Llandaff has spent most of Friday 17 December looking like it lives in a constantly shaken snow globe — and the Met Office predicts more. A few flashes of sunshine were quickly forgotten as many schools shuttered, pavements grew slick and the Twittersphere began to dub the day White Friday.
Take a look at Llandaff’s village [...]
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A peaceful protest drew upwards of 200 people outside the management offices of UWIC’s Llandaff campus on Wednesday, as WalesOnline reported and the Twittersphere confirmed.
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A new farmers’ market began its three week trial in Llandaff North with a car park full of stalls selling food and drink. Riverside Community Market Association organised the event, which will open again on 10 and 17 December from 3 to 6:30 pm in the Railway pub parking lot.
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The snow made it to Llandaff North on Thursday night for the annual Christmas light switch on. The crowd were treated to performances from the Claire King School of Dance, the Hawthorne Primary School Choir, the Tongwynlais Temperance Band, and local duo The Grippers, as well as getting some ice hockey tips from the Cardiff [...]
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K2 Coffee House packed its High Street cafe for the final festive coffee morning in support of the High Street Decoration Fund. Local celebrity and BBC weatherman Derek Brockway — the man who helped light up Llandaff last Christmas — dropped in to sip a coffee and support the fundraiser.
Owners Kevin and Kim Geary counted [...]
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There are few issues in Llandaff North as contentious as the former Hawthorn Junior School building. Objectively, an architecturally uninteresting school building of which there are dozens in Cardiff, and hundreds in Wales. Subjectively, a building which has been the heart of Llandaff North village for more than 100 years and must not be lost. The pragmatic approach must lie between these two extremes.
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Steve Nicholas — born in Llandaff North and now living on Whitchurch’s Church Road — just wanted to learn how to build a website in 2003. He loved old photographs, and his home. So he took the two subjects and built www.whitchurchandllandaff.co.uk, a place to chronicle the past of the areas. Now, he’s about to [...]
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More than 50 coffee drinkers — nearly all women — sipped their hot drinks in Llandaff’s Parish Hall to raise money for the NSPCC on Tuesday morning.
“The same people have been coming for years,” Llandaff’s NSPCC committee secretary Jan Joynson said. “It’s fantastic.”
The £2 entrance fee gave the women — and one man, Llandaff Society [...]
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