llanferres news & views may 2012
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Welcome
A quieter news month this month,but some interesting events to lookforward to.
This month’s front cover picture wassupplied to us by Peter Ratcliffe. Itwas taken in 1924 outside the MinersArms in Maeshafn. More details andthe article to which it relates are onpages 30 and 31.
The next whisky master class takesplace on 4th May with just a fewtickets left; these events are highly(personally) recommended!
There’s also a committee organising ajubilee event, which should be fun,more details on pages 22 and 23.
And, of course, it’s local election timein May, so don’t forget to vote! All thecandidates are listed on page 5. It alsomeans a sad farewell to Dr. Christineas County Councillor. We would liketo thank her for her contributionsover the past four years.
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Laurie Shillito who will be 20 on 11th MayOwen Cordiner who will be 11 on 18th MayMari Ffion Edwards who will be 17 on 21st MayCarys Jones who will be 10 on 23rd MayBen Godfrey who will be 14 on 25th MayDavid Logan on 26th MayAidan Giles on 28th MayMegan Llewellyn who will be 13 on 29th May
Happy Birthday to the following
May Birthdays
Birthdays
Many thanksto everyone who helped celebratemy birthday and for the gifts andcards. I would also like to thank Janeand Gill for helping out with the foodand also a big thank you to Lee,Steve and Chris for entertaining us.I hope everyone had a good evening,I know I did.Kind regards
Ann Jahn
Glenys Robertsand all relatives would like to thankfriends and neighbours for all theirhelp and support over the last few
monthsCarol and Guy
would like to thank everybody fortheir kind words after the
loss of Murphy
Sundaymorning
walks willnever bethe same.
If you would like a birthday or specialannouncement included in News &Views please send the details to:[email protected] or2 Cae Gwyn, Llanferres, CH7 5SL
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Local news
COUNTY ANDCOMMUNITY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
THURSDAY MAY 3RD 2012
COUNTY COUNCIL NOMINATIONSELECTORAL DIVISION OF LLANARMON-YN-IAL LLANDEGLA
(Which includes Llanferres, Maeshafn & Tafarn-y-Gelyn)
Candidate Name DescriptionBob BARTON IndependentBob ENGLISH Socialist Labour PartyMartyn HOLLAND Welsh ConservativePeter REES Independent
You have one vote for one candidate
COMMUNITY COUNCIL NOMINATIONS LLANFERRES
Candidate NameJohn ALMOND David JONESJac ARMSTRONG Robert JONESRobert ARMSTRONG Olive PARRYBob BARTON Charmian SPENCERMargaret DAVIES David TWOMEYYvonne FODEN-MCCORRY
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1st Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club2nd Wed Llanferres Dance Club, Village Hall
3rd Thu Local Election Day - don't forget to vote!
4th Fri Whisky Master Class at the Druid5th Sat6th Sun 9.30am Holy Communion
7th Mon May Day Bank Holiday Alfresco Cooking at Caffi Florence and annualDuck Race
8th Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club9th Wed 7.30pm Llanferres Dance Club, Village Hall
10th Thu Community Council Meeting
11th Fri
12th Sat13th Sun 11.00am Family Service14th Mon 7.30pm Gardening Club Meeting, Village Hall15th Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club16th Wed 7.30pm Llanferres Dance Club, Village Halll
17th Thu
18th Fri
19th Sat
20th Sun 9.30am Holy Communion
21st Mon
22nd Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club23rd Wed 7.30pm Llanferres Dance Club, Village Hall
24th Thu
25th Fri
26th Sat27th Sun 9.30 Holy Communion28th Mon
29th Tue 7.00pm Bowls Club
30th Wed 7.30pm Llanferres Dance Club, Village Hall31st Thu
May Diary Dates
For updates and future dates see the What’s On page at www.llanferres.org
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Sunday Services for May
6th Holy Communion at 9.30 am13th Family Service at 11.00 am20th Holy Communion at 9.30 am27th Holy Communion at 9.30 am
Christian Aid Week
This runs from 13th to 19th May so please expect envelopes to be deliveredsometime during the beginning of this week and collected later, if wished.Christian Aid works to bring an end to poverty around the world, tackling itsroot causes as well as its effects. The organisation helps people of all faithsand none through 507 local organisations in 47 countries providing urgentpractical and effective assistance.
