This will be the last post for a while as I'm off on holiday with my Mum and sister Cathie to Canada to see our friends who my Mum hasn't seen for 20 years. This was a surprise present for her 80th birthday from my husband Keith, who's staying at home to take care of the garden, and Cathie's husband Dave is taking care of their Guest House. Don't you feel sorry for them!!
We're staying in Kelowna for a couple of days, then travelling to Christina Lake B.C. where we’ll be spending most of the time. We'll be staying in a 3 bedroomed log trailer overlooking the lake that is owned by our friends and they are also giving us the loan of a car, so we should see some wonderful sights. Cathie and myself will take it in turns to drive as we intend to visit the Rockies for a couple of days. If I manage to get to a computer somewhere then I'll let you know how our holiday is going as we're away for 17 days if not I'll be back blogging about the 19th May. Bye for now.
Friday 27 April 2007
Sunday 22 April 2007
St Bridget's Church
Here I'll tell you about our village church, St Bridget’s Church, which lies in the lane directly behind the Church House Inn. One of our very dear residents of Lighthouse Park has just been buried in the church graveyared who will be very sadly missed. It's a very picturesque church and if you go to the top of the church you can overlook all of the villages around.
Then there’s also St Mary the Virgin Church in Marshfield and the Baptist Church along side of the Masons Arms and there's also a church at the top of Marshfield Road, Castleton. St Bridget and St Mary’s are both Anglo-Catholic churches. Everybody will be made most welcome in any of the churches. Below is a photo of St Bridget's Church inside and outside given by kind permission from Phil and by clicking on this link will take you too his website, http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/MON/StBrideWentllooge/StBridget1.html
Then there’s also St Mary the Virgin Church in Marshfield and the Baptist Church along side of the Masons Arms and there's also a church at the top of Marshfield Road, Castleton. St Bridget and St Mary’s are both Anglo-Catholic churches. Everybody will be made most welcome in any of the churches. Below is a photo of St Bridget's Church inside and outside given by kind permission from Phil and by clicking on this link will take you too his website, http://www.wishful-thinking.org.uk/genuki/MON/StBrideWentllooge/StBridget1.html
Thursday 19 April 2007
The Lighthouse Inn menu
Sara has a varied menu with a Speciality of the Day
meals served from Wednesday through to Saturday
12midday until 8pm
Sunday Lunch
Served every Sunday from midday until 5pm
£5.95
Don’t forget the “bucket quiz”
Served every Sunday from midday until 5pm
£5.95
Don’t forget the “bucket quiz”
Thursday 8.00pm start
With a bowl of curry at only £1.50
(every 2 weeks please ask a member of
staff for information)
With a bowl of curry at only £1.50
(every 2 weeks please ask a member of
staff for information)
Monday 16 April 2007
Our Local Pub (The Lighthouse Inn)
As I've said before in one of my recent postings, I was waiting for the landlord to be able to write about himself and the pub but as of yet I'm still unable to get him to do this. I'll write what I can and then maybe at a later date I can add some more. As you may be aware as from April 2nd 2007 this is now a non smoking pub.
I'll give you some of the History of The Lighthouse Inn, St Brides Wentlooge, Newport. There's been a hostelry of one form or another on the site since the late 18th century. A former name was “Ty yn y Pwll” which translated means “ The House in the Pool”. There are unsubstantiated rumours that the pub was used as a Mortuary during the WW1. Also that it was once a “Needle Factory”. It's suspected by older locals that the pub (which was a lot closer to the sea than it is now) was once used as a smugglers hideaway, back in the grim days when smugglers were punished by hanging.
Having a pub so close does save on taxi fares as it's actually at the beginning of the site. We have a weekly bingo night on a Wednesday, a quiz once a fortnight on a Thursday evening which is called a Bucket Quiz and on certain occasions we have artists i.e. singers, comedians etc. The pub's a good place to eat as it has a very varied menu and boasts good home cooking. You can enjoy a Sunday roast while enjoying the view over the estuary if eaten upstairs. Meals can also be eaten downstairs and of course in the summer months outside. Sara's going to give me a menu which I'll put on this site for you all to see what's available. There's an open log fire in the winter months, which is really inviting and some of the locals meet at the pub on various nights even for our community discussions.
