Happy Christmas to all residents and
visitors to Pontyclun
We all know that this Christmas is going to be different to other years. Despite
all the challenges facing us, we feel sure that with love and care for each
other we can still have a very merry Christmas..
We continue to live with the restrictions that Welsh Government are
asking us to observe. We are being asked not just to stay within the law but to
do all that we should to keep ourselves, our families and friends safe. Sadly
most people get covid from those they love most, their friends and families. We
protect our families by always limiting our contacts with others – keeping to a
‘bubble’ of just two households who can meet together indoors. The bubble must
stay unchanged. If we meet people at a
social distance in cafes or pubs, we should meet as a group of no more than
four people, making sure that we leave our contact details. Our elderly
relatives need to be protected from family members who have a wide range of social
contacts; perhaps in work, school or college.
Regrettably, so many of Pontyclun’s Christmas events have been cancelled.
The pantomime has been cancelled as well as the Macmillan Christmas Fair along
with the Community Council festival of Christmas music and choirs.
Cancellations also include so many school concerts, Christmas dinners, carol
services and other events.
Pontyclun Community Council will be lighting up your lives with the
lights across the road in Pontyclun, a Christmas tree outside Giles Gallery
decorated by Stars made by our residents and local organisations and a
Christmas tree in Groes Faen.
Pontyclun people continue to be innovative in a safe and caring way. On
28 November residents around Ffordd Cefn yr Hendy in Miskin organised a Christmas
Fair by organising the sale of Christmas crafts on residents’ driveways. The
Community Council organised support from Father Christmas and many elves – who
all kept their distance
Pontyclun Remembers 2020
In recent years, three to four hundred people have been commemorating
Remembrance Sunday at the War Memorial. This year because of COVID, the
organisers decided that it was not possible to organise a Remembrance Service
to which many people would want to attend and due to the location it would not be
possible to ensure social distancing. However, the organisers, Denise Ellis and
Mother Rosemary Hill coordinated production of a wonderful and emotional video
with the help of members of the community and video editor Matthew Hackett. The
video includes members of the community singing and reciting Larence Binyon’s poem ‘For the
Fallen’. If you are interested in
viewing it, go to You Tube and type in Pontyclun Remembers 2020 or follow this link here
A new Primary School for Pontyclun
At a recent meeting of the Cabinet of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough
Council, it was agreed to apply to Welsh Government for funding for building
replacement primary schools in Pontyclun, Penygawsi and Llantwit Fardre. The
Governors of the School and all the staff are delighted and excited that
possibly within three years, the children of our community will have a modern
school in which to learn. I have been pressing for the new Pontyclun school to
be on the existing site. It is in the town centre and many pupils are able to
walk to school. The Council has agreed to test the practicality of this site.
There will be public consultation on the design and location of any new school.
We hope that this will take place
sometime next year.
RCT Cllr for Pontyclun, Margaret
Griffiths
Chair of Pontyclun Community Council,
Cllr Paul Griffiths
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