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From the minutes of the Aprilmeeting:- The chairman, Mr DavidJones, opened the meeting by payingtribute to the late Mr John Robertswho had been a Llanferres CommunityCouncillor for more than forty yearsand who had contributed much to thevillage throughout his life. TheCouncillors then stood for a minutessilence to respect Mr Roberts memory.The Vice Chairman, Mr John Almond,then endorsed the Chairman's remarksand said how much Mr Roberts wouldbe missed.
Eight Councillors were present. Therewere no apologies for absence.
County Councillor, Christine Evans,reported that the maintenance andparking restrictions on A494 atloggerheads are scheduled to becarried out in the summer. She alsoreported that she had been appointedhonorary Chair of the CommunityHealth Council for North Wales.
It was reported that the 'pot holes' inRectory Lane had been filled and thatoverhanging hedges had been cut. Thelandscaping project at the MemorialStone was still ongoing. Arrangementsto celebrate the Queen's Jubilee arewell in hand. Repairs to the noticeboard at Loggerheads and thedownspout on the bus shelter at Ty'nLlan had been carried out.
Planning Matters:- 21/2012/0350Proposal: Certificate of lawfulness forthe existing use of land for the sitingof 1 no. static caravan Location:
Land at 16 The Nant Llanferres. TheCommunity Council resolved to passno comment.21/2012/0326 Proposal: Erection ofextension to provide orangery withdining area at rear of dwellingLocation: Ty'n yr Ynn Maeshafn. TheCommunity Council Resolved to raiseno objection.
Maeshafn:- Purchase of the playingfield is still ongoing. Hannah Parish,from North Wales Minerals and WastePlanning Service, is in discussion withHanson, the quarry operator, aboutthe final restoration of AberdunaQuarry in preparation for its closure atthe end of the year. They arecurrently awaiting a final copy of therestoration and aftercare scheme.
The Community Councillors filled in aquestionnaire from the Welshgovernment "Reviewing the Deliveryof Planning Services in Welsh NationalParks and AONBs".
Llanferres Jubilee Committee hadsubmitted a request for financialsupport to hold a village street partyon the all-weather area by the schooland to invite the villagers to attend onSunday 3rd June 2012 at 3pm. TheCouncillors agreed a donation of £200.
Matters brought to Councillor'sattention:- Mr Phillips had reportedthat the drainage problem at the rearof the pensioner's bungalows in Ty'nLlan will be sorted out very shortly.Mrs Woodward from Tafarn y Gelynreported that the redundant
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telephone kiosk, which theCommunity Council owns, is in poorcondition but that a local resident hadoffered to paint it if the CC couldobtain suitable paint. The CommunityCouncil supports in principle the ideaof a 'Village Lunch Club'.As this was the last meeting of thepresent Community Council beforethe local elections on May 3rd, theChairman, David Jones thanked allCouncillors for their support andattendances over the last four yearsand remarked on the courteous way
meetings had been conducted.Councillor Jac Armstrong thanked theChairman, David Jones, and theprevious Chairman, John Almond, forthe way they had chaired themeetings and for their hard workthroughout the past four years.The next meeting of the CommunityCouncil will be held on Thursday 10thMay when the newly electedCouncillors will sign 'The declarationof Office'.
John Almond. Vice Chairman
Blue Bag’s Bulletin!
In the March collection of Blue Bags fromYsgol Bro Famau we collected 431kg which resulted in a
cheque for £215.50Thank you to everyone who brought bags along.The next collection will be Friday 12th October 2012 - so
start collecting now!!Bag2School is interested in collecting good quality adults’ andchildren’s clothing, bedding, curtains, soft toys, shoes, beltsand handbags. All items are for RE-USE. No Bric a Brac
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C A F F I F L O R E N C ELoggerheads
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Open everyday 10am - 5pm
May Bank Holiday : Alfresco CookingMonday 7 May is the May Day bank holiday and asalways at Loggerheads the venue for the scouts annualduck race. CAFFI FLORENCE will be cooking breakfast,brunch and lunch outside – assuming of course that theweather allows.
