THE latest community news from Blaenau Ffestiniog.

Services

BETHESDA: Eifion Jones, 10am; Bowydd: Rev R I Jones; Calfaria: Rev Dafydd Ll Hughes, afternoon; Carmel: Aeron Hughes; Manod Orthodox: Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by the Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom; St David’s: Morning service at 11am; St Michael’s: Morning service at 9.30am; St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 11am with Bishop Edwin; Holly Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday with Bishop Edwin; Bethel, Ffestiniog: Geraint and Nerys Roberts, 5.30pm.

Gallery

THE Maenofferen Gallery hosts an exhibition of various paintings by Roland George and admission is free.

Clwb Cerdded

TAITH i Daufwlch Tyddiad ac Ardudwy fydd gan aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog y Sul nesaf i gychwyn ger Ty Gorsaf am 9yb. Mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.

Race

AFTER much planning the annual 10-mile Moelwyn Fell Race will take place this Saturday starting off at 2pm at the Bro Ffestiniog Rugby Club ground and the runners will also be returning there. There will also be a children’s race which will get under way at 2.15pm and the organisers are hoping for good turnout and suitable weather for the event which attracts runners from across the UK.

Planning

THE council had no objection to the following planning applications: 1, Application for a non-material amendment to include a maintenance gap in-between the extension and adjacent property at 2 Glandwr Terrace; 2, The variation of sale of alcohol from 7am instead of 8am as at present at the Eurospar; 3, Installation of a 20m high monopole supporting three antennas and one transmission dish with three equipment cabinets, 1m cabinet within a surrounding 2m high palisade fence for Vodafone UK on land by Y Ddôl, Tanygrisiau; 4 On the removal of material from a mineral working deposit at the Oakeley Quarry there was no objection but observations regarding question A1.24 - machines will be on site so fuel will be needed.

Also an application to erect a first floor extension on rear of 3, Mills Row has been granted as has a retrospective application to revert an existing residential dwelling, 12 Glanypwll into its original form of two separate dwellings.

Advice

ON Monday mornings between 10am and 1pm a member of the Citizens Advice Bureau will be at the library happy to help with any relevant advice on questions one might have.

Choirs

SOME members of the Brythoniaid Male Choir conducted by John Eifion and accompanist Liz Ellis joined the Côr Bach who are pupils of Ysgol Hafod Lon school for a concert at Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog on Friday evening though the admission was free, the proceeds of a raffle held there were to the said school. Also on Friday evening the Moelwyn Choir conducted by Sylvia Ann Jones and accompanist Wenna Francis Jones were in concert at Betws y Coed with young soloists Awel and Tomos giving solos and a duet and the compere was Glyn Jones.

Ysgol Tanygrisiau

FE ddaeth Côr Ysgol Tanygrisau yn drydydd yn Eisteddfod Sir yr Urdd a thrydydd hefyd oedd y grwp dawnsio disgo yn yr un eisteddfod. Llongyfarchwyd y plant a gafodd wobrwyau yn yr Eisteddfod Gelf y Cylch ac yn y Sir.

Ar 19 Mawrth cafodd pedair disgybl eu dewis i fynd i gynrychioi’r ysgol mewn nifer o weithgareddau wedi eu trefnu gan Barc Genedlaethol Eryri yn Plas Tanybwlch. Cafwyd cyfle i ymwneud â gweithgareddau awyr agored yn y bore ac yn y prynhawn cafwyd gweithdy ac ysgrifennu chwedlau gyda Bethan Gwanas.

Ar y meusydd chwaraeon daeth Lili ac Alanna yn drydydd mewn cystadleuaeth bwysig gyda’r clwb gymnasteg yng Nghaerdydd a byddant yn mynd ymlaen i gystadlu yn Southampton. Mae Jac Jones sydd bellach yn chwarae yn rheolaidd i dîm rygbi Eryri, tîm ysgolion Gwynedd, Môn a Chonwy.

Retirement

AT the end of last month a long-serving shop owner retired. She is Beryl Catherine Jones who first worked aged 12 as an errand girl at Siop Essie on the Blaenau Ffestiniog High Street and when she was 15 she then went to work there full time for the then owner Essie Williams.

After she married her husband Stanley she had a break with birth of her eldest son Colin and in 1975 the family emigrated to Adelaide, Australia where Iwan was born, but where Beryl also worked in a shoe shop. Ten years later it was back to Blaenau and back to Siop Essie and eventually she took over the business.

Beryl remembers the times when quarrymen bought those hobnail boots and could be heard from a distance as they came walking down into the town from work. In thanking her loyal customers and friends, the good news for the town is that the shop is not closing, but her daughter in law Delyth Evans-Jones will be taking it over and no doubt Beryl will be available if needed.

In the meantime Beryl is wished a long and happy retirement, well earned.

Merched y Wawr

CYNHALIWYD cyfarfod ar nos Lun, 27 Chwefror, yn y Ganolfan Gymdeithasol. Dosbarthwyd bagiau dathlu’r hanner cant a’r cardiau aelodaeth arbennig i’r aelodau.

Penderfynwyd trefnu taith i’r Parc ar nos Wener, 23 Mehefin, i weld yr arddangosfa arbennig o’r dathliad yno.

Gwraig wadd y noson oedd Menna Medi, sy’n wreiddiol o Benllyn, ond erbyn hyn yn byw yn y Groeslon. Ei phwnc oedd Hiwmor, a thalodd deyrnged i’w thad am ei hysbrydoli a’i sbarduno i ymdrin â’r maes.

Mae hefyd yn barddoni ac yn cynhyrchu cardiau cyfarch Cyfres Wahanol. Diolchwyd am noson ddifyr gan Rhian.

Enillydd y gystadleuaeth o froits gwahanol oedd Ceinwen, gydag un Marian yn ail ac Ellen yn drydydd.

Pedair wythnos union yn ddiweddarach, ar 27 Mawrth, daethwyd at eu gilydd eto o dan lywyddiaeth Ceinwen.

Cafwyd adroddiad ganddi o ginio y Llywydd Cenedlaethol yn y Gogledd, ac atgoffwyd yr aelodau o Wyl Rhanbarth Meirion ym Mhenrhyndeudraeth nos Fercher, 26 Ebrill.

Cyhoeddwyd y byddai’r gangen yn rhoi £100 tuag at wobr yn yr Wyl Gerdd Dant 2017. Roedd y sgwrs am Fywyd Gwyllt Glaslyn gan Gwenan Hughes Williams, un gyfarwyddwyr a gwirfoddolwraig gyda’r prosiect.

Cafwyd cefndir hanes gweilch y pysgod, a’r erledigaeth gawsant yng ngwledydd Prydain ers blynyddoedd, a’r llwyddiant, yn enwedig yn yr Alban, i godi’r nifer o barau sy’n magu yn ôl, gan gynnwys wrth gwrs yr un ar y Glaslyn.

Erbyn hyn mae’r iâr wedi cyrraedd nôl i’r ardal o’i theithio ac yn disgwyl am ei chymar, a thymor arall gobeithio o fagu cywion yn llwyddiannus.Diolchwyd gan Megan am sgwrs hynod o ddifyr.

Carreg ddiddorol oedd y gystadleuaeth ac enillydd y noson oedd Ellen, gyda carreg Rhian yn ail ac un arall gan Ellen yn drydydd. Ar 24 Ebrill bydd Dathlu’r Aur gyda pharti yn y Ganolfan.