Pengwern Community Hub's October timetable

Pengwern Community Hub's timetable for October is:

... and planned for Corwen is:

Roadworks alerts from one.network

Latest local roadworks alerts from one.network are:

Castle Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire

04 October - 05 October

 

Delays likely - Diversion route

 

Name: Diversion

 

Location: Castle Street

 

Description: Streetworks / License - Streetworks

 

Responsibility for event: Denbighshire County Council

 

Current status: Planned

Regent Street, Llangollen, Denbighshire

05 October - 06 October

 

Roadworks, Delays possible

 

Traffic management: Some carriageway incursion

 

Description: M J QUINN ARE TO PROVIDE TELECOMS POLE

 

Works location: REGENT STREET, OUTSIDE / SIDE OF ARTS CENT

 

Public facing description: one.network has automatically assigned a category of Unclassified works to this Works based on the information available. Please note: Works Descriptions are not published by Openreach.

 

Responsibility for works: Openreach

 

Current status: Planned work about to start

 

Works reference: BC006MQONSAWNEW2WD5MP38Y

 

 

 

Sun Inn is one of UK's best pubs, says latest CAMRA guide

Llangollen's Sun Inn is one of the pubs named among the UK's best in the CAMRA Good Beer Guide 2024, according to a story in the Denbighshire Free Press.

* For the full story, see:  https://www.denbighshirefreepress.co.uk/news/23822862.north-wales-pubs-among-uks-best-camra-best-beer-guide-2024/?ref=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2X0RDj2P9aFiaE2t9Ux_hTPIGScwpk3vHfx2fuc3a_KIMiwVtzpXXR87A  

Martial arts teacher wins world martial arts title at 56

* Steve Stockdale holding his trophy.

A 56-year old teacher from Llangollen has secured a world martial arts title after spending years competing in competitions.

* For the full story in the Denbighshire Free Press, see: Teacher from Llangollen wins world MMA title after 25 years' competing | Denbighshire Free Press  

Latest roadworks alerts for the area

Latest local roadworks update from one.network is:

B5103 From Junction of A5t to Junction With A542 Horseshoe Pass Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire 02 October - 03 October   Delays likely - Diversion route   Name: Diversion   Location: B5103 From Junction Of A5t To Junction With A542 Horseshoe Pass Road   Description: Streetworks / License - Streetworks   Responsibility for event: Denbighshire County Council   Current status: Planned

Alerts from Denbighshire County Council are: 

A539 DEE BRIDGE LLANGOLLEN CASTLE STREET 04/10/2023 05/10/2023 Gwaith Ar Bont / Bridge Works DCC BRIDGES AND STRUCTURE LLANGOLLEN Ffordd ar Gau/Road Closure

OPPOSITE 3 HILL STREET HILL STREET 21/10/2022 21/10/2023 Gwaith ar Dwll Archwilio/ Man Hole Works MJ QUINN (DCC) LLANGOLLEN Ffordd ar Gau/Road Closure

Heol y Farchnad / Market Street MARKET STREET 14/10/2023 15/10/2023 Gwyl Fwyd Llangollen / Llangollen Food Festival LLANGOLLEN FOOD FESTIVAL LLANGOLLEN Ffordd ar Gau/Road Closure

A539 Ponsonby Arms, Mill Street, Llangollen MILL STREET 30/10/2023 31/10/2023 Goleuadau traffig i reoli traffig trwy man cul ar llwybr amgen / Traffic signals to control traffic through pinch point on diversion route NMWTRA (DCC) LLANGOLLEN Goleuadau Traffig Dros Dro/ Temp Traffic Lights

A539 Ponsonby Arms, Mill Street, Llangollen MILL STREET 16/10/2023 18/10/2023 I reoli traffig ar llwybr amgen / To control traffic on an alternative route

A539 O/S BUILDING KNOWN AS HOLLYTOPS FRON BACHE 11/10/2023 13/10/2023 Gwaith Dwr / Water Works HAFREN DYFRDWY (DANIEL) LLANGOLLEN Ffordd ar Gau/Road Closure

Entire Length TREM YR YSGOL 10/10/2023 10/10/2023 School Streets Closure- 08:00 - 09:00 & 14:30 - 15:30 DCC ROAD SAFETY LLANGOLLEN Ffordd ar Gau/Road Closure 08:00 - 09:00hrs & 14:30

Lottery awards £94,886 to breathe new life into St Collen's Church

 

* The present interior of St Collen's Church.

