You can give blood in Henllys Village Hall in Cwmbran tomorrow (28 September). Find out more about giving blood from the Welsh Blood Service or call 0800 25 22 66.
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‘Daddy, you love your phone more than you love me’. Ouch. One year of hyperlocal blogging at Cwmbran Life
'Daddy, you love your phone more than you love me.' Mollie, aged six This is the 350th post on Cwmbran Life and my six year old daughter's tongue in cheek (I hope) comment pretty much sums up the last year. Most of my blog posts are made from my Samsung SII so she is used […]
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Join Coed Eva football club’s junior teams. Reception to year six children can sign up
Coed Eva football club is inviting new boys and girls to join their junior teams. Players from reception to year six can sign up to stay fit and make new friends. Call 07968 010992 for more information.
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Cwmbran’s Big Event. A Storify.
@torfaencouncil He caught his first fish at the Big Event 🙂 RT @122stuartb: @BenBlack the next John Wilson! http://pic.twitter.com/aoHunE2e Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Google Share on Linkedin Share by email Ben Black Sat, Sep 22 2012 09:32:51 ReplyRetweetFavorite 0 likes · 0 comments Thanks to everyone for chatting […]
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Darrell Dewar, chair of Llanyrafon social club, talks about this popular Cwmbran bar and hall
Llanyrafon social club has around 2,000 members. Click the play button on the audioboo player below to listen to Darrell Dewar, chair, talk about this popular community venue. He tells how they have ambitious plans for the club including a future aim to get permission to allow people to get married in the Afon Suite. […]
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Cwmbran taxi driver tells Cwmbran Life that Cwmbran is a ‘chill out town’ :-)
The 12.30am Cardiff to Cwmbran train gets in at 1.10am. This morning we were heading home after the Wales Blog Awards (I promise I will only mention them once more on here today 🙂 ) Our train was a bit delayed so we didn’t see the ‘Alight here for Cwmbran Shopping’ sign until 1.20am. If you arrive […]
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Cwmbran Life wins ‘Best Community Blog’ at the Wales Blog Awards
Lost for words at the moment…look out for a longer post tomorrow 🙂 …just hope we make last orders at the John Fielding or failing that Delilah’s The judges picked Cwmbran Life as ‘Best Community Blog‘.
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Cwmbran fire tragedy – a tribute from Louise, one of Kim’s friends
Today's newspapers are full of wonderful tributes to the three members of the Buckley family who died in yesterday's fire. A team from the South Wales Argus were reporting from Tillsland in Coed Eva all day and you can read their reports here. Louise Griffiths, from Farlays in Coed Eva, has been friends with […]
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Beware of low flying planes in Cwmbran….
This Cwmbran road sign seems to be warning drivers to look out for low flying planes. It says 'LOW RAF'. Be careful on this stretch of Thornhill Road as you head towards Upper Cwmbran just before the entrance to Aran Court. 🙂 The next sign on the same road shows what it should say. […]
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Cwmbran man wins the world egg throwing championships
A Cwmbran man and his mate from Luton are the new World Egg Throwing Champions. At the recent World Alternative Games in mid-Wales Richard Gottfried threw an egg to Jas Kukielka, stood 20 metres away, who caught it to claim the title. Jas, from Llanyrafon, has been friends with Richard for five years. He said: […]