Whitchurch and Llandaff Living Autumn 2018

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Inside this issue Interview

Whitchurch's Elliot Kear talks to us about his rugby league career and what it means to be picked to captain Wales

Competitions

Win a festive afternoon tea for two at the Secret Shed's Tea Garden and tickets to see the Bootleg Beatles

Autumn Hygge Get cosy this Autumn with homeware and goodies from our local villages

History

Author Ceri Stennett talks about a new book he's co-authored, that sheds light on the history of the Whitchurch fallen

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Welcome / Croeso Welcome to your Autumn issue of Whitchurch and Llandaff Living.

As the villages settle down after a long and much appreciated summer, it is time to light the fires and enjoy the feeling of hygge that this season brings.

Our magazines are all about embracing the seasons and we have put together an issue that celebrates both the beauty of the outdoors and the cosiness of the indoors.

We have features on how to feel cosy in the cold, some delicious hotpot recipes and insights into what makes Autumn special through the eyes of local children. Autumn is a time when we make the most of our homes, so we went around the villages and handpicked some of the finest homewares and goodies to make your home extra inviting.

Being outside and witnessing the beauty of our changing villages is a sight to behold, but with the changing of the season, comes a flurry of activity from nature. We have put together an informative guide on some of the species around our local parks. Kevin Revell returns to give his advice on how to keep our gardens looking beautiful and full of colour through Autumn.

Our interview is focused around sport this issue and we enjoyed speaking to a true sporting hero. Elliot Kear grew up in Whitchurch and has recently been promoted to captain of the Wales rugby league team. He tells us about his career to date and his hopes for the Welsh team in the run up to the 2021

World Cup qualifiers.

It was also a pleasure to spend time with author Ceri Stennett, who has co-authored a book about the names of the fallen on the Whitchurch War Memorial.

The book will be published to coincide with the centenary of the end of World War I. Whitchurch and Llandaff Living, as a truly organic community magazine, welcomes valued contributions from its readers. To mark the recent 70th Birthday of the NHS, we hear from six local residents about what the NHS means to them.

If it's some fresh air you fancy at this time of year, we've got a great Autumn walk around Cosmeston and down to Sully Beach.

Finally, we've got two superb competitions that could see you winning a festive afternoon tea for two and tickets to see the Bootleg Beatles.

So, grab your mug of tea or steaming hot chocolate and sit back and enjoy a good read as we nestle into Autumn.

Meanwhile, we've got our Christmas issue to get ready.

See you at start of December!

Danielle and Patric @Whit_Llandaff

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What’s on Winter Wonderland Opens Thursday 15th November City Hall, Cardiff Christmas food, rides and of course ice-skating - all set on Cardiff’s City Hall Lawn.

Rhiwbina Christmas Festival Saturday 24th November 4pm-8pm Rhiwbina Village The highlight of the Rhiwbina winter calendar.

Llandaff Village Christmas Lights Wednesday 28th November 6pm Llandaff High Street Join Peppa Pig for the big Christmas Light Switch On. Whitchurch Reindeer Run Saturday 1st December 5pm Whitchurch Village A one-mile fun run around Whitchurch village and an evening of festive celebration.

New Emergency Assessment ward opens at Velindre Hospital

A new Assessment Unit for emergency patients at Velindre Cancer Centre in Whitchurch has opened with help from Macmillan Cancer Support.

The new unit has been billed as a 'one stop shop' for emergency cancer patients and was opened in September by Assembly Member Steffan Lewis, who has stage four cancer.

Mr Lewis said: “The opening of this Assessment Unit at Velindre marks another step forward and an expansion in the range and quality of cancer services being made available to patients in Wales.

“I have personally experienced the outstanding care offered at Velindre as an inpatient and know that the same level of dignity and compassion, which is central to Velindre’s ethos, will characterise the new unit too.

“I’m delighted that this ‘one stop shop’ for emergency patients will lead to an enhanced and faster service for patients.”

By providing one dedicated unit to deal exclusively with cancer emergencies, the process of assessing patients and providing rapid treatment will be streamlined, meaning that more patients can receive the treatment they need more quickly.

The new Assessment Unit’s team will include a senior doctor and senior expert nurses, highly trained in both cancer and emergency care. They will co-ordinate decision making across the Cancer Centre within four hours of a patient arriving.

Macmillan Wales, which provided £340,000 of funding, said the unit would also provide dietetic services, along with occupational therapy and physiotherapy.

The charity's head of service Richard Pugh said: "From start to finish, the new team will help speed up initial assessments, put detailed care plans in place, and support people to return home as soon and as safely as possible."

Reindeer Run returns to Whitchurch There will be the sound of hooves and sleigh bells as the annual Reindeer Run takes place on Saturday 1st December.

The village celebrates the festive one-mile fun run with stalls, crafts, rides and late-night opening in some shops. There will also be live music, an outdoor cinema and a festive finale. Entertainment starts at 5pm while the race starts at 7pm.

Anybody who enters the Fun Run will receive a personalised Reindeer Run T-shirt, displaying the names of everyone taking part. They will also

receive a set of reindeer antlers and a flashing nose.

Organisers hope to raise over £10,000 for Cancer Research Wales.

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Residents warned of telephone scam

Whitchurch PACT is reminding local residents not to get hooked by telephone scammers.

South Wales Police are pushing the message that criminals can target vulnerable people remotely.

"It's not just about locking windows and doors - criminals will target your phone, emails and online shopping habits.

"Hacking your email account is like stealing the keys to your kingdom - a treasure trove of personal information. There are four ways to try and avoid being scammed: "Remember - your bank or the police will never ask for your PIN, your bank card or ask you to withdraw money.

"Caution - never share your PIN with anyone. The only times you should need your PIN are at the cashpoint and when you are paying for something with a shop's Chip and PIN machine.

"Think - never hand your bank card or any goods you have purchased as a result of a phone call to anyone who comes to your door.

"Investigate - if you think you have been the victim of a scam, call the police."

Residents are urged to call 101 if they feel that they have become a victim of scamming.

Police patrol pesky parkers PCSOs in Whitchurch have been handing out warning notices to motorists who park in dangerous places.

PCSO Hunter and PCSO Lewis patrolled Whitchurch Primary in early October and issued three warning notices in just one morning.

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Geraint is welcomed home

Former Whitchurch High School pupil Geraint Thomas was given a hero's homecoming welcome after winning this year's Tour De France.

Thousands of people lined the streets to congratulate the cyclist, who became just the third Briton and first Welshman to win the gruelling 21-stage race which culminated in Paris.

The 32-year-old was congratulated by First Minister Carwyn Jones at the Senedd in front of more than 3,000 people in Cardiff Bay. "I'm used to racing in front of thousands of people but to walk out to this, this is bonkers," Thomas said. 8,000 people packed the streets to welcome Thomas home.

Dog owners start fine petition Dog owners in Cardiff have launched a campaign against plans to ban them from walking their pets on sports pitches.

They face spot fines of £100 if caught breaking a proposed new public spaces protection order (PSPO).

Cardiff Council said it had to tackle a minority of owners who did not control their dogs or pick up mess.

Under Cardiff's proposed PSPO, dogs would be banned across the city from council-owned or maintained marked sports pitches, enclosed playgrounds and schools.

Owners would, however, be able to exercise their dog on the playing fields outside "the relevant playing season".

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Insole Court reaches final of prestigious Heritage Awards Insole Court has been shortlisted for a Heritage Angel Award, in recognition of the tremendous efforts undertaken by the community, campaigners, volunteers, trustees and staff to rescue its historic buildings and bring the once forgotten national heritage treasure back to life.

The former home of one of Cardiff’s great coal-merchant families, the Insoles, was originally saved by a community effort and has since been restored to preserve its rich local history. Now in the hands of a charity, Insole Court Trust, the house and gardens are open to the public and hosts a variety of classes, events and activities.

Insole Court has this year begun hosting weddings and has more recently opened a new immersive walk-through audio drama, opening

up the first floor of the mansion for the first time since the 1970s - to tell the story of the Insole family, their triumphs and their tragedies.

