to tip their rubbish.
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Air ambulance helicopter lands in Cwmbran to take teenage rugby player to hospital.
This morning's match between Cwmbran U16s and Croesyceiliog U16s was abandoned after five minutes into the second half after a player broke his ankle. The air ambulance helicopter landed on the pitch at Woodland Road sports and social club to take the teenage Croesyceiliog player to hospital.The referee abandoned the game. Cwmbran were leading 12-0.Air […]
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Lost dog in Cwmbran
Have you seen this dog? Juno, a female border collie, went missing yesterday (19 October) in the Ty Canol area. Call 07868 509470 if you’ve seen her.
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Cwmbran betting shop supports ‘The Three Special Ks’ appeal for fire tragedy family
This story in the South Wales Argus last week told how family and friends of Kim, Kayleigh and Kimberley Buckley who were killed in a Cwmbran house fire are raising money to pay for the funerals. Ladbrokes betting shop in Fairwater is helping out by selling raffle tickets. A collection bucket is also on the counter. All […]
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Vodafone say the dodgy signal in Cwmbran is caused by…Christmas trees that are too tall
A post on this blog earlier today linked to a forum on the Vodafone website. At that time the forum featured over 60 comments from people unhappy with the mobile phone coverage in Cwmbran over the last few weeks. In a post at 3.19pm today Tom, a commmunity manager at Vodafone, explained that the problem is due to tall Christmas […]