Friday 6 April 2007
Future world champion wrestling superstar!!!
I haven't been around for a few days as I've been in hospital, nothing too serious (I just wanted a rest) poor hubby had to do his own cooking. Now I'm back at home I'll have to get on track and get blogging again about St Brides Wentlooge and the surrounding areas.
My nephew's just written his first blog with the help of my sister Cathie, his Nanna. If you're interested in wrestling, please have a look at Ashleys Website Blog as he's only 11 and really excited at setting it up.
My nephew's just written his first blog with the help of my sister Cathie, his Nanna. If you're interested in wrestling, please have a look at Ashleys Website Blog as he's only 11 and really excited at setting it up.
Tuesday 27 March 2007
Local Celebrities/Sports Personalities at St Brides Wentlooge (Past and Present)
While I'm waiting for our snail of a landlord from The Lighthouse Inn to write up some info on the pub, I've decided to carry on with my research and have started to find information about the Celebrities/Sports Personalities who were either born here, have lived here or still live here at St Brides Wentlooge and the surrounding area. As you can see, I haven't been able to find anything at this moment about some of the Celebrities/Sportspeople so I will try and find info out for you at a later date and publish this again. I will keep you informed as and when.
Click on any of the links below to find information about the following Celebrities/Sports People.
LYN HARDING (Actor)
JAMIE BAULCH (Olympic Silver Medallist)
LYNN DAVIES MBE (Olympic Gold Medallist)
GRAHAM HENRY (Welsh National Coach)
JACK PETERSEN OBE; TD (Professional Boxer)
STEVE ROBINSON (World Boxing Champion)
LES PEARD (International Referee)
JAYNE HOPKINS (International Netball Player)
MIKE DOYLE (Entertainer)
so watch this space....
Click on any of the links below to find information about the following Celebrities/Sports People.
LYN HARDING (Actor)
JAMIE BAULCH (Olympic Silver Medallist)
LYNN DAVIES MBE (Olympic Gold Medallist)
GRAHAM HENRY (Welsh National Coach)
JACK PETERSEN OBE; TD (Professional Boxer)
STEVE ROBINSON (World Boxing Champion)
LES PEARD (International Referee)
JAYNE HOPKINS (International Netball Player)
MIKE DOYLE (Entertainer)
so watch this space....
Saturday 24 March 2007
About Me and St Brides Wentlooge Village
Well here I am once again and as I’ve already said I’ll tell you a bit about my family and myself.
I live in this lovely village called Lighthouse Park Estate in St Brides Wentlooge, Newport. The Lighthouse Park (as I'll write in future) is about a mile from the main St Brides Village. I live in a lovely mobile unit with my husband and we love it here – have I said that before !!
We’ve got four grown up children and ten grandchildren with ages ranging from 3 to 19 yrs. I actually become a pensioner or should I say Senior Citizen at the end of June, what a thought!!
My sister Cathie who owns Chapel Guest House with her husband Dave has just reminded me that I get a free ‘bus pass’ from the local council. I’ll get her back when I write about her Guest House which is in the main part of St Brides so not too far. Why not visit Chapel Guest House Blog.
Lighthouse Park itself is a community of about 150 mobile homes and to live on this site you must be over 50 yrs. We like the fact that there are no children running wild and making a noise and when children visit their families here, they do respect the lifestyle that we all have and so keep the noise down. It’s very peaceful here and the only sound are the birds whistling and a few cars and the bell from Rons’ daily call.
Ron has an Ice Cream van and calls daily with his son Phillip (Woody as he likes to be called) and it’s very useful if you’ve forgotten any items from the weekly shopping. You’ve never seen a van have so many items in stock; we often wonder where they keep everything. I can remember one day asking Ron if he had a tube of tomato puree and to my amazement he pulled one out from under the counter, what a surprise for me!! We should call him Dr. Who as it’s a bit like a Tardis. You can even order your Sunday joint from him and he will deliver this on a Friday.
