Rugby legend Scott Quinnell is in Cwmbran next week as the guest speaker for a charity dinner. Rugby fans can buy tickets now to enjoy an evening dinner with the former Llanelli and British Lions number eight. The Welsh Charitables RFC dinner is being held at Greenmeadow golf club on Friday 16 September. Tickets are […]
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1999 Cwmbran skateboarding competition
This is great video showing a skateboarding competition in the town centre in 1999. There are some very talented skaters jumping over trolleys and even off a phone box. Lee Dainton, from Dirty Sanchez is tagged but I’m not sure which skater he is in this clip. Lee Jenkins is announced as the winner at […]
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Cwmbran town centre shops in 2009
Ok, so it is not as interesting as remembering the shops in 1989 but You Tube was not around then. You will still spot a few changes in the last two years. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcehS2EE_4]
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Cwmbran man helps organise Cardiff Blogs #cdfblogs
Tzevai Chong who runs http://dodgykneesanddirtyballs.com/ I went to the free Cardiff Blogs meeting tonight in Jolyon’s Hotel on Cathedral Road in Cardiff. This blog is all about Cwmbran so it was great that the first person that Sarah Mia (Twitter @miametro), who met me on arrival, introduced me to was her fiancé Tzevai Chong (Twitter @digitalshades). He is from Cwmbran […]
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Volunteers at canal clear up in Cwmbran. Video, audioboo and photos
A group of around 15 volunteers met this morning to clear up a stretch of the Monmouthshire and Brecon canal in Cwmbran. They worked on the ‘B & Q section’ and met at the Pets at Home store car park. This is where the canal stops and ‘goes under’ Cwmbran Drive before opening out again in […]
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Audioboo with the captain of Cwmbran youth rugby team
Cwmbran youth RFC played their first league game of the 2011/12 season today. The home match against Blackwood attracted a good crowd of around 200. Club captain Mike Davies led his team to a 17-0 win. I asked him for a quick chat and you can listen to the audioboo (1min 59secs by clicking here. Mike […]
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The set for the Bang Goes The Theory in Cwmbran’s Congress Theatre
I couldn’t get any pics during the show.This is just before the presenters came out.
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BBC 1’s Bang Goes the Theory comes to Cwmbran
Gwent Square is full of people of all ages trying out various science experiments. I spotted some staff in t-shirts from Cardiff’s Techniquest looking after a few stands and helping visitors. The ‘ square-wheeled’ bike intrigued me. See the pic below. The TV show is filming inside the Congress Theatre over four sessions today and […]