THE latest community news from Llanidloes

Gardening club

THE Llanidloes Gardening Club had a very enjoyable evening in October with an inspiring talk by Wolfgang Schaefer about the development of his gardens, Cwm Weeg, in Dolfor.

This month, Stuart Ackerman will tell them all about the gardens at Cae Hir, near Lampeter.

They meet at 7.30pm on Tuesday, 26 November in the Elephant Inn, Longbridge Street.

New members are very welcome (£5 annual fee) or visitors for the evening (£3).

They have a raffle during the evening, complimentary teas and coffees.

Enquiries to secretary Barbara Jones, tel: 01686 414747.

Croquet club

CLUB nights are every Thursday evening from April to October and friendly, open meetings on Sunday and Tuesday afternoons from 2pm until dusk.

In the winter, they are planning quiz nights, and their Christmas dinner is on 5 December.

The new season begins in April 2020 and details will be posted on the website or you can email [email protected].

Royal British Legion

THE ladies of the Royal British Legion, Llanidloes would like to say thank you to everyone who helped to arrange the RBL Remembrance Sunday service, parade and Act of Homage recently (see two photographs from the event).

It was especially nice to see so many Standard Bearers on parade, led by Trudy Davies with the RBL Women’s Section Standard.

Jamie Jones was at the head of the parade.

Rev Alison Gwalchmai was in charge of the church service.

Janet Crisp (mayor) and Pat Thomas (president of RBL) read in the church, Janet Hipgrave laid the wreath for the RBL and Pat Thomas recited the Exhortation.

Steven Evans, Wayne Woosnam, Matthew Davies, Ian Davies and Dilwyn Woosnam were in charge of traffic control.

Parade marshall was ACF Jason Walters.

Zach Evans was excellent with the Last Post.

Baby hats wanted

DO you knit or crochet?

Could you use up your odd spare wool by making hats for newborn babies to be collected and sent to hospitals all over UK?

They can be knitted or crochet, any colours accepted.

Drop off or send to Woosnam & Davies News, 40 Longbridge Street, Llanidloes SY18 6EF.

Co-op funding

LLANIDLOES Community Centre has been chosen to benefit from the Co-op Local Community Fund for the next 12 months.

At a time when funds for community groups and charitable organisations are becoming more difficult to access, the centre’s directors are grateful for this opportunity to make a real difference in Llanidloes.

The money raised will go towards the fund to refurbish the community centre, including replacing the main roof.

The final amount raised will depend on Coop members. When a member buys selected products or services from the Co-op they earn a five per cent reward for themselves, with a further one per cent for local causes like the community centre.

New book

ON Sunday, 24 November at 2pm, Emily Chappell will be talking about her latest book, Where There’s a Will, and signing copies.

This will be at the Great Oak Bookshop.

Recycle your poppy

DID you know that you can recycle your poppy?

Hand in your red paper poppies at Woosnam & Davies News and they will recycle them for you.

If you’re a member of a club, society or group, send your news to [email protected]