Garden club

TYWYN Garden Club held a special open meeting on 12 April in order to welcome Mr Lee Calderwood who spoke about mediaeval herb gardens, their layout and uses, both for health and culinary purposes.He also discussed the storing and preservation of herbs. Mr Calderwood runs Llyn Petha Pû,r a therapeutic herbal business.He showed some interesting slides and took questions at the end of his speech. The vote of thanks was given by Ann Rees. Our secretary confirmed that the annual out-ing will take place on 14 June at Dorothy Clive Gardens.Elisabeth Brown and Celia Adams made the tea and a raffle was drawn. Our next meeting will be our AGM on 12 May and will include a buffet to end the regular meetings till Autumn.

Rotary Club

THE Rotary Club of Tywyn, in conjunction with the Stroke Association, held a very successful morning in the Baptist Church on Tywyn High Street on Saturday, 23 April to encourage members of the public to visit the medical professionals who presided over the event to check blood pressure. During the morning, 71 people had their blood pressure checked and many more were given leaflets which gave them full information about raised blood pressure and how it can be a risk factor for strokes and other medical problems. Many in the street were also given FAST test leaflets which help a layman to recognise the signs of a stroke and how to react. FAST stands for Facial weakness, Arm weakness, Speech problems and Time (to call 999) and applying these simple principles has been know to save lives in the past and hopefully will in the future. The Rotary Club of Tywyn would like to extend their sincere gratitude to all those who helped on the day.

Hearing aid volunteer service

THE walk-in session takes place at Tywyn Baptist Church, on 5 May between 10am and 12 noon. Come before or after you have voted, because it is at the same venue.

Tywyn Inner Wheel

THE Inner Wheel Club held a cake competition and afternoon tea on Thursday, 21 April at Bethel Chapel in aid of the RNLI. The judges were David Fowles, a crew member from Aberdyfi, Ann Malin from the WI and Catherine John from the chapel and Merched y Wawr.The winner was Di Derry with her Cappuccino Coffee Cake.