Rhondda Cynon Taf Council provide an Update on the restoration of Mountain Ash War Memorial after vandals stole precious plaques recently…
Rhondda Cynon Taf Council has nearly completed temporary restoration plans put in place for Remembrance Day, following the mindless vandalism of Mountain Ash war memorial.
Outrage was caused when the bronze plaque on the memorial was stolen earlier this year, leading to concern and upset about the use of the sacred monument on November 11.
A Public Meeting will be held in Aberdare on Thursday 9th October 2008, at the Sobells Sports Centre.
At the Meeting Rhondda Cynon Taf Councillors will decide on the new Gloucesters & Ironworks site planning application.
All Welcome.
A Planning Application has been re-submitted to the local Council. The plans are for 130 houses to be built on the Hirwaun Gloucesters and old Ironworks site. This area is much valued and used by the community as an area for recreation and leisure and home to an abundance of wildlife and flora.
Councillors voted to refuse planning permission in July 2008.
Local Council Planning Officers are trying to persuade Councillors to change their minds and approve this application, despite overwhelming objections from residents over the last 3 years.
The people of Hirwaun are not opposed to building new houses.
They are opposed to inappropriate overdevelopment at the expense of the whole community.
Hoo-bloody-rah! for Hirwaun people fighting for their own Community.
Enjoy a Refreshing Early Swim at your local Aberdare Swimming Pool.
Swimmers who like to make an early start to their day can head for Aberdare Pool, where Early Bird swimming sessions are now available. The sessions are every weekday from 6.30am-9am and cost £2.25 for adults, with discounts available.
Little Dippers swimming sessions for parents and babies are also being held on Mondays from 5pm-6pm and Fridays from 11.45am to 12.45pm.
Health suite opening times at the pool are now :
Monday: Female only 9.30am-3.45pm; male only 4pm-9.30pm
Tuesday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Wednesday: Female 9.30am-3.45pm; male 4pm-9.30pm
Thursday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Friday: Mixed 9.30am-2.45pm; male 2.45pm-9.30pm
Saturday: Mixed 9.30am-3.45pm
Sunday: Male 8am-1pm
For more information on the health suite or swimming sessions, call Aberdare Pool on 01685 874252
This is a decidedly difficult sculpture. An imposing steel rocket-like structure on the edge of Merthyr town.
When the late Charles Sansbury created this massive installation way back in 1975, little did he realise how unloved his gangly child would become.
Logic and reason suggest that it is difficult not to notice this work at a height of approximately 20 feet. The fact is, most people do not notice it.
The sculpture was installed at the edge of Merthyr main car park, in front of Merthyr College, and at the entrance of the footbridge leading into St Tydfil’s shopping centre.
Although it was guaranteed a daily audience of thousands of passers-by, few noticed when it was recently moved to the Caedraw roundabout as part of a town landscaping project.
And the colour seems to have changed. It was previously painted in dark matt colours, now it’s been stripped of colour. To better effect, in our opinion.
The new location causes difficulty. It sits in the middle of Merthyr town’s busiest roundabout, near the T Mobile call centre and Welsh Assembly buildings. The onlooker and photographer is distracted.
The steel sculpture is difficult to like because we don’t think it reflects the reality of Merthyr’s industrial history. This sculpture doesn’t tell us any story about the struggles of working people who created Merthyr’s vast industrial wealth.
It is located opposite the Seabank Hotel and was installed in 1993.
The sculptor was Peter William Nicholas.
The mother/mermaid figure forms a tight ball or circle representing the cycle of life.
At the seating nearby the sculpture, Art lovers are free to marvel at the evolutionary symbolism of the mermaid figure depicting the emergence of life from sea to land.
The rest of us can enjoy a bag of greasy chips and gawp at a great pair of paps…
Gadzooks! This hideous looking beast stares at shoppers in John Street, Porthcawl.
It forms the lower part of a tiered sculpture along with an ice cream cone, a navigational aid, sitting on a bronze bollard, with a seagull capping the ensemble. All these are ‘iconic’ imagery assocated with Porthcawl.
Designed and sculpted by Jon Buck and installed in the mid 1990s, it was one of the two public sculptures installed in Porthcawl’s main shopping district as part of a pedestrianisation/regeneration programme.
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Rhondda Cynon Taf Council confirmed today that demolition of Maerdy Workingmen’s Hall will begin soon.
A Public Meeting will be held in Aberdare on Thursday 9th October 2008, at the Sobells Sports Centre. 
Enjoy a Refreshing Early Swim at your local Aberdare Swimming Pool.
Gadzooks! This hideous looking beast stares at shoppers in John Street, Porthcawl.
