Gardening Club show

LLANIDLOES and District Gardening Club are holding their annual members flower and vegetable show on Saturday, 27 August, at the Community Centre at 2pm.

Open class for non-members: vase of mixed flowers and open class for children: pressed flower on a piece of A4 card and bug, 8 inches maximum.

Contact Linda Jones: 01686 413715.

Admission is free, refreshments and raffle available, all welcome!

Bingo for Van Institute

THERE will be bingo in aid of the Van Institute on Wednesday, 17 August at the Rugby Club.

Doors open at 7.30pm, eyes down 8pm.

Cheese and wine evening

A CHEESE and wine evening was held at Plasdinam, Llandinam on the evening of 29 June in aid of the Palliative Care unit at Llanidloes Hospital.

Lindy would like to express her heartfelt thanks to Eldrydd who kindly gave permission for the event to be held at Plasdinam.

Lindy would also like to thank Bobby Jones for giving his time to entertain 60 Ladies. Also thanks to Mori and Hester.

The sum of £1,080 was raised, which included generous donations.

Quaker Meeting

THERE will be a talk on the early Montgomeryshire Quakers at Chatwood House, Longbridge Street on Tuesday, 16 August at 2:30pm.

Admission is free.

Local Storyteller Carol Pearce, is touring the country telling the story of the Montgomeryshire Quakers from the 17th Century, a tale of nonconformity, persecution and mass emigration.

Come and hear about the vicar of Meifod who tried to stop his daughter’s Quaker wedding, and the Llangurig man whose great granddaughter became the great grandmother of the 26th president of the United States, and much more.

Rotary Youth Leadership Programme

EVERY August, the club sends at least one Llanidloes student on the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA).

This annual course started over 50 years ago and is run by Rotary Clubs Worldwide.

The principal aims of RYLA are to provide an effective training experience for selected young people and potential leaders, to encourage leadership of young people by young people and to recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities.

Our areas event takes the format of an activity training course for selected young people aged 16-18 at the Arthog Activity Centre near Barmouth.

The centre is beautifully situated on the slopes of Cader Idris overlooking the sea, and has purpose-built and recently redeveloped accommodation, with its own laboratory, library and extensive grounds which include a high ropes course, where the students are given the opportunity of experiencing practical learning combined with current best practice in leadership training, all delivered by specialist qualified tutors.

If you would like to be considered for next year’s course, please make contact with a local Rotarian.

Book Launch

TIA Jones will talk about and read her book The Curlew’s Cry at the Great Oak Bookshop, on Friday, 19 August, at 7.30pm.

This promises to be a very enjoyable and interesting evening.

Tia Jones launched her prequel The Moss Gatherers with great success here three years ago.