Getting expert tuition . YnysfachWI held their June meeting in the grounds of the Resolven Bowls Club and were blessed with a beautiful summer’s day. Twenty members assembled to enjoy an afternoon of chat and laughter in beautiful surroundings. We were delighted to welcome Carwen, Ceri and Christine from the ladies lawn bowls team, who […]
A Resolven born man has just achieved a personal ambition by climbing the Three Peaks of Wales in One Day. This is his story, in his own words:- It’s 4.30am, the sun is about to rise and the dark blue sky is highlighted by bright red clouds. Today is the day I’ve been waiting for, […]
Sandra, Chris and Ethan came into school today to do some gardening with some Year 3 pupils. They are able to do this thanks to funding they had from Pen Y Cymoedd Community fund and Glynneath training Centre. Pupils planted vegetables and herbs, they have helped to weed the raised beds that they made earlier […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]