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RISCA

ISSUE 57MARCH /

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In 1796, Edward Jones ofBristol leased, for a term of 21years, all veins of coal and ironore in 53 acres of land calledMachen Mountain, Waun Fawr,Coed Waun Fawr and land onthe east side of the Ebbw Riverin the tenure of RowlandPhillips, all within the parish ofMachen.

J ones expected his investmentto prove highly profitable dueto the imminent opening of the

Monmouthshire Canal, his leaseincluded a lower payment untilthe canal opened. However, hehad problems with the tenant ofRisca Farm (now Risca House)whose fields he had to cross. Hewrote to Sir Charles Morgan'When I took the colliery therewas no bridge over the river to goto it. I was consequently obligedto build a bridge, when I hadfinished it, Rowland Phillips wouldnot let me have a road throughhis farm to the bridge. I wasobliged to take the bridge downand rebuild it in another place, ata heavy expense, when I hadrebuilt the bridge he would not letme have a road through his farmto the canal until Sept 1798.’

He completed the balanced-worked gravity controlled inclineand tram road from his coalworkings across the river and upto the canal in March 1799. Later

in that year, William Coxe wastravelling around Monmouthshireand wrote 'On my way to Risca, Icrossed a bridge over a rail roadformed by Mr Edward Jones, twoparallel rail roads are carried fromthe canal to the opposite side ofthe Ebbw river, along which twocars are drawn up and let downat the same time by means of anengine; they appear to pass eachother alternately like buckets in awell, a boy descends with theempty car nearly midway, afteradjusting the machinery, it isagain drawn up with the loadedcar which empties the coals intothe boats of the canal.’

Further letters to Sir CharlesMorgan complained about thecanal being unusable for manydays of the year due to shortageof water in hot summers and icingup in cold winters. In July 1801 hewrote to Evan Phillips 'The canalis a bad business and until somealteration take place, I expect noprofit from Waunfawr.’ As a resultof his complaints Jones receivedsome reductions in his paymentsto Sir Charles Morgan and in1801, he obtained the tenancy ofRisca Farm moving in with hisfamily.

At a Select Committee of theHouses of Parliament in 1810,enquiring into the prices paid tocanal companies for shipping

coals and duties paid on coalsshipped from South Wales ports,Jones stated that he had takenseveral people into partnership inthe Waun Fawr Colliery in 1799and over £60,000 had been spentwithout any return of capital. Theyhad two steam engines, a largewater wheel, three miles of privaterail road and four inclined planes,one of which carried the coals upto the canal. There were fourshafts between 40 and 70 yardsdeep and three levels each abouta half-mile long. They raise about110 tons of coal per day. The pithas been overwhelmed withwater taking two years to get itout. The produce of this collieryhas not paid the wages byseveral thousand pounds for thelast five years.

Jones appears to have given upin 1812. By 1814 he was back inBristol trading as a coal merchantand in 1820 he moved to London.

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On Saturday 16th December,the Choir entertained acapacity audience atCrosskeys College with theirChristmas themed showentitled 'The Most WonderfulTime of the Year'. The choirperformed songs both new andold, sacred and popular hits

which really set the scene forthe festive season.

The audience were also treatedto songs from both the choirs’soloists, baritone AndrewJenkins who has beencrowned the winner of manyEisteddfod and tenor HenleyCegielski. Seasonal poetry andbiblical readings were providedby Peter Bird, Paul Phillips,Paul Baglow and MartinSavery. The appreciativeaudience also entered into thefestive spirit by joining thechoir in singing severalChristmas carols. Theprogramme was devised byMusical Director GeraintDavies and showed the manytalents of Accompanist AlisonThomas, who provided thepercussion in several songs.The choir were supported byvocalist Sarah-Jayne Hopkinsand Dan Thomas on keyboard.

On the Sunday evening,members of the choir roundedoff the weekend by providing

the entertainment at the Rockpub in Blackwood. Againseasonal and festiverenderings of songs and carolswere provided in an informaland joyous atmosphere. Allthose gathered including thechoir, thoroughly enjoyedthemselves whilst raisingmoney for charity.

The choir performed their finalseasonal show in the Memo inNewbridge, the intimate andatmospheric setting of thisperformance was appreciatedby all present, with MusicalDirector Geraint Daviescommenting that this venueshould be considered again forfuture concerts and events.

