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RAY Ceredigion will be running free open access play sessions in Llanon every week throughout 2012.

The project is funded by the BIG lottery and aims to promote the benefits of unstructured outdoor play.

All ages are welcome but children under 5 must be accompanied by an adult. Activities include water slides; den building; art and crafts; rope swings; outdoor cooking; dressing up and cable reel walking. There is no charge and all activities take place outdoors – dress for the weather! The sessions will begin in February. For more information please contact RAY Ceredigion on 01545 570686

Play sessions will start on Monday 20^th February 4pm to 6pm in Llannon school grounds. They will continue every Monday after this apart from during school holidays.

During school holidays the play sessions will be on a Friday from 11am to 3pm on the community play area by the football field.

Bydd RAY Ceredigion yn cynnal sesiynau chwarae mynediad agored yn Llanon pob wythnos trwy gydol 2012. Ariennir y prosiect gan y Loteri FAWR ac mae’n anelu at hyrwyddo’r manteision o chwarae anffurfiol yn yr awyr agored. Croesawir pob oedran, ond mae’n rhaid i blant tan 5 oed dod gydag oedolyn. Mae gweithgareddau’n cynnwys sleidiau dŵr; adeiladu lleoedd cuddio;celf a chrefft; siglenni rhaffau; coginio awyr agored; gwisgoi’i fyny a cherdded rhaff troi. Does dim cost a mae popeth yn digwydd tu allan – gwisgwch am y tywydd! Fydd y sesiynau yn dechrau yn ystod mis Chwefror.

Am ragor o wybodaeth cysylltwch â RAY Ceredigion ar 01545 570686

LLANSANTFFRAED HISTORY SOCIETY September 2011

The annual trip took place on September 3^rd and despite the inclement weather was very much enjoyed. This time we visited Newcastle Emlyn, where a local guide showed us the castle, the old grammar school building and a small museum which had been set up by the Newcastle Emlyn Historical Society. After lunch we went on to Pembrokeshire where those of us dressed suitably braved the rain to see a standing stone circle and the monument to the poet Waldo. The final stop was at the beautiful ancient church in Nevern.

The meeting on September 5^th was also both enjoyable and interesting. Jen Cairns talked about Welsh folk healing and herbal remedies from the earliest times. A number of members were able to tell her about a great variety of very effective cures practised in their own families.

On two afternoons this month a variety of interesting buildings in Llanon will be open to the public as part of the Open Doors event. The Museum Cottage in Heol Non will have information pamphlets which will contain directions to the properties. They include the Methodist and Siloh chapels, the small cottage in Wave Villa and Ty’n Cwm cottage. The church is open all day.

The Open afternoons are on September 10^th and September 17^th from 2.0 pm till 4.30 pm.

The next meeting of the Society is on October 3^rd when member Ken Phillips will give a talk “Contrasting Parishes”.

Llansantffraed History Society August 2011

The August meeting of the Society was an opportunity for members to bring along something interesting and talk about it for just a few minutes. Among the items shown were a large hammer for stone breaking, an ornate metal griddle, a copy of an 18^th century family group silhouette, a very unusual metal keyboard instrument from Zimbabwe, a battledore racket and a small carved mermaid which had been discovered in an out-house. In addition to these were two short talks about the Welsh settlers in Patagonia - the speaker being dressed for the occasion in a Stetson – and finishing the evening was someone who has a very rare traditional type of apple tree in his garden. He apologized for not bringing any apples with him but the tree had only one on it.

Before the talks began Chris Durrant, the chairman, asked for volunteers to fill the remaining spaces on the rota for welcoming visitors to the Museum Cottage in Heol Non. It will be open throughout August from 2.0 pm – 4.0 pm , except on Mondays and Saturdays., but it will be open on these days during the Bank Holiday weekend.

The next meeting will be on September 5^th when Jen Cairns will talk about traditional Welsh herbal healing through the ages.

The annual coach trip is on Saturday September 3^rd and there are a few spaces left. The cost is £10 and we shall be visiting a number of places of interest in and around Newcastle Emlyn. For further information contact Mrs. Brenda Rowlands

Llansantffraed History Society July 2011

On July 4^th 2011 a talk was given by one of the members, Helen Tinsley, ‘Nice work if you can get it – Ancient Occupations’ The speaker read out a list of surnames which had been derived from occupations which dated back to the Middle Ages. She then described some jobs which are no longer done these days, going right back to that of the Puke Collector who would be in attendance during any important Roman feast. Other equally unenjoyable occupations were described, along with a few more satisfying ones. The talk ended with a newspaper report written in January 2011 about a group of Romanian witches who were protesting at being classed as self-employed and expected to pay income tax.

The next meeting will be on Monday, August 1^st, at 7.30 pm, when members, and any visitors who would like to come, are invited to bring something of historical interest and give a few minutes of information about it.

In May the Society celebrated its 15^th Anniversary. Over those years it has been host to a great many interesting and entertaining speakers, some have been from the local area and some have been members.

On June 6^th Euros Lewis, a fellow of Trinity College Carmarthen and also the artistic director of Cwmni Troed y Rhiw, came to talk about some aspects of life in 19^th century Cardiganshire. The main emphasis of the talk was on how the Nonconformist chapels came to be built. We were told about the tithe laws, which required every householder to pay 10% of his income towards the upkeep of his local church and the stipend of its incumbent. This practice, and the compulsion by employers on their workers to attend services – which were usually conducted in English - every Sunday, made for much resentment and a wish for change. Protest through withholding the tithe as well as debate about the organisation of the new form of worship resulted eventually in the building of thousands of chapels. Each community funded its own chapel and services were conducted by members of the congregation. It was a most enjoyable evening with a lively and knowledgeable speaker. Since he had family connections with Llanon it was of particular interest to some of the audience who have lived there for some or all of their lives – two people remember being given sweets by the speaker’s grandfather.

You can read many of these old books online and many more thanks to Project Gutenberg

The society wishes to make a collection of digital photographs of past Carnivals in Llanon.
Will anyone who is prepared to lend old photographs of Carnival for scanning into the collection please contact Mrs Irene Phillips who will arrange to collect them and ensure their safe return.

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The official launch of this web site took place at Llanon School on Saturday 9th July 2005 at 2pm

CARNIVAL EVENTS 2011
8th July	CARNIVAL QUIZ	White Swan Inn
15th July	CARNIVAL BINGO	Llanon Village Hall
22nd July	CARNIVAL POOL	Central Hotel
23rd July	TREASURE HUNT	Llanon Village Hall
29th July	CARNIVAL DARTS	Central Hotel
5th August	5-A-SIDE FOOTBALL & BBQ	Llanon Playing Field
6th August	CARNIVAL