Archive for 2018

Joseph Parry Memorial Conservation

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The memorial to Dr Joseph Parry has now been returned to the churchyard after being beautifully conserved and cleaned by Mossford’s. The photographs were taken by Mossford’s.

Christmas Tree Festival

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Over the weekend of the 8th and 9th December, a Christmas tree decorated by The Friends of St Augustine’s welcomed about 2,300 visitors to the Christmas Tree Festival. This was […]

Social Evening – cancelled

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The  Social Evening due to be held on Thursday 29th November at 7pm in the Parish Hall has been cancelled. Another social meeting will be arranged in the New Year.

‘Guardian Angel’

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On Sunday, 18th November over 100 people came to St Augustine’s to a concert by the internationally acclaimed musician Rachel Podger. Some members of the audience travelled a considerable distance […]

Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day

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About 600 people crowded into St Augustine’s for the Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day service. During this very moving service wreaths were laid by the Deputy Lord Lieutenant representing the […]

Open Church Extra

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The Roll of Honour Project Team took part in the Penarth Town Councils’ exhibition commemorating the end of the Great War which was held on the afternoon of Friday 9th […]

Let All Men Sing!…celebrating 90 years of song

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The Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir held their 90th Anniversary Concert in St Augustine’s Church on Saturday 29th September 2018 where they were joined by Risca Male Choir. The church […]

Coates Carter in Penarth – postponed

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Unfortunately it has been necessary to postpone ‘Coates Carter in Penarth’ which was due to be held on 22nd September 2018. Dr Phil Thomas, who was due to lead the […]

Bat and Moth Evening

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By popular demand, the South and West Wales Wildlife Trust held a Bat and Moth Evening at St Augustine’s on Saturday 8th September. Despite the weather being damp about 15 people […]

Penarth Footprints

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On Saturday 25th August 2018, 35 people gathered in the Parish Hall to hear local historian Alan Thorne will give a talk on people who have lived – and left […]