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Thu, March 13th, 2025
Whatever happened to the village of Penarth?
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On Thursday 13th March in the Parish Hall, Albert Road, 80 people listened to Chris Riley giving a talk on the original village of Penarth, what is was, where it […]
Sun, March 2nd, 2025
Penarth: the lost village
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On Sunday 2nd March, during the usual Open Church session, there was an opportunity to see and hear about some survivals from the original village of Penarth. About 70 people […]
Fri, December 6th, 2024
Christmas Tree Festival
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The Penarth Christmas Tree Festival (not a Friends event) saw St Augustine’s open on Friday evening, Saturday and Sunday, 6th, 7th and 8th December despite the stormy weather. Over 1300 […]
Thu, November 28th, 2024
The Most Difficult Parish in the Diocese
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The evening of 28th November was chilly but 23 people braved the cold and came to the Parish Hall to hear Chris Riley’s talk on The Most Difficult Parish in […]
Sat, October 19th, 2024
Autumn Serenade
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On the evening of Saturday 19th October an audience of about 30 gathered in St Augustine’s Church to enjoy a concert by the Penarth Community Choir in memory of the […]
Thu, October 10th, 2024
Quiz Evening
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On Thursday 10th October 2024, 32 quizzers met in the Parish Hall in Albert Road to test their general knowledge in the Autumn Quiz. There was a range to questions […]
Thu, September 5th, 2024
Bat Walk
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On Thursday 5th September 2024, despite the wet weather during the day, 10 visitors joined Jess Dangerfield, a bat expert from the Cardiff Bat Group. for a general talk inside […]
Sat, June 29th, 2024
Open Churches Weekend
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The Friends took part in Open Churches Weekend 29th/30th June. The five churches in the Ministry Area were open at various times for visitors. On Saturday 29th June the church […]
Sat, April 20th, 2024
Dawn Chorus
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John Wilson from the Glamorgan Bird Club led a Dawn Chorus walk starting at The Kymin House at 7am on Saturday, 20th April 2024. About 25 people met at The […]
Thu, April 11th, 2024
The Windsor-Clive Family
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On Thursday 11th April more than 50 people gathered in the Parish Hall, Albert Road to hear Chris Riley’s talk on the Windsor-Clive family. The story started in the 11th […]