Come along to our rehearsalrooms in St. Mary's StreetRisca on Thursdays 7pm to9pm and Sunday's 6pm to8pm. We look forward toseeing and meeting you.

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As we got older many of

us climbed the steps

twice a week. The films

changed on Monday and

Thursday. In the fifties, films

were continuous from 4.30pm

Monday to Friday. On

Saturdays there were

two separate

houses that resulted in long

queues. These often stretched

along the pavement from the

steps to the road junction

opposite the Park Gates and

back down again to the steps.

When the Palace opened in

1913 it was the first

purpose built

cinema in the Valley. On the

12th December 1913 a licence

to use the ‘Premises for

Cinematograph Exhibition’ was

granted to Mr Wyndham J.

Pritchard of Merthyr, for a

period of one year from the 11th

December 1913.

The following article appeared

in the South Wales Argus on

Friday the 12th December 1913.

New Palace Opened: - Theopening of the Risca NewPalace, which has beendesignated The temple ofrecreation and education, tookplace on Thursday evening. Notwith-standing the short noticegiven, the hall was crowded,and the excellent performancesent everyone away delighted.The pictures were of a very high

Four Stepsto Heaven

By Bernard Osment

Every Saturday morning most of us old boys, and girls, whowere born in Risca or Pontymister before the early 1950s,walked up the four steps into the Palace Picture House.Saturday morning meant one thing to us, going to the pictures.With enough pennies to buy some sweets and a ticket to getin, you sat down to watch a film show, ‘especially for children’.Usually a Three Stooges film, a Cartoon - Donald Duck, MickeyMouse, Popeye etc, a ‘Cowboy film’ - the Durango Kid,Hopalong Cassidy, Roy Rogers, etc and to finish, always a‘Serial’ ending with a cliff-hanging scene that left you sittingon the edge of your seat, next Saturday couldn’t come quickenough.

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standard and the coloured onessimply entrancing. The latterincluded a plot based inSwitzerland and displayed muchgorgeous scenery and costume,while the film entitled ‘The BlackDiamond’ was really great, andintroduced to the audience thegrand scenic effects of theAfrican jungle with the wildanimals roaming about. It tookover three hours to go throughthe whole programme. Thepianoforte accompaniments byMr. J. Rosser were most aptlychosen. The accommodationleaves nothing to be desired.The hall is brilliantly lighted, theseats are all tip-up chairs,several page boys are engagedselling sweets and chocolate,while a number of attendantsare at the disposal of thepatrons. In all 900 can becomfortably accommodated.Mr. A. Davies, the generalmanager of the company, is anexperienced person who will, itis certain, keep the hopes thatthe Risca people haveentertained with regard to thisnew cinema, which is a credit tothe place. The resident manageris Mr. A. Guy. Among thepictures shown this week areselections from the ‘AnimatedGazette’, and include someexcellent reproductions takenfrom the present MCC tour in

South Africa. Mr. Davies intendsshowing pictures from theGazette week by week. Shows were continuous from

3pm – 10.30pm, with a

children’s performance on

Saturday at 2pm. Following the

outbreak of WW1 in 1914, the

cinema was used to hold

Recruitment Meetings, often

held in the interval between the

pictures. Concerts,

Presentations and Welcome

Home Receptions continued to

be held there during and after

the War.

For many years the Palace was

managed by ex- clown Harry

Litho. The Register of Voters for

1922 to 1926 lists Harry and

Claude Litho (his wife), as

resident at the Cinema,

Tredegar Street. The Litho’s

residence was two rooms at

street level, one either side of

the front steps with no inside

connecting passageway,

access to them was from the

pavement outside. Electricity for

the projector and lighting was

provided by a generator driven

by a gas engine. At night, when

it was switched off, the couple

lived by candle-light. In the


evenings they were often seen,

in their night clothes, carrying

their candle sticks, outside on

the pavement going from one

room to the other.

In 1916 eighteen year old

Amelia Morgan of Rogerstone

was hired. She carried out

clerical work for Mr Litho, and

being an accomplished pianist

she assisted Mrs Litho in

playing the music to

accompany the silent films.

Amelia, affectionately known as

Milla, kept a diary in which she

recorded not only the names of

the films being shown, but also

comments on the films and the

daily happenings in the cinema,

Risca and Rogerstone.

In 1918 she mentioned the

names of local boys that had

been killed and the wounded

returning home from the War.