In light of the Trust’s heritage achievements, Insole Court has been shortlisted for a 'Best Rescue of a Historic Building or Place' (for projects under £5m), which recognises volunteers and professionals, individuals and groups who have rescued a historic building, place, landscape or site.

The Heritage Angel Awards Wales are a celebration of people who make a difference to heritage in Wales in various ways: through fundraising and restoring historic buildings, through the traditional construction skills they bring to projects, through training and inspiring others and through the ways that they bring historic places to life.

The winners in each category will be announced at an awards ceremony in Caerphilly Castle on Thursday 8th November.

The overall winner from all four nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) will be announced at a gala event in London on 27th November 2018.

Heathcock set to reopen this autumn Llandaff's Heathcock pub is set to reopen its doors this autumn after it was announced that the venue had been taken over by the owners of the Hare and Hounds in Cowbridge.

The pub, which has closed and reopened several times in the last few years, will undergo a refurbishment. It will also get new branding but its well-known name will stay the same.

The renovation will include a new open kitchen and the venue will

serve ale and craft beers, as well as interesting wines and homemade seasonal drinks.

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I know how much goes into producing a local free journal and managing to make it pay for itself.

In the Sixties and Seventies, I was involved in regional magazines, starting one of the first free distribution newspapers in Cardiff called Shopping in Cardiff. In those days, we didn’t have the benefit of the World Wide Web and local advertisers welcomed the opportunity to use an alternative, more defined medium to the local papers and TV. We worked with the Cardiff Chamber of Trade and Chamber of Commerce and distributed around sixty thousand copies a month.

The above is not intended as credit for me but is simply to show that I know - from hard experience - what a great job you do and what you have achieved in the past ten years.

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I must however say that, in the last issue, I found the article in Whitchurch and Llandaff Living Issue 48 (Hunter) inappropriate in the way that it glorifies the destruction of fellow human beings. Military history has its place, and deserves recognition, but please, not again to be presented in such an offensive manner.

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Autumn Poem

Please find a poem I have written about Autumn, offered as a modest contribution to your remarkable magazines.

Beneath the stars that swing the midnight sky, Below the strands of opalescent cloud, The wandering owl surveys her night domain; Benign, like death, through blackened leaves she stares, Awaiting movement of her hidden prey, Through autumn's shadow lanes and withered grass; And then, on wings that sweep the silent air, She drifts, unheard, to kill the unaware!

While bustling rodents garner what they may To store against the winter's leaner times, A breeze, with wilful prodigality, Disperses autumn's bronzed and golden leaves Across the earth, preparing it for sleep.

And then the harvest moon shines forth at night To soothe the sleeping land with gentle rays And bring a gracious end to autumn days!

GA James Rhiwbina

Congratulations to our students

I wish to congratulate all of our students on their remarkable examination results here at the Bishop of Llandaff High School.

We are celebrating another set of stunning A level results. 22% of students achieved 3 or more A*-A grades, with 78% of students achieving at least 3 or more at A*-C. More than a third of all outcomes were at the highest level at A*-A; more than two-thirds (68%) of all grades were at A*-B, an overall pass rate of 99%.

In total, 109 of our Year 13 students will be going to university this autumn, including three who will be attending Oxford.

A week after the publication of the A level grades, students, staff and parents celebrated another set of very fine GCSE results, with 92% of our students achieving 5 or more GCSE at grades A*-C. They have worked incredibly hard to achieve their success and the rewards are fully deserved.

It is very rewarding to see students meet and exceed their personal targets to achieve results which will remain with them forever. The results achieved by students today finish off a very successful year for the school, following our positive inspection visit in the spring. As ever, I also wish to reaffirm my sincere gratitude and heartfelt praise to the amazing teaching and support staff at the school who have helped our students achieve such wonderful outcomes.

Marc Belli Bishop of Llandaff High School

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In September, I held my 18th annual Macmillan Coffee Morning in Whitchurch at the Brook Bistro on Merthyr Road. The head boy and girl from Whitchurch High School came along, as well as the head teacher and pupils from Whitchurch Primary and many others.

Thanks to generous support from the public and donations for raffle prizes from local traders, we raised £803 which takes the total raised over 18 years to nearly £16,000.

I recently helped organise an event to highlight a ‘Baby Bundle/Bwndel Babi’ scheme which would see all mums-to-be get a starter kit of items for their newborn babies in Wales, similar to the Scottish ‘baby box’ scheme. We hope this will be taken up as an initial pilot scheme by the next First Minister at the end of the year.

In September, I held a ‘red gazebo’ pop-up surgery at Cefn Onn Park and one of the issues we talked to constituents about was their views on puppy farming.

Many of the puppy farms which supply fashionable breeds of dogs to unscrupulous pet shops and sellers online are, sadly, found in rural Wales.

There was strong support for our petition calling for greater regulation of the ‘third party’ sale of pets – so, for example, people would only be able to buy pets from regulated breeders where they can meet the mother. I would like to see us bring in tighter regulations in Wales – a so-called ‘Lucy’s Law’ – and in July I attended an event at the Assembly where there was strong cross-party support for this. The Welsh Government has promised it is looking into the issue.

Over the summer, I accompanied the Welsh Government’s Environment Minister, Hannah Blythyn, along with Anna McMorrin MP on a visit to Snail’s Deli in Rhiwbina to show her how the ‘plastic-free Rhiwbina’ campaign is working in practice. She is very concerned about the issue of single-use plastic in particular and is consulting on proposals that would help put the onus on producers to reduce the amount of plastic they use for their goods.

Please get in touch with me if you have any issues you’d like to discuss. My contact details are below and I hold regular surgeries on Mondays and Fridays, as well as ‘pop up’ surgeries all over the constituency on Saturdays.

How to get in touch If you have any concerns or issues please contact my office on 029 2061 4577. I can also be contacted via my website at www.juliemorgan.org. uk, by email at julie.morgan@assembly.wales or through Twitter @JulieMorganLAB Sponsored feature

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Whitchurch High School Football Fundraiser

Jaden Skeggs and Ewan Reed, both students at Whitchurch High School, have hosted a second annual charity match to fundraise money for Velindre Cancer Centre.

Both students are founding members of the Velindre Young Ambassadors group, which aims to build a strong community around young people experiencing challenges from cancer. After receiving the devastating news of a diagnosis in each of their families, the boys came together to keep spirits up and put their energy into raising awareness of the work that charities like Velindre do for local people.

The match pitted Velindre F.C. against Whitchurch Wanderers, and while the score at the final whistle was 4-2 to the Wanderers, the victory was shared by all.

All money donated online, at the event and in the prize raffle is being given to Velindre hospital to support the nurses and carers who work tirelessly. Jaden and Ewan have expressed their gratitude for everyone who participated.

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Starship Enterprise

WHS Highlights

Year 12 pupils recently produced a range of superhero products and presented them to the school community at a special Comic Convention event.

Students formed small teams, assigned roles and held meetings to emulate the professional environment of working in a real corporate company. The task was to build a viable company with the end result being fully marketable merchandise. In true Dragon's Den style, the teams prepared pitches outlining their progress and explaining the qualities of their product.

The work is a part of the Advanced Skills Challenge, which all Key Stage 5 pupils at the school complete.

The Enterprise and Employability project focuses on business skills and team cooperation, encouraging students to develop their problem solving and critical communication in an independent capacity. Finance directors produced spreadsheets to store all expenses data, which could be used to forecast net income and break-even graphs. The process allows everyone to exercise their creativity and love of films and books, which is enjoyed by all.

The entrepreneurial spirit in Whitchurch remains strong, and the saying remains true: not all superheroes wear capes!

• Former student David Phelps revisited the school after winning a second gold medal in rifle shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

He spoke to prospective athletes about his experience as an elite sportsman, having competed in five Commonwealth events, before receiving a tour around the upper school site.

• Latalia Bevan, aged 17, has won a silver medal for her floor routine in gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games. The talented teenager was commended by the judges, who gave her a great score of 13.300.

• English teachers took Year 8 to Cardiff Metropolitan University to meet Dan Anthony. The author launched his new novel, The Last Big One, and shared his thoughts on being a writer and overcoming obstacles such as self-doubt and procrastination. The morning was concluded with a speech on future career options and a tasty lunch in the canteen.

