THE latest community news from Llanfair Clydogau

Resurfacing

THE plan of the county council to resurface part of the Llanfair to Llanddewi “Mountain” ran into difficulties caused by the severe cold weather at the beginning of March.

Contractors closed the road, set up diversion signs and started to remove the old surface, before snow and very low temperatures caused a halt.

The main difficulty was the problem of laying tarmac in freezing temperatures.

After a delay of about a week the resurfacing work resumed and the road surface is now much better.

First and Second World War Project

WORK is going well on completing the account of Llanfair residents who served in either of the two world wars.

Sally Leech is writing the outcome of her research in a book and spends most of her spare time consulting documents and searching the internet for material.

She has drafted biographies, within the book being completed, on 45 people who served during the First World War and 58 relating to the Second World War.

The book is planned to be published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the ending of the war in November of this year.

Community Council

AT the March meeting of the community council, in the village hall, there was discussion about the continued problem in getting the highways department of the county council to erect the new road side sign, agreed several months ago.

The sign would warn drivers of long lorries about the danger of driving along the road leading past the old school house, leading onto “Llanfair Mountain” because of the possibility of getting stuck along the narrow roads.

Soon after the meeting, the sign was erected.

There was also discussion about the plan to create larger county council electoral units, as a means of reducing the number of county councillors and equalising the size of constituencies. There was support for the proposal.

Following the recent very icy weather it was agreed to write to the highways department to point out the importance of gritting the road leading from Llanfair Bridge shop towards Llangybi as it was used by the school bus.

Tree Damage

THE exceptionally severe easterly wind has caused havoc with trees in the area, with many damaged or blown over.

Along the edge of the Sarn Helen road, leading from Llanfair to the Carmarthenshire border many of the large conifers in the forestry plantation on the Cellan side of the road have been blown over.

There was also damage to a number of trees within the Longwood Community Woodland area.

Women’s Institute

THE March meeting had a focus on the decoration of cupcakes.

Rhonwen Thomas demonstrated the correct approach to this form of cake decoration and members were then able to apply the technique to cakes which she provided.

Defibrillator Fund

MEMBERS of the committee seeking to raise money for a defibrillator have been pleased about the support the fund has received from an open day by what are known as Emmett practitioners, in the Village Hall.

The Emmett technique is a non-invasive, gentle touch therapy that can be applied to both humans and animals.

Three local practitioners held their open day at which tea and cake were offered and people were able to call to see how the Emmett technique might help them or their animals.

There was a high level of interest and over £240 was raised towards the village’s defibrillator fund.

Quiz Night

A WELL attended and entertaining quiz night was held in the village hall.

Question mistresses Annwen Bell and Emily Davies had undertaken much research in preparing a wide range of questions.

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