* An artist's impression of the new stage 

in front of the altar area. 

Llangollen’s parish church of St Collen’s has been awarded almost £95,000 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund to kick-start an ambitious scheme to  adapt the historic place of worship to meet the needs of the 21^st century.

The Genesis Project aims to make a number of alterations to the fabric of the building, which dates back to the seventh century, including taking away pews to make a space for a stage platform which will enable the church to host more plays, concerts and school nativities.

There is also a desperate need for toilet facilities and better heating and lighting to generally allow the building to have more flexibility and inclusivity, creating a community hub which can be enjoyed by a variety of local organisations and also making it more accessible to the many visitors it attracts. 

The scale of the project means that the group leading it has sought grant assistance from a number of sources but mainly the National Lottery Heritage Fund which has just agreed to make available £94,886 for the first phase of the work to be carried out over the next 12 months.

Priest-in-charge of St Collen’s Father Lee Taylor said: “We are absolutely delighted to hear that the Heritage Fund has made this substantial grant available to us.

“It will enable us to at last start work on our long-standing vision to re-order the church in a way that will enable it to better meet the needs of the current century.

“We have gone to great lengths to ensure that the transformation is carried out in a way which is entirely respectful of the many historic assets of the building and which will allow parishioners and visitors to more easily access and admire them.

“That includes the glorious medieval hammerbeam ceiling and its priceless carvings and the legendary Ladies of Llangollen’s tomb in the churchyard.”

Father Lee has in the past warned that unless it adapts to meet modern requirements St Collen’s – from which the town of Llangollen takes its name - could share the same fate as places of worship across Britain which have been forced to close unless it makes a number of changes to create a more “flexible and inclusive” building for the community.

He said: “We have to move forward in order to meet the social and spiritual needs of the 21^st century and to do that we need to make these changes.

“Over the decades the Church generally has seen a downward trajectory in attendances and this has meant that a number of churches in Wales and in England have had to close. We don’t want that to happen here at St Collen’s.

“The church has always been the focal point of the community and is always here to serve the needs of the community.

“In wide consultations on the Genesis Project which the team has carried out over the past few years there was widespread approval and support for what we aiming to achieve with our re-ordering.”

* Anyone wanting to find out more about the project or to become involved with it is asked to email the project team at: genesisteam1300@gmail.com

Libraries to stock new Memory Boxes to help dementia sufferers

* Top picture: a 1950s themed cinema Memory Box. Below: other types of the boxes.

Denbighshire Library users can now take a step back in time, thanks to five new Memory Boxes, all set in the 1950s, which are available to borrow. 

Created by Making Sense CIO, and funded by Dementia Aware Denbighshire, these boxes contain carefully chosen items from the 1950’s. 

Each box includes items that are designed to spark conversations and rekindle memories. 

These scheme was launched at a coffee morning in Rhyl Library where attendees were invited to drop in and take a trip down memory lane. 

The five different box themes include: 

1. 1950’s Cinema.
2. School Days.
3. Seaside Holiday.
4. Shed Contents.
5. Work Place. 

These boxes can be requested and delivered to a local library for collection, and be borrowed on a library card, just like a book. 

Councillor Emrys Wynne, Lead Member for Welsh Language, Culture & Heritage said: “It is great that these memory boxes are now available for our library users to borrow. 

"They are a unique look into how life was lived more than 70 years ago and these boxes will give both young and old the chance to see items from this era.” 

* For more information, visit or contact your local Denbighshire Library.