Category: Event

11 May is the date.

On Thursday 23 April 2015 at the Cathedral’s Prebendal House at 11am. Admission costs £1 and there’ll be a plant stall and a raffle.

Cardiff Polyphonic Choir performs Take Flight for Heaven in St German’s Church in Adamsdown, Cardiff on Saturday 25th April at 7.30pm. Call Mike Pepper on 01179146559 to buy tickets.

There’s a chance to get together with other Cardiff residents and hear and share stories on the first Wednesday of every month at the Cardiff Story museum at the Hayes Old Library Building.

Just turn up at 11am.

Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided.

Cardiff and District RSPB presents The Great Crane Project presentation on Friday 13 March  at  7.30 pm in Llandaf Parish Hall, Cardiff.

Damon Bridge will discuss the reintroduction of these graceful birds on the Somerset levels and moors.

The hall is on the right hand side as you enter the car park from the High Street. Disabled access is through the side door on Chapel Street.

Postcode: CF5 2DX (Google map)

Price: Adults £3.00; over 60’s £2.50; students/under 16’s £1.00
Telephone: 02920628931

Photo: Bryant Olsen – ‘GREATER’ SANDHILL CRANES

On the 27th of February 2015 at Llandaf Parish Hall, Andrew Hignall, curator of the Cricket Museum SWALEC gives a talk about Glamorgan Cricket and the Bute Estate. 7.30pm is the start time.

On 25 Feb with Jonathan Bielby. No admission charge; just a collection.  1-1.45pm

There’s a large turnout here today at the Llandaff Institute as Taylor Wimpey shares its plans to redevelop the site currently occupied by BBC Cymru Wales Broadcasting House and Ty Oldfield, either side of Llantrisant Rd. in Llandaf, Cardiff.

Will Phillips, technical director of Taylor Wimpey said he feels the plan opens up an area which is currently closed to local residents. It’s not a gated community and there could be paths through trees, passing an open public space, which neighbouring residents could use to walk or bike through the proposed estate to access the river and the Taff Trail.

Mr and Mrs Huntley, who have lived in Fairwater Grove East, since the 1960s are most concerned about traffic. Mr Huntley said: “Llandaff village in rush hour is already jammed, you can’t add 400 new homes on this site without things getting significantly worse.”

Some of the other issues I heard raised included: the capacity of local schools, the loss of some trees with existing tree preservation orders, and one resident I spoke with was concerned about the social housing within the plan.

Mr Phillips of Taylor Wimpey said the company will be reading and collating all the input from today’s consultation before moving on to the next step of the process.

If you have a view about the way the BBC Llandaf Broadcasting House is developed, the buyers Taylor Wimpey want to hear from you. They’re holding a consultation day at the Llandaff Institute from 11am – 8pm on 12 February, and everyone’s welcome to attend. This sounds like an open house, rather than a public meeting approach.

There are bound to be discussions about the extra car traffic through Llandaf village which the potentially-close-to-400-homes will bring. Some may lament the potential loss of Dale Owen’s modernist building which has become a bit of a local landmark. Other will want to suggest community facilities like libraries, community centres and health facilities.

Local historians can take a peek at the Llandaff Society’s extensive archive of records and photographs of Llandaf during this Christmas Fayre at St Michael’s College on Saturday 6 December 2014.