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• Huge boost for householders

  PENARTH householders are to be first in line to benefit from a 3.9 million fund for improving and repairing private properties, as the Vale council underlines its commitment to the town's housing renewal area. read more

• Support cadets

  ROY le Gros is quite right to say that any community needs youth organisations that provide a "broad range of supervised youth activities" for young people (Penarth Times, May 19). read more

• Top musical

  PODS have just performed the show Calamity Jane at the Paget Rooms, Penarth. read more

• Big thank you

  LAST month I won the Texaco competition run in the Penarth Times and was awarded two tickets for the Young Musician of Wales 2005 competition, and a meal at Bistro 10 for two. read more

• Dog fouling

  SOME time ago I protested at the dog fouling problem at Tower Hill, about which you published a photo and feature. Dog fouling in this thoroughfare and the lane opposite has now ceased completely. Thank you for your help. read more

• Helpful person

  I WOULD like to thank the person who picked up my keys which were on the road by a car which was parked outside the Seacot Hotel on the Esplanade at Penarth recently. I am grateful also that they were handed in at the hotel. Many thanks. My faith in human nature has been restored. read more

• Volunteering

  YOUR readers may be aware that 2005 is British Year of Volunteering during which, all of us in the voluntary sector are celebrating the special contribution made by volunteers throughout the country. read more

• Flower thanks

  I AM writing this short note to thank the lady who left on my doorstep a most beautiful bouquet of flowers and a card, thanking me for finding her purse and handing it on to the police. read more

• Good pier news

  I HAVE just read the Penarth Times (May 26, 2005) and the front page news regarding the pier really cheered me up. read more

• Beachcliff

  I WRITE with my views on the planning application for demolition and rebuild on Beachcliff Buildings, Penarth Esplanade (housing Rabbiotti"s, DeCourcey Marketing Suite and Chandlers). read more

• Asbestos

  I AM writing in response to the article printed on asbestos (Penarth Times, May 26). read more

• Derelict state

  I AM wondering if any readers have notice the dilapidated state of two Victorian houses in Bridgeman Road, namely Normandy and Ashdene Manor. read more

• Footpath

  EARLIER this year I remember reading in your newspaper of an unpleasant ordeal suffered by a young lady along the Dingle Railway Station footpath. read more

• Mals Memories

  DO you remember scrumping? read more

• South to safety by Peter Reynolds

  AFTER the fall of Singapore our squadron moved firstly to Sumatra and after being bombed out there, to Java. read more

• A weekend of winning form

  PENARTH 1st XI, captained by Dave Ricketts, had a good win over Pontypridd last Saturday, leaving the club wondering if they will suffer from vertigo at the lofty heights of the Premier Division of the Thomas Caroll South Wales Cricket League. read more

• Michael sets his sights on international stage

  YOUNG cricket star Michael O'Shea has established himself as a member of the Glamorgan II team this season - and is hopeful of making the England under-19 squad next year. read more

• VIP help is appreciated

  ALUN Michael MP and Lorraine Barrett AM gave a boost to Marie Curie's Volunteers' Week by turning up for an afternoon shift to push the sweets trolley around the wards. read more

• Time gentlemen, please

  THE Vale council has urged landlords to get their applications in for new alcohol licenses, in an attempt to head off a crisis which could put pubs and bars out of action by Christmas. read more

• Jo is a leading light

  A PENARTH teenager, who has appeared in Doctor Who and the Harry Potter movies, has been selected for a new training programme run by the BBC and Channel 4 aimed at disabled actors who want to work in television. read more

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