rhiwbina livng issue 12 autumn 2010

AAtt tthhee hheeaarrtt ooff tthhee ccoommmmuunniittyy Issue 12Autumn 10

The nights draw in as Rhiwbina nestles down for autumn. Across the village,kitchens are busy creating warm dishes with the mellow fruits of the season.

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WHATSINSIDEMy memories of Rhiwbina

by Alan Wilkins

History:North Cardiff

at War

Competition: WinFamily Tickets ToSwan Lake On Ice

Squidgys Summer Festival Review

Out and About:Caerphilly

Pets Page

Memories ofMelingriffith

An Autumn Walk

Latest News

Welcome

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Rhiwbina Living & Whitchurch and Llandaff LivingEditors/Advertising: Patric Morgan & Danielle DummettAddress: 222 Pantbach Road, Rhiwbina,

Cardiff CF14 6AGTel: 07772 081775 and 07974 022920Email: [email protected]: www.livingmags.co.uk

While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of thecontents, the publisher cannot accept any responsibility forerrors or omissions, or for any matter in any way arising fromthe publication of this material. Every effort has been made tocontact any copyright holders. Rhiwbina Living is anindependent, apolitical publication.

Advertising booking and copy deadline for Issue 13 - October 22nd. Issue 13 publication date - mid/late November 2010.Rhiwbina Living is published 4 times a year.

INSIDE

3, 4 News

5 LettersLetters to the Editors

7 CompetitionWin family tickets to see Swan Lake On Iceat the WMC

10 InterviewThe Face of Sport - Alan Wilkins

15 Kids Pagewith Squidgy the Squirrel

17 Pets PageYour questions answered

20 HistoryRhiwbina at War

23 Memories of Melingriffith

25 Photo GalleryRhiwbina Sports Day 1962

28 Out and AboutLocal villageCaerphilly

33 Autumn WalkingSavouring the autumn season in Rudry

37 Autumn Recipes

39 Crossword

Welcome to your autumn issue of Rhiwbina Living, Rhiwbinasofficial magazine.The last few months have been very hectic for us here at LivingMagazines. In July, we launched our very own blog on our newwebsite - www.livingmags.co.uk. Our new blog allows us to publishall our past features, interviews and stories onto the internet. It alsoallows us to update people with news stories as soon as we getthem. We aim to support local business as much as we can so wealso offer free editorial to all our advertisers, which is proving verypopular. This issue is packed with interesting features. We were most

honoured to hear from Alan Wilkins, whose face youll recognisefrom many TV shows. Alan now lives in Singapore, working forsports TV channel ESPN, but he got in touch to reminisce aboutdays gone by in Rhiwbina.Our History page this issue covers the time when the village, and

indeed the country, was on the brink of invasion. Rhiwbina at Warwill bring back memories for some, and for others, it will give aflavour of what life was like during World War II.If youre wanting to stretch your legs, weve got a walk through the

woods at Rudry. If youd rather stay indoors, weve got plenty moreto keep you occupied during the autumn months so put the kettleon, sit back and enjoy your autumn issue of Rhiwbina Living. In themeantime, well be busy putting together your Christmas issue!Please continue to support our faithful advertisers and look out for

their special offers and promotions.

See you in the winter!Editors

WelcomeCroeso

Patric and Danielle

Front cover photograph courtesy of Emyr Jenkinswww.emyrjenkins.co.uk

One of Rhiwbinas stalwartbusinesses has won aprestigious award for theircontribution to the community.Serenade card and gift shop,

owned by husband and wifeteam Paul and Mags Ballardwere awarded the Theyre theBusiness Award, which ispresented by the South WalesEcho and the Park Inn.Paul told Living Magazines:We were pleased to be

nominated but going on to winthe award is brilliant. Whatwere most pleased about isthat this is an award decidedupon by the public. Wereplanning on running a windowdisplay to thank all of our loyalcustomers. We do things forthe community because wewant to, not to win awards. Butthis has made us both reallyproud.Paul and Mags bought the

business in the heart ofRhiwbina nearly nine yearsago, and it has become one ofthe focal points of the village.Living Magazines co-editorDanielle Dummett wasdelighted to hear the news ofthe award. She said:Paul and Mags have always

fully supported the communityspirit and thoroughly deservethis award. They were our veryfirst advertiser when we set upRhiwbina Living three yearsago. They said theyd do it tosupport local business. Theyhave always been at the heartof Rhiwbinas events, andreally helped develop thesense of community here inRhiwbina.Paul and Mags collected their

award in August.

