THE latest community news from Blaenau Ffestiniog

History Society

THE speaker, Nia Ritchie, told of a skeleton found in Argentina, in 1994.

This turned out to be one of Nia’s ancestors from this area, who had made the hazardous journey, only to die three weeks after landing.

The next meeting is on 12 October.

Keith O’Brien will be showing ‘Trawsfynydd Views’.

The meeting is at 7.30pm, at the Daycare Centre.

Services

HOLY Cross: Mass at 6pm on Saturday.

St Mary Magdalene: Mass at 11am.

St Michael’s and St David’s: United Churches’s Harvest service 10am at St Twrog Church, Maentwrog.

Manod Orthodox: Third and Sixth Canonical Hours at 10am followed by Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom.

Carmel: Thanksgiving service.

Bethesda: Rev Reuben Roberts, 10am.

Bowydd: Thanksgiving service.

Bethel, Ffestiniog: Rev Anita Ephraim.

Councillor

ELIN Roberts has been co-opted as a councillor to represent the Diffwys and Maenofferen ward on the town council.

Gallery

THE Maenofferen Gallery hosts an exhibition of the craft work of those who attend Stephen Owen classes and admission is free during the library’s opening hours.

Playground

HAVING shown an interest in purchasing an area of land adjacent to the Cae Baltic playground which has been used for recreation only the town council is to confirm to Gwynedd Council that they are willing to buy the land to protect it as a play area for local children.

Scholarship

ARRANGEMENTS are in place for the Ffestiniog Town Council’s Patagonia Scholarship for the year 2018/9 with Cllr Erwyn Jones ready to promote the competition.

Having already twinned with Rawson in Patagonia the Council is to ask Gwynedd Council about getting brown signs reporting the fact to be placed on the A470 at Bwlch y Gorddinan and the on the A496 near Allt Goch.

Clwb Cerdded

TAITH nesaf aelodau Clwb Cerdded Stiniog fydd i Moel y Ci, ardal Rhiwlas gyda Anne ddydd Sul yma a gofynnir iddynt ddod at Ty Gorsaf am 9yb.

Mae esgidiau cryf, dillad addas a phecyn o fwyd yn hanfodol i’r daith.

Crazy Golf

DUE to the lack of revenue received since the Crazy Golf course was laid at the park, the location is to be looked at again by the council and what can be done to improve the use of the course.

Advice

A CITIZENS Advice Bureau representative will be at the library between 10am and 1pm on Mondays ready to give relevant advice where needed.

Land

VENDORS of land at Tan y Manod are eager for the council to have the opportunity to purchase it for the community and having debated the issue the council resolved to tender a prize of £1 per plot and if successful to use them as grazing land and maybe allotments.

Toilets

IT IS understood that Gwynedd Council arrangements for contributing towards the running costs of the Diffwys public toilets will remain the same for 2018/2019 and they have asked the town council to confirm its intention of running them if Gwynedd Council decides to close them and in response the town council has recommended to take them over if they are to close.

Darts

FOR the second successive year, Heber Thomas won the open darts competition held at The Venue, Llandudno which had a total of 150 players taking part and his prize was a trophy and £700 cash.

Heber is a valued member of both the Gwynedd County side and the Blaeanu team who compete in the Gwynedd Super League.

Côr Rhiannedd

MUI Excelente!

An excellent evening was had by all at the Cellb on Saturday night.

Côr Rhiannedd hosted a Tapas and Tune night which included an array of local musical talent.

The show commenced with the choir singing a mix from traditional welsh songs to west-end show stoppers they welcomed to the stage an up and coming young duo Tomos Heddwyn and Awel Jones who wowed the crowd with their duets, solos and harmonies and had a pleasant surprise of Lowri Jones coming to accompany her sister in a duet.

Tomos Heddwyn, 16, is one to watch, he has won at the Urdd and won second place at the National Eisteddfod this summer.

He shared the stage with the ladies choir to sing Robat Arwyn’s Anfonaf Angel and Eryr Pengwern which received a standing ovation.

By now everyone had an appetite and were ready for their tasty tapas which did not disappoint!

And in the second half came the local singer songwriters, fresh from singing at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff with Yr Oria’, came Garry Hughes and to close the evening, taking time out of his album release, was Gai Toms.

All this was made possible from money received from Blaenau Ffestiniog’s Coop local community fund and the choir would like to take this opportunity to say a heartfelt thank you.

Y Gorlan

NOS Lun, 2 Hydref, yn Festri’r Bowydd, cynhaliwyd cyfarfod cyntaf tymor newydd Cymdeithas y Gorlan.

Llywydd y noson oedd Ceinwen Humphreys a chyflwynodd Hogiau Harlech, yr efeilliaid John a Roger Kerry.

Cafwyd noson hwyliog ac amrywiol wrth iddynt gyflwyno caneuon oedd yn dwyn atgofion braf i’r gynulleidfa.

Roedd yr amrywiaeth yn cynnwys caneuon Y Pelydrau, Trebor Edwards, Hogiau’r Wyddfa, Hogiau Llandygai ac o’r Iwerddon, Foster ac Allan.

Ymysg y caneuon poblogaidd, defnyddiwyd y noson hefyd i dalu teyrnged i dri a gyfrannodd yn helaeth at ein cerddoriaeth ysgafn sef Sbardun, Elwyn Hogiau’r Wyddfa a Merêd.

Mwynhawyd y noson yn fawr iawn, gyda’r gynulleidfa yn ymuno gyda’r brodyr. Diolchwyd ar ran pawb gan Nerys.

Cynhelir y cyfarfod nesaf ar nos Lun, 6 Tachwedd, yn Festri Carmel, Tanygrisiau am 7yh.

Disgwylir i Dafydd Roberts i gyflwyno noson o sleidiau amrywiol.

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