• The school is sincerely grateful for the donation of a minibus to the Specialist Resource Base.

• Another successful year of the mentoring program was celebrated with a delicious cream tea put together by the canteen staff, which was enjoyed by students, parents and teachers. The mentors were handed certificates and thanked for their work in helping the GCSE pupils who attended the morning sessions.

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What we love about

Autumn Evie aged 7 What do you like about Autumn?

I like sunny days stepping in leaves when they make crunchy noises.

What has it been like to go back to school?

It's been exciting and I've been nervous going into Year Three as I was worried there was going to be harder work.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I'm looking forward to Christmas because my Elf on the Shelf, Chippy comes back and she spends time playing hide and seek with us.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

My favourite thing is the Halloween party we have every year in the house when I invite my best friends.

Tilly aged 10 What do you like about Autumn?

I like collecting conkers and playing 'conkers' with my friends at school. I also like dressing up for Halloween.

What has it been like to go back to school?

I’ve really enjoyed seeing all my friends again and meeting my new teacher. I’m really enjoying learning about my new topic.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

Going trick or treating with all my friends at Halloween because I like getting lots of sweets. I’m also looking forward to Bonfire Night because I can see all the pretty fireworks from our balcony.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

I like building shelters in the forests with all the sticks and leaves that have fallen.

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Lily aged 7 What do you like about Autumn?

You can find conkers and I love collecting them.

What has it been like to go back to school?

It’s been fun seeing my friends again and having a new teacher.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I’m looking forward to Daddy’s birthday and then Christmas because I get to have fun with my family.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

Collect conkers!

Holly aged 10 What do you like about Autumn?

It's my birthday in the Autumn. It's pretty with the different colour leaves falling off the trees. It's also getting close to Christmas!

What has it been like to go back to school?

Good. It takes a while to get used to the new people in my class but I'm enjoying it.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I'm looking forward to my birthday and Christmas as I'll get lots of presents!

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

My favourite thing to do in Autumn in to wrap up warm and watch all the bright firework displays on Bonfire Night.

Lucy aged 13

Nine local children explain why they love the Autumn season and what they enjoy doing most during the colder months

Lucas aged 9 What do you like about Autumn?

I like collecting conkers and seeing all the colours of the leaves on the trees.

What has it been like to go back to school?

It’s been fun seeing all my friends again and meeting my new teacher.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I’m looking forward to moving to Australia because it’s nice and hot over there.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

Collect conkers and play football.

Rosie aged 7 What do you like about Autumn?

We get to play in the leaves and be outside. We get to see the squirrels hiding their acorns.

What has it been like to go back to school?

Year Three is super strict!

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

It's not long until we get to go ice-skating at Christmas.

It's lots of fun.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

My favourite things is to drink hot chocolate with marshmallows and watch movies.

What do you like about Autumn?

It's the season of Halloween.

It's also very pretty with the autumnal tones of the leaves.

What has it been like to go back to school?

It's nice going back to see my friends again and meeting my new teachers. It's hard getting up early though!

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

Halloween - dressing up for parties and it's also my birthday.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

Going for long walks in the Wenallt and listening to the crunching of the leaves beneath my feet.

Ben aged 7 What do you like about Autumn?

I like the nice colours of the leaves and to listen to the noise of the crunching leaves when I jump in them. Autumn also means the start of the football and rugby season.

What has it been like to go back to school?

I am a bit nervous in Year Three as my teacher is quite strict.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I'm excited to celebrate Halloween and Bonfire Night with my friends and family.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

I like watching the fireworks and all the flashing lights on Bonfire Night.

Martha aged 6 What do you like about Autumn?

I like going to the park and finding conkers and throwing all the fallen leaves into the air.

What has it been like to go back to school?

Seeing all my friends and playing with them has been fun.

What are you looking forward to at this time of the year and why?

I’m looking forward to Christmas because we might be flying to Australia.

What is your favourite thing to do in Autumn?

My favourite thing is dressing up for Halloween.

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Every week in my role at Kip McGrath Cardiff West, I hear from parents who are keen to help their child make progress in literacy. My answer is always the same - extra help at their own pace and reading!

Many children at my centre tell me that reading is ‘boring’ or ‘hard’ and these are big associations to fight against. For children who have always struggled with reading, it reinforces negative feelings about themselves and can affect selfesteem. Watching friends read big novels in class only adds to this. Who would choose to put themselves through that? It’s easier to believe that reading is just not cool.

But parents can help in several ways: 1. Let them read in the format they prefer. Tablet devices that children already love to use can be the key to this. Harness their existing desire to use the device and go with it. If only Xbox did fiction reading books!

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12-year-old, even if you love it! Remember that reading comes in many forms: websites, magazines, comics, non-fiction books, autobiographies of favourite celebrities or sports people and graphic novels to name but a few. Pile on the praise every time they finish something.

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He grew up playing for Rhiwbina Squirrels. But in his late teens, he broke away from the union game to play rugby league.

This year, he captains Wales in their World Cup qualifiers

"My dad used to be the captain of Rhiwbina Squirrels. He was the one that got me into rugby union from a young age."

Elliot Kear has come a long way since his playing days on Caedelyn Park. Not only does he play for the London Broncos, he's just been made captain for the Wales team that will be aiming to make the Rugby League World Cup Finals in 2021. The boy from Whitchurch has become the leader of a nation.

"I grew up on the Philog until the age of 16 when we all moved up to Whitworth Square at the top of Whitchurch. We were the first people to move in there! Dad played rugby and coached the game after he stopped playing.

I lived in a very rugby-orientated family and Dad would take me and my brother Scott to the grounds of Whitchurch Hospital where we'd practice our goal-kicking when we were kids.

"At the age of 10 or 11, I played rugby union for Llandaff North. I

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then represented Cardiff Counties throughout high school. My problem was that I was quite small and after a while, I was dropped from the team. I still played school rugby up until the Sixth form but I was playing with some pretty good players so it was hard to make an impression."

Elliot was in the same year as Sam Warburton, who of course, went on to cement his place in rugby history, both with Wales and the British and Irish Lions.

"Gareth Bale was in the same year too. It was a pretty good year as far as sport went! Our rugby team was particularly strong and in Sixth Form; we won the equivalent of the Welsh Cup "There was Mr Morris and Mr Williams who'd coach us and we'd have training early on Wednesday mornings before school. The school and us as individuals had a big passion for sport. I still maintain good links with the school and pop in whenever I can. I've also donated

a few jerseys."

Although rugby union was the choice for many students, it was in rugby league that Elliot was to make a name for himself.

"Towards the end of my time at Whitchurch High, myself and a few of the lads were told about some open trials for the U18 rugby league. We went along and got involved and things went from there. It was, and still is, a fastpaced game and because we were smaller than some of the lads who were getting bigger for union, we slotted in well. We did a tour of Scotland and Ireland and beat them, losing only to England. At that time, the Celtic Crusaders were moving up the league and they started an academy which I got involved with."

Founded as Celtic Crusaders in 2005 initially based in Bridgend, the Crusaders played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the Super League.

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interview "While we were there, six of the team's Australian players were sent home after the club was found to have broken visa rules. It was quite a big thing in the media at the time."

The UK Border Agency had found that the six players, who included the club captain, Jace van Dijk, and their record try-scorer, Tony Duggan, played illegally under working holiday or student visas at various stages between 2006 and 2008. The Crusaders had been building on a successful application for a Super League licence. It was the break that Elliot needed.

"It all sort of fell into place from there. It was sad news for the players sent home but ultimately, it was good news for myself and a few of the other Welsh players as it gave us the chance to play more. Lloyd White, who hails from Llanrumney and now plays at Widnes was also one of those who benefited from the deportations."

Elliot made his Super League debut on 22nd August 2009 at Rodney Parade in Newport against Leeds Rhinos.

"I remember getting the call a week ahead of the game. I was in town shopping with a mate when my phone rang. I was told that I may need to play for the Crusaders that coming weekend. I trained all week with them and as it happened, I was selected."

