Llandaff braves blustery weather to remember at Cathedral Green ceremony

November 12, 2010
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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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Farmers’ Market comes up the river to test waters in Llandaff North

November 10, 2010

Llandaff North will trial run three farmers’ market days this December in a bid to offer a regular Friday afternoon market.
On 3, 10, and 17 December — all Fridays — butchers, bakers, and craft stalls, among others, will sell their wares in The Railway Inn parking lot from 3 to 6:30 pm.
The market will be [...]

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Llandaff and Llandaff North to remain separate wards within Cardiff

November 9, 2010

The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales has decided to back down on its draft proposal to merge Llandaff and Llandaff North into a super ward within Cardiff, according to the commission’s final proposal.
“Glad the the Boundary Commission saw sense and will not be merging Llandaff and Danescourt with Llandaff North,” Llandaff Councillor Kirsty Davies [...]

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Llandaff sips up second coffee morning to support village decoration fund

November 9, 2010

Kalla Bella opened an hour early to a crowd of customers for Llandaff’s second of three coffee mornings. All proceeds go towards the High Street Decoration Fund, which helps beautify the village area.
“We covered our costs and gave the rest back,” owner Janey McGrath said as the clock hit 11:30 am.
From 10 am, the Italian [...]

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Friends of Insole Court prepare submission for Council-commissioned study on the estate

November 5, 2010

The Friends of Insole Court spent Saturday morning combing through and commenting on their contribution to a study of the estate commissioned by Cardiff Council.

John Prior-Morris

“I’m just glad they’re doing a study,” Friends chairman John Prior-Morris said as attendees began to question Cardiff Council’s expenditure of £20,000 for the externally led consultation. “We’ve been calling [...]

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Video: Danescourt shop held up by Halloween-masked person wielding an axe

October 27, 2010

CCTV footage has just been released of Monday’s hold up when a person wearing a Halloween mask and wielding an axe held up the Co-operative garage shop on Llantrisant Road, as reported in WalesOnline and BBC Wales. Watch the video below to see what happened:

If you have any information regarding this crime, contact police on [...]

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Llandaff sips coffee to support High Street decor

October 26, 2010

Jaspers Tea Rooms helped warm up Llandaff’s High Street decoration fund with the first of three coffee mornings in the run up to Christmas.
From 10 am, the quaint little cafe at 6 High Street welcomed a surge of supporters.
“It’s gone very well!” owner Babs Mackie said. The turnout was higher than expected with approximately 50 [...]

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Insole Court opens doors for tea

September 19, 2010

Llandaff’s Insole Court opened its doors this weekend for an Edwardian tea party. More than 260 visitors discovered the delights of Llandaff’s Victorian mansion, many for the first time.
Guided tours, complete with a screening of the Story of Insole Court, and the tea party were free to all as part of the Civic Trust for [...]

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Llandaff play centre uncertain of future

August 15, 2010

Llandaff’s play centre, the Jazzy Jungle, may be in jeopardy of closing, according to its owner.

Teresa Dupuy and Jazzy

Teresa Dupuy, the owner of the business, leases the Memorial Hall building adjacent to the car park off Llandaff High Street. Through a letter posted online by the Cathedral School, Teresa said she learned that the [...]

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