Photo Competition 2020

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Take Photos for the 2021 Calendar

The theme is Out and About on The Narth

Capture the changing seasons in Manor Wood, sunrise on Beacon Hill, the excitement of the Raft Race or the frivolity at the Glade Tavern – all would be contenders for inclusion in our 2021 calendar, with the overall winner to appear on the front cover.

Note that the pictures should be jpegs, landscape to fit the calendar format and should be a reasonable resolution for printing (around 300 dpi or more). Other points are given in the competition rules (below).

Three winners for each season will be included. The deadline for Winter and Spring photos is Friday 20th March 2020.

The overall winner will be chosen from the final 12 images and voted by residents at the Village Hall AGM in October. Continue reading →

Charity Quiz Night: 21st March

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Test your skills in this tantalising Fun Quiz at the Village Hall on Saturday 21st March.

Entries are £2 per person and teams a maximum of six people. Topics will be mainly general knowledge with some multiple choice questions.

Profits will be divided equally between the Village Hall and St David’s Hospice.

The doors and licensed bar will be open from 7.30pm with the quiz starting at 8pm, and there will be nibbles available to buy.

Please book in advance as our quizzes do tend to get booked up. Contact Pam Manfield on 01600 861836, pamela.manfield@gmail.com, or use the booking form below.

Fundraising Success for Velindre Cancer Centre

On 29th December, residents Phil Bowen and Sally Welsh put on an afternoon tea in the village hall, to celebrate their birthdays and to raise money for the Velindre Cancer Centre, part of the Velindre hospital. www.velindre-tr.wales.nhs.uk/home

This was a great social event and raised over £1,000 for the charity. Phil and Sally sent this photo, and want to thank everyone who turned out to support them. Congratulations on a great success!

Phil and Sally party Dec 2019

Films on The Narth & in Penallt: Spring Programme

The Narth Hall and Pelham Hall, Penallt produce a joint programme of films. There is more detail on each film and a trailer on the Pelham Hall web site.

Spring 2020 Film List

The Narth Social Club

Friends The weekly social club started by Age Cymru Gwent has become independent and will be known as The Narth Social Club, thanks to Linda Snowden and Alison Pugh-Jones who have volunteered to run the group now that Age Cymru’s funding has come to an end. The friendly group now has no particular membership restrictions but welcomes everyone to join them for activities and chat on Wednesday afternoons at the Village Hall.

The group is on a break over Christmas but will start up again on Wednesday 8th January. If you want to find out whether it is for you, join them between 1.30pm and 3.30pm. There is a weekly fee of £3 when you attend (which includes refreshments), but there’s no obligation to sign up for any length of time.

On Wednesday 15th January a representative from the local police will be giving a talk on scams, how to spot them and how to avoid them.

Find out more by going along, or contact Linda on 01600 869128 or Alison on 01600 860983.

Village Christmas Cards: Delivery Service

xmas-postbox Once again the Village Hall committee are offering a delivery service for your village Christmas cards, in return for a small donation to Hall funds. As well as saving you time, this is a useful fundraiser for the hall so please join in if you send cards to friends locally.

Bring your cards to the hall on Sunday 15th December between 10.00 and noon. Cards will be delivered before Christmas by our team of volunteers.

If you can’t get to the hall at that time, contact one of our committee members in advance to arrange collection.

Please remember: Continue reading →

Christmas Carols in the Hall: 15th December

Wye Valley Women would love you to join them in the Village Hall for an hour on Sunday 15th December at 4:30pm to sing Christmas carols and to enjoy seasonal refreshments.

🎅🏻 Father Christmas has promised to take time out from his busy schedule to drop in and see us too 🎅🏻

All welcome – please bring your friends and family and enjoy the Christmas fun together.

Victorian Christmas Trials: 14th December, 3pm

Vic trials_21Sep19 Take a stroll back in time this year to see the Victorian Christmas Trials at The Narth Village Hall on the afternoon of Saturday 14th December, when Gwent Magistrates will be re-enacting true cases as they appeared in Court back in the Victorian times.

Victorian Courts were rowdy, with cases being swiftly dealt with and sentencing being rather harsh on relatively minor crimes. Come and join in with the atmosphere and witness Justice as it was served during those times.

Audience participation and Victorian style dress is encouraged, even if it’s just a hat!

Tickets £5 in advance (£6 on the door, if available). Proceeds to be shared between Alzheimer’s Research UK (Gwent Magistrate’s selected charity) and The Narth Village Hall.

Doors and licensed bar open at 2 .30pm for a 3pm start.

Numbers are limited so please book in advance, phone Sue on 01600 860373 or use the booking form below: Continue reading →