A wonderful event again this year, perfect weather and lots of people, making over £10,000! Our poster competition was a huge success too. We had over 140 entries from pupils in four different schools—Newton Primary, Porthcawl Primary, Porthcawl Comprehensive and St Clare’s. Thank you to everyone – the pupils for their fantastic designs, the teachers…
This is getting ridiculous, it is now the fourth year in a row that we have put the gazebos away dry! I do not normally take much notice of the weather forecast but so many people had said that it was going to be a washout that I started looking. They were right, rain and strong winds were forecast so my grandchildren…
Taliesin Conservation Ltd will begin the works at St John’s on Monday 8th February 2016. The work is to be completed at the latest by Palm Sunday. Sunday services will be unaffected; weekday services will take place in the Schoolroom. The work to be completed includes the following: The failed paintwork in the Tower will be removed, various repairs to the stonework…
After an absence of several years the floodlights at St John’s Church have been switched on again and a celebration was held in the Ancient Briton to mark the event. The Newton Brownies started the evening by singing Christmas carols and a selection of the Brownies songs, with actions! Then followed an evening of carols,…
This watercolour of St Johns Church is to be offered for sale at The Summer Fayre – to the highest bidder by means of a silent auction. It was previously owned by the late Graham Berridge and given to St John’s by his son, Viv. The picture will be displayed in the church on the…