Events

Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

6 mile walk with Ron Williams from Trelawnyd Car-park taking in Marion Mills, Gwaenysgor and the Top Hill

Please let me know if you or anyone you know would like to attend 

Neville Howell

 

Trustee and Events Secretary Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley

01244 535173, 07850 921295, nevjhow@gmail.com

A 1930's Heritage weekend and exhibition of Sealand in the 1930's

Admission Free

 Refreshments on Sale:

Morning Coffee, Hot and Cold Light

 Lunches, Homemade cakes,

 Afternoon Teas

Talks and Events

Thu 20 Jun:

• 30 am - noon: School Workshops
• 30 pm - 30s/40s Sing-along with the Mancot Community Choir

 Fri 21 Jun:

• 30 am - noon: School Workshops
• 30 pm - Down Memory Lane with the Welsh Land Settlement Society - talk about the old days with family and friends

  Sat 22 Jun:

• 11 am: The 1930s - an illustrated talk by Stephen Smith
• 30 pm: Sealand in the '30s - an illustrated talk by Jennifer Watson

 Sun 23 Jun:

• 4 pm: Compline (closing prayers) - all welcome

A talk for Friends of the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley by Dr. Ian Brown on 'Caer Drewyn, Dee Valley, and its environs and other hillforts’

An international festival of music and dance

Tickets on sale now click on below website links for details;

http://www.llangollen.net

Evening concerts include appearances by;

Monday 1 July 7.30 pm  Jools Holland & his Rhythm and Blues Orchestra

Tuesday 2 July 7.30 pm Classical Gala with Rolando Villazon starring Rhian Lois

Wednesday 3 July 7.30 pm Siants and Singers The Music of Wales

Thursday 4.July 7.30 pm International Celebration with MABON

Friday 5. July 7.30 pm GIPSY Kings featuring Andre Reyes

Saturday 6.July 7.30 pm Choir of the World with Catrin Finch

https://international-eisteddfod.co.uk/event_picker/evening-concerts/

Administration Office

Tel: 01978 862000

Email: info@llangollen.net 

Music Office

Tel: 01978 862003

Email: music@llangollen.net

Tickets

Tel: 01978 862001

Email: tickets@llangollen.net

Support and Sponsorship

Email: commercial@llangollen.net

Trade Stands & Catering

Email: siting@llangollen.net 

Friends of the Eisteddfod

Email: friends@llangollen.net

PR and Press Accreditation

Tel: 01244 320677

Email: EisteddfodPR@thinkdewinter.co.uk

Teas, homemade cakes, and barbecue
Bridge to Bridge Wheeleyboat trips from 12 midday
Duck races
Films about Deeside's past
Competitions - children's fancy dress, best decorated cup cakes & photography
View the new Connah's Quay iBeacon on your phone
Sea Shanties with local singers Hallte. Morus dancing

Face painting, street art demo, chalk painting on the viewpoint

4 pm - 6 pm Children's disco

6 pm - 11 pm An evening by the river

BBQ from 6 pm - Bring your own bottle!
Disco and karaoke
Lighting of the Midsummer Beacon on the Stone Dock at 10 pm

For more information: 01244 818029

qwaheritageofficer1819@gmail.com  or wwwquaywatermen.com

Lanfest

https://international-eisteddfod.co.uk/events/sunday-llanfest/

Gates open 1.30 pm

Tickets

There are 3 ticket options available which allow access to the whole site from 2 pm.

Standing: £39

Seated: £45

Premium Standing: £49

For Accessible Seating please contact the Box Office on 01978 862001.

Under 16 s must be accompanied by an adult.

Replica Spitfire, re-enactors, military vehicles, WW2 trail, family activities.

For more details of the Talacre 'Then and Now' project see newspaper report at;-

https://www.rhyljournal.co.uk/news/17393277.talacre-then-and-now-project-receives-more-funding/

See how our towns and villages have changed over the past 120 years.
Postcards are a great resource for local history and family history,

Transport, Film, Sport, Animals, Greetings, Military and much more

Prices start at as little as 50p per card, so come along and see for yourself!

Our website is at www.nwpcc.org.uk and find us on Facebook

There is on site free parking, easy access, and through the day we will be serving light refreshments.

Why not make it a club outing, visit the fair, and spend the rest of the day visiting Llandudno, Queen of the North Wales coast.  You can easily reach us by car, bus or train. Bus route 5 (Not 5X)  ½ hourly from town            

Organized by The North Wales Postcard Club

For Further information or booking forms

Please contact Keith Hough on 01244-813214

Judging takes place in early August; the winners will be announced at the Gladfest 2019 launch on Friday, 6th September;

The 12 shortlisted titles for 2020 are:

• Annabel Abbs, Frieda: The Real Lady Chatterley (Hachette, 2018)
• Claire Askew, All the Hidden Truths (Hodder & Stoughton, 2018)
• Jonathan Edwards, Gen (Seren)
• Isabel Galleymore, Significant Other (Carcanet, 2019)
• Elisabeth Gifford, The Good Doctor of Warsaw (Corvus, 2018)
• Katie Hale, My Name is Monster (Canongate, 2019)
• Rachel Heng, Suicide Club: A Novel About Living (Henry Holt, 2018)
• Charlotte Higgins, Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths (Jonathan Cape 2018)
• Daisy Johnson, Everything Under (Vintage, 2018)
• Alice Jolly, Between the Regions of Kindness (Unbound, 2019)
• Kaite O’Reilly, Persians (Fair Acre Press 2019)
• Sarah Stonich, Laurentian Divide (University of Minnesota Press, 2018)

Winning authors will be awarded up to a month’s residency at Gladstone’s Library, a creative community that is open to the public and based in the world’s only residential library. Previous winners now number over 40 and have included Naomi Alderman (The Power), Peter Moore (The Weather Experiment), Keggie Carew (Dadland), Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (Harmless Like You), Amy Liptrot (The Outrun), Richard Beard (The Day that Went Missing), Melissa Harrison (At Hawthorn Time) and Sarah Perry (The Essex Serpent).