News

SERENADE WINTOP AWARD

ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND SPARKS HUNT FORMISSING QUEEN OF RHIWBINA


A history enthusiast from NorthCardiff is seeking help intracking down the owner of a60 year old locket found in afield.Alex Kemp from Llandaff

North, found the locket whilemetal detecting in fields closeto a Rhiwbina farm.I was recently detecting

some fields. I had a goodsignal and came across asilver brooch. It had a floraldesign and was inscribed withthe words: Presented to the Queen,

Rhiwbina Fete 1950. About afoot away, I found anothersignal and found a tiny shieldwhich I presumed was part ofthe brooch as it fitted in themiddle perfectly. The hallmarks

indicate the brooch was madein Birmingham in 1947.Alex attended Rhiwbina

Junior School as a child, andattended many fetes at thattime.On the shield, there appear

to be some letters roughlyscratched into the surface - itreads LB or 2B. I am not sureif they are initials or a classnumber. Presuming the FeteQueen was about 16 at thetime, then she would be about76 now. It would mean a greatdeal to me if I could re-unitethe brooch with the queen orthe queens family.If you have any information,

please contact us [email protected] andwell put you in touch with Alex.

NORTH CARDIFF COMMUNITY SITE LAUNCHED

A new website for North Cardiffhas been launched by LivingMagazines to help provide theresidents of the area with aone-stop source of news andfeatures, and to help promote

local business.Co-editor Patric Morgan said:We are always looking at

ways to improve and the newcommunity site shows ourcommitment to deliveringcontent that is relevant,readable and real. It meansthat news stories can bepublished in an instant. We arealso supporting our advertisersby offering them free publicityto persuade people to buylocal. You can see the website at

www.livingmags.co.uk/blog


News

For the last two years, BeulahURC Church has beensuccessfully organisingclassical music concerts forthe community. Some of the distinguished

artists who have performed todate include Elinor Bennett,Michael Pollock, Cerys Jonesand Kate Woolveridge. Theartists are asked to choose aprogramme with a wideappeal. The concerts start at 1.05pm

and end by 1.55pm.The concerts are open to

everyone in the communityand are proving to be mostpopular.There are two concerts

planned for the autumn:

27th October: theinternationally renownedguitarist John Mills will begiving a solo guitar recital. John studied with some of

the greatest guitar teachersand he has been on thefaculty at the Royal WelshCollege of Music and Dramafor many years.

24th November: mezzo -soprano Joanne Thomastogether with her duo partner,harpist Amanda Whiting, willbe giving a beautifulprogramme of Spanish andFrench music ending withsome Gershwin and Weill. Joanne is a Welsh National

Opera artist and a formerwinner of the prestigiousWelsh Singer of the Yearcompetition.

BEULAH HALL WARMS UP FOR

AUTUMN CONCERTS

By Whitchurch Fire StationManager, Stuart Rookes

Since becoming StationManager of Whitchurch FireStation, I have been asked bymembers of the localcommunity about our charityevent on November 5th andwhat charities benefit from theevening. The bonfire andfireworks display at our stationstarted back in 1978 and 2,000members of our local areaattend the evening each year.The primary aim is to provide

a community event that allowsthe people of Cardiff to attenda safe, inexpensive fireworkdisplay. Last year, 1,800 wasspent on fireworks alone. Allthe remaining money raisedafter costs, has been used tobuy equipment for childrenwith special educational needsor disabilities. This isrequested by letter from thehead Occupational Therapist,Anne Moffat from theChildrens Centre at St DavidsHospital, Cardiff. Examples of equipment

bought are specialised carseats, electric page-turners,weighted vests, blankets andsensory toys such as musicalmattresses and bubble tubes.These items are alwaysgratefully received. The items(apart from the car seats) areoften recycled and used by thechildren that attend the

Occupational Therapydepartment and are resident inCardiff. This really shows howyour fire station supports localcauses. Anne is one of ourmany volunteers helpingalongside fire personnel andother helpers.Gareth Greig and Darren

Salter are two fire-fightersbased at Whitchurch, who forthe past nineteen years havebeen the main co-ordinatorsfor the evening. Gareth is going to climb

Mount Kilimanjaro in January2011 for the Velindre CancerCentre and will be fullysupported by all stationpersonnel. If you are unable to come to

our bonfire and fireworkdisplay, but would like tosupport Gareth in his climb inaid of the cancer charity,donations can be made onlineon the following link.www.justgiving.com/gareth-greig

FIRE STATION TO LIGHT UP THE AUTUMN SKY

September marks the 20thanniversary of Fragrant 227trading in Rhiwbina.Originally founded in 1990

by Jinette Pitten as TheAromatherapy Clinic, it hasbeen providing luxury holistictreatments and products forwomen in Cardiff andbeyond. Long time client Joanne

Davies took over thebusiness in 2009, havingtrained in relevant therapies.