She also wrote of the epidemic

of flu in the area. Sadly on the

26th July 1918 it took her life. In

1919 the Risca Palace

Company amalgamated with

the Welsh Cinema Company to

form Welsh Palaces Limited.

From the mid 1920s, Miss Vera

Walker and her two sisters, all

accomplished musicians,

provided the accompanying

music for the silent films.

Like most cinemas the floor

sloped down towards the

screen. Often when the river

Ebbw flooded the seats at the

lower end were under water,

when this happened the area

was roped off and the film show

continued. Following a serious

flood in the mid 1920s, to cure

the problem, the floor was

raised and levelled. In 1927 Mr

Matthew Truran was appointed

manager. In the Voter’s Register

he is listed as Resident at the

Cinema from 1927 to 1932. In

1929 the films were continuous

with two changes weekly.

Prices were 4d. to 1s.2d.

As part of the building

refurbishment in early 1930s, a

balcony was added. Electricity

was connected and a sound

system installed. At the same

time the two rooms that had

been used as living

accommodation were

converted into shops. The one

to the left of the steps, a sweet

shop, run by Mrs. Evelyn Smith,

the other, a gents’ outfitter, for

many years occupied by Mr

Reg Humphries of Crumlin. In

1935 the owners, Welsh Palace

Limited, went into liquidation

and the Palace was taken over

by Risca Cinemas Ltd. owned

by Sidney Attwood of Kineto

Lodge, Cross Keys. In 1935 the

films were continuous with two

changes weekly. Prices 7d. to

1s. In 1937 posters advertising

forthcoming pictures described

the Palace as the most up-to-

date theatre in the valley,

installed with the latest

ventilation system. Shows were

continuous on Monday to

Friday, from 6pm – 10.15pm.

On Saturday there were two

houses, 5.45pm and 8.30pm.

There were two changes

weekly, Monday and Thursday.

Prices were 7d. to 1s.

On the death of Sidney Attwood

in May 1941 ownership passed

to his wife Annie. She remained

in control up until March 1944

when Mr Marcus Goldblatt of

Cardiff took over the business.

Up until it ceased showing films

in 1963 the Palace was

registered in his name. For most

of the Palace’s life film shows

were twice on Saturday and

continuous on Monday to

Friday. However during WW2

the continuous performances

were reduced to one showing.

There were two changes

weekly. Prices were 7d. to 9d. In

1945 the cinema closed after

being damaged by a fire. It

reopened in October 1946;

shows were continuous from

4.30pm on Monday to Friday

with two houses on Saturday.

Prices were 1s. to 2s.

The name most of us will

remember is Mr Nicholls, the

Manager. George Nicholls


worked as a Projectionist before

becoming the Manager in 1939.

Many couples will remember

the light from his torch spoiling

their romantic moments. Others

will remember him walking up

and down the side isles

squirting scented water from a

chrome plated syringe into the

smoke laden air.

With the rise of television in the

late 1950s there was a marked

decline in the number of Palace

patrons. In an attempt to attract

more people, in September

1961 Bingo was introduced on

Mondays and Tuesdays, with

films being shown from

Thursday to Saturday. At the

beginning of November, Bingo

was discontinued and films

reintroduced.

As the decline in audiences

continued, in April 1963, now

under new management, Bingo

was reintroduced. Sessions

were held on Sunday, Monday

and Wednesday, with

films on Thursday,

Friday and Saturday.

In May it was

announced that full

time Bingo would

commence on

Monday 3rd June

1963.

No longer a

cinema for many

years the building

was used as a

Bingo Hall and

Social Club.

When this

ceased in about

1990 the empty building was

boarded up and left to

deteriorate. Luckily, as one of

the first purpose built cinemas

in the area, on the 22nd

October 1999 the Palace was

declared as a grade two listed

building.

After being derelict for many

years the site was redeveloped

at a cost of £2.25 million.

Fortunately the front facade and

the four steps were saved. On

the 9th December 2011 the

Palace Cinema building

reopened its doors to the public

as a library and customer

service centre.

This year to mark the105th birthday of RiscaPalace, Risca Library isappealing for local peopleto share any memories orstories they have of thebuilding, from its life as acinema, bingo hall orlibrary. At the end of theyear the project will bemade into a Memory Bookthat will be housed in apermanent collection.Memories can be added toour physical book on site,or emailed [email protected]

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APART FROM THE MAJOR DAMAGE that continuesto be done to our local landscape by theinconsiderate minority with their off-road vehiclesthere is also the everyday wear and tear of thepathways by the footfall of the innocent visitor to thispopular beauty spot.

