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Neath Fair 731st Year

The Great Neath Fair celebrated its 731st year last week. The deputy Mayor – Cllr Dennis Keogh, rang the bell to officially open it after a minute’s silence for Mayor Cllr Janice Dudley, who sadly died last month while attending a function at Aberavon Beach.   In spite of the inclement weather crowds turned out and I managed […]

Battle Of Britain Parade Video

Our RDN photographer Mike Davies (seen above filming Resolven Carnival) was at the Battle of Britain Parade in Neath for us on Sunday. Click on link below to see his video of the Parade on You Tube www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzF9Ve2jwG8

Resolven Walk In Flu Jab

RESOLVEN There will be a “WALK-IN” Flu Vaccination Clinic in St David’s Church Hall on the following date: Tuesday 10th October 2017 – 9:15am to 4:45pm It would greatly help our Practice Nurses efficiency, if you arrived at the clinic wearing a short sleeved shirt for your vaccination.

Glynneath Walk In Flu Jab

GLYNNEATH There will be a “WALK-IN” Flu Vaccination Clinic in Glynneath Town Hall on the following dates: Thursday 5th October 2017 – 9:15am to 5:30pm Thursday 12th October 2017 – 9:15am to 11:45am It would greatly help our Practice Nurses efficiency, if you arrived at the clinic wearing a short sleeved shirt for your vaccination.

Extra Flu Jabs Info

A walk- in clinic will be available in Resolven and Glynneath Surgeries     12.00 and 12.45 every Thursday from Monday the 16th of October

Brilliant Ladies’ Bowls Final

Resolven Ladies’ Bowls Club Championship Final, played this week, was a gripping affair and worthy of a slot on Match of the Day T.V. Christine Twaite, 7 times winner of the title faced Ceri Holmes, a beginner who only picked up a bowl for the first time last year. Chris had already beaten Ceri in […]

In Memory of Annie

Anne Dadak (Annie) of John Street., whose funeral took place on September the 11th, was not a native of Resolven. But when she arrived here from Bournemouth, she immediately made friends and soon became a familiar figure in the village – walking her dogs and acting as secretary and committee member for Resolven Residents’ Association and […]

Annie Goes On A Holiday

We’d already met Annie on our website as Annie the Lady with red hair and the dogs. She told us about arriving in Resolven eleven years ago. In this story, Annie told us about her first experience of a coach holiday. “Many years ago I remember watching a Benny Hill sketch starring Barbara Windsor about […]

Great Season For Resolven Cricket Club

The 2017 season  proved to be the most successful in the club’s cricket history winning the West Wales Cricket Association Division 2 title and promotion to Division 1. The squad captained by the inspirational Adrian Lock only suffered two league defeats and was a tremendous squad effort with 21 players used throughout the season. Forest […]

All On The Day

A small garden has been planted in a section of the grounds of the Resolven Bowling Green dedicated to a long serving, stalwart member of Resolven Bowls Club, Mr Royston Stock, Club Treasurer for 30 years up to 2007. A loyal member of RBC, he thought of the bowling green and the pavilion as his […]

Resolven AFC Presentation Night

End of season awards were presented to the football players at an enjoyable presentation dinner held recently in Resolven AFC. Special guests in attendance were County Borough Councillor Des Davies and Resolven Community Councillor Aylwin Jones who presented the following awards: Players’ player of the year Team A- Carl Day, Team B- Christian Arthurs Manager’s Player of the year Team […]

Resolven Library News

My name is Neal Francis and I am one of the Trustees of Resolven Library. I would like to share with you some good news we have received this week. We have been extremely lucky in being awarded 2 grants. The 1st is a grant of £263 from Hanfod Cymru which will enable us to […]