Author Archives: Lynne Thomas
Black bin bags are back (and it’s buy your own)
Red striped bags discontinued as Cardiff Council makes changes to bagged general waste collections If you live in a bag area, Cardiff Council is changing the way people put out general waste for collection. If you use red striped bags, once you have finished your supply you will need to use black bags, and you will need to buy […]
Learn to crochet for free!
Taster Tuesdays are back at Willows High courtesy of volunteer group, Friends of Willows. The next session will be held on Tuesday 14th June from 5pm until 7pm in the Learning Lounge at the high school (on the left as you approach the main entrance) and will be led by Michelle and Jen of the […]
A blast from the past found at Keep Splott Tidy litter pick
On Thursday 26th May, some hardy Splott residents went out on a litter pick by Ysgol Glan Morfa and found something…unexpected! How timely, that just before the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee that they would find a programme to the opening of St David’s Hall on Tuesday the 15th of February 1983 by the Queen Mother! Discarded […]
STAR Hub in Splott recruiting apprentice leisure centre workers
But you’ll have to be quick – the deadline is the 5th of June. Young people in Cardiff will soon have the opportunity to train to become qualified leisure centre staff thanks to a new partnership between Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Better Cardiff. Both organisations have joined forces to recruit young people to its new […]
Old Neath Street Dance Hall For Sale
Three properties on the corner of Walker Road and Neath Street in Splott are for sale for a guide price of £265,000. I think that the properties include what was once known as Neath St Dance Hall (please correct me if I’m wrong). The estate agent Barbara Rees is selling the properties and refers to […]
Keep Splott Tidy May Evening Event
The wombles of Splott are back on Thursday 26th May with an evening litter pick on Lewis Road. Keep Splott Tidy invites Splott residents to join them to help tidy up around Ysgol Glan Morfa and the surrounding area. All equipment is provided, just bring a smile and sensible shoes! Please meet at the entrance […]
Help build a wildlife pond at Splott’s new green community space
All hands on deck to build the new wildlife pond at Railway Gardens! In advance of the exciting Railway Gardens’ ‘The Big Welcome’ on June 18th, the team is inviting local residents to help build one of the site’s biodiversity features; a wildlife pond. About this event Here’s the blurb from the team: Come and […]
Splott primary school set for demolition
Ysgol Glan Morfa, Splott’s Welsh language primary school, moved to a fantastic new facility on Lewis Road a few years back, leaving its old home on Hinton Street in lower Splott. Now the site is set to be demolished to make way for….well, that’s the question. Hoarding boards have gone up around the school perimeter […]
Councillor elections May 2022 – what’s it all about?
Did you know that on May 5th this year, the people of Splott and surrounding areas will get to vote on who they want to represent them at a local level? It’s true! All local authorities in Wales will host a vote this Thursday and the polling stations in Splott and Tremorfa will be open […]