He was named Man of the Match after making several fine try-saving tackles against the eventual Super League champions. He also played in Celtic Crusaders' final two games of the season against Huddersfield Giants, and Castleford Tigers. In October 2009, Elliot signed his first professional contract at Celtic Crusaders for the 2010 season, hoping to cement his place as the first choice full back at the club, under new head coach Brian Noble.

2009 also saw Elliot pick up his first international cap for Wales, starting as a full-back against England in October that year. He scored his first try for Wales a week later when they beat Serbia 88-8 in a European Cup game. He scored again the following week against Ireland and again against Scotland in the final, where he was voted Man of the Match. Wales beat Scotland 28-16.

From 2012-2014, Elliot played for Bradford Bulls before switching back to rugby union for London Welsh for the 2014/15 season.

"I'd always wanted to try my hand at union and as Bradford were being relegated, it felt like the right time

for me to try it," says Elliot. "I enjoyed doing it but league suited me better because of my build."

Elliot then joined rugby league's London Broncos in 2015, where he still plays today. His international career for Wales has also gone well.

A vice-captain at the 2017 World Cup, Elliot has scored 11 tries in 24 appearances for Wales, making him the joint-fifth most capped player of all time.

In September this year, he was named as the new Welsh captain.

"Being picked as a captain is a huge honour. I was vice-captain at the World Cup last year and the talk was of me looking to move up to captain. I never took it for granted though and the phone was very quiet over the summer. Eventually though, I got the call. After the news was announced, Mr Morris from WHS rang me to congratulate me."

Elliot takes the captaincy after Craig Kopczak retired from Test rugby in May to focus on his club career at Salford. Wales begin their European Championship campaign with a trip to Carcassonne to face France on Saturday 27th October.

"The World Cup is what we are working towards. After France, we play Scotland away and then Ireland at the Racecourse in Wrexham. We need a good start to the campaign. We also need to have all our best players fit and playing well as Wales doesn't have a lot of players in depth when it comes to rugby league. We need to build some good strength and if we can do that, then I'd like to think that we've got a good chance of qualifying.

"If we're good enough to get to the World Cup Finals, we'd be targeting getting some wins under our belt and to get out of the group stages. But all that is a long way off and we need to focus on this year's games first."

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Championship, the top two will automatically qualify for the 2021 World Cup. And there is hope. Elliot has played some of the best teams in the world.

"For me, the biggest game I was involved with was against Australia up at the Racecourse in Wrexham."

The game was part of what was called the Four Nations tournament in 2011, which replaced the previous Tri-Nations format by including a fourth nation that qualifies by winning their respective regional competition in a rotation between Europe and the South Pacific.

"We were massive underdogs but I was fortunate enough to have scored that day against the best in the world. And we were beating them for the best part of half hour!

"There was also a game in France where we had 20,000 angry Frenchmen shouting at us - that was an experience! And to top it all, we played against New Zealand in a double bill at Wembley. England played Australia and although we lost our game, it's still nice to say that I've played at Wembley.

"Rugby has also brought me other happiness away from the game - I am engaged to my fiancĂŠe Natalie who I met while at Bradford and we have two children, Harrison who is three, and Darcie who is two."

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Formerly known as New Roots Garden Centre, owner John Chichester has invested a lot of money and time into the shop over the last few years. The Tea Garden has become a calm of oasis in the village, serving up teas, coffees, cake and snacks.

"Over the last few months, we've managed to totally transform the back area of the shop. Where once there were a few sheds, we've created our very own Tea Garden ourselves."

Perhaps the most striking feature about the Tea Garden is that despite it being outside, it is still totally under cover, meaning visitors can enjoy their tea and coffee in the dry.

Secret Shed also has a cosy gift shop that's warmed by a log fire.

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Iconic tribute act The Bootleg Beatles perform every era of The Fab Four’s legendary career from The Cavern to The Rooftop on Monday 17th December.

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Email your entries to competitions@livingmags.co.uk by midday on 25th November. You can also enter by post by sending a postcard with the answer to our address on the inside front cover of the magazine. Remember to include your contact details!

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With well over 4,000 concerts in more than 40 countries, this show has developed a huge reputation worldwide. Not only will you be astonished by the voices and instrumentation but every nuance of John, Paul, George and Ringo will be replicated in painstaking detail - from their perfect inflection and witty banter to their frequent costume changes. As well as playing in countries across the world, the band even played at Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee Party at Buckingham Palace in 2002. They recently appeared in ITV's This Morning.

Each song is accompanied by awe-inspiring video imagery with a little help from their orchestral friends the Pepperland Sinfonia.

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As the National Health Service celebrates its 70th birthday, local residents explain what the institution means to them

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n 2010, I suffered horrifically with tennis elbow which I put up with for about 9 months whilst doing a very physically demanding job.

It got to the stage where it was so excruciating that I really had to do something about it, so I went to see my local GP at Danescourt Surgery in Llandaff.

He told me that I needed cortisone for the pain and said there were two different types – I could either have an injection or tablets. I asked him which he thought was the most effective and he said that he recommended the injection.

I was really surprised and relieved when he said he could do the injection for me there and then, as long as I could pinpoint the exact location of the pain. This was no problem as it was right on the joint of the bone. He said it would probably be uncomfortable for about 24 hours afterwards.

Thankfully though, there were no after-effects and no pain. That was eight years ago and since then, I’ve had no problem whatsoever with my elbow.

The impact of this care meant that I could carry on working. I was freelance and if I didn’t work, I didn’t get paid. After the injection, I was able to go into work and do my job 100% as I’d always done in the past. This allowed me to continue bringing income into the family and to continue the job I loved. My wife had also been really worried about me as I’d been in so much pain, so

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my treatment also alleviated her worries.

The NHS is special because Aneurin Bevan has created a unique care system that doesn’t divide between people and is there for everyone. Many people can’t afford to go private and in other countries, there are many who can't afford the medical insurance needed for the care they require.

The staff working within our NHS also make it special.

My hope for the NHS is that it never disappears because it’s probably the envy of the whole world. It cares for so many people, and doesn’t discriminate. My personal hope for the NHS is that it’s there for the long term.

Sally

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he birth of my first son in 2014 introduced me to some of the most warm, understanding and dedicated healthcare staff. I had a very long labour and experienced some complications that required me to be transferred to consultant care. While I was there, the same midwife stayed with me past her shift to see that my baby was delivered safely.

The midwifery team on the postnatal ward was amazing and so attentive to my husband and I. I just wish I hadn’t been so tired and sleep deprived so I could remember their names!

I felt very looked after following the birth of my son - from the midwifery and consultant team to the breastfeeding team, which resulted in me feeling really supported. It meant that I felt comfortable when I became pregnant with my youngest son that, even if there were complications, I was in safe hands.

The impact of my care on my family was huge. Me and my husband were first-time parents and receiving such great support really made us feel that, should there be any issues, we could talk to someone. I needed to stay in hospital for four days following my son’s birth and the friendly and helpful staff actually almost made it a pleasure.

The NHS is the glue of our society - from delivering new life safely into the world to caring for people close to the end. I believe the NHS not only helps the economy through providing jobs, but also by enabling people to enter employment through providing accessible care. Anyone, regardless of who they are, are treated with dignity, without asking for payment afterwards.

The NHS is special as it provides accessibility for everyone. Many other healthcare systems rely on payment for a quality service. Very few people are guaranteed a life free from any financial hardship and I believe the amount of money an individual earns should not determine the level of care they receive.

I passionately hope the NHS will remain a service that is free for all to use when they need it and the Government will recognise the value of the NHS, and how fortunate we are to have it.

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n 1997, while training with my local rugby team, I picked up a freaky injury that would not only threaten my playing career but also my very life.

Whilst performing a tackling drill, our loose head prop fell awkwardly on my left thigh with his full weight. He weighed close to 20 stone and I was only 13.5.

That evening, I hobbled home to give it the well-trodden path of the I.C.E treatment (Ice – Compress – Elevate). Despite this, the swelling and pain continued to increase.

I went to the GP surgery at 8:30am the next day. The GP promptly sent me to the fracture clinic with an appointment for 11:30am the same day.