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Letters to the Editors Keep your letters coming!Address on the insidefront coverLetters

Dear EditorsIt was interesting to read thepiece about the history ofRhiwbina Garden Village inthe Summer Issue of yourmagazine. Whoever wrote thearticle had obviously donetheir research.However, I was surprised

that there was no mention ofthe book Rhiwbina GardenVillage: A History of CardiffsGarden Suburb which waswritten and published by myfriend Wynford Davies in1985. Wynford was the lastChairman of Rhiwbina GardenVillage Societys ManagementCommittee and he wasclosely involved with thewinding up of the Societysaffairs in the late 1970s.

Wynford was concerned thatthere should be an accuratehistory of Cardiffs GardenVillage, and decided that thebest course of action was towrite it himself. He paid theproduction expenses, ratherthan trying to find a publisher.If I remember correctly, 1,000

copies were produced in1985 and Wynford wasdelighted when enough weresold to cover the printingcosts. I think Im right insaying that he also arranged afurther run to be printed. AfterWynfords death in 2003, thefew unsold copies remainingwere given to RhiwbinaResidents Association.For your interest, I am

sending a copy of the book onto you. Youll see that itdescribes the background ofthe Garden City Movement,before providing a detailedaccount of the history ofRhiwbina Garden Villageitself.The book is probably out of

print by now, but copies werepurchased by Cardiff PublicLibraries, so your readersshould be able to track onedown in Rhiwbina Library.Tessa HartogPentyrchCardiff

Editors Response:We would like to thank you fortaking the time to write to us.We would also like to thankyou for your generosity ofenclosing the book aboutRhiwbina Garden Village. Wehad heard of the booksexistence, but feel veryhonoured and privileged tohave been sent an actualcopy. We will certainly lookafter it, and keep it as alegacy for generations tocome.Thanks once again for yourkindness.Patric and Danielle

Wynford signing copiesof his book in 1985

Photographs courtesy of Rhiwbina Garden Village Residents Association

Why was the RhiwbinaGarden Village built? Whatwere the aims of its foundersand how did they hope toachieve these aims?These are the questions laid

out by Wynford at the start ofhis book Rhiwbina GardenVillage: A History of CardiffsGarden Suburb.The action of these people is

certainly remarkable...theywere not rich tycoons and thefinancial risks they ran werevery great...and had no hopeof making a profit becausethey set up a non-profitmaking company.The book describes in great

detail the people, the placesand the passion that saw theGarden Village Company build189 houses, amid two WorldWars, a major economicdepression, and withoutsubsidy from government orlocal authority.Their legacy lives on today in

our village for us all to enjoy,while Wynfords book providesa full and detailed account ofthe creation of our village.

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The Daily Telegraph said thatSwan Lake on Ice was...inspiring, original and greattheatre.

Weve teamed up with theWales Millennium Centre tooffer you the chance to winfamily tickets to see the showon the 26th October.

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Rhiwbina primary school MelinGryffydd recently took part in aday of cricket activity for BritInsurance National CricketDay. It was part of a national event

to raise awareness of Chanceto Shine supported by BritInsurance, The CricketFoundations charity campaignto educate two million childrenthrough cricket by 2015. 24 pupils from the Welsh

speaking school took part in aspecial cricket-themed lessonto give the curriculum acricketing twist, while 60 gotinvolved in break-time batting

and bowling. Glamorgan Cricket in the

Community officer PeterEdwards and Melin Gryffyddteacher Alun Higham took theclass which taught the childrengeography by asking them toidentify cricket playingcounties.

Peter said: I think its greatfor the children to learn cricketduring curriculum time. TheChance to Shine scheme is afantastic opportunity for theyoungsters to get involved withlocal clubs and give them thechance to get on the rung of

the ladder, while having a lot offun.Alun said: The pupils at

Melin Gryffydd love cricket andwe actively encourage them toplay during their lunch breaks.This kind of event only booststhe sports profile. It was a privilege to have

well known players and cricketrepresentatives at our school.Glamorgan batsman Mike

Powell, Glamorgan bowlerHuw Waters, and Director ofCricket, Peter Hybart, allattended the event.

