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Be Aware When You VisitHistoric Twmbarlwm

Motorised vehicles are forbidden and the riding of horses and bicycles is not allowed.

Also, metal detectorists should note that it is an

prior consent from Cadw and the landowner.However, a general rule of thumb might

Finally, please remember that at the moment

so please respect the landscape and give the area time to recover naturally.

Terry C. Evans, Chairman CTS

CTS meet at the car park

of every month to which everyone is invited, it’s not all

around up there. We organise walks and other events up the mountain and at Crosskeys RFC throughout the year so watch our website and Facebook page for details. www.twmbarlwm.co.uk

Aerial photo of Twmbarlwm Hillfort taken after the wildfi res of 2018

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AFTER THE LONG WINTER most people are desperate for some sunshine and outdoor activity. So pack a picnic and get the family out into our beautiful countryside – and if you want somewhere local and FREE, there’s nowhere better than the historic mountain of Twmbarlwm.

Note that I said ‘historic’ – it’s amazing how many people don’t realise its historical

to erect signs to remind people that the hill-

be of National Importance and is protected by the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act of 1979 and updated by the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016.

But what exactly is “Scheduling”?

heritage protection. It began in 1913, although its roots go as far back as 1882 when through the

of mainly prehistoric monuments deserving of state

to the list in 1939.

the Welsh Government.

variety of archaeological sites. From ancient burial sites and standing stones to the far more prominent and well known medieval castles and abbeys.

At the other end of the spectrum, there are industrial remains which continued in use into the twentieth century. Indeed the eastern edge of the Mynydd Maen ridgeway at Penyrheol and Cwm Lickey is

industrial heritage.

the long-term preservation of a site. Any

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The Community of Risca Eastcovers an area stretchingfrom Risca CommunityComprehensive School in thesouth to almost Fernlea in thenorth. Risca East CommunityCouncil was formed in 2012as the result of a referendumheld to decide whetherresidents were in favour ofhaving a community counciland here we are, seven yearslater, going from strength tostrength!There are over 700 ‘communityand town councils in Walesserving approximately 70% ofthe population and a researchstudy by Aberystwyth Universityidentified several key benefits ofhaving community councils’(source: One Voice Wales)Representation of LocalInterests: We’re fortunate inhaving three Caerphilly CountyBorough Councillors sitting onRisca East Community Council,Cllr Nigel George, Cllr PhilippaLeonard and Cllr AriannaLeonard, all of whom share theirknowledge to help improve ourcommunity. The CommunityCouncil is apolitical and isaccountable to the residents ofRisca East, not to a particularpolitical party.Mobilisation of CommunityActivity: The CommunityCouncil supports local activitiesby sponsoring events to raisefunds for charity; donatinggrants to groups andorganisations including BlackVein Memorial Society andCylch Meithrin Dewi Sant andhosting events to showcaselocal entrepreneurs, such as the

summer and Christmas craftfairs held at Channel ViewCommunity Centre.Accountability: The CountyBorough Councillors andseveral of the CommunityCouncillors were elected bythe residents of Risca East inthe 2017 local election and willserve for a period of five years.If a vacancy arises, we’re ableto co-opt members of thepublic who show an interest inbecoming communitycouncillors, to which our latestrecruits, Cllr Deb Crahart andCllr Christine Thomas, cantestify. Welcome both and welook forward to working withyou!Stability and Continuity: TheCommunity Council receives anannual precept ofapproximately £25,000 whichmeans we can plan for thelong-term rather than having toworry about funding beingwithdrawn. This was a keyfactor in agreeing to fund RiscaSkate Park to the sum of£20,000, as we could do soover several years.We welcome groups andorganisations based in Risca toapply for financial support;please contact us for anapplication form and we will be

happyto discuss your request.Promotion of Public Services:Community Councillors canaccess training on subjectssuch as Code of Conduct,Health and Safety, CommunityEngagement and EqualityDiversity, etc. This ‘trainingground’ provides us with thenecessary tools to support ourlocal community and also tostand for higher political office ifwe so wish.Risca East Community Councilrelies on groups and residentssharing their hopes andconcerns in order for us to help,so please don’t hesitate tocontact us on:[email protected] meet the third Thursday ofthe month, apart from August,at 5.30 pm, St David’s Church,Thistle Way, Ty Sign andresidents are welcome toobserve proceedings.You can also find us onFacebook!