At 1:30pm, I was receiving an ultrasound scan. At 2:30pm, I collapsed in the waiting room - the injury had caused internal bleeding in my thigh. At 4:30pm, I was in the operating room with my thigh being opened up to disperse the haematoma and stop the internal bleed - my life had been saved!

Naturally this had a very positive impact on my view of our wonderful NHS. This was enhanced during the birth of my two wonderful sons and the care of both my parents.

We are lucky to have an institution that provides care at the point of need and not at the level of wealth one has (eg. the US system).

My hope is that the NHS continues to receive the funding and support it requires and that those entrusted with its care, do so with the primary focus being on care -not bureaucracy.

Vicky

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lmost every time I've been in hospital, they have saved my life! I had appendicitis when I was 14 years old and they removed it before it ruptured and released its toxins within my body. Without the surgery I would have died. The second occasion was when I was in labour with my first child and I had

difficulty delivering the baby. I was losing a lot of blood and I wouldn't have survived the birth without their care. The impact on my family was huge in that without that care, my children wouldn’t have a mother.

I think the NHS is a brilliant idea and has helped so many people who wouldn't be able to pay for private healthcare and it is special because everyone and anyone can use it.

I see the future of the NHS as being less sustainable unless costs are subsidised by patients for things like painkillers and other drugs. I would like to see people taking more care of their weight and stopping smoking, as I believe these are the biggest killers and thus biggest costs to the NHS.

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here have been so many positive experiences of care from the NHS within my family. These include my mum being given independence and mobility again through two hip replacements and a knee, the immediate access when my youngest child suffered with croup on numerous occasions in the middle of the night and the availability of urgent GP appointments when needed.

My youngest son, despite being born with two knots in his umbilical cord and looking a worrying shade of blue at birth, was quickly taken care of by the midwife and is now an eleven-year-old picture of health!

All of the care that I, and my family, receive and are yet to receive through the NHS allows us to live with confidence. We are in the lucky position of knowing that, even in the worst of times, decisions won’t need to be influenced by personal financial circumstance.

Our health care does not discriminate on wealth or circumstances, and that makes me proud. The fact that a workingclass Welshman, Aneurin Bevan (the inspiration for my eldest son’s name) introduced the NHS makes it even more precious, especially when the country was on its knees financially at the time. Instead of mealy-mouthed austerity, the

government used all it had to cherish and care for the people.

My hopes for the future of the NHS are that lack of proper and longterm funding does not tarnish its reputation. We need a government that invests in the care of its people; a government that is committed to the health of all, and not just those who can afford it.

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y Dad was sadly diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and Alzheimers in 2017.

From the moment of his diagnosis, we had excellent support from his GP who had great empathy and was so supportive of the fact that we wanted to care for Dad at home.

The surgery was also excellent and provided ongoing support and guidance throughout the illness.

Dementia and Alzheimers are very cruel illnesses and nothing prepares you for how the changes impact on the person suffering from the diseases, and for the family supporting the person.

The NHS is under pressure but the support we had was second to none. There was a real drive to ensure the family was at the centre of the care plan and how Dad could be supported to remain in the environment he was familiar with.

We had good support from dieticians who helped with menu ideas - including the purchase of a deep fat fryer to try and build up Dad's calorie intake.

The NHS is respected across the world and there are many unsung heroes working around the clock offering exceptional levels of medical help and care.

I am sure the NHS will continue to offer good service in the years to come, always focusing on the needs of the patient and their family.

Sadly Dad passed away in May of this year.

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8 2. A STEAMING MUG OF HOT CHOCOLATE You can’t cut corners here. It has to be the best quality hot chocolate you can buy. You deserve it.

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6 4. MAKE YOUR ROOM GLOW WITH FAIRY LIGHTS Fairy lights really do make your room seem magical. The subtle lighting they provide will also make your room seem warmer, even if it's cold outside. You can also twist and bend smaller microlights as the wire they are set on will hold.

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65 7. LATE NIGHT RADIO Turn the TV off and turn on the radio. Lying out on the sofa with late-night radio on is a surprisingly good way to unwind. Our preference would be Classic FM but you may want to listen to something more contemporary. Late night chat shows can also be a surprisingly good way to take your mind off the day's stresses.

8 8. A GOOD BOOK There's perhaps nothing cosier on a stormy autumn night than snuggling down with a hot drink and a good book.

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Just 38 per cent of men said they would prefer snuggling with pets rather than their other half.

Either way, there's a very good reason that we keep pets and that's so we can cwtch up with them.

65 10. SOMEONE ELSE It could be your partner, family member or even a good friend. If you're lucky enough to have any of those in your life, invite them over, get the fairy lights on, make some hot chocolate, put the radio on and serve up some freshlycooked cookies. Cosy times are a lot more cosy when they’re shared!

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Kevin Revell shows you how to keep your garden colourful and vibrant through autumn until winter

e have just enjoyed one of the best summers in living memory. Hanging baskets throughout the land grew mightily and flowered profusely.

All good things come to an end however, particularly if the onerous task of watering the pots and basket daily or even twice daily was not followed religiously; or if you dared to go on holiday and failed to give instructions to friends and family on the importance of keeping up the daily care regime.

All is not lost however as a new season beckons.

Much of the activity in garden centres at this time of year revolves around autumn and winter flowering plants for hanging

baskets, pots and containers. Few people these days use bedding plants in the way that they were originally used in mass plantings across expansive beds and borders; the heyday of such displays was between the 1890s and 1970s.

Summer plantings have always been more popular than those for autumn but everybody seems to have a need to replace tired old summer baskets with some fresh flowering plants, usually based around pansies, violas and cyclamen. Although these are sold on the premise of being 'winter flowering', the truth is that they are best in the warm days of autumn and first days of spring. Given a mild winter and a sheltered spot, they will often keep flowering right through. However, foul winter weather, driving rain and gale force winds combined with weeks of poor light or extreme cold temperatures put pay to the display most years. The plants usually survive however and continue to flower once the warmer, sunnier weather of spring returns.

Small shrubs and trailing ivy are included in the display to provide structure, contrast and texture and to

provide some interest if the flowers give up for the winter.

Cyclamen are familiar plants being second only to Poinsettias in Christmas house plant popularity.

These large plants have smaller cousins known as mini cyclamen.

They are used as autumn bedding plants and come in a range of colours. Red or white are the most popular but they also come in pinks, purples and wine. Recently bi-coloured flame forms have become popular where one colour bleeds into another. The usual dark green leaves are now available in an attractive marbled silver which can lead to some dynamic plant associations with other white flowered or silver foliaged plants.

These flowers are much loved by bees who are made to work for their reward; upon alighting on a flower, the bee has to vibrate its wings at just the right frequency to release the pollen from the stamens. Such animated activity really brings the garden to life and make these plants key components of wildlife and sensory gardens.

Unfortunately once pollinated, the flower soon drops off and a seed pod subsequently develops.

Ideally these are removed every few days to keep the flowering

gardening display going as long as possible.

Although keen gardeners will keep the plant going beyond its flowering season and save the corms from which they grow, it is more common for the plants to be discarded once flowering is over, treating them as annual plants.

Pansies are a ubiquitous part of the autumn and spring garden and for many people, represent their first gardening memories, being such easy plants to grow, their cheerful faces having great appeal to children and adults alike.

Yellow blotch is the best known but pansies are available in virtually every colour of the rainbow in clear colours, bright or pastel shades and often with their characteristic dark blotch or ‘face’. Improvements in plant breeding over the years have resulted in plants with an extended flowering period performing

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These cheerful plants used individually or collectively in pots, containers and hanging baskets give a lively display in the bright autumn sunshine

through the autumn into the winter.

Larger flowers have been selected over the years and often a crinkled pattern to the petals is chosen often within designer colour blends which combine two or three individual colours within some colour theme.

This is a trend that has resulted in increased sales over the last few years. The ever popular six pack has been joined by a more expensive but larger celled super-six pack and a better value 20 pack, which usually contains the designer blends. Violas are similar to pansies but have much smaller flowers produced in a greater profusion.