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Rhiwbina was one of themost beautiful places achild could hope togrow up in. I still have thefondest memories of mychildhood years there.We lived in Pen-y-Dre and

we had family up and downthe road, with wonderfulfriends and their families. Iloved the area because I hadso many friends and it wasone of the closestcommunities a youngstercould ever have dreamt ofgrowing up in. I went to Rhiwbina Junior

School, which was justwonderful. Mr Walters was ourHeadmaster and Mr Ball wasour cricket master who used toferry schoolboys around forcricket matches in his own car.Mrs Thomas was my FormTeacher - a formidablewoman, very strict, but instilledin all of us a sense of pride inour work and in ourpresentation. She scared the

hell out of me! Rhiwbina JuniorSchool has a beautiful playingfield and it was an absolute joyto play cricket on that field.My father, Haydn Wilkins,

was a wonderful cricketer, andit just seemed the natural thingto do to follow what my Daddid. My mother Anne alsoplayed a key role in my earlycricketing days because sheensured that I turned out inimmaculate cricket whites,always with a crease down thetrousers and always with astarched collar! After school, all the boys

used to play cricket in the littlepark called Parc-y-Pentre -these were absolutelymemorable games of cricket,played with a tennis ball andwith such passion and fun. I can still see us all playing

and imagining ourselves to bethe great cricketers of thetime. Boys' imaginations and asafe green environment toplay cricket in...it didn't getmuch better! Parc-y-Pentre

was our Lord's CricketGround!Years later, the injury to my

left shoulder - my bowlingshoulder - was devastatingbecause I had just had two ofthe most successful years ofCounty Championship cricketwith Gloucestershire County. I had left Glamorgan CCC at

the end of 1979, which at thetime seemed the right thing todo, but maybe in later life, Imay have regretted leaving myWelsh county. But two yearswith Gloucestershire definitelymade me a better cricketerand I had hopes of playing forEngland. The pain in my shoulder

began when I was coachingand playing in Pretoria in theoff-season for English cricketaround February 1982. When Igot back to the cold ofEngland in April 1982, the painwas unbearable and I had nocontrol of the ball. Subsequentsurgeries on my shouldermeant that I missed the entire

Why I love Rhiwbinaby Alan Wilkins

Alan Wilkins is one of the mostrecognised faces on Welsh TV.

The former professional cricketer nowlives in Singapore, working as a

commentator for ESPN

1982 first-class season forGloucestershire. I went backto South Africa, but this time toJohannesburg, to TheWanderers Club, and it wasmy ambition to break into theworld of sports broadcasting. My shoulder recovered and I

played some great cricket withThe Wanderers Club, and thenI returned to Glamorgan forthe start of a new season in1983. In fact, I took a wicketwith the very first ball of myfirst game for Glamorgan onmy return. (Essex at Cardiffand the unlucky batsman wasBrian Hardie!).1983 though, was not my

happiest six months in cricketand I knew that I wanted to getout of the game: my bowlingwas not the same pace and Ifelt that if injury was to crop upagain, I needed a more solidcareer. Broadcasting was theobvious choice and I wantedto return to South Africa. At the end of the 1983

season I packed my bags andleft for Johannesburg. I knew Iwas not going to be backplaying cricket the followingyear even though I had playedjust one year of a three-yearcontract with Glamorgan. Inmy mind, I was ready to dosomething different.My early forays into

broadcasting started duringthat last season withGlamorgan - the summer of1983 - when Ron Jones, whowas then with BBC RadioWales, and was the regularcricket reporter - asked if Iwould like to sit with him in thecommentary box and maybeadd a few comments on aSaturday afternoon. I loved it! It was the start of my second

career. I had also met PeterWalker years before. Peter, in

my eyes, was a fabulouscricketer and he was then onBBC Television and was theface of cricket for the Beeb.Peter was a marvellous sourceof encouragement and insubsequent years, I workedwith Peter professionally whenhis company with David Parry-Jones - Merlin Television -used to produce andbroadcast Glamorgan'smatches. Peter was one of themost engaging personalities Icould ever have hoped tomeet. I loved his energy. Iloved his television company.He and David were so good attheir jobs and it was a privilegeto work for them and alongsidethem. I have been living in

