THE latest community news from Aberystwyth

Ysbrydoli merched

MAE awdur newydd yn chwilio am enwau genethod gwych a merched medrus fel rhan o’i phrosiect newydd. Mae Medi Jones-Jackson (yn y llun), sy’n byw yn Bow Street ger Aberystwyth, wedi gweithio ym myd llyfrau plant ac wedi rheoli prosiectau hyrwyddo darllen. Yn mis Mai eleni, bydd cyfrol newydd, ysbrydoledig, yn cael ei chyhoeddi gan y Lolfa – Genod Gwych a Merched Medrus. Bydd y llyfr yma wedi’i anelu at blant pump i 10 oed ac yn cofnodi hanes 13 o ferched o Gymru o’r byd cerddoriaeth, llên, hanes, seryddiaeth, gwyddoniaeth, celf, chwaraeon ac ati, sydd wedi cyflawni campweithiau yn eu meysydd penodol ac yn arwresau Cymraeg. Bydd Dyfan Williams yn gwneud y gwaith dylunio a Telor Gwyn, yn wreiddiol o ardal Aberystwyth, yn creu lluniau ar gyfer y gyfrol. Fel rhan o’r llyfr, bydd enwau merched medrus a genethod gwych bach Cymru yn ymddangos yn batrwm ar y cloriau mewnol, ac mae’r awdur yn gofyn i bobl anfon enwau ati. Meddai Medi: “Dyma gyfrol gwbl wreiddiol yn y Gymraeg – gan ferch, am ferched ac i ferched bach Cymru heddiw. Bydd y llyfr yn gyflwyniad perffaith i rai o ferched blaenllaw Cymru a wnaeth gyrraedd y brig a newid siâp ein cenedl. Mae’n gyfle i ferched bach Cymru berchnogi’r llyfr trwy gael eu henwau wedi eu hargraffu yn y gyfrol bwysig hon.” Os ydych chi’n adnabod geneth wych neu ferch fedrus rhwng pump a 10 oed, ac os hoffech chi weld ei henw wedi mewn print yn y llyfr cyffrous, llawn lliw, cysylltwch yn uniongyrchol â Medi drwy e-bostio [email protected] cyn 18 Ebrill, gan nodi enw llawn y ferch. Mae lle i nifer cyfyngedig, felly’r cyntaf i’r felin! Dyma gyfrol i ysbrydoli ac i addysgu merched bach Cymru heddiw. Byddwch yn rhan ohoni!

Concert

A CONCERT in memory of local a local pianist will take place next Monday, 18 February. The concert, at Holy Trinity Church, will be held in memory of Albert JS ‘Bill’ Williams, and will start at 7.30pm. Bill was a talented local pianist who promoted music in Holy Trinity Church. Since his death in 2016, local musicians have established a regular concert series in his memory. Using these concerts to promote young talent in the community and the university, the concert will include a string ensemble playing Purcell and the beautiful Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for string ensemble and four solo violins. There will be solo items for violin, cello and piano, and a string quintet playing Albinoni. Come along and enjoy an hour of music and refreshments after the concert. Admission is free but donations will be gratefully received in aid of Holy Trinity Church funds.

Bicycle registration

A BICYCLE registration event is being held this weekend to help owners combat theft. Police community support officers will be at Halfords on Saturday, between noon and 2pm to register and protect your bikes. Bike Register is the UK’s national Police approved, bicycle marking and registration scheme. Bring along your bikes and have them registered for free or if you are unable to attend you can register at www.bikeregister.com or liaise with your local Neighbourhood Police Team.

