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Slideshow: Llandaff under a layer of snow

by Joni Ayn Alexander on December 17, 2010

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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UWIC protest draws crowd against arts cuts

by Joni Ayn Alexander on December 15, 2010

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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Llandaff lights up its High Street with help from Rhodri Morgan

by Joni Ayn Alexander on December 9, 2010

Llandaff High Street lit up with Christmas spirit in biting cold weather with help from local Assembly member Rhodri Morgan.
Above the shops along the High Street, small Christmas trees adorned with lights waited for the former First Minister to flick his first Christmas switch. Rhodri joined in the festive carols, singing along to [...]

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Farmers’ market opens in Llandaff North

by Joni Ayn Alexander on December 4, 2010

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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Meet your journalist at Llandaff North Winter Fair

by Joni Ayn Alexander on December 1, 2010

[ December 3, 2010; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Llandaff News editor and founder Joni Ayn Alexander (that’s me!) will have a table of free, homemade cupcakes at the Llandaff North Winter Fair on Friday 3 December from 5 to 7 pm in All Saint’s Church Hall.

The cupcakes are a treat for telling me a bit about who you are, what matters most to [...]

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Llandaff takes a gulp out of final festive coffee morning

by Joni Ayn Alexander on November 23, 2010

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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Llandaff NSPCC packs Parish Hall for coffee morning

by Joni Ayn Alexander on November 16, 2010

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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Ely Road flats remain top Llandaff PACT priority

by Joni Ayn Alexander on November 15, 2010

Ely Road’s Bannitt Flats remain the top priority for Llandaff policing after the November PACT meeting at Insole Court.
Problems reported about anti-social behaviour, keeping dogs on the premises, fly tipping and drug dealing continue at the development near the intersection at Western Avenue.
“We’re going to keep an eye on it,” police beat manager Julie Jones [...]

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The annual Armistice Ceremony at Llandaff’s Cathedral Green will be remembered as an extremely wet and windy affair this year. Despite the awful weather, the ceremony grew with a higher turnout of people who came to hear the service, lay poppy wreaths and take part in the two minutes of silence and reflection.
Llandaff Remembrance Service [...]

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Llandaff North’s shuttered Hawthorn Junior School up for sale on Council listings website

November 10, 2010

Boarded-up Hawthorn Junior School is up for sale on the Cardiff Council Property website, contrary to a local campaign to “Save the Hawthorn Junior School Building”.
Expressions of interest have been invited by Cardiff Council until noon on Monday 20 December, according to the website listing and council valuer Sue Singer.
Previously, the building was used as [...]

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