To keep up young and active, one of the residents here organises day trips for us, which are great fun, and it’s another way we spend our time and get to know one another. We do enjoy our trips as it gets us out and about. Sometimes it’s a bus trip just for the day and sometimes they’re weekend trips. The Christmas one is called, Tinsel and Turkey and a great time is had by all.
So you’ve heard a little bit about me and the Lighthouse Park. For a small village, there’s quite a lot to do here and in the nearby areas, so there’ll be lots more to write about in the St Brides Village blog.
Next post will be about the local pubs so come back soon ……
I live in this lovely village called Lighthouse Park Estate in St Brides Wentlooge, Newport. The Lighthouse Park (as I'll write in future) is about a mile from the main St Brides Village. I live in a lovely mobile unit with my husband and we love it here – have I said that before !!
We’ve got four grown up children and ten grandchildren with ages ranging from 3 to 19 yrs. I actually become a pensioner or should I say Senior Citizen at the end of June, what a thought!!
My sister Cathie who owns Chapel Guest House with her husband Dave has just reminded me that I get a free ‘bus pass’ from the local council. I’ll get her back when I write about her Guest House which is in the main part of St Brides so not too far. Why not visit Chapel Guest House Blog.
Lighthouse Park itself is a community of about 150 mobile homes and to live on this site you must be over 50 yrs. We like the fact that there are no children running wild and making a noise and when children visit their families here, they do respect the lifestyle that we all have and so keep the noise down. It’s very peaceful here and the only sound are the birds whistling and a few cars and the bell from Rons’ daily call.
Ron has an Ice Cream van and calls daily with his son Phillip (Woody as he likes to be called) and it’s very useful if you’ve forgotten any items from the weekly shopping. You’ve never seen a van have so many items in stock; we often wonder where they keep everything. I can remember one day asking Ron if he had a tube of tomato puree and to my amazement he pulled one out from under the counter, what a surprise for me!! We should call him Dr. Who as it’s a bit like a Tardis. You can even order your Sunday joint from him and he will deliver this on a Friday.
To keep up young and active, one of the residents here organises day trips for us, which are great fun, and it’s another way we spend our time and get to know one another. We do enjoy our trips as it gets us out and about. Sometimes it’s a bus trip just for the day and sometimes they’re weekend trips. The Christmas one is called, Tinsel and Turkey and a great time is had by all.
So you’ve heard a little bit about me and the Lighthouse Park. For a small village, there’s quite a lot to do here and in the nearby areas, so there’ll be lots more to write about in the St Brides Village blog.
Next post will be about the local pubs so come back soon ……
Tuesday 20 March 2007
Marshfield Mail
Back to my blog, as I said in my last post, I’d be telling you about our local pubs. However, I’ve decided that maybe I’ll visit them all in turn (lucky me) and ask the landlords or landladies to write about their establishments themselves. That way you’ll get the proper picture of them.
Note to landlords/landladies: Mine is a pernod and lemonade !!
I’d like to thank Alison who owns the Marshfield Mail for her support in advertising St Brides Village Blog in the April edition of her fantastic little mag. Not so little these days and I love the colour, Alison !
For those that don’t know of the mag here’s a bit of info about it …
As I’ve said, the magazine is called ‘The Marshfield Mail’ and it’s delivered FREE every month. It’s got a lot of very interesting info regarding the local community and also local suppliers of various trades can place adverts in it for a very modest fee.
It acts as a great local Business Directory and so useful. It informs us of what’s going on plus a lot of other useful information, too numerous to mention here.
I’m sure I can say of behalf of all the community we think Alison does a very professional and friendly job of ‘promoting’ Marshfield and the surrounding areas with this great little mag, Well done Alison for setting this up and we wish you continued success.
