William Brace Talk - 04/12/24

William Brace Talk – 04/12/24

  Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society continue the Autumn/Winter Series of illustrated talks with…   An Illustrated talk by Mr John Venn Local Historian and volunteer at Risca…

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The Big Dig - The Results

The Big Dig – The Results

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society kick off the Autumn/Winter Series of illustrated talks with… The Twmbarlwm Big Dig – The Results An Illustrated talk by Will Logan…

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Litter Pick 30/06/2024

Litter Pick 30/06/2024

Just a Quick Note 23rd June 2024 The e-newsletter of the Twmbarlwm Society Hello Folks Hooray! June has become the “blazing” June it’s supposed to…

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Hot-Cross-Bun Walk - 2024

Hot-Cross-Bun Walk – 2024

GOOD FRIDAY – 29th March 2024 Be part of the tradition… It has long been local tradition for people of Risca and surrounding area, to…

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Rorke's Drift

Rorke’s Drift

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society continue the Autumn/Winter Series of illustrated talks with… Rorke’s Drift An In-depth Study of the Legendary Action in the Anglo-Zulu War of…

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Tales from Lower Machen

Tales from Lower Machen

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society continue the Autumn/Winter Series of illustrated talks with… Tales from Lower Machen presented by Wayne Barnett, Lower Machen Churchwarden and Reluctant Author…

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St John Field Ambulance Talk

St John Field Ambulance Talk

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society are pleased to announce the start of our Autumn/Winter Series of illustrated talks. This year the talks will be held on the…

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Bracken Bashing

Bracken Bashing

VOLUNTEERS WANTED for BRACKEN BASHING We will do this as part of our litter picking day – which is always the last Sunday of every…

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Newport Medieval Ship Talk

Newport Medieval Ship Talk

The Newport Medieval Ship Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk presented by Jeff Grosvenor, Volunteer Guide of the Newport Ship Project The City of…

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Hot-Cross-Bun Walk - 2023

Hot-Cross-Bun Walk – 2023

GOOD FRIDAY – 7th April 2023 Be part of the tradition… It has long been local tradition for people to get together and walk to…

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Newport Transporter Bridge

Newport Transporter Bridge

This talk has been and gone and was enjoyed by a good turnout of people – if you missed the talk and want to learn…

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Greenmeadow Burial Ground

Greenmeadow Burial Ground

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk… The February talk we had arranged on “The Lost Farms of Mynydd Maen” has been postponed until later…

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Being Santa

Being Santa

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk entitled: BEING SANTA The History of Father Christmas and Life in the Grotto An entertaining talk by ROGER…

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Newport Castle - Why? When? Who?

Newport Castle – Why? When? Who?

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society presents an illustrated talk entitled: History of Newport Castle – Why? When? Who? by Will Davies (of ‘Cadw’) Monday 10th October 2022 Crosskeys…

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Bio-Blitz Walks

Bio-Blitz Walks

  This event has been and gone and was very successful – we will publish a report about it very soon.      << HERE’S A…

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Dig Twmbarlwm 2022

Dig Twmbarlwm 2022

URGENT CALL FOR ARCHAEOLOGY VOLUNTEERS Monday 8th August to Friday 26th August 2022 We had some interesting discoveries last year (from a technical archaeological point…

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Jubilee Beacon Certificate

Jubilee Beacon Certificate

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon Thursday 2nd June 2022 It was a fabulous day and we were extremely grateful to all the local associations who…

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Beacon - 02/06/22

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon – 02/06/22

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Beacon Mountain Top Beacon to Celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – organised jointly by Risca Town…

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The Queen's Platinum Jubilee

The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Make sure you look up to the top of Twmbarlwm on the evening of 2nd June 2022 and you will see a beacon burning bright…

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Hot-Cross-Bun Walk - Good Friday - 15th April 2022

Hot-Cross-Bun Walk – Good Friday – 15th April 2022

GOOD FRIDAY – 15th April 2022 Be part of the tradition… It has long been local tradition for people to get together and walk to…

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