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The situation in Wales hasbeen complicated byseveral factors. Firstly,

there are the various Welshdialects. As with all languages,dialects vary from region toregion where that language isspoken; this may be because adifferent word exists in differentregions for describing the samething or just a difference inpronunciation or spelling. InWales we have the addedcomplication of Anglicisation. In

the 19th Century, large numbersof English speakers moved intoWales, especially south-eastWales, to work in the iron worksand coal mines. They wereunable to spell or pronounceWelsh words correctly and sowe see a change in the spellingto English orthography. Othertimes, the incoming Englishspeakers resulted in asignificant growth in thepopulation of an area and acompletely new (English) name

was given to an existing Welshcommunity, hence resulting inboth a Welsh and Englishversion of a place name.The picture is furthercomplicated by the mapping ofWales which took place duringthe 19th Century. This waslargely undertaken by monoglotEnglish speakers with the remitseeming to have been to recordplace names as best aspossible using Englishorthography. This has resultedin some quite bizarre outcomessuch as the 6th Century Welshsaint Illtud becoming a Twit(Llanilltud becoming Llantwit)!In 2018, at the behest of OxfordHouse Industrial HistorySociety, Cymdeithas EnwauLleoedd Cymru / Welsh PlaceName Society (CELlC)undertook to provide aninterpretation of some of theplace names in the Risca area.

In his introduction to his book on place names in Wales, IforWilliams quotes the north Wales academic John Morris Jonesas having said that “only the foolhardy try to explain placenames!” That being so, Wales must be full of the foolhardy asthe interpretation and translation of place names in Walesseems to be a national pastime. As a result, there sometimesseems to be as many variations on the meaning of sometowns and villages in Wales as there are of inhabitants. Thisoften leads to some quite heated debate as proponents of oneinterpretation argue their case against those suggesting adifferent derivation.


RISCA MUSEUMIn the past, there has been quitesome head-scratchingconcerning the names of localareas. One such example isOchrwyth, where some havetried to interpret the meaning byresorting to a dictionary andcome up with the meaning of‘the eighth side’ and wonderingwhat happened to the otherseven! This, of course, is a mis-spelling of the Welsh word‘chwith’ (left) or ‘chwyth’ (blastof air) based on the SouthWales dialect ‘with’ or ‘wyth’(both pronounced ‘weeth’). Aswith the Latin, the Welsh for‘left’ can also mean somethingsinister or wrong which lendsthe first interpretation of‘Ochrwyth’ as ‘the wrong side’and the second as ‘the windyside’.Having completed their work ona sample of place names local

to the Risca area, CELlCcommissioned a set of fiveinterpretation boards whichwere displayed on the CELlCstand at the Eisteddfod inCardiff in August 2018. Duringthe week of the Eisteddfod,these boards attractedconsiderable attention fromvisitors to the CELlC standalong with some interestingconversations around these andother local place names.Following the success of thisdisplay at the NationalEisteddfod, Risca Museumwere presented with a set ofboards which are now ondisplay in the Museum. Theresearch into the derivation ofthe place names wasundertaken by a renownedexpert in the field, RichardMorgan. So, has his researchinto local names been accepted

by everyone and has the heatbeen taken out of thearguments? Of course not! Andof course, we would not expectthis to be so. However, what wehave is what may be consideredto be an expert view of themeanings of local place nameswhich still remain open to(reasoned) debate. We alsohave a set of interpretationboards which local residentscan refer to and can be used asthe basis of future research.With our work with localschools, we also havesomething which can help localchildren understand somethingof their culture and heritage.Perhaps the final word shouldbe left to John Morris Jonesbecause after all, it is only thefoolhardy who try to understandthe meaning of place names inWales!



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RENOWNEDMATHEMATICIANInscribed on the head-stone ofa grave in the Bethesda Chapelgrave-yard in Rogerstone,are the wordsRENOWNEDMATHEMATICIAN.The grave is that ofROSA MORRIS,who passed awayon the 15thOctober 2011.Rosa, born on the16th July 1914,was the youngestchild of John andMary Morris of theSchool House,Rogerstone, whereher father was theHeadmaster. Sadlysome three months later, at theage of 31, her father died.Fortunately her mother, withfour children to support, wasallowed to return to teaching atthe school, where she taught formany years.After attending RogerstoneSchool, in 1926 Rosa passedthe scholarship examination forentry to Pontywaun CountySchool, Pontymister. Rosaattended Pontywaun betweenSeptember 1926 and July 1932,when she passed her examswith Distinctions in Pure andApplied Maths and wasawarded a State Scholarship toCardiff University. In 1936 Rosagained her B.Sc. with first classhonours in Mathematics and aResearch Studentship at CardiffUniversity.During July 1938, newspapers,local, national and abroad,

carried the story of Miss RosaMorris, aged 23, of Rogerstone,Monmouthshire, a keen hockeyplayer and accomplished

dressmaker, who hadfound a method of

solving problems inAero-dynamics thathad previouslydefied all othermathematicians.She wasdescribed as a‘GirlMathematician

