Entries by Ed1
Waste Recycling Centres to re-open
Press Release NPT Household Waste Recycling Centres Re-opening 18 May 2020 Neath Port Talbot Council’s Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are to re-open to the public on Tuesday, May 26th with significant safety measures in place.NPT Household Waste Recycling Centres Re-opening The centres were closed on March 24th under Welsh Government guidance. When they re-open, […]
V.E. Day 50th Celebration Street Parties
Did you see this photo gallery in a John Street window during the recent V.E. Day celebrations? It was assembled by Nora and Steve Cooper using pictures taken in John Street and Company Street 25 years ago, during the V.E. Day 50 celebrations. If you didn’t see the window display or would like a […]
Sardis Message from Pastor Santos 17th May (C8)
Hi everyone; I trust you are all well and truly enjoying God’s blessing upon your lives. It has been a long time since we have been able of meeting together and I do miss you all. Now I have truly learned what Paul means by his teaching of being with you in Spirit. ‘For […]
Another V.E 75 photo
Michael Coulter took this V.E. 75 shot in Yeo St Another memory to store with all the others we’ve received. If YOU have pics to share, keep ’em coming! am@resolvendistrictnews.co.uk
Photographer Mike Davies’s V.E. Day with the neighbours
Because of the lockdown, our brilliant RDN photographer Mike Davies was forced to”stay put” on a day when he would have been racing all over the valley clicking his camera. Instead, he took a few delightful shots of his own street party in Cadoxton–starting with wife Maureen! She was the star vocalist with […]
My Cousin Mary’s V.E.Window
My cousin Mary was born in John Street, Resolven in 1940– too young to remember being carried into the cwtch under the stairs by her mother Elsie during air raids. But thanks to her grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Baker, she found a different way to decorate her front room window in Pontneathvaughan for the […]
Our “Lockdown ” Village Celebrates V.E. Day in Style!
Not being able to hold street parties in style as in years gone by didn’t mean Resolven couldn’t pull out the stops to do it in a new style . to satisfy the need to commemorate the sacrifices made over 75 years ago Along with the need to lift the spirits of friends and neighbours […]
V.E. Day Ready Steady Go!
People might be unable to go out shopping for decorations to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe but that hasn’t stopped them using what is at hand and creative imagination to make their own . Here is just a small collection we have gathered Claire Kirby of Company Street has been painting pillow […]
Nik Samuel Remembers Gran and Getting the Coal In
Just another memory.. Ow, what’s for tea Gran Bugger tea she’d say There’s a ton of coal out back And don’t take all bloody day Well? Gran would say I’d go and change into my scruffs The barrow had a puncher The shovel was short and worn I hated getting the […]
Search Your Family History Free
ANCESTRY PROUDLY WORKS WITH UK GOVERNMENT TO HELP THE NATION COMMEMORATE THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF VE DAY VE Day 75 takes place on Friday 8th May, commemorating 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe Ancestry is working alongside the UK Government as part of their official programme of events to help people […]
Refuse Collection Information
Neath Port Talbot residents are being advised that there will be no changes to kerbside collection arrangements this May Day bank holiday and are being asked to present their recycling and refuse on their normal collection days. Collections in the County Borough usually take place a day later in the week following a bank holiday […]
Welfare Hall Lit Up
We are half way through the 12 week shielding process for the coronavirus and the weekly clapping for NHS and care workers is the social highlight for many of us, giving interaction whilst isolating and distancing. If you live within sight of Resolven Miners Welfare, we hope the lights that have been put in place […]