If anyone has information or photos they’d like to have placed in the St Brides Wentlooge Village Blog, please get in contact with me, either leave a comment or email me. We’re looking for past and present photos that might be useful in future blogs.
Note to landlords/landladies: Mine is a pernod and lemonade !!
I’d like to thank Alison who owns the Marshfield Mail for her support in advertising St Brides Village Blog in the April edition of her fantastic little mag. Not so little these days and I love the colour, Alison !
For those that don’t know of the mag here’s a bit of info about it …
As I’ve said, the magazine is called ‘The Marshfield Mail’ and it’s delivered FREE every month. It’s got a lot of very interesting info regarding the local community and also local suppliers of various trades can place adverts in it for a very modest fee.
It acts as a great local Business Directory and so useful. It informs us of what’s going on plus a lot of other useful information, too numerous to mention here.
I’m sure I can say of behalf of all the community we think Alison does a very professional and friendly job of ‘promoting’ Marshfield and the surrounding areas with this great little mag, Well done Alison for setting this up and we wish you continued success.
If anyone has information or photos they’d like to have placed in the St Brides Wentlooge Village Blog, please get in contact with me, either leave a comment or email me. We’re looking for past and present photos that might be useful in future blogs.
Friday 9 March 2007
Introduction to St Brides Wentlooge Village
A little bit of background and info before we get going with this Blog. Shall I just mention why I decided to start this blog having never done one before.
In our lovely village we've having a few challenges with getting on Broadband (in this day and age!). We also have unsightly tanks in our gardens for our gas (I thought the war ended years ago). These are supplied by either Calor or Flo Gas.
The 3rd issue is the fact that our bus service only goes to Newport. We don't have one at all that goes directly to Cardiff even though our village is about half-way to both Cities. We have to go by Shanks pony and there are some of those around!! By the way, for those of you who don't know, Newport is now a City with lots going on. We'll cover this in the blog.
That said we have lots and lots of great facilities and things to do in St Brides Wentlooge, in what could be described as a relatively small village. By the way, it's actually called St Brides Wentlooge in the Newport City but to keep it short you'll see me just writing St Brides....
The great thing about blogging, from what I can gather being a newbie, is that I can let you know bit by bit of the news, views and info of St Brides.
Some of the things I'll be letting you know about is where to eat and drink, things to do, places to go. Other topics would be the history of St Brides Wentlooge, how it was, how it is now and what we'd like to see in the future. I'll also be adding some interesting photos.
So come back for more and I'll also tell you a little bit about myself ....
In our lovely village we've having a few challenges with getting on Broadband (in this day and age!). We also have unsightly tanks in our gardens for our gas (I thought the war ended years ago). These are supplied by either Calor or Flo Gas.
The 3rd issue is the fact that our bus service only goes to Newport. We don't have one at all that goes directly to Cardiff even though our village is about half-way to both Cities. We have to go by Shanks pony and there are some of those around!! By the way, for those of you who don't know, Newport is now a City with lots going on. We'll cover this in the blog.
That said we have lots and lots of great facilities and things to do in St Brides Wentlooge, in what could be described as a relatively small village. By the way, it's actually called St Brides Wentlooge in the Newport City but to keep it short you'll see me just writing St Brides....
The great thing about blogging, from what I can gather being a newbie, is that I can let you know bit by bit of the news, views and info of St Brides.
Some of the things I'll be letting you know about is where to eat and drink, things to do, places to go. Other topics would be the history of St Brides Wentlooge, how it was, how it is now and what we'd like to see in the future. I'll also be adding some interesting photos.
So come back for more and I'll also tell you a little bit about myself ....
Tuesday 6 March 2007
News, Views & Info on Life in The Village
My first posting as a blogger!
Here you can see news, views and info about St Brides Wentlooge Village which is of interest to not only the locals but to anyone wanting to visit our beautiful village.
Come back soon...
Here you can see news, views and info about St Brides Wentlooge Village which is of interest to not only the locals but to anyone wanting to visit our beautiful village.
Come back soon...
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