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Editor Cllr. John Beach

WELL THE SUMMER IS NEARLY OVER

AND THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL HOPE

THAT YOU ENJOYED YOUR VISIT TO

MUMBLES. SORRY THE WEATHER

WASN'T THAT GOOD FOR YOU, luckily

the Bank Holiday held good for us!

DO COME AGAIN TO VISIT US BUT NO

PROMISES FOR THE WEATHER.

CLERK TO THE COUNCIL

Mumbles Community Council have a vacancy for

the post of Clerk to the Council.

This is a part time post, with a minimum of 22

hours worked per week. The salary will be based

on the recommended N.A.L.C.salary scale.

The successful applicant will be responsible for

the administrative and financial management of the

Community Council and the Council’s meetings

and services. Candidates should possess good

communication skills for interfacing with the public

and the media, and are required to be computer

lliterate.

Experience in accountancy book keeping will be

required. Flexibility with regard to the timing of

hours worked, with Council meetings often

commencing in the early evening, will be a

necessity.

Application forms are available by telephoning

01792 363598, and should be returned to the

Council Office, Walters Crescent, Mumbles,

Swansea, SA3 4BB, by 12 noon, Monday 15

October 2007.

MUMBLES COMMUNITY COUNCIL

MUMBLES IN BLOOM 2007

The competition was held once again this year and

judging was carried out on the 14th July. what a

relief it was to have a dry sunny day for the judges

to carried their work.

the Community Council Chairman, Cllr. Roger

Beynon kindly chauffered the judges around the

area. The judges, Mr. Ian Scott and Mr. Steve

Protheroe were very impressed with all the entries

this year. Their comments at the end of the day

included:- "We were impressed by the imaginative

designs and the effort put into the garden displays

We were disappionted that more gardeners and

business premises had not entered, especially as

we saw some exhibits which would have stood a

good chance of winning!

We feel that competition brings pride and colour

to Mumbles and we would like to see more new

entries next year".

The Primary schools were judged on another day

by Cllr. Roger Beynon, Cllr. Mrs. Olive Rees and

Cllr. Mrs. Linda Tyler Lloyd. They had focused on

different aspects of gardening. For example,

Oystermouth School had produced a wonderfull

variety of vegetables that they hoped to sell, also a

colourful display of flowers.Well done all of you for

competing in very difficult conditions this summer.

The winners have been notified and an

awards evening was held on Wednesday the

5th September 07at 7.30 pm at the Conservative

Club, Mumbles.

The Community Council thank the judges for the

dedicated and hard work they put in on the day of

judging. Presentations were made by Maureen

Cottey and Cash Hardware also Ian Scott.

(Cllrs. Mrs. O. Rees and Mrs Lynda Tyler Lloyd )

OYSTERMOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL

JUDGES MR.IAN SCOTT AND STEVE PROTHERO HARD AT WORK!

FULL DETAILS OF WINNERS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

GARDENS CATEGORY - MR.DYKE, 20 SOUTHLANDS DRIVE.

BASKETS AND CONTAINERS- MR.HUTCHINGS,16 HEATHWOOD ROAD.

COTTAGES CATERGORY - MR & MRS.CHURCH,17 CLIFTON TERRACE

COMMERCIAL PREMISES - BEAUFORT ARMS, 1 CASTLE ROAD,

GROUP OF HOUSES - MILL GARDENS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION

SCHOOL CATERGORY - OYSTERMOUTH PRIMARY SCHOOL/

A BIG WELL DONE TO ALL OF YOU AND THANKS TO ALL WHO

ENTERED THIS YEARS COMPETITION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO

HAVING A BUMPER ENTRY NEXT YEAR.

  VINTAGE CAR RALLY MUMBLES-KINSALE TWINNING

                 SUNDAY 26TH AUGUST 2007.

The Vintage Car Rally, organised as part of the Mumbles – Kinsale Twinning Associations arrangements was started from Bracelet Bay car park by Mumbles Community Council, Vice-Chair Brian Arthur. Over 60 vehicles prepared to run the 45 miles to Pontneddfechan.

These wonderful old vehicles attracted a great deal of interest. A large crowd were present at the start to watch them being ‘flagged off’.

Further information regarding the Swansea Historical Vehicle Register can be obtained from Mr. Leighton Jenkins, telephone 01792 402011    

IF YOU HAVE ANY LOCAL EVENT ORGANISED

IN MUMBLES PLEASE LET THE MUMBLES

COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAVE THE DETAILS

FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION ON THIS

WEB SITE.