Singapore now for almosteleven years and working forESPN Star Sports, the sistercompany of Sky Sports in theUK. I am the company's mostsenior television presenter andcommentator, and the lastdecade has been the stuff ofdreams. I present Wimbledonon site and this year was mytwelfth Wimbledon workingalongside the great Indiantennis player, Vijay Amritraj,who has become one of mydearest friends. I havecovered the US Open Tennisfrom Flushing Meadows, NewYork, and the Australian Open.I have been on every IndianCricket Tour around the world -Australia, New Zealand, SouthAfrica, England, the WestIndies, Bangladesh and SriLanka. In golf, I have nowpresented The Masters fromAugusta for the past four yearsand closer to home I am thelead commentator andpresenter for Asian golf in theAsia-Pacific region. WorldCups in rugby and cricket and

a life at 35,000 feet on aSingapore Airlines jet makesmy life one of the most enviedin the world. I count myself avery fortunate man to bewhere I am.Singapore has been my

home for the last decade and Ihope to stay here a few moreyears yet. I love Asia. I travel agreat deal so I am alwayslearning about new countriesand meeting people from allover the globe. I return to Rhiwbina at least

once a year - when I fly backfor Wimbledon and take adrive down the M4 to Cardiff -and I love to drive around theplaces where I had such ahappy childhood. My brother,Howard, also lives in Rhiwbinawith his wife, Piera, anddaughter, Carla, and it is goodto see them on an annualbasis. But going back toRhiwbina reinforces not justmy fondness for the village,but also my gratitude to myparents, Anne and Haydn, forthe most rewarding upbringingin life a young boy could havehoped for. My wonderful life allstarted in Rhiwbina.

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There I was - minding my ownbusiness up in the Wenallt,when I got a call from theEditors of Rhiwbina Living,asking if I would attend thisyears Summer Festival. My last appearance in the

village involved me turning onthe Christmas Lights at theVictorian Evening lastDecember. This time, I wastold that it was a SummerFestival.

The sun rose over my drey inthe Wenallt on Saturday 3rdJuly and by 9am, it wasalready warm.

By the time that Id arrived atNew Roots Garden Centre, Iwas already too hot! By 10 oclock, I had set up my

table outside New Roots.

On my table, I had the latestissues of Rhiwbina Living, plusa box full of brightly-colouredballoons. Then I realised that Ihad to blow them all up!Luckily, I had borrowed a

balloon pump from the niceman and lady in SerenadeCard and Gift Shop. It madethings a lot easier and beforelong, I had hundreds ofballoons on sticks ready togive out to all the kids in thevillage. Soon enough, the kids started

arriving and my balloonsstarted quickly disappearing. Ihad to get my friends Danielleand Patric to help me blow upsome more but as soon asthey were ready, there weremore kids wanting them!I met lots of lovely people. I

also met some lovely animals.

I met a lovely red dog calledAtticus, who gave me a kiss!

I also met a nice lady whowanted her picture taken withme and my balloons. By 2pm, the Festival started

to quieten down and I had thechance to have some much-needed orange juice. I had awander through the Festivaland saw people singing, somepeople dancing and evenpeople doing martial arts. There were also some lovely

items for sale on the stalls andall the people waved at mewhen I headed home, back tomy drey in the Wenallt.


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Summer Festival 2010

Rhiwbina Living editors Patric andDanielle with Mark from New Roots

Handing out my balloons

Some of the entertainment on stage Me with my new friend June James

Me getting my kiss from Atticus

Following the success of her LighterLifeCentre in Tas Well, Weight ManagementCounsellor Janet Pardue-Wood has openeda new centre in Whitchurch Village ShoppingCentre, in order to provide a local venue forpeople in the Whitchurch, Llanda Northand Rhiwbina areas.

During 2009/2010, Janet has helped menand women in the Cardi North West, andsurrounding areas, lose almost 400 stonethrough the LighterLife programmes.Janet says I am really thrilled to have

opened another centre, based in the heartof Whitchurch Village, which oerssumptuous surroundings for people whowish to lose weight. Through the use of nutritionally balanced

soups, shakes, bars and meals, combinedwith specialised counselling techniques;Cognitive Behavioural Therapy andTransactional Analysis, people not only loseweight but explore some of the reasons theyput on weight. Theres usually a bit more toit than simply eating too much.

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From the moment thatHitler invaded Poland in1939, its impact was feltalmost immediately over athousand miles away in NorthCardiff.September 1939 saw the

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Thornhill recalls:A double-decker bus arrived

at our house one day. It wasfull of evacuees. My motherwas told to go out andchoose one. She decidedshed get a five year old ascompany for me. She broughtthis little girl into the houseand the bus waited outside.Once inside however, thislittle girl just stood there andscreamed and cried.I couldnt understand why

she was crying - I was tooyoung to understand. Someof these children must havebeen mentally scarred for lifewith experiences like that.Mum had to take her backand we got Doreen instead.She was a young girl aboutten years old and had been

bombed out inBirmingham.Rationingbegan in lateSeptember1939, andso too didwhat wascalled the Phoney War. Public places, such as

cinemas and theatres wereclosed. The Monico Cinema inRhiwbina was transformedinto a communal air raidshelter, while gas masks weremade compulsory. Rhiwbinas village shops kept

