ONCE again I am looking for the kind help of the people of Penarth. I am looking for Mr Ken Palmer who once lived in Salop Place, at the top end of King Street, when we were boys. I was born in King Street. I am now in touch with a friend of his living
I ADMIT to being bemused that Cllr Osborne chose to clarify my recent comments through the pages of the Penarth Times rather than by speaking to me at one of the many council meetings we both attend. I was asked by the Penarth Times for my views, so I
I think attention needs to be drawn to what is happening in one of Penarth"s conservation areas, namely Roseberry Place / Archer Road, where a property developer is proposing to build a two-storey house in the back garden of 5 Roseberry Place. The plan
PENARTH RFC chairman Mike Gooding has been honoured for rescuing the club from the threat of extinction. In front of some of the top names in rugby at London's Caf Royal last week, he received a silver tankard in recognition of his services to the game
WITH the fixture pool failing to provide the hoped-for Cwrt-y-Vil action for the First XV, Old Penarthians found themselves restricted to the solitary Second team fixture away to Sully last Saturday. To their chagrin, even the presence of a handful of
YET another year of resounding success was celebrated at Sully-based Ty Hafan, Wales' hospice for children suffering from life-limiting illnesses, at an open day on Sunday. A large cake and a visit from Vale AM and Assembly Minister for Children Jane
A VALE councillor was at Buckingham Palace recently to pick up his MBE. Cllr Clive Williams, of St Anne's Avenue, cabinet member for Social and Care Services at the Vale authority, was named in last year's Honours List for services to local government
A VALE councillor claims the new traffic-light controlled junction at Baron's Court will eliminate traffic congestion in the Penarth area. Colin Osborne, councillor for Llandough, said the signalling at the junction will be controlled by the Vale authority
A RECYCLING facility introduced by the Vale council is damaging the local environment rather than improving it, according to an angry Penarth Times reader. Heaps of rubbish have started to pile up at the recycling unit in the Cliff Top car park. The Penarth
AN UNLUCKY Penarth cabbie was horrified to see hooded thieves make off with his taxi when he went into a hotel to look for his fare. The driver, who works for the Penarth cab firm K-Tax, was picking up a fare from the Glendale Hotel on Plymouth Road opposite
I WOULD like, through the Penarth Times, to thank all those who supported the work of the Salvation Army at Christmas. Through that generosity we were able to help more than 400 adults and children with either a food parcel or a toy parcel, working in
AT a restaurant in the Penarth area, which I visited at lunchtime on January 17 with two companions, I was a little disconcerted to note that we were addressed more than once as "guys". I am now well over 60, and my two companions were, as it happens,
Pontypool Utd 22 Dinas Powys 26 DINAS Powys Under-12s rugby team were on the road again last Sunday when they visited Pontypool Utd. Dinas got off to a cracking start having received the ball from the kick off, with some powerful running from Tom Davies
PENARTH Ladies Hockey Club made a solid start to their Welsh Indoor League season last Saturday with a win and a draw at the Newport University sports centre in Caerleon. Indoor hockey is a much faster, lower game than the outdoor version and the ball
DOWLAIS 0 PENARTH 10 THE match began on a beautiful day up at Dowlais Top, following a minute's silence observed to mark the passing away of Kevin Bush, Penarth RFC Club President, on January 18, after a long illness. The funeral service will be held
TWO Penarth garden designers will be flying the flag for Wales at the world's greatest horticultural extravaganza - the Chelsea Flower Show. Architect Barry Mayled, of Augusta Road, and Jo Penn, of Albert Crescent, have both been invited to design and
PREPARATIONS are well in hand for the first Penarth Youth Festival, which takes place next month. The event will be opened at the Paget Rooms on February 10. Plans for the festival, which will take place in the town on the weekend of February 10 to February
PENARTH Lifeboat Station's team has a new man at the helm, supporting both the shore-based and sea-going volunteer crew, and ensuring the smooth and safe running of the station. Philip Lay took up his post as Lifeboat Operations Manager at the beginning
AN AFRICAN aid worker has sent out a message of thanks to kind-hearted Penarth people who paid for operations which will allow a young Kenyan boy to learn to walk. Penarth man James Radford has been raising money for the past 14 years to help homeless
A MAN who suffered a stroke in Penarth this week waited more than half an hour for an ambulance to arrive - as a member of the Community Health Council claimed the Vale of Glamorgan has the worst ambulance service in Wales. The 51-year-old from Newport
