Llan A'r Bryn

The new website is up and running thanks to Gareth, this will be updated constantly, with gradings in March make sure you get the classes in speak to Sensei for more information, see you all soon

Sensei Alan

Hi Tricia , it's unfortunate that you are researching the name Thomas ( as a Thomas who married a Thomas I know the difficulties well!). Have you located your family in the censuses? If you haven't got a subscription to Ancestry.Co.UK, the censuses can be seen online at local libraries ( Llangennech library being one ). Actual censuses for Llangennech can be seen at the main library in Vaughan St Llanelli. It will also be well worth your contacting the Archive Office in Carmarthen to see what records they hold on Llangennech. For a small fee you can see the 1911 census online. Do you know what church/chapel they would have been likely to attend? There is a church in Wales and both baptist and Independent chapels in the village. Good luck!

I've been asked to find out if anybody would be interested in having group guitar lessons in Llangennech.  If there is any interest then the cost of the lesson will be split between 3 or 4 people thus making it a lot more affordable.  If you interested then please reply to this thread or email me.

 Hi Tricia

Have you read the book History of Llangennech by Alwyn Charles?  I think it's out of print now but might be available in libraries, I know they have one in the Llangennech library.

If I can find any information I'll post it on here for you.

If one of your relatives is from Llanedi you might want to post on their site as well.

Regards

Gareth

I am researching my family hsitory and in particular, my grandfather William John Thomas. He was born in Llangennech in 1885 and lived in Brynllwyn Terrace. His parents were Thomas born in Llanedy in 1856 and Hannah (nee Lloyd) born in Pontardawe in 1860. He had an older sister Sarah and a younger brother David. There was also a younger sister Miriam who died when she was eight years old.

I am very keen to learn any facts about the history of Llangennech in the period 1880 - 1910, and anything at all about the family. I hope to visit Llangennech in the next couple of months and would be grateful for suggestions for resources when I get there.

I've been contacted by a Steven John who runs a couple of web sites asking for information on Llangennechs War Memorial.  He's looking for the names of villagers who died during the two World Wars and any history about them.

His two websites can be found here : Laugharne War Memorial and Pembrokeshire War Memorial 

If anybody can help then please respond to this thread or send us an email.  Alternatively you could leave any information for me at the Community Centre.

Just thought I'd add this on to tell everyone about the Christmas period.

The club competition will be held on the 20th December at Penlan leisure centre, see Sensei Alan for details

The club DISCO will be on the 22nd December at Penlan Social Club, this is a presentation night and great fun for the whole family

We have been asked to start a secret Santa, please ask me for details.

Sensei Alan, Sian and Lewis

Well Done to all that Graded, and thanks to everyone for the club birthday cakes, Its amazing to think that it has been a year already. It was also very nice to bring some medals back from the MFSK championship. I am now looking forward to the club Christmas competition. The date for the competition is the 20th December, followed by the club Chrismas presentaion and disco on the 22nd. Hope to see you all there.

See you soon

Sensei Alan,Sian and Lewis 

Hi , I write the Llangennech news column on the Llanelli Star and I am trying to encourage villagers to let me know about their special birthdays and anniversaries and any events they are organising. Inclusion in the column is free ( but at the discretion of the Star) which many people don't realise. I send the items to the Star on Wednesday for inclusion the following week so please let me know in plenty of time. tel 821319 or e-mail cwnmawr@fsmail.net

I think I remember reading about the 4 black bag limit when the scheme started but agree it can be annoying when others add to your bags! My son has taken most of his bags to the amenities site himself as he has a large family but now you are not allowed to do that for some reason - bags can only be collected at the kerbside.

Hi everyone no class on monday 31st August (bank Holiday), however one class on Sunday at 7pm(30th Aug). See you there,
Sensei Alan,Sian and Lewis

Did you all know that there is a limit of 4 black bags that will be collected every two weeks?  I found this out today because my rubbish hadn't been collected.

What's annoying is somebody had put around 7 or 8 bags outside my property, obviously they are too lazy to recycle since there were pizza boxes and a lot that should have been in the blue bags.  Therefore the binmen didn't collect my rubbish because they thought it was all together.

So my refuse hasn't been collected because of some idiot who obviously doesn't care about the environment or is too stupid to work out what goes where.

A mobile phone was found on the stage at the Community Centres Table Top Sale.  Could the owner please either contact us or pop down to the Community Centre to pick it up.

Well Done to everyone who graded at the weekend, once again the standard was very high. I was very proud of you all. We will be training as normal through the summer holidays, and we have two special sessions lined up, see the notice board for more details. Once agian Well Done .
Sensei Alan, Sian and Lewis

Good Luck to all the students invited to take gradings this weekend. The course is on Saturday at Penlan Leisure Centre for all grades, whether grading or not. The Gradings will start at 10.45 on Sunday be early. Course starts 1.00pm on Saturday.
Sensei Alan, Sian and Lewis

There's some good news to report, the cat has been found in Maes Road.

Gareth Cornfield is looking to to run beginner and intermediate guitar lessons at the Llangennech Community Centre if there is enough demand.  If you are interested then please click here to email us and we will pass on your enquiries or reply to this topic.

I have had a few people asking if there are any plans to have Yoga Classes in the Llangennech Community Centre.  If anybody would be interested in holding classes then please get in touch and we can hopefully find out if there is enough demand for them, I know there were a couple of classes earlier on in the year that weren't well attended.

Here are two photographs I took of the steam train that passed through Llangennech on June the 28th, the 70013 Oliver Cromwell.  It was on time in the morning passing through at around 11.05am, but was an hour and half late on the way back.  There was a good crowd both in the morning and the afternoon, if you would like to share your photos or videos then you can either register on here to post on the forums or please email them to us and we'll add them.  For some history on the locomotive please click here.