Wildlife Trust

THE February meeting of the North Ceredigion Section of the Wildlife Trust South and West Wales, was held last Monday evening, 4 February, at 7pm in room C22 in the Huw Owen Building on the Penglais Campus, and around 70 people were present. After the welcome from section chairman Fiona Corke, the meeting heard updates on the latest conservation activities on the Trust’s Ceredigion reserves, and a very positive update from Chloe Griffiths on her conservation activities with the Penparcau Forum. Fiona then went onto welcome two members from the Living Seas Wales project, based in the Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre in New Quay. Living Seas Wales is the Wildlife Trust’s collective vision for the seas around Wales and the United Kingdom. In Wales the seas are suffering at present and need significant and urgent effort to achieve the vision of a wildlife rich marine environment. The speakers gave the audience a good overview of the work being undertaken from the centre and the opportunities for people to assist in the work as volunteers, where they would have the opportunity to learn about the species and habitats in Cardigan Bay, gain vital experience in field work, research methods, community engagement and much more. A question and answer session followed. The next meeting of the section will be on Monday, 4 March, at 7pm in C22 when Kim Williams, the Dyfi Osprey project officer, will be talking about The Dyfi Osprey Project.

Cymdeithas yr Aelwyd

MAE yna wastad groeso i lobsgows ym mis Chwefror a dyna beth gawsom ni brynhawn Gwener, 8 Chwefror, pan groesawyd Iestyn Hughes gan Jean Eklund. Gwledd i’r llygad ddarparwyd gan Iestyn, sef detholiad o ffotograffau a dynnodd yn ystod 2018. Roedd yna amrywiaeth eang o destunau a lleoliadau i’n hatgoffa o’r tywydd garw ar ddechrau’r flwyddyn a’r sychder yn yr haf. Gwelsom luniau o’r tân yng Nghwm Rheidol, a thân gwahanol ar y prom, Llyn Celyn, Ynys Enlli ac Ynys Las, a dwy ?yl wahanol iawn i’w gilydd, y naill ym Malta a’r llall ym Mae Caerdydd, sef yr Eisteddfod wrth gwrs. Yna aeth Iestyn ymlaen i ddangos y lluniau trawiadol a dynnodd ar gyfer y llyfr Melinau Gwlân gan Branwen Davies, ac anogodd Iestyn ni i ymweld â rhai ohonynt cyn iddynt ddiflannu o’r tir.

Rotary Club

‘HOW much do we know about the world we live in?’ was the subject of an intriguing talk by past president and geographer Richard Morgan. He posed a set of challenging questions in a questionnaire on socio-economic, demographic, and world health issues. The correct answers, based on recent research, indicated that for example the proportion of the world population living in extreme poverty had almost halved in the last 20 years, largely due to a marked reduction of poverty in India and China. There were nevertheless still 800 million in the world surviving on less than the equivalent of two US dollars per day. The number of deaths from natural disasters had decreased to less by half over the past century. The gap between the educational opportunities and expectations of young men and young women was also decreasing. It was predicted that by the year 2100, the world population will have increased by another 4 billion, and - not surprisingly - that the average global temperature will get warmer. Club members’ answers to the questionnaire indicated a somewhat over-pessimistic view of global trends and, as Richard said, research has shown that the world is not in such a bad place as we sometimes think. It was suggested that many of the misconceptions are based on world circumstances in the 1970s and 1980s, and that the world has changed a great deal since then.

Plascrug Bridge

Club 22 JANUARY: 1 John Holmes and Alan Stein; 2 Pamela Woodhouse and Margaret James; 3 Betty Brookes and Mike Jones. 5 February: 1 Ann Burroughs and Dylan Raw-Rees; 2 Margaret James and Pamela Woodhouse; 3 Alan Stein and John Holmes.

Parkinson’s UK

THE new monthly meeting for 2019 was held in the group’s new home, the community hall in Waun Fawr, which will be the meeting place from now on. Barbara Standing, who had suffered a stroke, was better and she and Paul were both now in Cwmcynfelin home. The group has now started tai-chi lessons and intend starting with six lessons. Because of the weekend break in Llandudno returning on Monday, 20 February, the meeting on that day has been brought forward to 13 February. The meeting on Monday started with Lorna giving 20 minutes of chair exercises. Unfortunately, the massage lady was unable to be present. In April, the group in the north are organising a day of boccia games in Bala, which the group intend participating in. Monday’s meeting was a training session, which everybody thoroughly enjoyed - teams will be selected later. The speaker in the February meeting will be Ray Williams will talk and show slides of ‘from Wales to Ohio’. Ray used to be a vet, but since he retired, he and a group of friends have organised the celebrations of 200 years since the first people left Aberaeron for Ohio, when up to 50 members from there came back home for a week’s celebrations.