We would be grateful if you could give some publicity to our next Craft Fayre:-

Nimble Fingers Craft Fayre

Saturday 8th September 2007 - 10am to

4.30pm

Victoria Hall, Dunns Lane, Mumbles

There will be a wide variety of crafts for sale including jewellery, turned wood, jams, soaps, cards, needlecraft and much more...all locally produced.

Admission to the fayre is free, so please come along for a browse and to meet the crafters and perhaps enjoy the chocolate fountain!!!  We will be holding two more fayres prior to Christmas in October and November, crafters will be taking orders for collection at those fayres.

Chris Gibbon and Diane Richardson

Further details contact via email nimblecraft@btinternet.com or phone Swansea 232644.

PLANNING APPLICATION

You may have seen details of an application to

build houses at Linkside, West Winds, Langland!

The Community Council understand that the City

Planning Dept. have received over 100 letters of

objection from residents also the Langland Bay

Golf Club. They have also been inundated with

requests to see the plans.

Should any resident wish to see these plans, there

is a copy available at the office of the Mumbles

Community Council, Walters Cres. (behind

Treasure) which is open to the public on

the mornings of Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

STOLEN?

WHO REALLY NEEDS TO STEAL PLANTS

FROM THE DISPLAY PLANTERS PROVIDED BY

THE MUMBLES COMMUNITY COUNCIL AT

BLACKPILL? These were provided for the benefit

of the residents and visitors to Mumbles. It is a

real shame that people do not respect other

peoples property and spoil their pleasure.

KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR LARGE PLANTS

ON THE MOVE.

105 YEARS OLD! WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT?

MR.SIDNEY LEWIS MORSE, VILLAGE LANE,

MUMBLES. CONGRATULATIONS.

It is reported that Sydney is the eldest of 13

children and has 1 brother and 4 sisters still

living. He is one of a small handfull in

Mumbles to reach and exceed the 100 years

milestone.

(see full report in S.W.Evening Post 17-8-07)

The Mumbles Community Council would like to hear

about any person in Mumbles who are in or

nearing their 100th birthday.

email council@mumbles.gov.uk with details

SAND DREDGING ON HELWICK BANK

Can you really believe the letter from Mark

Russell. (S.W.Evening Post 31-8-07 Dredging facts put

straight ) as Director of British Marine

Aggregate Producers Association he quotes

the report from Clive Nield, Inquiry Inspector

"discusses the the sand loss on Port Eynon and Horton beach in his report and concludes that measures to reverse erosion on the sand dunes behind the beach between the late 1970s and early 1990s proved successful but at the expense of of the sand resource on the beach. He concludes " There is little doubt the overriding reasons for the deterioration of the beach since the 1970s has been the loss of sand to the dunes area behind the beach rather than any offshore dredging".

Comment, If you believe that then you could perhaps believe anything !

A recent programme on TV showed a beach 'up North' be transformed by the extraction of sand from a sandbank offshore and placing it on the beach to replace that which had been eroded by storms.

This also happened in Bournemouth some years ago.

WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT?

Your comments please

TWINNING VISIT TO HENNEBONT

The Mumbles Twinning Association have

arranged a visit to Brittany on the 14th Sept.

where they will be the guests of their French

counterparts until the 18th Sept. This is a

return visit to France after the signing of the

Twinning Charter in 2005. Their visit to

Mumbles in 2006, was highlighted by the

naming of a garden in Southend, Mumbles as

Hennebont Gardens.

Further details about the Twinning Association

can be obtained from Julian Smith 404815

or email julian.c.smith@lineone.net Mumbles Twinning

Association

ROYAL BRITISH LEGION

MUMBLES BRANCH

ARE CELEBRATING THE REFORMING OF THE MUMBLES BRANCH

WITH A BUFFET SUPPER TO BE HELD ON FRIDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

AT THE MUMBLES CONSERVATIVE CLUB, 672 MUMBLES ROAD,

COMMENCING AT 7.30 P.M. IF YOU ARE A PAST MEMBER OF

MUMBLES ROYAL BRITISH LEGION OR WISH TO JOIN, PLEASE

CONTACT THE HON. SEC. NICK HUGHES 01792 405502 SO THAT

HE CAN SEND YOU A MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM.

Mumbles Development Trust would

like to invite you to attend the

launch of The Mumbles Way Walk and

Broadleaf Woodland Enterprise on

Monday september 17th at 2pm.