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zoo but the tea gardencontinued to providerefreshments for those fromCardiff who were heading to the Wenallt - a populardestination in those days.The Home Guard

(established in 1940 as theLocal Defence Volunteersunder the Secretary of StateAnthony Eden, but laterrenamed under Churchill)provided an invaluable serviceto the residents of NorthCardiff, rescuing victims ofbombing raids, clearingrubble, guarding damagedbuildings and putting outincendiary bombs.Pill boxes were set up in the

area for guard duty, which wasundertaken by able-bodiedmen from the ages of 17 to 65who were not in militaryservice.Rhiwbina and Whitchurch

had their own Home GuardBattallion called the 11thBattallion A Company. Thebattallion comprised of men ofvarying backgrounds fromengineers to bricklayers. Butby 1943, 25% of civil defenceworkers were women, whoacted as air-raid wardens,medical services and theWomens Royal Voluntary

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after refugees from all overEurope.The Royal Ordnance Factory

in Llanishen was the temptingchoice for Nazi bombers in1944 due to its output ofmunitions. The factory had alarge population of femaleworkers and the work washard and unrelenting.Employees worked eleven ortwelve hour shifts, makingguns and ammunition for thearmed forces.The factory took a hit in the

spring of 1944 from an anti-aircraft shell. 33 people wereinjured and nine were killed.

Rhiwbinas Wendy Housewas set up as an Air RaidWardens Post, run by MrBassett of 18 Y Groes. Air raidtrenches were built alongHeol-y-Bont but were laterabandoned after theyrepeatedly filled with water.Blackouts, aimed atpreventing German bombersfrom recognising landmarksfrom the air, were introduced.Windows had to be blackedout and all traffic had to run onreduced lights. This didhowever cause an increase intraffic accidents. Bob Lewis was a small boy

during the war. He lived onPantbach Road, and washidden under the stairs of hisfamily home when it was hit bya Nazi bomb.We didn't hear it coming but

we felt it when it arrived. Thehouse shook violently; thefridge stopped; pots fell fromshelves, bricks and masonryfell down the stairs. Therewere a lot of noises but nobig bang as such.Nos.131, 133, 135 and 137

were totally wrecked. Ourupstairs bedrooms were

open to the skies and full ofrubble - we would not havesurvived if we had stayed inbed. There was a car on itsroof at the bottom of thegarden and our car had beencrushed in the garage by theweight of the sub-soil.I remember the two candles

that still burned brightly afterthe raid, even though theroom was wrecked.

Further bombing occurredon Wenallt Road andWhitchurch School, but NorthCardiff got away with littlebombing compared to otherareas of Cardiff.By law, all residents of the

UK had to carry a gas mask.Stirrup pumps were installedacross North Cardiff to assistwith putting out fires. Whitchurch Hospital also

played an important roleduring the war. It becameclassed as an EmergencyHospital in 1940 andremained that way until theend of the war in 1945. Itlooked after civilian patientsbut also took D-Day casualtiesand those returning injuredfrom the front lines of NorthernFrance. Patients would bebrought to the hospital by trainvia Cardiff General and theCoryton line.

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Iwas born in October 1933 atNo.7 New Houses,Melingriffith.The houses were condemned

around this time and we allmoved out in 1935, along withresidents of Sunny Bank. Idont remember living there,but my mother told me storiesabout the houses. They weretwo up, two down; rents werefour shillings and a hapenny.My mother liked summer

days; people passing,especially cricketers on aSaturday afternoon who wouldstop and have a chat. Not longafter my parents moved inthere, we had a nasty fire. Mymother had been ironing andhad forgotten about the iron. Itwas the cricketers who ranfrom the sportsfield to help putout the flames. Some receivedmoney as they had ruined theirwhites. Mother didnt like thenights there as my fatherworked nights a lot at theworks. My aunty, Loma Pudge,came to live with us forcompany. She hated the black

pats - the black beetles that came in with

the coal. They came out assoon as dusk arrived, andcovered the walls and ceilings.She also told me of a huge

spider that came out mostevenings and walked along thepicture rail. Neither of myparents could bring themselvesto kill it. The day I was born, itnever came out and was neverseen again! My mother also told me that

the women fetched water fromthe well more than the men.They used to hitch up theirskirts but the men would gettheir trousers wet unless theywore wellies as the water fromthe well constantly gushed outin those times. The water wasalways really cold, even on thehottest days. Getting to sleep was a

problem, as you could hear themice running around the attic.One night, my parents couldhear clink, clink, clink. Dad litthe lamp to find a mouserunning around in a mug thathad a spoon in it. Dad was Head Boy of the

cold rolls at the age of 14. Hethen became a foreman andafter the death of Ivor Mercy,was made Foreman of theTinplate Works until it closed in1957.The well is still there. Ive

tried several times to get itcleaned out and rebuilt. A lonevoice perhaps. Maybe if we allgot together, something couldbe done to save it. Itd be wellworth it as it was built in the18th century. I believe it wasbuilt by the Harfords who alsobuilt Sunny Bank and NewHouses.A famous sportsman, Jack

