THE latest community news from around Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Services

BETHEL Ffestiniog – Rev Anita Ephraim; Bethesda – John Price, 10am; Bowydd – Rev Dr Nerys Tudor, morning and evening; Carmel – Rev Ioan Wyn Gruffydd; Calfaria – John Price, afternoon; Manod Orthodox – Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom; St Davids and St Michael’s services are to be held at Ffestiniog Village Hall – United Harvest Celebration service at 11am. St Mary Magdalene – Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin; Holy Cross – Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin.

Respect

AS a mark of respect the Blaenau Amateurs FC sides’ Saturday matches were postponed following the news of the sad passing away of Karen, the wife of the club’s chairman Andrew Roberts, at a Liverpool Hospital.

Concert

ON THURSDAY, 23 September, at Ysgol y Moelwyn the National Eisteddfod winners the Oakley Silver Band and the Brythoniaid Choir are in concert with the money raised to be donated towards the costs of staging the Wales Folk Music Festival here in Blaenau in 2018.

Skate

THE Dref Werdd have made a request to be allowed to apply for grant funding to help young people who use the skatepark put graffiti on the equipment and this has been allowed by the town council.

Poetry

THE local Poetry and Creative Writing Group monthly meeting will be held on Tuesday next at the Bridge Cafe between 10.30am and noon.

Gorlan

CYNHELIR cyfarfod cyntaf newydd Cymdeithas y Gorlan am 7yh ar 3 Hydref yng Nghapel Carmel.

Y gwr gwadd fydd Gwynne Pearce yn rhoi sgwrs ar ‘Dylanwadau Canu Pop Cymreig’.

Mae swyddogion y Gorlan yn fodlon i gario ymlaen ers llynedd megis, llywydd, Ceinwen Lloyd Humphreys; ysgrifenyddes, Edwina Fletcher; a thrysorydd, Janet Roberts. Mae croeso cynnes i aelodau hen a newydd, pris mynediad fydd £1.

Patagonia

THE town council has set aside money for the Patagonia Scholarship and arranged the judges for next year’s competition.

It has been agreed to leave the age limit as it is, but to have a parent sign the form to allow a child to go to the Wladfa if under 19.

The council is to encourage local businesses to sponsor the contest and prepare posters about the scholarship.

Toilets

GWYNEDD Council has asked the town council for a contribution of £4,000 towards ensuring that the public toilets are kept open in 2017/18 with the option to run in partnership with Gwynedd Council in the future or them to be managed by the town council.

The town councillors having debated the issue were unanimous that the toilets need to be kept open and wish to discuss this matter further with Gwynedd Council.

Coffee morning

ST DAVID’S Church will be joining the Big Coffee Morning for Macmillan’s Cancer Charity, this Friday morning in the church, from 10am till noon.

Rhodd

ROEDD Glyn Crampton o Danygrisiau (gweler llun) yn 80 oed ddechrau’r flwyddyn ac roedd wedi penderfynu gwneud y Titan Zipwire yn y Blaenau a’r Velocity Zipwire ym Methesda ar yr un diwrnod.

Ei amcan oedd i godi arian er cof am ei wraig Phyllis a diolch i bawb a’i gefnogodd, bu iddo gasglu swm dda o £884.13 at Hosbis Dewi Sant, Llandudno.

Trawsfynydd

SERVICE Abergeirw – Rev Anita Ephraim at 5.30pm.

Cymdeithas Hanes

AR NOS Fercher, 21 Medi, cynhaliwyd cyfarfod diwethaf o Gymdeithas Hanes.

Wrth agor y noson diolchodd y llywydd, Robin Davies i bawb a gynorthwyodd y Gymdeithas yn yr arddangosfa flynyddol

Er gwaethaf haf gwael yn gyffredinol, daeth 1,620 o ymwelwyr, y rhai a arwyddodd lyfr ymwelwyr, i gymharu â 1,900 y llynedd.

Y siaradwr gwadd oedd Bill Jones oedd wedi ffeirio y noson efo Geraint Vaughan Jones sydd rwan yn rhoi ei sgwrs ar 16 Tachwedd.

Testun Bill oedd Archaeoleg Cwmorthin a defnyddiodd sleidiau yn effeithiol iawn i danlinellu ei sgwrs.

Mae Bill yn hen law ar ei bwnc ac wrth gwrs mae ei ddawn hwyliog o ddarlithio yn gwneud y ddarlith yn bleserus iawn.

Dechreuodd drwy ddweud mai ei ddehongliad ef o hen fywyd Cwmorthin yr oeddym am gael.

Disgrifiodd y llygredd a achoswyd gan dair chwarel yn amharu ar burdeb y llyn a dyfynodd ran o adroddiad gan Mr Buchanan yn 1863 yn sôn am iechyd yr ardal gyda llygredd o Rhesdai Cwmorthin yn “disgusting”, hefyd fod llygredd swn o’r chwareli fel y tanio ac yn y blaen hefyd yn warthus.

Gwelsom gynllun o hen Cwmorthin Isaf sydd wedi diflannu yn llwyr erbyn hyn.

Aeth Bill â ni o gwmpas y gwahanol adeiladau yn y Cwm gan ddangos lle yr oeddynt fel archaeolegwyr wedi bod yn gweithio.

Dangosodd adfeilion Capel Tiberias a hefyd Capel y Golan (neu y Gorlan) ac yr oedd yn gofidio na weithwyd ar y to blynyddoedd yn ôl.

Yr oedd yn amlwg fod y noson wedi bod yn un boblogaidd iawn efo cynifer o gwestiynau a sylwadau a gafwyd ar y diwedd. Talwyd y diolchiadau ffurfiol gan Mel Thomas, un sydd wedi bod yn ddylanwadol a gweithgar iawn yn y prosiect, gan ddweud mor braf oedd gweithio gyda Bill achos ei hynawsedd a’i hiwmor.

Cynhelir y cyfarfod nesaf ar 19 Hydref pryd y disgwyliwn Rhian Williams i roi ail ran o’i sgwrs ‘Byw ar y Fferm’.

Bowls

MIKE Burgoyne represented the bowling club in a competition held at Penrhyn Bay, but having won his opening round he was unable to make the finals.

No luck either for Martin Hughes who represented the Llanrwst Club losing in the final of the Llandudno and Colwyn League event.

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