50 YEARS ago

Extracts from the Penarth Times of October 28, 1966:

A concert by the Penarth Ladies' Choir, under their conductor, will be broadcast on the BBC Welsh Home Service at 7.30pm on Monday, November 7.

They are one of 13 Welsh choirs who have been invited to take part in a series of choral concerts on the radio.

A cadet of 1148 (Penarth) Squadron ATC has become a member of staff at 634 Gliding School at Royal Air Force St Athan.

Penarth Players searched for a Surrey ended last week when one was kindly lent by Coney Beach, Porthcawl.

Penarth's first exhibition of Voluntary Services, reported in our last issue, made an outstanding impression on the hundreds of people who visited it. The vital work by all these voluntary organisations will be told in full in a forthcoming series of articles on each service to be published in this paper.

A successful coffee morning was held at the Llandough Institute on Wednesday week on behalf of the Church Bazaar Fund. There was a large attendance in spite of the wet weather.

A framed poster, composed of pictures of old Penarth, has been presented to Penarth Public Library.

Informal meetings between parents and teachers at Cogan Primary School have been so successful that a formal association has now been formed and already nearly a hundred families have joined.

Pencoed was the venue for the Penarthian First 15 fixture on Saturday last and heavy rain made conditions difficult and dismal for both teams when they took to the field.

Penarth bowlers fumbled their way to a somewhat indecisive win over the Rhiwbina team at the Cardiff Indoor Stadium last week.

Having dominated a relatively strong Cardiff side the week earlier they started firm favourites against a Rhiwbina side that, on paper, did not seem to herald much opposition, but were soon in trouble and after five ends found themselves trailing by 12 shots.