Genius’, fordevising a formula

that made planedesign easier.Problems relatingto stability whichhad hitherto

involved laborious calculationscould be speedily solved. Rosasaid she owed much of hersuccess to the headmaster andstaff of Pontywaun CountySchool.In 1938 she was awarded aUniversity of Wales Fellowshipand a place at Girton College,Cambridge, in the Departmentof Scientific and IndustrialResearch. It was there with herwork and research inaerodynamics that she becameinvolved with the Spitfireaeroplane, and contributedgreatly to the war effort. In 1940she was awarded a Ph.D. forher work. After returning to herhome at 19, The Uplands,Rogerstone, in late 1940 Rosajoined the Maths department atCardiff University as a seniorlecturer.One of her pupils was another

Pontywaun County School girl,Kathleen Morton, many willremember her as the late MrsKath Niblett.

THE THEATRE ROYALIn early July 1914 the followingarticle was published in ourlocal and national newspapers.PAYNE’S FIRST APPEARANCEMr Edmund Payne, the famousGaiety comedian, whose funeraltook place last Saturday, madehis first appearance in RISCA,at 3/- a week. In later days hewas paid £100 a week.Mr. Edmund ‘Teddy’ Payne, oneof London’s most popularcomedians, died on the 1st July1914. Born in London in 1863,he was a ‘playgoer’ from hisyouth. His first engagement, atthe age of 15, was at theTheatre Royal in Risca, in whathe described as “a shed orbarn-like building, attached to alicenced house”.

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For a weekly wage of 3/-, hewas employed not only as acomedian and actor, but wasalso the stage manager, door-man, bill poster and evenscenery maker. Fortunately thisonly lasted for a few weeks. Histalents were spotted by themanager of the Victor Theatre(later known as the Lyceum), inNewport, who took him on as‘comedian and actor’, at asalary of £300. These were hisfirst steps on the ladder that ledhim to fame and fortune. In hiswill he left estate valued at£21,257. 10s. 8d. - about£2,500,000 today.In December 1884 the TheatreRoyal, Risca was advertisedas To Let. It was describedas a WOODEN BUILDING,80ft by 40ft complete withstage scenery and seating.– Apply Wm. Davies,Tredegar Arms.

THE POLICE STATIONIn October 1877 the Chief-Constable was authorised topurchase the leases of twocottages at Risca for use as aPolice-station. Conveyances ofthe leases were completed inJanuary 1878 at a cost of £335;at a yearly ground rent of £1.5s. 3d. A further £80 was spenton ‘cell accommodation’ and£11. 19s. 6d. for alterations andrepairs.No longer a Police Station, in1911 the two cottages wereknown as Nos. 74 and 75

Tredegar Street. Today No. 74 isRhajees, an Indian Takeaway,and No. 75 is part of the groundfloor sitting area of RiscaLibrary.In July 1890 the MonmouthshireCounty Council Surveyor wasinstructed to locate a site andprepare plans and estimates fora new Police Station at Risca,to include accommodation forsuperintendent, sergeant andconstables.In February 1892 local news-

papers reported –“Lord

Tredegar is civilising Risca. Hehas given the inhabitants landfor a police-station and achapel. In this way all classeswill be accommodated”.The half an acre of land givenfor the Police Station cost theCouncil £350 (£700 per acre). Itwas previously let as pastureland at 30/- per acre per year.In January 1893 newspapersreported that “the station atRisca is rapidly nearingcompletion, and that the roadfrom the new police-station tothe railway-station approach

road was being widened”.In April 1893 members of thePolice Committee visited thenew the station at Risca andstated that they were “perfectlyhappy with the building”. Thecost was £3,108. 9s. 11d.As there was ampleaccommodation in the building,in October 1894 permissionwas granted for holdingoccasional police-courts there.“Risca people who transgresswill now enjoy the added luxuryof being tried in their ownparish. Hitherto they have to be

conveyed to Newport”.At a Police inspectionin August 1895 onparade there was onesuperintendent, oneinspector, threesergeants, and thirtyconstables.There is no number on thedoor, but 1899 is on theroof.