Rotary club

ABERYSTWYTH Rotary Club is organising a charity dog walk on Sunday, 7 April, in aid of the chemotherapy unit at Bronglais Hospital. The charity dog walk will start and finish at Aberystwyth Rugby Club and dog owners are invited to join in the fun at 11am on Sunday, 7 April, by walking up to 5K along Plascrug Avenue. John Harries of Aberystwyth Rotary Club said: “Aberystwyth Rotary Club are very excited to be organising our first charity dog walk in aid of the chemotherapy unit at Bronglais Hospital. Come along and support this important fundraiser. There will even be a top prize for the best dressed dog. It promises to be a great event.” Dr Elin Jones, locum consultant oncologist, said: “We are very grateful to Aberystwyth Rotary Club for organising this event in aid of the chemotherapy unit at Bronglais Hospital. The money raised will ensure that patients, their families and staff can access a wide range of specialist services and equipment beyond what the NHS can currently provide.” Ben Lake, MP Ceredigion will also be present at the event. He said: “All of the members of the Aberystwyth Rotary Club need to be praised for their glorious efforts over the years to raise money towards so many local causes, and I am delighted to take part in this special walk to raise money for an extremely worthy cause, the Bronglais Hospital chemotherapy unit.”

Ramblers

ON Saturday, 16 February, Aberystwyth Ramblers are going to Tre Taliesin on a moderate 10-mile walk. Take the X28 bus from stand four in Aberystwyth at 9.30am to Tre Taliesin, SN657914. The walk begins at 10am and follows the paths directly to Borth. This is four miles and anyone who wants to can finish in Borth, getting the 512 bus back. This is a largely flat section but can be muddy, passing wooded area and fields of the Dyfi Nature Reserve (easy grade). They continue on the coastal path to Aberystwyth, stopping for lunch on the headland. It has ascents and descents all the way. Some paths are stepped, some on the bedrock of the cliffs. Can be slippery in wet weather. On Sunday, 17 February, Rob and Lloyd (01974 251282/202043) will be leading a six-mile moderate grade walk from the village Hall area Llanrhystud SN539695 at 10.30am. The route climbs south out of the village passing the two iron age forts of Castell Mawr and Bach. Continuing south the walk reaches Cwm Peris and descends west alongside Nant Peris to Llanon. The return from Llanon is along the Ceredigion coast path to the start passing the church of Sant Ffraid. Meet at Plascrug Leisure Centre at 9.30am or at Llanrhystud 10.30am and bring a packed lunch.

U3A

ON 17 January, Monica Lloyd Williams gave a talk and screen showing on the subject of ‘Wales to Argentina’ and the entrapreneur Henry Libanus Jones who was born in Cardiganshire and in 1865 Welsh Colonists settled in an old fort on the banks of the river Chubut. The fort had been raised some years before by Henry Libanus Jones and his team in 1854 for the purpose of hunting cattle. The Welsh colonists referred to the old fort as ‘Caer Antur’. In 1865 the settlement was renamed Rawson after Guillermo Rawson, the home secretary at the time. A permanent settlement of the Chebut valley Patagonia began in 1865 when a group of Welsh settlers arrived on the converted tea clipper Mimosa and established a Welsh community in an isolated area of the World, where the home language, religion, culture and customs could be maintained and preserved. By the end of the 19th century, there were approximately 4,000 people of Welsh descent living in Chebut Patagonia. The raffle was then drawn and refreshments offered. The next meeting at the Morlan centre is at 2.30pm on 21 February. There will be a talk on the Yeti, by Mike Lewis of the Cambrian News.

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