Traditionally, like the native viola tricolour or wild pansy, the flowers are bi-coloured with a lighter or darker ‘wing’ which comprises the two upper petals of five. That this plant has so many common names such as Heartsease and JohnnyJump-Up and was so well known

by county folk indicates that it has many medicinal applications. Now the flowers are merely frozen in ice cubes to decorate drinks or used fresh in salads. The advantage of the smaller flowers is that they stay in flower for longer and start again sooner in spring, being better able to withstand the rigours of bad weather. They are also less affected by heavy rain or being literally blown off by gale force autumn winds as can happen with some of the larger pansies.

Once planted, little care is needed for autumn and winter pots and baskets. A sunny spot is ideal and they will need watering in a dry spell but at this time of the year, rain seems to be more than adequate.

With shorter, cooler days, plants make less demands of the compost which will rarely need feeding other than to spark them back into life in spring. Regular dead-heading will prolong and improve the flowering

display and remove any potential source of mould becoming established in the damp weather.

These cheerful plants used individually or collectively in pots, containers and hanging baskets give a lively display in the bright autumn sunshine and really lift the spirits to dispel the dull gloom of shortening days as winter advances.

They provide a cheery welcome on return to the house after a hard day at work.

Occasional flowers produced on odd warm days throughout winter will give a taste of another flush as temperatures warm in spring and the display becomes vibrant once more.

Kevin Revell is the Plant Area Manager at Caerphilly Garden Centre

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Local company Cardiff Windows have been installing high specification windows and doors throughout the city and beyond for years.

“We are a small and friendly family-run business that we set up to provide the people of Cardiff with quality window and door installations,” says owner Nicola Spragg. “We wanted to put our own spin on double glazing. We wanted to keep the things that we liked about it but to change the things that could have been done better. Our business started at home but in 2015, we got the keys to our business premises in Heath.”

The business property, which included an office and a showroom, underwent extensive renovation and when it opened, it allowed customers to see first hand the quality of the products that Cardiff Windows offered.

“The showroom was very important to us and we invested heavily in it. We are both passionate about what we do and what we offer and we wanted to give our potential

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Instead, we offer our customers an advisory service to help them come to their own decisions.”

The business is based around a few essential core qualities that are at the forefront of every interaction: “Our values are important to us because our customers are at the heart of everything we do,” says Nicola. “We always let the customer decide. Once we have provided a quote in writing after our visit, we’ll leave you to decide if we are right for you. We are open and honest in our approach too; we will do what we say, and in the process, ensure you know what is happening and when.

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A new book takes an in-depth look into the stories behind the names on Whitchurch's War Memorial. Writer Ceri Stennett explains why In Proud & Honoured Memory was written and what its readers can expect "These were ordinary men caught up in an extraordinary war."

Co-author Ceri Stennett is sat in his office. His bookshelf spans one entire wall. On another wall there are two sets of framed war medals.

"One set belonged to my great uncle, Samuel Gregory, the Welsh Regiment. He was killed on the Somme. As a kid, I always remember my dad Stan telling me about his Uncle Sam. The other group of medals belonged to a Cardiff man killed at the Battle of Jutland."

Ararat Baptist Church, where two casualties are buried.

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It's 100 years since the guns of war finally fell silent. The signing of the Armistice in November 1918 marked the end of the Great War but the effect that it left on the world would be felt forever.

"I often walked past the War Memorial outside the library in Whitchurch because that's where I grew up. But there was one day last year when I just stopped and looked at all the names. I thought to myself 'Someone has to write a book about this' and then of course, I realised that that person was me.

"I got in touch with Gwyn Prescott, who has lived in the Whitchurch and Rhiwbina area for many years.

His work on rugby history has been published widely, but he is also a keen researcher of the First World War and Cardiff casualties.

"We sat down and started pulling the pieces together. The first thing that struck us was that in the main, the men of the Whitchurch parish who served in the First World War

were not soldiers. The vast majority were working men who went to ‘do their bit’ for King and Country.

"They received basic training but were fully expecting to return and continue in their everyday lives with their families and in their jobs.

However, for more than 200 of them it was not to be, whether being killed in action, dying of wounds or disease or even succumbing at home after being invalided back to Blighty," says Ceri.

The detailed book has come painstakingly together over the last nine months.

"That's with me working three or four days a week on it," says Ceri.

"I've enjoyed doing the research and I've spent many days in Cathays Library." The book delves into the lives of those men from the villages of Whitchurch, Llandaff North, Birchgrove, Rhiwbina and Tongwynlais who made the ultimate sacrifice in the Great War. "Cardiff has a proud history in

playing its part in times of war, and this book looks to tell the stories of the men from the north of the town who valiantly served, but failed to return.

"For most, the theatre of war was France and Flanders, but others met their fate in Gallipoli, Salonika, Palestine or in the Senior Service, the Royal Navy on the high seas around the globe. Many also served and met their end in the Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) whilst attempting to supply the UK with food, goods and materials. The youngest casualty in this book, Thomas Jenkins, a cook, was only 15 at the time of his death."

Much of the material included has been newly-discovered from local newspapers of the time, from descendants of the fallen and the ever-expanding information available online. Census records from 1891, 1901 and 1911 have also been used to trace the civilian and family lives of the men. A real attempt has been made to portray the men as individuals, and not just as members of a particular battalion, regiment or corps.

Readers can retrace the steps of the men by identifying their pre-war homes in the local area, many of which are still standing today.

"Every death is a human tragedy, but within this small part of the story of a catastrophic war, the book shines a light on stories of great selflessness, comradeship, devotion to duty and at times, great heroism.

It was a time when for ‘King and Empire’ stood for the principles that many people lived by," says Ceri.

The book also looks at areas around the central topic too: the growth of Whitchurch village in the early years of the twentieth century, the committee set up to establish the War Memorial for the

The plaque at the Methodist Church in Whitchurch

history St. Mary's Church Whitchurch, where 20 casualties are buried

parish and a special chapter on the work of Whitchurch Hospital. The psychiatric hospital became the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital between 1915-1919, treating and caring for thousands of men who were evacuated back home with broken limbs and shattered minds.

"With the kind consent of Media Wales, we've been able to include contemporary obituaries of the fallen as they appeared in newspapers such as the Western Mail, South Wales Daily News and South Wales Echo. Details are also given of the men’s final resting places in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and on their memorials around North West Europe and beyond."

The effect of the war was to have large local ramifications: "Families paid a huge price for patriotism. Some of the parish families lost more than one son: the Collard brothers, Reginald, William and Charles; The Hutton brothers, Alfred, Arthur and William; the Sprudd brothers, Albert, Alec and William; the Booy brothers, Edward and Walter; the Richards brothers, Percival and William and the Roderick brothers, David and Herbert. There were others too.

"All walks of life are here - from a famous Welsh Rugby International, to office workers, teachers, bank clerks, policemen, tinplate workers, railwaymen, colliers, labourers, students and farm-hands. Men who served in the humble ranks of Private or Corporal, to Sergeants, Lieutenants, Captains and Majors," adds Ceri.

Several of the casualties won

military medals for gallantry, and the book also includes a section on some of the local men who won decorations such as the Military Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medals who did return.

As we have come to the end of the centennial commemorations for all of the Great War Anniversaries, Ceri and Gwyn hope that this book will serve as their humble contribution to paying thanks to those men who did not return and to those that did, but for whom life would never be the same again.

The book will retail for £14.99 and will be available from early November 2018. It will be available from various outlets throughout Whitchurch and Rhiwbina or direct from www.wordcatcherpublishing.com.

Copies are also available direct from the author, who can be contacted at ceristennett@gmail.com

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Your pet questions answered

Chris Troughton is clinical director of Heath Vets. He’s here to answer all your pet questions. If you’d like to ask Chris a pet-related question, drop us a line Do you have to put my pet under using anaesthesia to perform dental work? My dog has what looks like a fractured tooth that doesn’t seem to bother him too much so I’m trying weigh up whether it’s worth taking out.