CTS often lobbies the local council and works with thecommoners to ensure serious scarring is effectively dealtwith and in the coming year CTS hopes to address theminor problems on our monthly volunteer days.

A recent meeting with Cadw identified areas where,particularly on the scheduled ancient monument itself,people tend to wander from the path and so start to widenand erode the path with their continual footfall. We will beeffecting repairs to these areas with seeded matting andsoil or rock infill.

With some repairs it may be necessary to cordonoff the area to allow the repair time to establish –it may look unsightly for a short while but thebenefits will soon become apparent. Soplease be considerate if you come acrossthese repairs and also be aware of anydamage you may be unwittingly creating yourself.

We’ve already got a long list of work for the comingyear and a short list of volunteers so if you fancy helpingout a little, get in touch or watch our website forannouncements of workdays planned.

A Busy YearAhead forTwmbarlwm

Any RoadUp…

CTS meet at the car park below Twmbarlwm’ssummit for a litter pick and volunteer workday on thelast Sunday of every month to which everyone isinvited, it’s not all hard work and it’s a greatopportunity to find your way around up there. Weorganise walks and other events up the mountain andat Crosskeys RFC throughout the year so watch ourwebsite and Facebook page for details – come andjoin us some time. www.twmbarlwm.co.uk

IT’S NEARLY THAT TIME of year again when all roadslead to Twmbarlwm. The 30th of March is Good Fridayand that’s when, according to local tradition, peoplefrom miles around come to trek to the summit of themountain like many generations before them have done.

We at the Twmbarlwm Society saw that thetradition was starting to wane a little and tenyears ago you would only see a couple ofdozen people up there on the day. We,therefore, hijacked the idea a few years ago

and made it our own with “The Hot-Cross-Bun Walk” – and nowadays there is likely to be

a few hundred people making the trek to the top.There are many different routes you can take, some

more arduous than others, and everyone has their ownfavourite route – you can even get most of the way thereby car, but that’s cheating. A few different routes aredescribed on our website.

CTS organises a group walk, leaving from the StonyBridge, Pontymister, that takes a direct route straight upthe hill through Ty-Sign, onto Mountain Road and so onto Twmbarlwm. Not the most picturesque to start withbut it is faithful to the route that pilgrims may have takencenturies ago on their way from Llantarnam to Penrhys.

The Friends of Cwmcarn Forest Drive will be leadinga group from the Cwmcarn Visitor Centre and there willbe other organised groups from Cwmbran – please visitour website for more details of the organised events.

We also want to encourage as many other groups aspossible to organise their own walk and use theoccasion to raise the profile of their organisation (carrya flag to let us know who you are) - get in touch with usand we will include your details on our website.

Most people still like to make their own way up theTump by their preferred route just like their parents andgrandparents did before them. We’ll be happy to seeyou however you get there – it’s always a great familyday out and CTS distributes hot cross buns to everyonewho makes the climb (on a first come first served basis).

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The second half of 2017brought a varied selection ofoutings for GG. In September,we travelled to Barry and theAmelia Trust Farm for theirHarvest Festival Open day,which is the biggest fund raiserof the year. This was a returnvisit, and the previous year wehad danced in June in thesunshine at their summer fete,but unfortunately on 9thSeptember the weather wasvery changeable and thedecision was made to clear aspace inside, with some of thecraft stalls, for us and the TaiKwando demonstration thatfollowed us. We displayed afew of our traditional Welshdances and then got some ofthe audience (mainly children)to join in with us for somesimple ceilidh dances.Later in September on the 28thwe paid a return visit to RiscaU3A’s monthly social meeting togive them a taste of Welshculture, which included somedance displays and a chance forU3A members to join in. Thesession was once again puttogether by Barbara Griffiths withdance instructor Ceri, and shewas able to re-use that format,translated into Welsh, for anevening at Stow Park ChurchCentre with Newport WelshSociety on October 20th, andvery successful it was too.Before that, on October 17th, wetravelled to Shirenewton to theprimary school

