Review : Cambrian Inn, Aberdare

Cambrian Inn, Aberdare
Seymour Street
Phone (01685) 879120

A friendly pub in the middle of Aberdare town

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Father Christmas came to Aberdare

Father Christmas came to Aberdare and left a wonderful gift for Aberdare Blog…

… several trays of clementine oranges.

Santa Sings Carols with Aberdare Busy Bees

BUSY BEES sang CAROLS with SANTA outside Aberdare Woolworths today.

Busy Bees is the PARENT & CHILD playgroup held in Aberdare Church Hall,

All money collected was donated to Ty Hafan Charity by Santa.

Santa’s Helpers spotted in Aberdare Cafe

Aberdare Blog’s photographer spotted a group of Santa’s helpers huddled around a pot of tea in Les’s Golden Kitchen cafe in the middle of Aberdare today. Do you know the names of Santa’s Helpers ?

Santa Spotted in Canon Street, Aberdare

We thought sure we had caught the genuine Santa Claus outside the ‘Pound Shop’ in Canon Street, Aberdare, however this was a friendly Santa-lookalike.

Throw Santa out of Aberdare …

Only joking … it’s just a game. Requires Macromedia’s Flash Player.

See if you can beat 323 metres….

Click here for Throw Santa Game

A Child’s Christmas in Aberdare

Give a child a pot of paint and let them express their ideas of Christmas …

Click on the photos below for a larger photo. In the photo below there is a “Sion Corn” (Father Christmas), a “coeden nadolig” (Christmas tree), and a “baban Iesu” (Baby Jesus).

Aberdare Little Theatre

A link added to Aberdare Little Theatre. This theatre is a gem and well worth a visit.

Pc ‘Review’ … Aberdare Police at Christmas

Hello, hello, hello, what have we here then ?

Aberdare Blog meets PC Andrew and Ryan in Market Street, Aberdare.

These two wonderful PCs from Merthyr are on the beat in Aberdare during the Christmas period.

For an informal ‘review’ we have to give them full marks for presentation and professionalism.

Freecycle Cymru Wales 2005

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TooGoodToMiss…. TooGoodToWaste at Capel Farm, Tonyrefail

TooGoodToWaste will be holding a furniture roadshow at Capel Farm Resource Centre, Tonyrefail, on Thursday 15th December. Roadshow open to the public from 11.30 am until 12.30 pm

The TooGoodToWaste charity re-distributes donated furniture back into the community through showrooms based in Ferndale and Aberdare, and through regular roadshow events where the charity brings its furniture to various locations throughout Rhondda Cynon Taf, giving more people in the community an opportunity to access their quality affordable furniture.

The great thing about toogoodtowaste is that customers can purchase stylish recycled furniture at affordable prices and help the community and the environment whilst doing so.

Everyone is Welcome

For the first time, the roadshows can be accessed by all members of the public in Rhondda Cynon Taf, and not just those in receipt of a qualifying benefit. These include Capel Farm on December 15th. For any further enquiries please contact toogoodtowaste on 01443 733600.

Contact details

Capel Farm Resource Centre
Heol Ty Llwyd, Tonyrefail, Porth, CF398LW
NB. Parking for disabled, wheelchair access and accessible toilets
Telephone: 01443 671312

TooGoodToWaste
Unit 12, Highfield Industrial Estate, Ferndale (and Unit 3 Aberaman Industrial Park, Aberaman, Aberdare)
Telephone: 01443 733600 and 01685 886633

Help Finding Event Location

To help you find the above event location, we suggest you either
ring the organisers/venue for directions, or perhaps try one of
the ‘journey planner’ services at http://www.theaa.com/ or
http://www.rac.co.uk/

For street map information on the location, use http://www.multimap.com/

Cardiff Freecycle 1000th Member

Cardiff Freecycle will soon celebrate the 1000th member joining them.

This makes Cardiff Freecycle an excellent place to recycle your unwanted stuff at Christmas.

Tommorrow is exactly eight months since Simon Bradley started the group.

Well done Simon and thanks for all the effort over the months.

Cardiff Freecycle is one of sixteen other Freecycle groups in Wales.

Today there are 2266 members of Freecycle groups across Wales.

Cardiff will be celebrating a Golden Jubilee as the Capital City on December 20th, 2005.

Rhondda Cynon Taff Freecycle

Cynon Valley Freecycle and Llantrisant Freecycle merged today to form Rhondda Cynon Taff Freecycle.