COUNCIL CAPERS NO.1February 1930 - Tenders areinvited for the erection of AGYMNASIUM andLABORATORIES and MINORALTERATION at thePONTYWAUN COUNTYSCHOOL, Risca. The contractorwill be required to pay TradeUnion rates, and observe thehours of labour and otherworking rules in force in thedistrict and employ local labouras far as possible.February 2019 - The Councilannounced that the oldPontywaun Grammar SchoolGymnasium and ScienceLaboratories building are to bedemolished.


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folkdancing, madeup of dance displaysinterspersed with the audienceguessing what was inside aseries of boxes by answeringclues read out by GG dancers.At the end there was time forjust one easy ceilidh dance forthose who wanted to join in.March was a busy month, as on31st March we paid our annualvisit to Llanover for the NGSopen garden day. It is always alovely event and raises such alot of money for charity. Theweather was dry although verycold, but that didn’t stop peopleflooding in. We were againjoined by the Lloyd family, sohad a super band of musicians(they were frozen), and a lot ofpeople watched and enjoyedour performances. We hadsome very nice feedback.Gwerinwyr Gwent is alwaysseeking new members, andbeginners or experienceddancers/musicians are verywelcome. Practice night isThursday 8pm-10pm at theGraig Community HallBassaleg, opposite the Ruperrapub.

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The Community Council meets regularly onthe third Thursday of the month at 5.30 p.m.and holds its meetings in St David’s ChurchHall on Thistle Way, Ty Sign and members ofthe public are very welcome to observeproceedings. If you wish to book a 15-minuteslot on the agenda to bring some local matterto the attention of the Councillors or toappeal for financial support for a local club,society or charity, please contact the Clerk,Mr Gwyn James,[email protected]

Our meetings are advertised on our notice

boards throughout the area: one outside St

David’s Church on Thistle Way, one near the ‘Top

Shops’ on Elm Drive leading to Holly Road,

another at the junction of Channel View and

Manor Road and one by the bus stop at the

bottom of Herbert Avenue.

Thank You to Our Generous ResidentsRisca East Community Councillors would like to

thank everyone who donated food, water and

snacks to the hard working Fire Fighters who

controlled the mountain fires during the summer.

We’d also like to thank the staff at Aldi,

Pontymister, for agreeing to leave a couple of

trolleys at the checkouts for us to collect

donations to take to Abercarn Fire Station. The

Fire Fighters were very grateful for all the support

and kindness they received and assured us that

any donations not used would be donated to

local Food Banks.

Channel ViewCommunityCentre SummerCraft FairWe have suchtalented peopleliving in the Riscaarea who broughtalong theirbeautiful,handmade items tosell at the SummerCraft Fairorganised by Cllrs

Arianna Leonard and Philippa Leonard.

All sorts of goodies were displayed in the hall,ranging from cakes, jewellery, sweets andcrochet to soap, lavender bags and beautyproducts. The weather, once again, was kind tous and the hall looked particularly summerydecorated with bunting and balloons on aglorious sunny day. Free refreshments wereavailable and it was great to see groups ofresidents sitting down, having a chat, meetingold friends and making new ones. Many thanksto all the volunteers who helped make the eventsuch a success.

Don’t forget to check our Facebook page andnotice boards for the dates and times of theWinter Craft Fair, as well as the official switchingon of the Ty Sign Christmas lights along ElmDrive.

Who We Are and How to Contact UsOur Councillors are: Chair, Rob Derraven; ViceChair, John Blackburn; County Councillor NigelGeorge; County Councillor Philippa Leonard;County Councillor Arianna Leonard; Zoe Davies;Deb Crahart and Sue Thorne.Our contact details can be found on:http://your.caerphilly.gov.uk/riscaeastcc/content/councillors together with agendas,minutes and statement of accounts produced bythe Clerk of the Council, Mr Gwyn James.You can also keep up to date with what’shappening in Risca East by following us onFacebook. No ‘joining’ required, just enjoy,like/dislike, and share the news of what’shappening in our friendly community of RiscaEast.

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In my regular articles for theDirectories, I alwaysendeavour to recount a storywith a local flavour, preferablyone laced with jokes andquirky asides. I will not do soon this occasion as I have asimple plea to make. But first,I want to tell you about one ofmy dearest friends.

I met Rick at university: we lived

in the same halls of residence,

me on the top floor and he on

the ground. I can't even recall

how I got to know him but Rick

was at ease talking to everyone.

As he got older, his waistline

might have expanded and his

hair might have abandoned its

coppery flame of youth but his

sense of fun and infectious

enthusiasm remained

undiminished. He was loved

and respected by all, including

my parents who, I am sure,

would have liked to have

adopted him!