as part of one of thechildren’senrichmentsessions. Thechildren get tochoose whichsubjects theywould like forthese sessions,and dance isone of thecategories on offer. We gavedance displays to two sets ofchildren, got them to join in, andBarbara interspersed this withsome oral Welsh culture. Our final booking of the yearcame on a very snowy 13thDecember at Llanhilleth MinersInstitute, for Coleg Gwent’s adultWelsh learner’s Christmas party.The evening was very wellattended despite the weather,and well respected Welsh folksinger Gwilym Bowen Rhys waspart of the entertainment alongwith GG. Unfortunately, we had to

cut short ourprogramme as feeding 120people took a lot longer thananticipated, and the evening ranout of time. We only had a chanceto display three of our prepareddances, and then call just threedances in Welsh for a twmpath(ceilidh) that was supposed to lastwell over an hour. Disappointing,but as long as the audienceenjoyed what we did, we arehappy. We hope to be invitedback this year when hopefully thetimings will be better.

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The 29th Tredegar House FolkFestival will take place over theweekend of 11th – 13th May,bringing Newport its usual mixof fantastic dancing and greatmusic.The dancing showcases a widevariety of styles from dancegroups based locally and aroundthe UK, plus an international teamor two. The dance programmestake place on both Saturday andSunday afternoons in twoundercover venues, and are freeto watch. There are also ceilidhson Friday and Saturday eveningswith experienced callers to guideyou through all the dance steps.The festival is officially opened onSaturday at 1pm after a colourfulprocession by performers in theircostumes, but before that, localschoolchildren will take part in amini Gwyl Plant (children’sfestival) in the main marquee,dancing Welsh dances intraditional costume.Music lovers will also be wellcatered for, starting on Fridayevening with a concert in theMorgan Room sponsored byNewport Folk Club and featuringHuw Williams and Paul Nicholas.There are concerts on Saturdayevening and Sunday afternoontoo. Details of performing artistshave not been finalised at thetime of going to press, but can befound on the festival’s website www.tredegarhousefestival.org.ukas soon as they are confirmed.Last year’s festival’s Saturdayevening concert featured themighty Jamie Smith’s Mabonsupported by Allan yn y Fan,Cardboard Fox and local bandMorfa - all of this was possibledue to support from the ArtsCouncil for Wales which, fingerscrossed, will continue for many

years to come. The three multi-talented youngsters that make upMorfa - Meg (fiddle), Osian (fiddle)and Rhys (guitar) have beenwowing audiences at the festivalfor several years now, andhopefully will be back in 2018playing their lively tunes (manyself-penned) with some terrificclog dancing thrown in for goodmeasure! Of course a CAMRA real ale barwill be on site for the weekend (oruntil the beer runs out!), plus arange of food outlets and craftstalls.Organised, and impromptu,music sessions take placethroughout the festival, often tobe found in the bar areas and,weather permitting, buskingdance groups are featured aroundthe site. A children’s entertainer

will be on hand to keep thechildren amused, so there really issomething for all the family.The festival is set within thebeautiful gardens and parkland ofNewport’s own Tredegar House.According to the National Trust,the 17th century house is one ofthe architectural wonders ofWales.

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To reach the village of Skenfrith,continue along the B4347 forabout 3½ miles and at the cross-roads turn left onto the B4521and continue for ½ a mile toreach Skenfrith. The name ofSkenfrith may be translated fromthe Welsh, Ynys Cynfraeth, as theisland where Cynfraeth (a 6thCentury Welsh Chieftain) builthis fortress. The castle, mill,church and inn make anattractive centre of the littlevillage.Soon after entering the village theremains of the old castle will beseen. This was one of the firstcastles to be constructed in thecounty, and the first owner wasBach, the brother of Aeddanowner of Grosmont. This firstcastle was probably a simplewooden construction situated onan earthen mound. After theNorman Conquest, the castle wasgained by Hamelyn the conquerorof Gwent and then passed to hisnephew Brian de Wallingford. Itcontinued to change handsfrequently in Norman days, evenbeing sold by King John to SirWilliam de Braose, Lord ofAbergavenny, for three steeds andten greyhounds. The castle wasvalued for its strategic position butused mainly as a garrison, sopossesses little of the romantichistory of some of the later castles. In 1200 the castle was rebuilt instone by Hubert de Burgh tobecome a powerful fortress, plainly

