Entries by Ed1

Resolven Ladies’ Bowls Club Presentation Lunch

The awards for the Resolven Ladies’ Bowls Club 2019 winners were presented during a festive, lively and much enjoyed Christmas lunch in the Lamb and Flag, Glynneath on the 9th of December. Audrey Grifiths/Christine Twaite/ Ceri Holmes 2019 Club Members The proceedings began with an apology for absence from Club President Iris Thomas who is […]

All the Fun of the Fayre

Resolven Community Events Group organised another delightful “getogether” for the village on Saturday-the Christmas Fayre.  The weather was dull and gloomy outside, but inside St. David’s Church Hall there was a kaleidoscope of colour and smiling faces.  RDN photographer Mike Davies was there to capture these images for us.             […]

Christmas Concert by Ladies’ Choir

The concert was held on Monday the 2nd of December in Noddfa Newydd, Tonna and the choir can be heard in the Aberafon Shopping Centre on Saturday the 14th of December at 11.am. The choir was formed in May 1981 and six months later made their concert debut at the Gwyn hall Neath, with the […]

Valley Sunrise

Sunrise over the Vale of Neath Taken on the 1st of December, 2019 MIKE DAVIES (RDN photographer)

Milk Delivery

I have negotiated for Totally Welsh to start a milk delivery service in the Resolven, Abergarwed, Melincourt and Clyne area. This is a great way to reduce our plastic waste and go back to a more recyclable glass product. To start with they will be delivering Monday Wednesday and Fridays. If anyone is interested in […]

A Report on the November Meeting of Resolven History Society– “Evacuees”

  This month’s topic had been widely awaited by the members of the Society, since the story of the mass evacuation of children from the inner cities to the safer countryside is still within memory and equally poignant since the meeting coincided with the commemoration of the Armistice of 1918. However, Mr Peter Rees, who […]