Unfortunately, all dental treatment in dogs and cats has to be done under general anaesthesia. Even a simple scale and polish is uncomfortable, and the patient MUST be still to avoid the risk of injury from sharp instruments. The tartar that causes most of the discomfort and inflammation lies in a groove or pocket between the tooth and gum; it is impossible to clean that properly in a conscious animal. The tartar that you can see if you lift the lip and look is merely a cosmetic extension of the diseasecausing part, and when teeth are cleaned without anaesthesia this is all that is removed – it’s a cosmetic exercise of no real benefit to the dog.

Broken teeth are quite common. Dogs can injure their teeth catching sticks or balls or playing with other dogs.

Sometimes they break when chewing bones or antlers. The significance of the fracture needs to be assessed by your vet. It depends how much tooth has broken off, which tooth, and the age of the dog. Many broken teeth will go on to form painful abscesses, so it is usually better to extract the stumps before that happens. The fact that your dog doesn’t seem too bothered does not mean that there is no pain – dogs are generally very good at

just getting on with life in spite of various pains (eg. arthritis, bad teeth, tumours), so my advice would be to ask yourself 'how would I feel if that were my tooth?', not to look at him and think he’s ok because he’s not complaining.

My cat is nearly 10 years old and over the last few months, seems to be walking less on her left back leg. It’s not obvious to the untrained eye but I wondered whether it could be ‘wear and tear’ or in fact, whether cats get arthritis like the rest of us oldies!

Cats certainly get arthritis, and it is one of the great unrecognised epidemics! Cats are very sensible creatures, and they avoid doing things that are painful, so if it hurts to walk or jump, they just don’t - and owners often don’t even notice!

Dogs on the other hand, are often so determined to go for their walk that they will hobble along in a dreadful way, when they’d have been much better staying at home! So I would congratulate you for noticing this limp, and suggest you get your cat checked out. Of course, there could be another reason for the limp – perhaps an ingrowing toenail – and your vet will be able to see what’s going on. The good news is that if it is arthritis, there are some very effective anti-inflammatories for cats, so she doesn’t need to continue suffering.

My partner and I are interested in getting a kitten. Do they need all their jabs before they

are allowed outside? How does it all work?

Forty or fifty years ago, infections like cat flu, infectious enteritis and leukaemia virus were widespread and a big problem for many pets. We are fortunate now to have vaccines against several of the worst ones. As a consequence, the prevalence of these diseases has fallen sharply, but they are still out there in the feral cat populations.

Therefore it is essential that all pet cats are vaccinated before they start going out and meeting other cats who might be carrying an infection, and that booster vaccinations are given at the required intervals.

For a young kitten, the vaccination programme starts around nine weeks of age, with a second dose given 3 weeks later. Immunity takes a week or two to build up to full strength and until then, he should stay indoors in your house. You could allow him in your garden, supervised to warn off other cats, and that would only put him at a tiny risk. However, most kittens of that age are quite content to play indoors. So as long as he has a litter tray and your company, he will be fine.

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Parklife Foxes Foxes are found across all of the UK and can adapt to living in almost any kind of habitat.

These days, you are more likely to find a fox in an urban setting rather than out in the countryside as food sources are more plentiful. The UK’s urban fox population may be as high as 150,000 which means that our local parks have now become their home. They are mainly active around dawn and dusk but it's not uncommon to see a fox in a park in broad daylight.

Foxes live in loose family groups that are normally comprised of a dominant male and female and their four or five cubs.

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Bats

Hedgehog

One of the largest British bats is the noctule bat. The brown fur, wings, ears and face of these species are darker, making it one of the easiest bat species to identify within the UK. They live in holes within trees, created either by rot or left by woodpeckers.

Autumn is a busy time of year for noctule bats as they mate and seek hibernation places.

They are also eating to build up their fat reserves to see them through the winter. The bats also experience periods of torpor, a state of decreased physiological activity which sees a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. Torpor enables the bats to survive periods of reduced food availability.

Throughout November, these periods of torpor increase and some bats start their official hibernation.

Round, brown and covered in spines, the European hedgehog is one of the UK's most familiar and popular wild mammals.

You can commonly see them in parks where bushes and hedges provide the perfect daytime hideaway. Parks also provide excellent feeding grounds, and you can often see hedgehogs scuttling about looking for food.

Hedgehogs eat all kinds of invertebrates, as well as amphibians, birds' eggs and anything else they can catch.

They particularly like big, crunchy beetles, earthworms and slugs. Hedgehogs hibernate over the winter, from about November to April, in a nest of leaves or logs called a 'hibernaculum'.

Migrating birds As well as looking to the ground, cast your eyes to the sky.

Autumn is when many birds form flocks – from parties of long-tailed tits to huge flocks of waders on coastal estuaries and murmurations of starlings. Look for flocks of jackdaws, rooks and carrion crows flying to woodland roosts on Autumn evenings. If you live near the coast, look for great skeins of migratory geese which arrive from Arctic breeding grounds to spend the winter with us.

Blackberries You know it's Autumn when blackberries gleam in the hedgerows.

Pick the berries that are dark in colour, almost black. If you pick them too early, they will be red and bitter. Put your forefinger and thumb just behind the berry and gently pull towards you. If it easily pops off then it is ripe. It should leave the white end of the stem behind.

Be careful approaching these bushes as they are covered in thorns and you could get hurt!

Squirrels The popular grey squirrel is most active at dawn and dusk, searching for available food. North Cardiff has become synonymous with grey squirrels due to the high population.

During Winter, the grey squirrel does not hibernate as it cannot store enough energy to survive for long periods without food. To survive the lean cold months of Winter, a large, thick winter drey is built, usually on a strong branch close to the trunk of a tree. The squirrel will lie up in the drey in very cold weather, coming out now and then to search out hidden stores of nuts buried in the ground in Autumn.

The stored nuts are spread around rather than in a single cache and are found by smell, rather than memory. Often they are not found at all and later may grow, helping the dispersal of trees.

Winter dreys are often shared for warmth. As it sleeps, the squirrel curls its tail around its body to act as a blanket.

With an estimated population of 2,520,000 across the UK, grey squirrels now heavily outweigh their red counterparts.

Fungi Fungi pop up all over the place: on lawns and in parks, on piles of wood chip, on dead logs, on the ground and on the trunks of trees.

Bracket fungi cause decay and rot in the heartwood of trees and produce bracket-shaped fruiting bodies on the trunk or main branches. These fungi usually lead to weakening and sometimes to the eventual breakage or fall of affected trees.

Be careful when touching any type of fungi though as some are poisonous and can cause harm.

Spiders webs It's only where there's been a cold Autumn frost that you realise how many spiders there are out there!

You may be wondering how a spider is able to reach between two branches, which is often more than several feet.

The answer lies in their web silk. They simply cast out a very fine thread which catches on the breeze, and which then attaches itself to a nearby branch. From there, they can construct their web, usually at night.

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AUTUMN AIRING This time of year is great for wrapping up warm, pulling your walking boots on and getting some fresh autumn air Cosmeston Lake car park is the starting point for this easy 5 mile saunter through woodland, countryside and even Sully beach Starting from Cosmeston car park, head to the nearest lakeside.

Turn left and take the boardwalk to the left, passing behind the café. At the end of the boardwalk, follow the path along the lake straight ahead, until you get to a wide cross track just before the second lake.

Turn left, following the track for 100 metres and then go through the second kissing gate that's on your right with a public footpath sign (opposite the medieval village).

Bear slightly left and uphill, keeping just to the right of the hedges. Then go through the gateway ahead at the field corner.

Keep to the left edge of the field as it curves to the right and then to the left. There are views on the right over the woods and Cosmeston lakes.

Look out for the partly hidden stile on the left, about 100 metres before the fence at the end of the field.

Go over the stile to the left, then immediately turn and go over the second stile, which brings you into

the corner of the next field.

Now head diagonally left uphill, towards some small hillocks on the skyline. Pass to the right of these.

Two gates are now ahead. Go through the one on the right. Then keeping to the left field edge, walk to the right of the barns and leave the farm at the stile in the corner of the field, near the farmhouse. Walk down the farm entrance drive to the road.

Cross to the road opposite (Cog Road), signposted 'Sully ¾ -Barry 3'. Walk along this road for about 500 metres to Sully. There is no footpath, so take care, especially on the bends. Continue on this road (Cog Road), through the village for about 750 metres, ignoring the side turns. Look out for Sully Inn on the left, then turn left past the church.

