Heart are running a competition to win a family day prize package by answering a question about Castell Coch. Watch the video of Castell Coch below then answer the question at the bottom of Heart’s website by 9:00am on Wednesday 29th July. You could win £100 to spend on an overnight stay in a top … more…
We want children up to the age of 16 to write something about the village to be published on Tongwynlais.com. If there’s sufficient interest we’ll organise some prizes and it may be possible for all children to earn time credits for taking part. Let us know on our Facebook page if your children would be … more…
The Tongwynlais Our Neighbourhood community group are holding their annual general meeting on Thursday 30th July at 6:00pm in Sugar & Spice. All residents are welcome to attend this informal meeting. The group will present a report on their activities this year and then the meeting will conclude with cake and refreshments.
We love old photos of the village so we’ve used a special tool to compare them with how they look now. Our first example features the Lewis Arms and Castell Coch in the distance. Next up is St Michael and All Angel’s Church. Thanks to Carol Spackman for kindly letting us publish her photo of … more…
Welcome to Warped Drawings Ltd, the home of Cardiff based illustrator Eric Heyman. We came across Eric’s brilliant work when he posted this sketch of a sleeping dragon below Castell Coch. Dragon sketch, sleeping Dragon below Castell Coch near Cardiff pic.twitter.com/tVW3JDlAih — ERIC HEYMAN (@Eric_Heyman) February 7, 2014 The final piece is a brilliantly imagined … more…
An old Tongwynlais Primary School pupil sent us this photo of the school concert from 1964. He’d love to know if anyone can identify the children in it. We’ve posted the photo on our Facebook page if you want to add comments and share it with your friends. Follow Tongwynlais.com on Facebook and Twitter for … more…
Great research Jack, Every time I walk down Railway Terrace I try and picture the station and track as it…