Village Lunch ClubWe have been delighted to host the very first lunch clubevent for older people in this area. Supported by Gwern-ymynydd Community Council, we hope this will continueas a regular opportunity for older people to share a mealand great company. Residents of Llanferres, Maeshafn &Gwernaffield are also invited and should contact LenPhillips for further information 01352 755243.
Clwydian Range Food TrailAfter many months in the planning, the Clwydian RangeFood Trail has been officially launched, highlighting foodproducers in the Clwydian Range. As a user of muchlocal produce CAFFI FLORENCE is thrilled to be part of thistrail and to support the producers. Full details can befound on www.foodtrail.co.uk
www.caffiflorence.co.uk 01352 [email protected]
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The Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is hometo some of the finest food producers in North Wales. The newlylaunch Clwydian Range Food Trail highlights food producers com-mitted to quality, delicious & affordable food.
At CAFFI FLORENCE, locally sourced food is at the heart of our ap-proach to food. Minimising food miles, reducing packaging, max-imising freshness & quality are core to our beliefs.
This recipe is the Welsh Rarebit we use everyday at the café and isa great way to use many of the products available on the foodtrail and from other local producers.
Welsh Rarebit stuffed mushrooms
Large field mushrooms Erlas Gardens, Wrexham375g Grated cheese Llandyrnog Creamery75 ml Beer or milk Conwy Brewery15g Self raising flour25g Bread crumbs Eagles Bakery, Ruthin2tsp Mustard2 Egg yolks Clyttir Farm, Llanbedr
To make rarebit mixMelt cheese in beer in saucepan over gentle heat. Mix in flour, bread-crumbs and mustard and cook gently. Remove from heat and addeggs and stir well.Refrigerate for several hours before use.
Wash mushrooms, remove stalk and place in baking dish. Add smallknob of butter into the centre of each mushroom and cook for about15 mins at 180C, gas 4.
When ready to serve add chilled rarebit mix to middle of mushroomsand place under a hot grill until rarebit bubbles and starts to brown.
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The Club meeting on April 16th took us on a garden visit to the OldRectory at Llanfihangel Glyn Myfyr. Although the weather recently had
been inclement, the variety of flowers was varied - not only daffodilsand tulips but a wide range of other bulbs. Advice from Mr and MrsHughes on how to grow such variety for spring colour was most
welcome. After walking around the different areas of their garden weenjoyed a friendly chat with tea and homemade cakes - most enjoyable,
even if the weather outdoors had been chilly.Our next meeting will be on Monday May 14th in the Village hall at
7.30pm when Gareth Jones - farm manager at Rhug Estate - will give atalk entitled "Organic Growing".
As always, visitors will be most welcome. Cost £1.
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The season has started with a matchagainst Pwllheli tomorrow, and as I writethis my inbox is getting bombarded withworried cricketers informing me of suchuseful advice as "it's raining in Chester" or"the BBC have got showers predictedtomorrow at 11am". The match is at ourhome ground in Shotton and thegroundsman has already called to say thatit is currently hailing in Queensferry!
The joys of cricket in the springtime.
Tata Steel Maeshafn Cricket Club news - wehave our own club shirts this year - over 21ordered so far and counting. Nicknameswere suggested for printing on the back ofthem, but I decided it was not a good ideabecause some of the names would result inarrest for the wearers!
We have already played Carmel lastweekend (we lost). The Carmelgroundsman had been unable to mow theoutfield because it was coated in snow allweek, but we played (temperature wasabout 6 degrees) and various toes turnedblue. One of the Carmel players waswearing a woolly hat, 4 layers of clothingand a coat on his top half, together with apair of shorts. He explained that he doesn'tlike his knees to get too warm before theseason starts.
A new disciplinary code has been issuedthis year by the league. Some of theprevious activities of Maeshafn players arenow offences punishable with a ban. Theseinclude the following:
1. Asking the umpire if he is blind.
2. Asking the umpire if he has been on atraining course recently.3. Informing an opposition batsman that heis a cheating merchant banker.4. Ripping off your clothes during amoment of madness after being bowled.5. Setting your dogs on the tea lady whenshe forgets to make any ham sandwiches.
