BLAENAVON TOWNSWOMEN'S GUILD: I am grateful to Guild Secretary Mrs. Pat Morgan for sending me the following report:

" After many weeks of celebration for our 80th Anniversary which included a lunch at Pontypool Golf Club and an afternoon with the Mayor of Torfaen, Councillor Veronica Crick, where we were shown the historical items and told the history of the Town Hall we expected our March meeting to be a quiet one. However, Mrs. Alison Parry came with her Craft Boxes and we spent many hours of laughter whilst she showed us how to make Easter chickens and chicks and an egg holder using a face cloth! We have already booked Alison to come back to us in November to show us how to make our Christmas decorations. Future events include a lunch at the Queen Victoria in Blaenavon and a trip to Abergavenny Theatre to see the musical "9 to 5 ".

This seems to be a celebratory time in Blaenavon. 230 years ago Thomas Hill came to Blaenavon and decided it was the ideal place to build the Ironworks Furnaces and by 1789 the furnaces were functioning and Blaenavon Town started to be built. 110 years ago in 1907 Thomas Poston and friends held the first Flower Show and in 1937 Townswomen held their first meeting. 1957 was the year that the Senior Citizens of our town built the Senior's Hall in Park Street. Why not join Townswomen of the 3rd Monday each month at 7pm at the Senior's Hall? Next meeting 24th April".

Barbara Lewis