Peterson, HeavyweightChampion of Wales, who wasfriendly with Dad, would oftenbreak his run and pop in for afew minutes. Hed pick me upand juggle me about on hisknees, before heading backout to continue his run.


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Caerphillys history goesback nearly 250,000years when what weknow as Neanderthals scouredthe plains for food and shelter.Leaving little impression on

the landscape, it wasnt untilthe Ice Age glaciers retreatedin 7,000BC, that what we knowas modern humans beganestablishing settlements. By4,500BC, the settlers hadcleared a lot of the forests thathad existed in the area usingstone axes. Within the nextmillennium, they had startedproducing pottery and had builttrackways that linked them toother part of the valleys. Over150 burial communalmonuments from this time stillexist in Wales, although nonehave been found in Caerphilly.By 2,500BC, metal was being

used for the first time intooling. Bronze in particularwas being utilised to createweapons, as the discovery ofan axehead at Rudry confirms.The forests continued to be

cleared and farming spread tothe uplands. Bronze Age burialtombs still pepper Caerphillysridges today. They can befound at Cefn Gelligaer,Mynydd y Grug aboveYnysddu, Twmbarlwm and onMynydd Eglwysilan. Theyappear as small mounds ofstone and earth.By 1000BC, the peaceful

settlements were beginning toexperience unrest. Climatechange forced settlements toprotect their fertile lands. It isthought that the Silurescontrolled a lot of the area atthis time. Over the followingfive hundred years, they builthillforts such as the one atCoed Craig Ruperra.In 43BC, the Romans landed

on British soil and within thenext four years, had taken allof Britain east of the RiverSevern. Needing a boundary,they formed their westernfrontier here, and the Silureslaunched many raids againstthe Romans, angered at the

Romans advancement. By 57AD, the Romans had

had enough and begansilencing the Silures withinvasion. It took 13 years tocomplete.The Romans then set about

creating a network of road andforts across Wales. A fort wasconstructed at Gelligaer thatwould have housed athousand soldiers. This can beseen today on the roadbetween Cardiff and Y Gaer,near Brecon.The Silures were integrated

into Roman life, following inthe footsteps of others that hadsuccessfully been conqueredand integrated into the Romanway of living. This wascommonly known asRomanising and was a keyaspect of Roman success.But by the end of the fourth

century, the Roman grip onWales, and Britain, wasloosening. Attacks by theBarbarians were causingdifficulties and the Romans


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found themselves abandoningits territories and withdrawingtroops back.A great deal of uncertainty

and turbulence filled thevacuum that had been left bythe withdrawal of the Romans.Various factions struggled forpower. In the latter half of theeighth century, the Anglo-Saxon King Offa ordered theconstruction of an eartherndyke that seemed to cut offWales from England.

By now, Morgannwg hadevolved as an administrativearea. The King of Morgannwgwould often visit the variousareas of the cantrefi and bewined and dined by the locallords. It is probable that one ofthese locations was at IsCaiach.By 1266, 20 years after the

Battle of Hastings, all ofEngland was under completeNorman rule. Norman lordswere encouraged to push intoWales. One such lord, Robertfitz Hamo launched incursionsfrom his base in Cardiff andtook most of the lowlands. Hewas hesitant not to make anyattempt on the higher groundsthough, having come offsecond best once in a raid onGelligaer in 1094.Over a hundred years later,

the Lordship of Glamorganwas in the hands of theDeClares. DeClarecommissioned the building ofCaerphilly Castle to counteractthe threat by the Lordship ofSenghenedd. A stand-offbetween Earl Gilbert deClareand Llewellyn ap Gruffydd, theWelsh Prince of Wales ensued.Ap Gruffydds patience finallyran out and he attackedCaerphilly Castle. DeClaresarmy managed to fend off the

attack and ap Gruffyddbecame increasingly underthreat from the Anglo-Normans. He retreated toBrecon and never set foot inCaerphilly again.By the end of the 12th