Rhun Jones Spotting Column
It has been suggested by Mr S.Thomas ofsomewhere in Llanferres that we have aregular Rhun Jones spotting column. Forregular readers of the News and Views,Rhun Jones lives somewhere near you, butis rarely seen out, particularly since he gavebirth to twins. However occasionalsightings are made, news of these areeagerly sought by Rhun Jones spotters.
For those who do not know who RhunJones is, I can reveal that he was describedby a lady in Llanelidan in 2007 as the 'mostattractive Maeshafn player' and (accordingto Steve Pugh) has a distinctive birthmarkon his right buttock. To join the Rhun JonesSpotting Club, please put £5 behind the barin the Miners in the name of J Fagan.
In March/April Rhun Jones has beenspotted in the following places:
1. Crewe railway station - March 21st -armed with 2 babies, a pair of binocularsand a notebook.
2. Llangollen Horseshoe Pass - March 25th- armed with a box of matches and aderanged look on his face.
3. Llangollen International Pavilion - April6th - together with Iolo Williams - being
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interviewed for Radio Wales about arsonattacks.
4. Moel Fammau - April 14th - armed with2 babies in a pram, carrying a box offirelighters and being chased byFlintshire Fire and Rescue Service.
5. Toys R Us, Sealand Road - April 18th -asleep in a cot, armed with 2 babies in apram and carrying a crowbar.
If you have spotted Rhun Jones, please letme know so I can add the sighting to thecolumn. We will award a prize for theperson spotting him in the most unusualplace.
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A committee has been formed to bring the community together for a party tocelebrate the Queens Diamond Jubilee.
We envisage a street type party in the grounds of the Village Hall.Bring your own food and drinks and enjoy a great opportunity to share afamily party. There will be a Royal bouncy castle, traditional games to play
and competitions for the children including the best homemade crown!We hope to have a memorabilia stand so dig out those old photos and 1950s
items to show.We hope this will be as successful as the Golden Jubilee party in 2002!
Please let us know if you’d like to come by adding your names to the list inthe Druid or contact :
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Dear All,This is to say goodbye as yourCounty Councillor.I have had a varied time over the last4 years, much of which has been apleasure, but too much has alsobeen very boring and tedious. I haveenjoyed doing things for people, butmany of the meetings have beeninterminable.
You have a very good CommunityCouncil, which has worked hard for you,they are organised, selfless, rarely argue,but discuss things well. They are not likethe other 2 community councils in thisward, who are dysfunctional and arerendered almost useless by argumentand differences of opinion. So votecarefully for your next communitycouncillors and use all your nine votes.I shall be continuing on the BetsiCadwaldr Community Health Council forthe Denbighshire. I am now a WelshGovernment appointee and I was votedin as the Chair for the whole of the 6counties of North Wales on April 19th. Ifeel I can still be useful. The CommunityHealth Council is 'the Voice of thePatient' so use it if you have a grievance.I am arranging interviews on the hospitalradios in the 3 District General Hospitalswith councillors from Wrexham and Flint,to be given as sound bites between themusic played.
I have also been continuing with my'Irritated by the Council' programmes,for Radio Wales, this time in blustery
weather on Anglesey watching roadsbeing repaired, finding out how they areprioritised. Also I talked to the N WWales coroner about the accidents anddeaths caused by elderly drivers. I knowyoungsters have accidents too but thatis because they drive too fast. There aredisproportionately more accidents fromdrivers over 75 years. I have also beenon a wonderful community bus servicefor the elderly/disabled, which starts inLlandudno Junction and goes door todoor for shopping and Hospital/GPvisits up the Vale of Conwy on the farside where there are few routine buses.Good if this could be done inDenbighshire.
I hope to continue with the Youth club ifI am voted in as a community councillorfor Llanarmon, and we welcome allyouths from Llanferres
All the best for you are the village in thefuture.
Many RegardsChristine [email protected]
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Recognise anyone?In 1900 Catherine WynneEdwards married JohnFrederick Peters in Leigh,Lancashire. Nothing special inthat you may say, butCatherine Wynne Edwards,known as Kate was a Llanferresgirl, the daughter of the villageblacksmith Robert Edwardsand his wife Mary Wynne. Shehad two brothers Thomas andEdward. Edward succeeded hisfather as Llanferres Blacksmith until hisdeath in 1925. She also had three sistersMary Ellen, Louisa and Edith Wynne whobecame the village Post Mistress.
John Frederick Peters was an agriculturalengineer living in Leigh, Lancashire. Hehad several brothers and sisters but onein particular, Edith Ann Peters whomarried Walter Flitcroft in Leigh. Theyhad three children Ethel, Elsie and Eric.Ethel was my mother and she features onseveral of the photographs associatedwith this article. John F Peters was mygreat uncle.
The Flitcroft family visited their relationsin Llanferres between 1912 and 1930 andthey stayed in the cottage Tyn-y-Wern,on the outskirts of the village, and also atthe Post Office. The family travelled fromLeigh to Llanferres by horse and trap inthe early days with my mother sitting ona three legged milking stool for thewhole journey.John Frederick and Kate had threechildren, Dorothy Mary who stayed in
Leigh, Edith Wynne who moved back toLlanferres and Edward Ernest who alsomoved back to the village to look afterthe shop and Post Office, and who wasthe proprietor of the local garage.
Recently I had a phone call from JayneHopwood who is the granddaughter ofEdward E Peters, and therefore the greatgreat granddaughter of Kate Peters,asking me if I could give her any details
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of her Peters’ roots. I had done quitea lot of research some years ago butsince Jayne’s call we have been doinga joint effort into the connection ofthe Edwards’ and Peters’ families.
The point of this article andphotographs is to see whetheranyone can help us to identify any ofthe local people whom my family met.I appreciate that the period is
between 1912 and 1930 but maybesome local residents may have thesame people on their photographs.
If anyone has any informationplease contact Jayne by e-mail [email protected] or on 07900994399.Other photographs of this periodwill be added to the LoggerheadsGarage website in the near future.
Peter Ratcliffe
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Photographs1. Ethel Flitcroft and friends 1917. Ethel is in
the centre2. Ethel Flitcroft with friends on the rocks
1924. Left to right Ethel unknown lady, manand young man on rock.
3. Ethel, Elsie and Eric Flitcroft with local girls1924. Left to right back Elsie, unknownlocal girl, Eric and two unknown local girls.Ethel at the front.
4. Flitcroft Family with friends outside theMiners Arms Maes-y-hafn 1924. Left to rightEric, Ethel, unknown lady with two girls.Front Elsie and unknown girl (on front cover)
5. Flitcroft Family with friends on the rocks1924. Left to right unknown lady, Ethelstanding on rock, my Grandmother, Ericbehind, unknown man, Elsie and two un-known young people.
6. Llanferres Rectory Garden 1914. This pho-tograph is just of local interest. My motheris on the front row right hand end.
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The last week or so of March was sowarm that butterflies appeared. Irecorded Comma, Peacock andSmall tortoiseshell and had a reportof Red admiral and Brimstone beingseen. All these species overwinteras hibernating adults,( in ivy, treeholes, bird nest boxes, sheds, houselofts or even behind curtains inhouses), so often appear in warmspells in March. I also saw a Hollyblue butterfly at the same time.This species overwinters as a pupaand is often the first to emerge.
Chiffchaffs proliferated and on the27th March I recorded my firstWheatear and was also lucky to seeBlackcock 'lecking' even though itwas as late in the morning as eighto'clock. One usually has to be up atthe crack of dawn to see them.
Then on April 4th we woke to findthe ground covered with snow butfortunately it only lasted for a day.The butterflies disappeared. Mostwill probably have gone back intotheir hibernaculas were they willstay until the weather warms upagain but it is likely that others willhave perished and all will have usedup valuable fat reserves. Iwondered how the Chiffchaffs,being insect eaters, would survivethe cold but I went out two daysafter the snow and they weresinging everywhere, so they do notseem to have suffered.
But spring will not be denied. On12th April I saw a Small-whitebutterfly, on the 13th there was a'fall' of Willow warblers and on the15th I recorded a Blackcap.
However, what really surprised mewas the sight of a male Orange tipbutterfly on the 15th. Although itwas a sunny day there was a chillybreeze and there had been a sharpovernight frost. Many naturalistsregard the Orange tip as proof thatspring has arrived.
Visiting a National Trust property,towards the end of March, inCheshire we encountered abumblebee which was large sizedwith a tawny coloured thorax, blackbody and white tail. I did notrecognise it and it did not conformwith any in my bumblebee book andthen I realised it was a specieswhich is new to Britain. It wasBombus hypnorum also known asthe tree bumblebee. It is acontinental species which was firstrecorded in the UK in Hampshire in2001. It spread very slowly up to2005 but then began to spread upthe east coast and graduallywestwards, although it is still mostfrequent in the south-east. It iscalled the tree bumblebee becauseof its predilection for nesting inhollows in trees but in the UK it hastaken to sometimes nesting in birdnest boxes. It is a peaceful insect,like all bumblebees, but it willdefend its nest if threatened. Beinga 'short tongued' species it favoursplants with open or daisy-likeflowers. It is not thought to be athreat to any native species ofbumblebee or any other insect and,in fact, is considered to be a usefuladdition to the British fauna.
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1. According to legend, what type ofgift do you receive if you kiss theBlarney Stone?
2. According to Greek mythology, acentaur is a cross between whichtwo creatures?
3. What was the name of KingArthur's legendary sword?
4. Used as a word in the Englishlanguage, what is the name of thenymph from Greek mythologywho was cursed by the Queen ofthe Gods to only be able to saywhat others had said?
5. What is the name of the bridge inVenice where lovers willsupposedly be granted eternallove if they kiss on a gondola atsunset underneath it?
6. What is the only mythical creaturethat is a sign of the Chinesezodiac?
7. Lending its name to a rollercoaster at Seaworld in Orlando,which legendary sea monster wassaid to have been seen off thecoasts of Norway and Iceland?
8. Which mythological creatures could only betamed by female virgins?
9. In Greek mythology, a flower grew by a poolof water when which character had died thereafter falling in love with his reflection in thewater?
10. What did Charles II supposedly ask to beremoved from the Tower of London beforechanging his mind when he was told of alegend that suggested doing this would causethe entire kingdom to collapse?
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Archery Club - lan Logan, Tryfan, 17 Cae Gwyn, Llanferres Tel: 810627
Badminton Club - June Healy Tel: 810264
Bowling Club - Every Tuesday in the village hall, 7pm - 9pmContact Dave Twomey Tel: 810690.
Church - Rev'd Adrian Copping, The New Rectory, Rectory Lane, LlanferresMold, CH7 5SR Email: [email protected]
Rector's Warden - Josh Griffiths, Jontindale, Ruthin Road. Tel: 810853
People's Warden - Mr. Brian Skelhorn 16 Cae Gwyn. Tel: 810422
Clwydian Conservation Campaign - Pen y Chwareli, Pant Ddu Road,Nercwys CH7 4DD
Llanferres Holiday Club ( School Holiday Child Care) -Becky Thomas, Booking Officer Tel: 01352 759263 or mobile 07530 721953
Gardening Club - Mrs Joan Almond, 20 Cae Derwen, Llanferres.Tel: 810808
Llanferres Alcoholic Mountain Biking Soc. (LAMBS) - Gordon JonesTel: 810305
Llanferres Community Council - Mrs Gwyneth Dillon, Rhosddigre,Llandegla, LL11 3AU Tel: 01978 790269
Llanferres Playing Field & Recreation Association - Secretary, Simon Hodge.Tel: 810686
Maeshafn Cricket Club - Secretary: Jonathan Fagan. Tel: 810373
Old People's Welfare Committee - Secretary, Yvonne Foden-McCorry Tel:810867
PTFA Ysgol Bro Famau - Chair, Kym Willis 07578392305 / 01824 780888
Llanferres Over 60s Club - Olive Parry. Tel: 810294
Village Hall Booking Secretary -Village Hall Management Committee - Chairman, Rob Armstrong. 810259
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