YFC evening

A GREAT evening of some jokes plus a party of harmonising Young Farmers who will also perform sketches is lined up at Llety Parc Hotel on Saturday, 28 November.All the proceeds from the evening will be donated towards Ystwyth and Ceredig Wards at Bronglais Hospital and the Aberystwyth Dialysis Unit.To get the audience going, on centre stage at the start of the evening will be the well-known entertainer Clive Edwards, who will compere the evening and also launch his new CD. Clive, who hails from Whitland, is a renowned comedian and singer who entertains audiences throughout west Wales and beyond on a weekly basis.A local party of Young Farmers from the Llanddewi Brefi area will then take to the stage. Bois y Rhedyn is a fairly newly formed party who made their fame when competing at Tregaron Eisteddfod recently and have now decided to continue to entertain. They will keep the audience amused by performing various songs from well-known Welsh musicals, a few hymns and some sketches to make the audience chuckle. Making a return visit to Llety Parc will be the renowned ballad singer Wil Tân from Anglesey.With his melodious voice, he has entertained audiences throughout Wales and beyond. It should be noted, however, that he is equally at home singing love ballads and variations on traditional Welsh and Irish folk tunes.“This is a concert not to be missed,” said organiser Megan Jones. “It will provide a fantastic evening of Welsh entertainment and also raise much-needed funds for local causes”.Tickets for the event are £10 each and can be purchased in advance from Llety Parc on 01970 636333 or from Megan Jones on 01970 612768.

Merched y Wawr

WEDI’R cyfarfod busnes lle llongyfarchwyd Tîm Cwis Aberystwyth B (Megan, Meirwen, Nona a Carwen) ar eu llwyddiant yng nghwis y sir, croesawodd ein cadeirydd Dulcie James, Walford Gealy i’n cyfarfod mis Tachwedd.Er mai ym myd addysg ac athroniaeth y bu gyrfa ein gwr gwadd, mae e’n arbenigwr adnabyddus ar borslen ac yn gasglwr hen lestri o fri.Cawsom wybod ganddo am gefndir croch-enwaith a phorslen ac yna aeth ymlaen i sôn yn fanwl am William Billingsley, athrylith a pherffeithydd ym maes creu ac arlunio porslen a fu’n gweithio’n aflonydd mewn llawer canolfan, cyn sefydlu llestri Nantgarw gyda’i ddwy ferch a’i fab yng nghyfraith.Clywsom hefyd am ei gysylltiad â llestri Aber tawe, a braf fu gweld lluniau o’r porslen a’r arlunwaith cywrain.Diolchodd Eleri Davies iddo am ei gyflwyniad a mwynhawyd paned a baratowyd gan ferched Penparcau.

NHS Retirement Fellowship

MEMBERS met at the Waunfawr Community Centre on 9 November when the guest speaker was Barbara Walker whose topic was ‘Early Commerce on the Dyfi’.Barbara explained that she had themed her talk as a history of seven objects, the first be-ing Cefn Caer, a 14th century house at Pennal, which had been built on the site of a Roman fort and where a number of Roman artefacts have been found such as an amphora, a vessel which would have contained olive oil from Spain and transported by river, a method of transport much cheaper than over land. The second was a letter telling of the flight of the Welsh prince Owain ap Cadwgan fleeing via the Dyfi to Ireland. Number three was the Egryn Stone, a forgot-ten Welsh Freestone quarried near Barmouth. Millstones were the fourth of the objects, transported by sea from Anglesey to the Gogerddan Estate and the fifth was the Pennal letter of 1406 to the King of France from Owain Glyndwr, which was an attempt to strengthen his cause by allying himself to France. The sixth was the 1561 petition of Owen ap Hywel Goch, mayor of Machynlleth for the re-tention of customs and finally, number seven gave details of the Dyfi Salt Project of 1564. Barbara gave a fascinating account of the early history of the Dyfi valley and illustrated her talk with a comprehensive selection of slides and was warmly thanked by chairman Margaret Evans.The next meeting will be on 14 December when Aberystwyth Museum will provide a quiz to identify unusual objects.

Cylch Cinio

DYN TARW potel oedd gwr gwadd y Cylch Cinio a gynhaliwyd yng Nghlwb Golff Aberystwyth ar nos Wener, 13 Tachwedd. Cafwyd noson ddifyr yng nghwmni Aneurin Davies, awdur y gyfrol boblogaidd Bywyd wrth Ben ôl Buwch. Darllennwyd darnau o’r gyfrol gan ei fab, Terwyn Davies. Roedd yn gyfle i lawer ohonom ddysgu am fywyd a gwaith y dyn ac yng nghanol y straeon hwyliog a’r hiwmor gwledig, sylwed-dolwyd bod y tarw potel yn rhan annatod o wead bywyd teuluoedd fferm. Mae’n amlwg bod y berthynas rhyngddo â’i gwsmeriaid yn un o ymddiriedaeth lwyr a oedd yn ymestyn ymhell y tu hwnt i’r hyn y byddai rhywun yn ei ddisgwyl gan darw potel a bod ychydig o hiwmor yn fantais ac yn gymhwyster yn y proffesiwn hwn.Diolchwyd iddo gan un o ffermwyr amlwg yr ardal, Tegwyn Lewis, Rhosgoch.Enillwyd y raffl gan John ‘Saer’ Jones, Llanilar.Croesawyd Islwyn Hughes yn ôl wedi iddo dderbyn llawdriniaeth.Penderfynwyd cyfrannu £100 tuag at ymdrech cymuned Llandre i godi cronfa i Ambiwlans Awyr Cymru er cof am Dai England, a gollodd ei fywyd wedi damwain car yn gynharach eleni.Roedd yn llawenydd mawr fod llythyr wedi ei dderbyn oddi wrth Elen Huws Elis, trefny-dd yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yn cadarnhau fod yr eisteddfod yn derbyn cynnig y Cylch Cinio i gyflwyno’r gadair i’r Brifwyl, os yw’n ymweld â Cheredigion yn 2020. Sefydlir panel bychan o’r aelodau er mwyn symud y mater yn ei flaen.Cytunwyd i anfon cynrychiolydd o’r Cylch i gystadleuaeth Pobi Cacen Diferion Lemwn, i ddynion yn unig, a drefnir gan Gymdeithas yr Iaith yn Festri Capel y Morfa ar ddydd Sul, 22 Tachwedd.Bydd ein cinio Nadolig yn cael ei gynnal ar nos Wener, 11 Rhagfyr, yng Ngwesty’r Richmond ar y prom. Yr actor a’r diddanwr adnabyddus Glan Davies fydd ein siaradwr gwadd.

Côr Meibion

THE CHOIR provided some musical accompaniment for the Cwmni Morlan presentation of Cynhaeaf y Cledd, which was performed at Y Morlan on 8 and 9 November. The play looks at the First World War through the eyes of Aberystwyth inhabitants of the time and the choir sang a selection of songs from the period together with the hymn Christus Redemptor.The annual choir dinner was held at the Llety Parc Hotel on 21 November and the opportunity was taken to present the recently retired musical director, Carol Davies, with a gift as a token of appreciation for her work with the choir for over 10 years.