After graduating, Rick moved

around with work but he was

regular visitor to our home in

Newport, often dropping in on

his way down to the West

Country where his family lived

or en route to Cardiff if he had

meetings there. He drove a red

Chrysler for many years, which

he christened "Scarlet O'Cara"

and he would frequently bring

along some of his delicious

homemade bara brith: another

reason why I always looked

forward to seeing him.

Rick worked for various

environmental organisations

and was also a volunteer for

different charities, often making

long drives across Europe to

Romania in order to deliver

donated supplies. Each

Christmas Day would be spent,

in part, at a homeless shelter

that provided hot dinners for

those in need. He was also a

magistrate and on one

occasion, I had the pleasure of

watching him in action. Once

the court was in session, this

gentle giant, who would more

likely than not, greet you with a

big bear hug, became a

formidable presence.

Defendants and solicitors

quivered as Rick unleashed

withering reprimands but as

soon as we were outside

together, he reverted to his

normal, placid demeanour,

much like the Hulk shrinking

back into Bruce Banner.

As if to counterbalance his

enviable accomplishments, Rick

lost his mum when he was still

in his twenties and more

recently, his father suffered a

stroke and lived in a nursing

home. Having no siblings, Rick

sold his own property and

moved back to the family house

to be closer to his dad. When I

saw him last, he mentioned

finding it difficult dealing with

his dad's condition but he

quickly steered us into more

light-hearted waters. It was a

momentary glimpse beneath his

happy-go-lucky exterior but the

thing about Rick was that he

was a very private person,

never wanting to burden anyone

with his own problems.

His dad died earlier this spring

and tragically, Rick took his own

life the same week. He was 48

years old. It is particularly tragic

that Rick had given so much

support to those with mental

health issues but when he

needed it most, we - his friends

- were oblivious. So I have an

appeal to make. No matter how

bad things get, whether there is

a personal tragedy, a

relationship breakdown,

financial worries, or concerns

about exams, it is crucial to talk

to someone before doing

something that cannot be

undone. Similarly, if you are

aware of somebody who might

be at risk, don't wait to be

asked for help. It is better to

offer and be rebuffed than to

delay and discover it's too late

to intervene. There was never a

more beloved, cheerful, and

outgoing character as Rick and

if it can happen to him, then

given the right circumstances,

we are all at risk.

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to Rogerstone and thesurrounding communities. Sadlyhowever, due to dwindlingnumbers, all too common thesedays in sports organisationsand other bodies, the Singershad to stop functioning in 2018after 40 years of voluntaryservice to the community. Therewere many others involved withthe Singers who are not namedbut are equally appreciated.Finally, a special word forMalcolm Pritchard who is theonly person who started fromday one and was present to theend. Malcolm had many rolesfrom one of the founders, singerand conductor when needed.Thank you Alcan Singers for 40magnificent years of voluntarycommunity service!

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Even after almost 40 years ofinvolvement with swans, wecontinue to be surprised bysome of the things whichhappen. On 7th March it wasreported from the Pond atBrynmawr (overlooked byAsda), that the 5 cygnets wereunder pressure from the adults.At this time of year, with thestart of the new breedingseason just round the cornerthis is normal; the adult male inparticular is serving notice onthe young birds that it is time toleave. Failure to do so ispotentially fatal.The following day, on arrival atBrynmawr, all was peaceful,except that, by this time, therewere only four cygnets. Over theyears we have had significantinvolvement at the nearbyMachine Pond so we decided itwas worth checking to see what ifanything was going on there.Good job we did, as we were metwith an extraordinary situation.Clearly, this is the territory ofanother swan family into which, itappears the missing ‘Asda’cygnet had strayed, but there wasonly one adult present, assumed,based on our observations fromsome distance, to be a female.The intruder had been chased uponto the far bank by one, quicklyfollowed by another of theresident cygnets. The intensity ofthe chase increased as all threebirds re-entered the water, andwere fast coming our way. Verysoon, we lost sight of them asthey beached on the near shoresomewhere far below us at thebottom of a very steep bank.Clearly it was time to intervene.Equipped with just a swan hook

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caughtseemed unhurt, and from longexperience, we do know they arevery resilient, with what seem likealmost immediate powers ofrecovery. We have no doubttherefore we did the right thing intaking him for release at TheKnap in Barry. Almostimmediately, he was surroundedat close quarters by a bevy ofmainly juveniles, but a couple ofadults as well; all very friendly, sothis combined with the witnessingof a cygnet on cygnet attack wasa totally new experience for us.You can never tell what’s going tohappen next!

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