Mumbles Reporter

WEAR YOUR POPPY WITH PRIDE

Royal British Legion at Murton memorial wreath laying ceremony

IF YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS OVER THE CHRISTMAS PERIOD YOU WISH

TO PUBLICIZE PLEASE SEND DETAILS TO council@mumbles.gov.uk

Postal Scam be aware.


Can you circulate this around especially as Christmas is fast approaching -

It has been confirmed by Royal Mail. The Trading Standards Office are

making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel

Delivery Service)suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and

that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate

number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from

Belize.


If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you

will already have been billed £15 for the phone call.

If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail

Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator)

at www.icstis.org.uk

GOWER WALKING FESTIVAL (Advanced notice)

THE FIFTH GOWER WALKING FESTIVAL, ORGANISED BY THE

MUMBLES TOURIST ASSOCIATION WILL BE HELD FROM 6th to 21st

JUNE 2009 (inclusive).

AS IS CUSTOMARY, WALKS WILL COVER THE AREA OF

OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY (AONB) OF GOWER, BUT WILL

ALSO EXTEND INTO THE OLD LORDSHIP OF GOWER.

Favourite walks, including the "round Gower, in bite-size stretches" will

appear again but many new challenges will be available. It is also hoped to

include such items as sketching, canoeing and walking, geology, botany and

some history based walks.

for further information contact Mrs Jean Bunce (phone No.01792361302) email

Mumbles Tourist Information centre web site www.mumblestic.co.uk

Do you love dinner parties?

Are you a great cook?

Over five days, five strangers, from all walks of life, take turns to host the perfect dinner party for each other. At the end of the week the most impressive host wins a £1,000 cash prize.

This is your chance to create the perfect dining experience, and YOU get to enjoy four nights dining out and a chance to win the prize!

If you or anyone you know would like to take part then please call ASAP:

020 7157 4757

or email: caroline.morris@itv.com

The plight of the empty bath in Mary Twill Lane.Langland

It conjures up all sorts of ideas of how to dispose of such an

unwanted item. Perhaps Mr. Derek Williams might consider using it

as a fish pond in his garden or an emergency water tank for when

a drought is upon us. If not perhaps the next Mumbles raft race

organisers could use it for a dash across the Bay.

Well the best known way to my recollection, is leave it out on the

pavement and within 12 hours it will disappear via a scrap metal

dealer. (once called rag and bone men). Best of luck Derek

FTRMETRO

THE LATEST NEWS

The ftrmetro (Bendybus) will start service in the Spring of 2009 (so

we are reliably informed in the latest brochure) and will link

Morriston Hospital to the City centre, the Civic Centre, Swansea

University and then on to Singleton Hospital. The brochure also

states that " As well as using the state-of-the-art, stylish and

comfortable vehicles ftrmetro will feature extensive priority

measures along the route. These measures will ensure a fast and

frequent service to get you to your destination without delay".

Q. will existing bus routes be affected by ftrmetro?

Services running to the west of Singleton Hospital (1, 2, 2a, 2b, 3,

3a,14 and 14a) will be unaffected. Service 4 to Morriston Hospital

will be replaced by the ftrmetro.

Q. What is happening to the Quadrant bus station?

Funding for the long awaited renewal is now in place. Construction

work will start early in 2009 and will take 18 months (approx).

During this time, bus services will be relocated to stopping points

elsewhere in the City centre. ftrmetro will use the new stations

contructed in West Way, near the Grand Theatre.

Further details can be obtained from web sites www.swansea.gov.uk

or www.ftrmetro.com or email swanseametro@abertawe.gov.uk

Comment - You will no longer pay the driver but be met by 'Customer Service

Hosts' (formerly known as bus conductors) who will travel on each vehicle.

MUMBLES TWINNING ASSOCIATION

and Mumbles Community Council

VISIT TO KINSALE OCTOBER 17TH-21ST 2008

Roger Beynon, Chairman of Mumbles Community Council, accompanied a

party of Mumbles Twinning Association members on their recent trip to

Kinsale, in County Cork, Ireland. Mumbles and Kinsale have been twinned

since 1992, and Roger was responding to a formal invitation from Kinsale

Town Council.

Roger reports that as predictable Irish hospitality was overwhelming, from our

arrival late on 17th to our departure on the 21st. Saturday morning was spent

visiting Blarney Castle where the uninitiated were able to kiss the Blarney

stone and ensure their future ability for persuasive argument. After an

afternoon of watching Heineken Rugby TV coverage in the bar of our host

Hotel, The White House, the visiting delegation were entertained to dinner at

the Blue Haven restaurant, one of Kinsales many gourmet eateries.

Sunday morning members of the Mumbles party attended morning service at

St. Multose, and were greeted by the Rector the Rev’d David Williams.

Sunday evening the Kinsale Town Council hosted a dinner at the White

House hotel for the Mumbles party, attended by the Mayor of Kinsale, Cllr.

Dermot Collins, and other Kinsale councillors and partners, together with

John Twomey, chairman, and Ted McNamara of the Kinsale Twinning

Association. The Mayor and Roger Beynon made speeches, and there was

an exchange of gifts on behalf of the respective Councils. Roger presented

Kinsale with a specially commissioned plate from Mumbles Pottery and

received a ‘Strength through Unity’ artwork, which has been hung in Mumbles

Community Council offices.

Roger reports that there is great enthusiasm in Kinsale for the continuation

and development of the Mumbles/Kinsale twinning link. Many in Kinsale

remember the early years of the twinning when football teams and choirs

exchanged visits. There is also much local support for the reinstatement of the

Swansea to Cork Ferry, which local industry and hauliers in West Cork

believe would be very beneficial for the local Cork economy.

Kinsale is also twinned with Antibes in France and Rhode Island in USA so

Mumbles has to strive to keep up with such notable twins.

A leisurely drive back from Kinsale to Rosslaire, taking in a tour of the

Famine Ship, moored at New Ross, and ferry to Fishguard completed a very

happy few days in Ireland.                

NEW ILLUMINATIONS PROVIDED BY MUMBLES COMMUNITY COUNCIL

NOVEMBER 2008 ON THE NEW LAMP POSTS

photo by courtesy of Cllr. R. Wilkinson

STARS OF TOURISM ACROSS SWANSEA BAY

WE ARE PROUD TO CONGRATULATE JEAN BUNCE OF MUMBLES

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE FOR BEING AWARDED THE

"OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO TOURISM AWARD" AGAINST SOME

VERY STIFF OPPOSITION . A VERY WELL DONE FROM ALL RESIDENTS

OF MUMBLES.

See the full report in the South Wales Evening Post Friday 21st November 08

SOUTH WALES POLICE

Just to remind you that from the 1st September 2008 the Local Authority took

over responsibility for the enforcement of Road Traffic orders for the City and

County of Swansea, having applied to the National Assembly for Wales for

powers in accordance with the Road Taffice Act 1991.

Hence, from that date police officers no longer have powers to issue fixed

penalty notices other than in circumstances of unnecessary obstruction.

Any parking concerns should now be directed to City & County of Swansea,

PO Box 588, Swansea SA1 9GD telephone 01792 545058 or email

carparks@swansea.gov.uk

The Neighbourhood Policing Officer for the Newton Ward is:-

PC Phil Walker and his contact number is 07805301611 or email

Phil.Walker@south-wales.pnn.police.uk click here PC Phil Walker more details

to be found on www.ourbobby.com