Peter Francis, Warden of Gladstone’s Library said:

‘We are increasingly proud of the residency programme and its ability to bring new thoughts, ideas and books to the Gladstone’s Library community. We look forward to welcoming the winning writers in 2020’.

This year’s judging panel consists of Trustee of Gladstone’s Library and teacher at Harris Westminster Sixth Form, Freddie Baveystock; Warden of Gladstone’s Library, Peter Francis; Director of Collections and Research at Gladstone’s Library, Louisa Yates; as well as three past recipients of the Writers in Residence award - poet Penny Boxall (Ship of the Line); and novelists Rachel Malik (Miss Boston and Miss Hargreaves) and Rowan Hisayo Buchannan (Harmless Like You).

Judging takes place in early August; the winners will be announced at the Gladfest 2019 launch on Friday, 6th September; and the programme will be officially launched on Monday, 25th November at the National Liberal Club in London when the winning authors will read from their work.

2020 is the programme’s ninth year: keep an eye out for our 2021 birthday celebrations!

Gladstone’s Library is delighted to reveal the lineup for the seventh year of Gladfest, which takes place at the Library in Hawarden, 6th – 8th September 2019.

Award-winning novelists Patrick Gale (Take Nothing With You) and Salley Vickers (The Librarian) return with their latest works, while Sarah Perry (Melmoth), Michael Nobbs (Drawing Your Life) and Oliver Emanuel (The 306: Day) run new and exclusive masterclasses. The literary world is buzzing with news of Damian Barr’s first novel (You Will be Safe Here) and it’ll be right here with us, and the buzz continues with Kit de Waal (Common People), Alix Nathan (The Warlow Experiment), and Suzette A. Hill (The Cambridge Plot), who’ll all be talking about their latest books.

As always, it’s not just fiction! Melanie Reid (The World I Fell Out Of), Damian Le Bas (The Stopping Places) and Dan Richards (Outpost) share their journeys and some of the UK’s most creative minds will be showcasing their research: Joe Moran (First You Write a Sentence) on shyness and creativity, Danny Dorling (Rule Britannia) on Brexit, Charlotte Higgins (Red Thread) on labyrinths, Rachel Hewitt (The Revolution of Feeling) on women in the mountains. And we remember William Gladstone with our 19th century strand - Deborah Wynne (The Sensation Novel) on Victorian recycling, Claire O’Callaghan (Emily Bronte Reappraised) on Emily Bronte and Simon Grennan (Marie Duval Rediscovered) on comics.

Plus there are spiritual reflections with Pádraig Ó Tuama (In the Shelter) and Zia Chaudhry (Just Your Average Muslim), life reflections with actor Neil Pearson (Obelisk) and a look to the future of local with Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd, Tamara Harvey, and founder of Pedlars and The Good Life Experience, Charlie Gladstone.

The festival is also excited to extend the offering of its Gladfest Fringe, a carefully-curated space bustling with FREE performances and stalls. Gladfest has worked with the Laura Ashley Foundation to design a space with music, storytelling and open mic poetry, and there will also be a range of free space crafting activities for young people and the young at heart curated by InterAct Imaginatons!

The festival continues its partnership with Arriva NW & Wales, offering discounted tickets to those travelling to the festival by bus. Lisa Pearson, Head of Marketing for Arriva NW & Wales said,

‘We are delighted to once again be involved with this years’ Gladfest – following a great first year supporting the festival last year, we fully understand the importance of being a part of Gladfest again in 2019, showing a commitment to key events happening across the communities we serve in North Wales’.

Priority booking for Gladstone’s Library Friends opens on Wednesday, 1st May. Tickets sell out during this window. For access to priority booking plus advance notice of special offers and events, find out more about becoming a Friend at www.gladstoneslibrary.org. Tickets go on general sale on Wednesday, 15th May.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

Gladfest is the biggest event in the Gladstone’s Library calendar. Now into its seventh year, previous guests have included Diarmaid MacCulloch (All Things Made New: The Reformation), Loyd Grossman (Benjamin West and the Struggle to be Modern) Sarah Dunant (Blood and Beauty), and Melissa Harrison (All Among the Barley). www.gladfest.co.uk

Gladstone’s Library is situated just six miles from Chester with good transport links to Liverpool and Wrexham. It is Britain’s only Prime Ministerial library and the national memorial to William Gladstone. It is home to a unique collection of more than 150,000 printed items and offers a comfortable, sociable and stimulating environment in which to read, relax, converse and become inspired. It is the UK’s only residential library. www.gladstoneslibrary.org

 For further information and press tickets, please email amy.sumner@gladlib.org.     www.gladfest.co.uk | @gladlib | #Gladfest19