built with circular towers at thecorners of the rectangleformed by the curtain walls.At some point, during the re-building work, there was aheavy flood in the low-lyingvalley which caused thecastle to be severelyinundated by the risingwaters. Hubert then filledthe interior of the first castlewith river gravel and commencedto build a new castle on top of theoriginal. Archaeological diggingin the 1950s actually exposed thewell-preserved remains of the firstcastle hall, which had been buriedin the gravel from 1220.The main entrance to the newcastle was formed through thenorth curtain wall, accessing thecentral Keep. It was circular inplan, with three storeys and abasement used as a dungeon or for

storage.The River Monnow guards theeastern facade and the curtainwalls were originally moated,utilising water taken from theriver. The millrace, to the localwater mill, was at one time part ofthe castle moat. There would,originally, have been a drawbridgeacross the moat accessing thecastle entrance. The mill is locatedon the south side of the castle onthe site of the medieval mill.

Bygones 8 by Steve Barber

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Skenfrith Castle

The Welsh Triangle‘y Tair Tref’skenfrith

Skenfrith Castle Keep


Skenfrith church has an attractivehalf-timbered tower with awooden dovecote roof, and isagain quite large for what is now asmall village. It is medieval inorigin dating from about 1168,extended in the 14th century andalso in the 16th century. It waslater restored in 1896 and again in1909. The construction is of oldred sandstone, with a two aislenave, a chancel and west towertopped with a dovecote belfry.

Inside the church is a finely carvedaltar tomb, which is the monumentof John Morgan, the last castlegovernor in the 16th Century, andalso his wife Anne. Notice also theoak Governor's pew, standingaside from the more recentordinary pews. A glass-frontedcase, mounted on the wall,contains an ecclesiastical copemade from coloured silks. It hasbeen suggested that it was madeand given by Queen Eleanor, wifeof King Henry III, when lodging atthe castle, whilst her husband wasfighting the Welsh. However,expert modern opinion dates thecope to the late 15th Century.The church is dedicated to StBridget of Kildare an Irish saintfrom Kildare, where she had beenan abbess for a monastery thatunusually catered for both men

and women. Her effigy can be seenon the gable over the entranceporch. Just inside the porch islocated the remains of an early13th Century Holy Water stoup.The church also was rebuilt instone by Hubert de Burgh in the13th Century. De Burgh wasresident and Lord of the manor atthat date, later becoming ChiefJusticar under Henry III.Skenfrith churchhas a peal of six

bells and the village inn, adjacentto the Monnow Bridge, isappropriately named ‘The Bell’. Theinn was once a 17th centurycoaching inn and was tastefullyrestored in 2001. It has flagstone

floors, oak beams, antique andperiod furniture. There are elevenguest rooms with en-suitebathrooms, the restaurant has wonawards and has an excellent winelist, all making it a comfortableplace to stay. The proprietors of thehotel have created some interestingcircular walks, starting from andreturning to the Hotel. A map anda guide describing the footpathsand identifying points of interestsin the locality are provided.

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completed ourexploration of Skenfrith we willnext continue on to the final castleof the Trilateral – White Castle.

(To be continued)

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Mercifully, Christmas passedpeacefully enough, with awhimper, one might say, but theyear end continuing into earlyJanuary took on a rather moremanic tone.28th December. With a great dealof snow on the ground, especiallyin the Beaufort-Brynmawr area,we had a call resulting from anadult swan flying into high tension(National Grid) cables. The depth

of snow probably helped toprovide a soft landing, and apartfrom a small burn mark on theleading edge of one wing, wewere able to pick up a very luckyswan and released it a few dayslater into Cardiff Bay.3rd January. A desperate callfrom Lydney Town Lake. In 2017the resident pair had producedjust one cygnet. The callconcerned the arrival of another

cygnet from goodness knowswhere. Almost immediately theintruder, for that is how he wouldhave been perceived by theresidents, was set upon by bothresident adults. At the time, thecaller, for a while, was somehowable to reduce the ferocity of theattack by virtue of the fact thatthe action was taking place closeto the near bank. By the time wearrived over an hour later, thebattle had moved out to theisland; it says a lot for theresilience of large cygnets thatthey are capable of surviving thefearful battering which weobserved, and about which wewere powerless to do anything…well not quite totally powerless.

A Busy End to 2017;

I wonder how many of our readers remember the Saturdayevening satirical show on BBC (in black and white) 'That Wasthe Week That Was', compered by David Frost, and with theintroductory song of that title sung my Millicent Martin. Well,2017 certainly was the year that was, with, one way oranother, for the second successive year, over 300 swan callsattended to.

