A rainbow opposite the rising sun over the A465 at Resolven. This is an image not often seen as there was no rain to form a rainbow the following text from Google: “A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that is caused by reflection, refraction and dispersion of light in water droplets resulting in a spectrum of light appearing […]
Resolven Ladies Bowls Club faced Glynneath Ladies last week in the annual Shield game and walked off the green as winners. As usual, there was an extra special bowls tea afterwards. The event serves a double purpose. It is played as a West Glamorgan League game […]
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Meeting held in Resolven Welfare Hall on Friday the 13th of July The meeting was attended by about 20 residents who were welcomed by South West Wales AM Mrs Suzy Davies. She said that she had been involved with the original fight to save the Resolven surgery from closure but that fight was over and […]
Another great Carnival Day for Resolven! Join the Parade Judging the Fancy Dress Competiton were Mr Aylwin Jones (Resolven Community Council Chairman), Mrs Carol Hopkins and […]
Resolven Cyber and Resource Centre is now collecting donations of food for the Vale of Neath food bank which is based in Glynneath. I’m sure you’ll agree that this is a very worthwhile cause and we hope it will be well supported. Please see the poster for a full list of the foods that are […]
Gwenda North of Cory Street Resolven was 90 on the 21st of June. But congratulations went on for days after that and on Wednesday the 27th of June, it was the turn of her friends in Resolven Ladies Bowls Club to raise a glass in her honour. Gwenda […]
Word has spread about the mouth-watering array of cakes on display in St David’s Church Hall for the Annual Summer Cream Tea All tables were taken on Friday afternoon for this year’s tea party-very good news for the organisers who arrange the tea to raise funds for St. David’s Church Restoration […]
Sardis Community Hall (the old Apostolic Church) will be officially opened on Tuesday the 19th of June. As a matter of interest, this is the same date 50 years ago that this building was first opened for Christian worship at 7p.m on the 19th. Kevin John, well known celebrity, will be opening the Hall. […]
On the same day as the Royal Wedding, Resolven’s own Rory Healey married Steph Harries at St. David’s Church. The sun came out and everything shone -it was a glorious day. Their friends and family turned out to celebrate their happy day with the reception held at the Aberdulais Golf Range under the new wedding […]
On Friday 4th May 2018, Building Blocks Family Centre held it’s official launch of the Families Together 2 project funded by the Big Lottery Fund. The new project will be a family led, supportive service which will enable families to get the best start in life. It will help families to build vital skills such […]
There was a very good “turnout” for the Christian Aid Week Quiz in St David’s Church Hall Resolven this week. 11 teams really enjoyed the challenge set for them by quiz master Trefor Jones, ably abetted by organiser Ruth Jones. As usual, lots of imagination was shown in the choice of […]
Another delightful image captured for us by MIKE DAVIES
Resolven Ladies’ Bowls players Carwen Thomas and her daughter Ceri Holmes had a good win in the first round of the West Glamorgan Pairs Competition this week. It was a home game and, as usual, our players had supporters! In an absorbing game against Carol Davies and Margaret Phillips from the Llansawel […]
The royal wedding of Prince Harry and his bride Meghan was celebrated at the Miners’ Welfare, Resolven. The ladies arrived from 10am onwards to watch the build- up to the big day and examine the outfits worn by not only the royal family but by the many celebrities and friends who attended. There were smiles […]