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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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[ November 24, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Insole Court’s 50+ group will learn about “The restoration of the Severn Princess” from Jim Ryan. One of the last pre-Severn Bridge ferry boats plying between Beachley and Aust, the Severn Princess has been rescued and is being restored.
The group meets regularly every Wednesday from 10 am to 12:30 pm and asks for a £2 [...]
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[ November 3, 2010; 10:00 am to 12:30 pm. ] Insole Court’s 50+ group learns about the lost city of Monmouthshire with Roger Martin. Trellech, now a small village, was once the largest mediaeval city in Wales and at the time approximately ¼ the size of London.
The group meets regularly every Wednesday from 10 am to 12:30 pm and asks for a £2 contribution to [...]
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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’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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The sun was out along with a crowd at Insole Court on Sunday. The occasion: the first of three Summer Sunday Picnics.
People danced to Round the Horn, participated in storytelling, knocked about on the croquet grounds, took tours of Insole Court and soaked up the South Wales sunshine. And it was all free.
See the atmosphere [...]
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Today Llandavians are encouraged to pull out a pen, paper or camera and record what they see. The “Mass Observation” project aims to record history by drawing on hundreds of people’s diary entries, photographs and video recordings. Anyone can participate.
Editor of Llandaff News, Joni Ayn Alexander, took the opportunity to pop into one of [...]
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Need an excuse to spend a few hours at your local Llandaff pub or cafe? The Llandaff Society has the perfect reason: Mass Observation.
On Thursday 12 August, the people of Llandaff — along with communities around the UK — are asked to take a spot of time to record what they see, do and think. [...]
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[ September 18, 2010; 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. ] The chairman of the Llandaff Society, Geoffrey Barton-Greenwood, will lead a 90-minute guided walk around historic Llandaff. To join the walk, meet at the High Street car park at 10:25 for a 10:30 start.
[caption id="attachment_127" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Great Wall Chinese takeaway dresses up as its former self, a sweetshop that inspired author Roald Dahl."][/caption]The [...]
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