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Lydney Cob out of harms way Intruding Cygnet caught next day


There was a break in hostilities, abreak during which the adultscame over to us and acceptedfood. Momentarily there was aninstant when the adult male wascaught, and was securelywrapped as if for removal, butthat was never going to be anypart of a permanent solution. Theinitial thought, especially as itemerged a boat belonging to thelocal angling club was beingmade available, was that wewould be able to catch theexhausted cygnet, and then re-unite the adults.In the event, the wide, flatbottomed boat was totallyunsuited to the task, with close tozero capability in either the speedor manoeuvrability departments,particularly as the cygnet certainlyhad no wish to be caught, totallymisunderstanding our motives!Thank goodness, our mostsupportive friend Mark, with histrusted kayak had alwaysintended to take the whole of thistime off work, and so was able tojoin us for our second visit toLydney early the following day.We felt the only way we couldprovide the cygnet with a chanceof survival, because thesedisputes are a fight to the death(by drowning), was to board thecob overnight, use Mark's skilland expertise to catch the cygnetand then to release the cob backonto the lake. And that isprecisely what we did, although,as you might expect, the cygnetdid not make it easy for Mark, butthat was a contest which he wasalways going to win. With theaction successfully concluded,and having regard to exactlywhere we were, it seemed our

obvious next move, apart fromthe obvious matter of releasingthe cob back onto his hometerritory to rejoin his family, interms of providing the bestenvironment for the traumatisedcygnet was Jan's Swan Rescuesanctuary near Drotwich.4th January. While we weredealing with the problem atLydney (day 2), we had a call fromTredegar Park, a small matter ofan hours drive away. The battlebetween the resident adults thereand their remaining off-spring hadbeen going on for some time, andin fact was destined to continuefor at least another two weeks,causing those who knew about itgreat concern. The message thistime was that one of the cygnetshad been driven off the water,was out on the grass, sufficientlyfar from the water's edge to offera realistic chance of a capture, ifwe could get someone there intime. Fortunately, Dorothy andBrian were available, and weresuccessful in catching the cygnetand making him safe; that stillleaves two cygnets at risk fromthe adult male.While all this was going on (stillonly 4th January), seriousproblems were emerging away tothe north of Hereford. Thetechnical term is 'outage'; othersrefer to it as a powercut. Anumber of these had alreadybeen reported, all the result ofswans flying into power cables,and so causing a short-circuit. Ifthe bird survives, as well can beimagined, the injuries are

horrendous, but in this case all, atleast five were fatalities. Weneeded to investigate. So it wasthat Lydney and Droitwich werefollowed by a route home viaMarden, some eight miles to thenorth of Hereford, not the mostdirect route, but needs must. Tograsp the full magnitude of theproblem, we visited this rural partof Herefordshire twice more in thenext three days. In this time, wetook many photographs andmapped the area in order to briefWestern Power Distribution(WPD), in the hope andexpectation of them being able tofit flight diverters to the relevantcable spans as quickly aspossible. In practice, this isexactly what was achieved.Thankfully, WPD are responsiveto dealing with this issue.The reason the problem occurredat all was because the localswans, we counted not less than60 (40 adults and 20 juveniles)had found fields of kale whichprovides ideal winter grazing forthem. Local residents informed uskale had in previous years beensown in fields on the oppositeside of the Moreton-on-Lugg toMarden road. Here, the crop layunderneath the cables, but inmoving a matter of yards to thesouth east, the flight path for theswans to and from the nearbyriver necessarily took themthrough the cables.Well, that was the first week ofJanuary; it seems the tone hasbeen set. And so it turnedout...watch this space!

Text by Peter; photographs by Ellen

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[email protected] King’s ChurchLower Dock Street, Newport. Sunday 10.30am and5.00pm. 01633 244453Newport Christian Spiritualist ChurchOrchard Lane Community Centre off Stafford RoadFriday Service 7.00pm- 8.30pmSunday Service 6.30pm-8.00pmTuesday Healing Clinic 6.30pm-8.30pmNew Life Christian Church 37 Llanover Street, West End, Abercarn NP11 4SX

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Thursday10.30am Coffee morning

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Crosskeys Methodist ChurchSunday Worship 11am

Mondays - Wesley Guild 7pm to 9pm

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