MIKE DAVIES I am very fortunate to have a garden on the edge of a field in which I get a variety of birds visit the feeders. The changing seasons will bring in different species, although Blue Tits and the like will visit all year, and often build a nest in […]
FEBRUARY MEETING MR HUW WILLIAMS “SWEET BER TAR” Meeting begins at 7: OO PM in THE CHURCH HALL ON MONDAY 12th FEBRUARY Membership: £10 (including refreshments) VISITORS: £3 CROESO CYNNES I BAWB www.eclecs.blogspot.com
Starting on Wednesday January 17th the library will be open from 5-7 every Wednesday evening We hope that this will benefit our customers that are unable to access the library during the day due to work commitments-we now have new up-to-date computers with windows 10 and colour A3 printer and scanner as well as […]
Hello Resolven District News! I came across your site whilst googling for a newspaper local to Resolven. I lived in Resolven from 1957 to April 1961 before moving to Reading where my family still lives. Last week, whilst with my mum, we were going through the box of old black and white photos , she […]
Resolven Building Blocks Family Centre is offering a free course for parents on understanding speech, language and communication development with their child. The speech and communication workshop will look at speech and communication in children and look at ways in which we, as parents can support our children develop these skills. Join us for an […]
Twelfth night, January the 5th is over, the Christmas decorations taken down till next year and there’s a frosty start to greet January the 6th on Resolven Canal Basin. Picture taken by MIKE DAVIES
On behalf of Resolven Community Events Group, I’d like to let everyone know about the Tesco promotion we have going on at the moment. We have been successful in our application for the Tesco Bags Of Help Scheme. It works by shopping in Tesco and with every bag for life someone purchases, they will be […]
|A Resolven District News photographer never misses a challenge! Mike Davies went to Porthcawl at 9 a.m in the morning, to capture Storm Eleanor for us. High tide was at 7 a.m– too dark for camera shots, but Mike says he would have been there at that time if the lighting had been right!! The storm […]
On January 1 and 2, the moon was the closest to Earth that it will be for the entire 2018–An astronomical event that excites space enthusiasts. In the first couple days of 2018, the moon was just 356,565 km on January 1, and 356,846 km on January 2. Lucky for me there was a break […]
The turnout was excellent for the annual Boxing Day Banwen Miners’ Hunt which set out, as usual, from the Castle Hotel Neath, We were fortunate to have a dry spell during the proceedings, Mike Davies (Report, photos and video) you YouTube link for video […]
May I take this opportunity to wish all Resolven District News readers a “Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year”. That said, for those who rely on the bus services as their only form of transport it’s not going to be a “HAPPY NEW YEAR”. Many of the bus companies are reducing services throughout the Neath […]
Congratulations to Amanda Evans of John Street Resolven, who represented Wales in a recent international pools competition held on the island of Malta. After three years in the Welsh Ladies’ B team, Amanda was chosen for the top A side for the first time and she and her team mates did exceptionally well against women […]
On Friday December 9th, students from Neath Port Talbot College held a Christmas Quiz and raffle at Resolven Miner’s Welfare for the fundraising section of their Welsh Bacc qualification. The charitywhich they decided to support was Maggie’s Cancer Care and at the end of the night the hard working girls managed to collect a […]
For RDN readers who might miss out on a white Christmas, share these scenes captured on the Brecon Beacons, Dec 11th 2017 Images by Mike Davies Editor’s comment: Mike is a BBC Weather Watcher and his Brecon photos were shown on the main BBC news that night and BBC Breakfast Time the following […]
Every year, a mouthwatering Christmas Tea is held in St. David’s Church Hall, Resolven.and last Friday, I attended the event for the first time and spoke with Val Bishop, one of the main organizers, who told me more about the preparation of the tea and what happens during the event. She said, “The tea is […]