This event will be a celebration of

the success of the work already

completed to protect and enhance

our local woodlands made possible

by funding from Cydcoed, and the

start of an exciting future for our

new social enterprise company

Broadleaf Woodland Enterprise. You

can find out all about it and how to

become a volunteer on our new:

www.broadleafwoodlandenterprise.

co.uk

   Iolo Williams will be heading the

celebrations, and we would love you

to join us! Hope to see you on the

17th. for more details contact

Cindy Hayward

Mumbles Development Trust
t. 01792 361012

Mumbles Village Diary                   

September 2007

Ty Hanes Local History & Resource Centre Open 10am – 4pm (except Sunday & Tuesday)

Exhibitions throughout September

* “For those in peril on the sea” The 60th anniversary of the loss of the SS Samtampa & the Mumbles Lifeboat

* The First Passenger Railway in the World – the Mumbles Train (displayed until 15th September)

* The Growth of West Cross (displayed from 17th September)

Local history books & leaflets  4 Dunns Lane, Mumbles, Tel: 361012  mdtmumbles@btopenworld.com

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R.N.L.I.

WHAT A GREAT GESTURE MADE BY AN UNKNOWN DONOR WHO HAS GIVEN £28000 TO THE RNLI FROM THE SALE OF HIS BOAT.

LET'S KEEP SUPPORTING THE RNLI WHO DO A GREAT JOB SAVINGS LIVES AT SEA.

S.W.Evening Post 25-8-07

WHO WANTS A JOB AS A TRAFFIC WARDEN? AS AN INCENTIVE YOU COULD GET TO KNOW WHERE TO PARK IN MUMBLES.

LARGE OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW.

WHAT A FIND BY JOHN AND CAROL POWELL (as reported in the S.W.Evening Post 27-8-07) MORE THAN 17 FEET IN CIRCUMFERENCE SUGGESTS THAT IT WAS A SAPLING AROUND THE LATE 1600s. MUMBLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF ANY LARGER TREES IN SWANSEA. Contact mdtmumbles@btopenworld.com or mumbles.gov.uk

OYSTERMOUTH CEMETERY

HAS BEEN SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2007 CEMETERY OF THE YEAR AWARD.

jUDGES ARE TO VISIT SOON BEFORE THE WINNER IS ANNOUNCED AT THE FINAL IN HARROGATE IN OCTOBER.

WE WISH THEM EVERY SUCCESS.

READ THE FULL REPORT IN

THE S.W.EVENING POST

30-8-07

BUMBLES OF MUMBLES

WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN THE CLUB?

CONTACT ALEX FRITH ON

01792368553 OR WRITE TO

ALEX FRITH,YOUNG EDITION

SOUTH WALES EVENING POST, ALDELAIDE ST.

SWANSEA SA1 1QT

BEACH TIDY VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED FOR WEEKEND LITTER SURVEYS AT BEACHES FROM ABERAVON TO RHOSSILI. CONTACT MARINE CONSERVATION SOCIETY 01989567807 OR REGISTER ONLINEwww.adoptabeach.org.uk

FOR WEEKEND 15/16 SEPT.

MUMBLES WOODLAND WALKS.

NOTED IN THE 'SWANSEA LEADER' THAT PLANS ARE AFOOT TO DEVELOP AN HISTORIC TRAIL IN MUMBLES.

SWANSEA COUNCIL HAVE LANDED £18000 FUNDING FROM THE SPORTS COUNCIL OF WALES IN ORDER TO BUILD A LINK BETWEEN A CIRCULAR GREEN WALK IN THE AREA AND THE MUMBLES VILLAGE. THIS WORK WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MUMBLES DEVELOPMENT TRUST. THIS LINK TRAIL WOULD GO THROUGH WOODLANDS AND AN ANCIENT WELSH IRON AGE FORT TO THE BACK OF OYSTERMOUTH CASTLE. OTHER WORK WILL BE TO IMPROVE OTHER EXISTING PATHWAYS AND SIGNAGE.

"MAKEOVER PROMISES A BRIGHTER CITY CENTRE"

QUOTED FROM THE 'SWANSEA LEADER SEPT.07

"THE £3.75 MILLION IMPROVEMENT OF THE CITY CENTRE AND THE METRO WORKS ON WESTWAY ARE ON TRACK AND WILL LEAD TO MORE VISITORS AND FURTHER INVESTMENT IN THE CITY CENTRE"

COMMENT - WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF SWANSEA, THE CITY CENTRE AND SA1 HAVE BEEN REJUVENATED .WHEN IS IT THE TURN OF MUMBLES AND OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY?