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NewsNews Dramatic scenes at the Wyeside


A WEEK of drama workshops for children at the Wyeside Arts Centre in Builth culminated in performances


Peck, Hannah Wilson and Nina Graveny-Edwards and involved 45 children from as young as three years old to 12 years old.


friends on Friday, July 30. The workshops were led by Debbie


for fami ly and


‘The Bear Hunt’ with plenty of growling and roaring while the older children performed the much loved children’s classic, ‘Peter Pan.’ Debbie Peck said: “The children


as the children, who have all been experience as The younger children performed


fantastic.” Over 70 parents, grandparents,


have been a joy to work with and the workshop leaders have the whole


exciting found


brothers, sisters and friends attended the performances with one parent commenting: “The staff at Wyeside have been truly inspirational and the children have been really enthusiastic throughout the week and couldn’t wait to go on stage to show off their new found acting skills.”


Newsin brief


Catalogued Sale


FRIDAY,


9 saw the first catalogued sale of a n t i q u e s , general household items China and col lectables


McCa r tneys at Brecon Market. This was the first of its kind. Th e


saw purchasers compete


The boys on the canal Jubilant scouts closer to jamboree


A TRIO of scouts from Powys have been selected to represent Mid Wales in the 22nd World Scout Jamboree, which is taking place next July in Sweden. Craig Rytz, Richard Mason and


James Brimer are participating in the jamboree which is open to scouts between the age of 14-17. And because it is held every four


The older children performing ‘Peter Pan


celebrations for Nancy


A RESIDENT from Hay-on-Wye has reached a milestone birthday. Nancy Seabourne celebrated her 100th


birthday recentky and to mark the special occasion Cllr Gareth Ratcliffe, local member for Hay-on-Wye, presented her with a bouquet of flowers and a card on behalf of the chairman of Powys County Council, Cllr Garry Banks. Mrs Seabourne has loved locally in the Hay


area all her life and is the daughter of the former gardener and housekeeper for Hay Castle when it was in the ownership of Mr Tuson in the early 1900s.


grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren and her family moved to thank the carers who have given them support over the years, expressing their eternal thanks.


A mother of two, Mrs Seabourne has five


Nancy Seabourne celebrates her 100th birthday with her family. Also pictured is Mayor of Hay-on-Wye, Cllr M Fellows


Brew sales about to go wild?


THE 2010 Brew of Wild Beacon is now available from the Breconshire Brewery with five pence from every bottle sold going directly to the Brecknock Wildlife Trust (BWT) to help raise funds for the charity. “The beer was re- launched at this year’s Royal Welsh Show,” said Zoe Ellams of BWT, “and the ingredients were hand picked by the Trust staff and have come direct and fresh from some of our Nature Reserves. “Please go out and buy some,” she added, “but drink responsibly!”


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Pictured above around the keyboard are Walter, Revd Maggie, Olwen, Frances, Bev, David and Phil and inset, the chapel starting to fill up shortly before all seats were taken


Full house for village chapel concert


THE Baptist chapel at Knucklas was packed to capacity on Sunday evening, August 1 for a special Songs of Praise, with the hymns chosen by surrounding churches and chapels and individuals connected with Knucklas village.


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The congregation were greeted and welcomed to


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have to fill in an application form and if successful, they then go on to attend a selection weekend.


to be picked, scouts first


then assigned to a contingent and attend various preparation days that take place monthly around Wales, leading up to the jamboree , the cost of which is around £2,000 per scout. Whilst a proportion of the money is


years, there is only a single window of opportunity for the boys to experience such an event. In order


undertake various


order to raise the funds and the trio of teenagers from Radnorshire have been busy raising money by bag packing, and holding stalls at various fun days and carnivals. Earlier


fortunate living conditions endeavours


in The lucky few offered a place are


raised for scout group members living in poorer countries, those experiencing more


1st Llandrindod Scout Group and who have been in the scouting movement from the age of six, firstly as Beaver Scouts, then moving through the sections,


last month, 16-year-olds


hours of kayaking through wind, rain and sunshine, the young leaders amassing around £1,000 between them for the cause.


Many happy returns Lucy!


PICTURED i s Lucy James from Powys being presented with flowers by the mayor of Builth Wells, county councillor John Price in celebration of Builth Wells resident Lucy’s 100th birthday. A well-known character


in the area having lived in Builth Wells for more than 50 years, Mrs James has two sons, six grandchildren and nine


thank through The Brecon & Radnor Express all her family, friends and carers


acknowledgement of her birthday and the numerous visitors she received on her special day.


presents


for the cards and she received in


and her husband Francis, who sadly passed away three years ago, was a key figure with local building company FE James & Sons. Mrs


James wanted to great-grandchildren


Newbridge scouts before joining the 1st Llandrindod Explorer scouts completed the fundraiser


after eight and a half and James, who attended


Craig and Richard and James, 15, carried out a sponsored 22 mike kayak down the Brecon to Monmouthshire canal. Craig and James, Explorer Scouts at


766 lots, which included,


for July by


s a l e the


lots of Beswick China, Moorcroft vases, Border Fine Arts, Coalport figure s ,


Jugs, Brecknock and Radnorshire Map and a large entry of general hous eho l d fur n i t ur e


antiques. Purchasers were


and


very keen to put they catalogues to good use and our first top priced lot was £75 for a box of vintage camera equipment. Three Moorcroft


To by several


Thursday, August 5, 2010


vases went to the same home, with a total purchase price of £145, the bidding stopped at £28 for a Beswick pig, a Beswick kingfisher


away at £50 and a small glazed Beswick horse galloped off at £26.


Art s Geese £80, whi le


Aberdare miner’s lamp made £40.


Business Premises


COUNCILLOR Kelvyn Curry was the judge for this year’s Rhayader Ch a m be r


Trade Best Kept Business Premises award which went to Ty Morgans restaurant guest house.


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