Entries by HL & LL

Whit Sunday – Marching Through Time

As a child growing up in the village of Resolven I have special memories of the Whitsun Marching and Whitsun Tea When all the Chapels and the Church came together to show their faith in Christianity The British Christian tradition of Whitsun is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter It is believed to be […]

May 21, 2021 by

Zip Down to Colliery Surface

Within 15 miles of the village of Resolven was the oldest continuously working deep-coal mine in the United Kingdom, and possibly the World, until its closure in 2008. Of course this was the well known Tower Colliery, situated along side the A4061 Rhigos to Treherbert road which is now being rejuvenated from a Colliery site […]

April 6, 2021 by

Appeal from ‘Locate International’

Locate International is a community interest company dedicated to helping families of unsolved missing person cases, find their loved ones. We do this by building teams of specialists from different disciplines and volunteers from local communities. The teams investigate and review the cases to ensure that all that can reasonably be done, has and is […]

March 30, 2021 by

Flower Bed Opportunity in the Bowling Green Area

ADOPT A FLOWER BED The Resolven based Bowls Clubs are extremely optimistic given the recent developments in the pandemic and the latest advice from Sport Wales and the Bowls Governing Bodies that there will be a meaningful 2021 bowling season, unlike 2020 – as previously reported. The bowling green is open from 10a.m. each day […]

March 12, 2021 by

Thanks for Sympathy

Sheila wishes to express her heartfelt and sincere thanks to all her friends and neighbours for the many kind expressions of sympathy, and for all the cards and flowers she received during her bereavement. . She also extends her grateful thanks to those who attended the funeral, and to everyone in the Resolven bowling community […]

February 20, 2021 by

Reflections

Reflections As I sit here reflecting of how my life used to be And the untimely disappearance that changed my life so suddenly . As I sit here reflecting on the existence that I have now And how it’s constantly being controlled by whatever the virus will allow . As I sit here reflecting that […]

January 26, 2021 by