century, the Welsh Church hadgained influence and had setabout creating dioceses.Caerphilly fell under theDiocese of Llandaff. Therefollowed a substantial build ofnew churches, whichcontinued well into the 14thcentury. St. Barrwgs Church inBedwas is a good example ofa church built at this time andretains a lot of its original buildand features. The Cistercians,of Norman origin, lived a life ofpoverty and silence and in1179, they built LlantarnamAbbey, four miles to the east ofCaerphilly. Outlying farmsprovided sustenance for themonks. One such farm waslocated at Cefn Rhyswg.Edward I was crowned King

of England in 1272, andimmediately set about flushingout the Welsh. Llewelyn apGruffydd and his brother, nowforced back to North Walesrebelled, but paid the ultimateprice. In 1294, after muchsimmering resentment, theWelsh attacked Caerphilly

Castle and burnt the town. Twenty years later, in 1314,

Llewellyn Bren instigated arevolt. He gathered an army often thousand men whobesieged Caerphilly Castle andleft the town in ruins. A greatbattle took place at Cefn Onn,where Edwards men joinedthe local Anglo-Norman lordsin crushing the rebellion. Brenwas captured and imprisonedin the Tower of London.Caerphilly as a town began to

flourish around the time ofOwain Glyndwr in the 15thcentury. Over the followingcenturies, trades such as wooland iron developed. Abercarnwas one of the locations of afurnace, and coal to fuel thefurnaces was mined onCaerphilly Common and fromRudry Woods. By the end ofthe 18th century, the coalindustry had revolutionised thearea. Canals and roads cutthrough the landscape, andwith it came the population.Churches, shops and schoolssprung up to cater for the newinhabitants of the area.Motorised transport and theintroduction of electricity duringthe early 20th century broughtabout many of the changesthat still exist today inCaerphilly.

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as you move up the path forabout a kilometre. Stay on thistrack (this is the RhymneyValley Ridgeway footpath) andyou will pass through a gate,over a stile and the path willlead up to a wire fence. Followthe path that continues alongthe ridge. The fence should beon the right. There will beanother two stiles to passbefore you arrive at a roadwhere you will see Cefn OnnFarm.

Turn right onto theroad, walking for justunder a kilometre.You will arrive at a T-junction, havingpassed throughanother gate.Cross the roadand head throughthe car park. You

will now see MynyddRudry in front of you.Take the path to the right of

the hill and follow the path tothe top. Here you will be ableto see views of the areasautumn colours. Head right todescend the path again, andcontinue on the path, keepingthe wall to your right. The wallwill end at the gate. Follow thedownhill path. There will nowbe a hedge on your right. Follow the hedge as it bears

right and before long, the pathwill lead you into a short lane.Pass through the gate hereand turn left onto the road.Head down the road. Crossinto Edward Thomas Closeand pass through the kissinggate which you can find afterthe last bungalow on the left. Head over the field in a north-

easterly direction to the cornerof the field. You will pass undera power line and arrive at abridge which crosses a stream.Pass through the kissing gate

here and you will see a secondkissing gate on your left, whichyou will also need to passthrough. You will shortly arriveat a T-junction. Follow the pathhere. A pond will be on yourleft. Pass over the stile andfollow the fence. There will bea house on your left. There willbe a second stile to negotiate. Turn right and follow the track

here. You will soon comeacross a signed public footpath

which you will find on the rightbetween the houses. Turn rightinto the main toad. WaterlooTerrace should be on your left.Pass over the stile here on theleft before the sign and followthe fence for another 40metres or so and then turn left. Follow the fence and look for

the stile in the hedge. Onceyou find it, pass over it and youwill come to a small stream.Turn immediately right whenyou arrive at a thicket of treesand then you will soon turn leftand head uphill to the fence atthe top. Follow the hedgealong to the right, and head tothe stile and gate ahead.Cross over the road and then

over another stile. Go directlyahead, uphill in a south-easterly direction, (ignoring thegate path to the right) to therock formation. Continue in asouth-easterly direction forabout 250 metres to the gate inthe far left hand corner of thefield. Continue south east onthe track and through thesecond gate.Head across the field,

following the track and passingthrough a third gate. Head leftup the gradient. You will seePenhow Farm on your right.Head to the gate in the fenceat the edge of the woods andfollow the path to the foresttrack. Ignore the path on theright. Turn right and follow the track

to the T-junction. Head rightalong the forest track for about400 metres and leave thewoods at the gate on the right.Head left down the road forabout another kilometre backto the Maenllwyd Inn.


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large chunks (one per serving).Place the beef into a largesaucepan; pour in the beefstock and water. Bring to theboil over high heat, thenreduce heat to medium, coverand simmer until nearly tender,

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