Entries by HL & LL
Resolfen History Society Annual Meeting Report
Resolfen History Society kicked off, with an annual meeting at the Church Hall on Monday 11th September. Annual meetings are not usually well attended for obvious reasons, though it is encouraging to note that attendance was slightly up on last year. Luckily, with minor adjustments the committee is still intact and eager to get on […]
Meet with Age Alliance Wales
Meet with Age Alliance Wales Age Alliance Wales, an alliance of 26 national voluntary organisations committed to working together to improve the lives of older people, is running a series of community-based engagement events across Wales. Members include Age Cymru, Care and Repair Cymru, Age Connects Wales, Cymru Versus Arthritis, RNIB, Stroke Association, Royal Voluntary Service, MS Society, Deafblind Cymru, Cruse Bereavement Care, Carers Wales, Parkinson’s UK Cymru, […]
Resolven History Society AGM
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Proposed Road Works on B4242 Glynneath Road
Notice given by Neath Port Talbot Council ~ ~ ~ ~
NPTCBC Bank Holiday Collections
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Tŷ Banc Canal Festival
Ty Banc Canal Festival on August Bank Holiday Saturday and Sunday, both days 12-8pm. Join in and have fun getting into #1canal1community with activities like tossing ducks, icing cakes, sing, making puppets, local history, petting speciality sheep and many more! Let us know if what you want to do and taking turn showing off your […]
Rain did not dampen the Challenge of the day
Many braved the elements on Sunday 30 July, 2023 to participate in the Celebration Tournament marking 91 years of flat green bowling with Resolven Bowls Club. Everyone who attended was honoured to see the Country’s top bowlers of all ages, showing off their skills and having a great time doing so, despite the incessant showery […]
Retirement of Vale of Neath Practice Senior Partner
After 27 years as a GP in the Glynneath Surgery and the Vale of Neath Practice, Dr Paul Westwood retired on Monday 31st July 2023. He states that from an early age he always wanted to become a GP but was also keen to see the wider world, and so, after completing his training and […]
Busy time with the bias at Resolven
With so many excellent sportsmen playing bowls, local competition in every club and between clubs is of an extraordinary high standard. At the start of each outdoor bowling season, home and away games of singles, pairs, triples and fours are arranged between bowlers from all over the West Glamorgan County area. Many rounds are played […]
Visitors to the flowers of Summer
Photographs taken by Ruth Davies {Mike Davies’s Daughter} ~ ~ ~ ~
Why Jerusalem Chapel was built and extended
The following text is from a hand written Jerusalem Chapel part history, recently discovered but not dated. For ease of reading, the hand written has been transcribed and the photographs added to the text :- “With the gradual change from the rural and agricultural aspect of the locality of Resolven, coupled with the fact of […]
Carmarthenshire, the Wales Coast Path by Jack_Walkaholic
It’s been a while, the Wales Coast Path has been keeping me busy. I started this journey on January 1st at Chepstow with the intention of walking the whole path by the end of the year. Earlier updates can be found on Resolven District News, or you can find me on Instagram @jack_walkaholic but for […]
Temporary Road Closure at Clyne
Temporary road closure of the B4434 at the Railway Bridge, Clyne to enable Network Rail to install new strengthening plates. The closure will be between the hours of 10.00pm and 6.00am from 3 July to 15 July 2023