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MUMBLES COMMUNITY COUNCIL WISH YOU ALLA VERY HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR.IF YOU HAVE ANY NEWS ITEMS OR DETAILS OF LOCAL EVENTS YOU WISH TO HAVE PUBLISHED PLEASE SEND THEM TO LONGFIELDS ASSOCIATION5 BETHANY LANE WESTCROSS 01792 405398Longfields history. It may not be remembered by many people that in 1952 about a dozen parents joined together to form an organisation that became known as the Swansea and District Spastic Association. Those parents eventually raised the funds to to open the first 'special school' in Wales so their disabled childrencould be educated. They were gifted Longfields House in Bethany Lane in 1955. The name of this Charity changed to the Lonfields Association in 1999 and today they provide educational and recreational facilities for adults with cerebral palsy and similar disabilities. In 2005 the hydrotherapy was built, with Lottery funding and it is now made available for everyone in the community. There is also a fitness room, funded by Sports Relief, which can also be used by the community. In 2000 they were delighted that Catherine Zeta Jones became Patron of Longfields. For more details contact www.longfieldsassociation.org.uk or email daycentre@longfieldsassoiation.og.uk phone 01792405398 Become a member for only £10.00 a year or support them by fundraising. NOROVIRUS GASTROENTERITISHAVE YOU WASHED YOUR HANDS? HAVE YOU READ THE ARTICLE IN THE EVENING POST TODAY THE 7TH JANUARY. IT TELLS YOU HOW TO BEAT THE BUG BY USING BASIC HYGIENE. IT IS BEST TO STAY AT HOME DURING THE TWO TO THREE DAYS OF THE INFECTION, SO THAT YOU DO NOT PASS IT ON TO OTHER PEOPLE. WHAT IS THE TREATMENT? NONE. JUST MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER TO PREVENT DEHYDRATION. SILVER SURFERS BEWARE OF SCAMS ON THE COMPUTER!!! I have received two today under the same heading "Customer Service Message". It is alleged to have been sent by Halifax. This may be true but I doubt it. It requests you to "verify your account information". Well I don't have any dealings with Halifax so I think this is a possible scam trying to get hold of my personal details. SO WATCH OUT DON'T DO IT, WAIT FOR A LETTER FROM YOUR FINANCIAL FACILITY OR ASK FOR IT TO BE VERIFIED. AND DON'T PHONE THE NUMBER ON THE EMAIL. Account Update Notification "Dear NatWest Online Account Holder, During our usual security enhancement protocol, we observed multiple login attempt error while login in to your online NatWest account. We have believed that someone other than you is trying to access your account For security reasons,we have temporarily suspend your account and your access to online banking and will be restricted if you fail to update. Please click on the refrence below to initiate the verification process. and re-confirm your membership details.
https://www.nwolb.com/default.aspx?refererident Only individuals who have a Natwest account and authorised access to Online Banking should proceed beyond this point. For the security of customers, any unauthorised attempt to access customer bank information will be monitored and may be subject to legal action." This is a copy of the email I received.Editor.
DON'T TOUCH IT, JUST DELETE IT. WHAT A GREAT ARTICLE BY MIKE WITCHELL, PUBLISHED IN THE SOUTH WALES EVENING POST, FRIDAY 7th DECEMBER 07. "PRESENTS?. SWANSEA HAS IT ALL. Mike suggested that if you were stuck for a Christmas present you could choose from his exciting new range of board games. 1. SLIP BRIDGE LEGO. the kids would enjoy this amazing new construction kit, so would grand-dad. See if you can assemble the pieces to form a footbridge across Mumbles Road. Clue. don't leave the span lying rusting on the prom. Price £35000 (consultation only). 2. Marina Snakes and Ladders.Hours of fun to be had. The aim is to leave the far side of the marina by car, at any time of day or night - but as fast as you climb one of the ladders, the snake that is Trawler Rd. will trap you for hours at the Mumbles Rd. lights every time - and the situation is only going to get worse. Clue - give up and walk. Price: if time is money, you'll be broke. 3. RENE DOLL - Forget Barbie, Swansea has its own Barbies's boyfriend Ken. This new Rene-Ken-sett doll has everything a girl could could want. As long as she wants a man with a coat of many colours. Easily reversible. You will see it flash yellow and in the next second flash blue. Marvellous! And what do yellow and blue make? A lovely green outfit. Price - watch out. 4. CORGI BENDY BUS - THE PEOPLE OF SWANSEA HAVE BEEN FIRED by a wave of enthusiasm in greeting the imminent (2016) introduction of the bendy-bus. Surviving members of a factory in Fforestfach have got together to produce a one-off model of the bendy-bus. The beautifully empty seats inside the bus, to the almost-all-too-lifelike despairing faces of the city centre shopkeepers banging on the windows from outside. Price - untold millions. 5. ClueEGovernmentsDo. - This exclusive new version of the detective board game invites you to seek out who is responsible for the £83 milllion I.T. fiasco Service@Swansea. Who killed the golden goose that laid the Council's I T eggs, was it - a). the former Labour leader with a lap-top in the lobby? b) successful bidder CapGemini with a contract out in County hall? c) former council chief executive with planning application in the garage or d) serving eGov (as in Ee.guv who sold you this little lot?) supremo Mary Jones with a fatal doseof complacency in the cabinet chamber? If you didn't get a chance to buy one at Christmas, get ready for next time, when I feel certain Mike will have a new set of ideas to put before you. Well done Mike for giving us something to think about. Keep going. If you have any suggestions contact mike.witchell@swwmedia.co.uk or council@mumbles.gov.uk and the Mumbles Reporter. Return of the Swansea - Cork Ferry ?
hundreds of residents have taken the ferry to visit Kinsale - the gourmet capital of Ireland. Many Irish, particularly from Kinsale and Cork, have made the opposite journey and enjoyed visits to Mumbles and Gower and further afield. Cars with Irish number plates were a common sight in Mumbles - until last year when the ferry was discontinued. Now it appears that we may be able, once more, to welcome our Irish friends for a group of Irish business men are hoping to acquire a suitable boat and reinstate the ferry in time for the Summer of 2008. We wish them every success and trust that they will receive every encouragement from the City and Council of Swansea and the Tourist Associations in South Wales. "SUNDAY TELEGRAPH" 13th January 2008"The quality of country life that no longer exists in most of England". "Home Counties people want a leafy lane and a couple of acres", states Clive Aslet, Editor at large of Country Life. What a great story line, and this article also includes a map of Wales! In the section, Home and Living - The Welsh Market. The writer, Graham Norwood, states 'How the waterfronts relaunched a region' - To quote " The term "city cetre living" had not been invented in the late 1970's. But it would not have been said with a Welsh lilt. He recounts the time he spent in Swansea as a student, and called it a scruffy place where young people from the valleys gathered on weekend evenings to drink. Swansea, he now states is bubbling with new buildings and EU money and has Cathrine Zeta Jones as ambassador for the nearby Mumbles. He goes on the give Swansea (and nearby Cardiff and Newport) many accolades. Many thanks to you both for giving a Swansea and Wales well deserved boost. (Editors comment - Well worth a read). eGovernment from City and County of Swansea Well at last the City Council are going to let us see how it works! On Thursday 24th January 2008 between 10.00am and 1.00pm we are invited to go to County Hall to be shown how £83m has been spent to give the residents of Swansea the latest method of getting something done in your neck of the woods (I hope).
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