Walk past the bus shelter and, 50 metres beyond it (opposite the end of the old school), cross the road and take the signed footpath at the kissing gate. Take this path to the sea front.

Go left in front of the houses on the coastal path, past the old boat slipway. The attractive view ahead now shows three islands; from the left, Flat Holm, Sully Island and Steep Holm). Keep to the coast path for about 1 km as, on the landward side, you will pass houses, a sports field, a boatyard and more houses.

A larger sports field is ahead. Keep to the perimeter path of this field,

above the beach.

Keep to the sports field path, passing to the left of the caravan park and join the road where the fence ends. Go right and then down the road to the cafés, the Captain’s Wife pub and Swanbridge car park.

Just before the fenced caravan park, look out for a gap in the hedge on your right and take a steep path down the bank on to the beach. Turn left and walk for 200 metres over fairly flat, but broken (and in parts slippery) rock and then go back up the stone steps to the cafés, the Captain’s Wife pub and the car park. It is possible to walk over to Sully Island from here at low tide but check the tide times carefully as the island is usually only accessible for about 2 hours either side of low water and the incoming tide is very dangerous.

Walk east across the car park, keeping to the coast until you reach a small gateway which takes you onto the coastal road. Follow this road for about 1.5kms to the B4267 Penarth/Sully road.

Cross this road to the track opposite - there are Cosmeston Park notices on the gate. Walk on and the recreated medieval village soon appears on the right. Take the concrete lane on the right, signed to the village, and then go left at the village entrance, over the bridge and the boardwalk to head back to the car park.

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A-ZAUTUMN

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Summer has faded and the storms roll in. The warm season is packed away for another year. Here's our A-Z of autumn Air

There's something very different about autumn air. After a long, stifling summer, autumn air is silky and crisp. It's cool and soothing all at once, gently caressing the earth, stripping the trees of their leaves and dropping them carefully onto the railway tracks in time for the Monday rush hour.

Bonfires

'In the other gardens and all up the vale, from the autumn bonfires, see the smoke trail!' So wrote Robert Louis Stevenson, who clearly didn't have his washing out on the line when he was in his creative element.

Conkers

In the early 2000s, a myth began circulating that schools had banned the game of conkers on the grounds of Health and Safety.

Children across the UK were told that they couldn't use their vinegarsoaked, oven-baked, nail-varnished, diamond-gilt, cement-filled horsechestnut seeds. But then they realised that there was no such ban and before long, knuckles in school playgrounds were once again taking a battering.

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Daylight Savings

That lazy day in October when the clocks go back, most of us get an extra hour in bed (unless you're a parent) and the clock in the car finally tells the correct time.

Equinox

An equinox is commonly regarded as the moment when the plane (extended indefinitely in all directions) of Earth's equator passes through the centre of the Sun. It is the point at which the centre of the visible Sun is directly above the equator. It occurs twice each year, the autumn equinox falling around 22nd–23rd September. If you don't quite understand that concept, Equinox is the fourth studio album

by French electronic musician and composer Jean-Michel Jarre.

Fall

This is what our American friends call autumn. It describes the 'falling' of the leaves onto the ground, and not the 'falling' of pedestrians onto the ground when they slip on wet leaves.

Gloves

For the first time in what seems years, it's time to consider wearing gloves. You know where they are.

They're in the top drawer in the bedroom. Well one of them is.

Where the other one has got to will be the subject of international debate for years to come.

Harvest

Keats described autumn as a season of 'mellow fruitfulness'. We presume he never had to plan for Halloween parties or coordinate a Bonfire Night get-together.

Internationals

Here in Cardiff, nothing says autumn quite like the rugby internationals does it? Forget Christmas shopping.

That can be done in the days leading up to Christmas.

Jumpers

They've been sat in the drawer since the spring. But pull on your favourite jumper and it's like getting a cwtch from a much-loved friend.

Kitchen

The part of the house that over the summer becomes somewhat neglected, but comes to life in autumn. Expect partners to constantly be stood in front of the drawers or cabinets that the other partner wants to get into and mumblings of 'Sorry'.

Leaves

Rain

Melancholia

Squirrels

The last leaves fall, crackle underfoot, wintercrisp in brilliant blazes of red, orange and gold.

They're also very good at hiding doggy doo-doos which you can only discover once you've stood in them.

Autumn is often associated with metaphors of ageing and the passing of time. Writers and poets often wistfully reminisce about a summer long gone and of cold, dark times ahead. What a bunch of depressing so-and-so's they are.

Water condensed from atmospheric vapour and falling in drops. Often experienced during the autumn months. Usually just after you've paid to get the car washed.

'As the nights draw in...' This is how we probably started every autumn edition of Whitchurch and Llandaff Living since 2008. It's just sooooo cosy!

The autumn season traditionally sees squirrels preparing for hibernation by stocking up on food.

However, this is another myth. Squirrels do not hibernate. Just like humans, if the autumn and winter weather turns bad, they simply stay indoors and watch Loose Women with a packet of Hob Nobs.

Oktoberfest

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Held every autumn in Munich, Oktoberfest is the world's largest beer festival with over 6 million people attending the event every year. Visitors go there to sample local food, learn about Munich architecture and take in German history. Oh. And to get drunk.

Pumpkins

Introduced from the US, pumpkins have now become a traditional part of the great British autumn. This large squash plant is often at the centre of traditional violent riots in supermarkets towards the end of October when stocks run low.

Quiet

As kids retreat from garden play areas into their bedrooms, the villages fall quiet, save for local dogs who take over noise pollution duties.

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As we all begin to hibernate in our homes, autumn is the time when TV schedules are suddenly packed with both new and wellloved shows. Wine in the garden is replaced by wine in front of the telly.

Umbrella

Your new best friend. Until next spring that is. Look after it, love it, cherish it - and it will reward you with months of almost perfect hair when you get to work.

Vegetables

With the autumn harvest comes the bountiful abundance of vegetables.

For those with allotments, there are never enough friends and family to donate them to.

Wellies

They've been at the back of the cupboard all year long, taking up room and getting in everyone's way.

But boy, do they come into their own when the autumn storms roll in. God bless Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the man who popularised them during the early 19th century.

Xanthophyll

Any of several yellow carotenoid pigments, including lutein and zeaxanthin, produced by plants and green algae and visible in the leaves of deciduous trees in the autumn. And there was us thinking we'd struggle to get a word beginning with the letter X.

Yeti

A hairy humanlike animal purported to inhabit the snows of the high Himalaya Mountains. Can be spotted waiting to collect their children outside schools at 3.30pm on stormy autumn days.

Zygodactyl

Having two toes projecting forward and two projecting backward, as certain climbing birds. Comes in handy if you're trying to slowly creep down Llandaff High Street when it's covered in wet leaves.

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hot pots Nothing welcomes you home on a cold autumn night like the smell of a delicious hotpot. Time to hunker down, shut out the world and tuck in

Sausage casserole 6 Cumberland sausages 1 teaspoon olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2 carrots, chopped 1 leek, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 tablespoon plain flour 175ml red wine 1 teaspoon tomato purée 1 teaspoon mixed herbs 1 bay leaf 1 pinch salt 1 pinch ground black pepper 300ml vegetable stock (hot) ☐ Using a pair of kitchen scissors, cut the sausages into small chunks.

Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the sausages for 5 minutes until they are browned. Remove the sausages from the pan and place into a flame-proof casserole dish. ☐ Drain most of the oil from the pan and then add the onion and cook for 5 minutes. Add the carrots, the leek and the garlic and cook for a further 5 to 10 minutes until they start to soften.

Add the flour and the red wine and stir with a wooden spoon, scraping at the bottom of the pan to make sure that it doesn't stick. Stir in the tomato purée, then transfer the mixture to the

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casserole dish. ☐ Add the herbs, the bay leaf, the seasoning and the stock to the casserole and stir thoroughly. Bring it to the boil and then cover and reduce the temperature, simmering for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Serve with a dollop or two of mash.

Slow cooker method

Follow step 1 then transfer all the ingredients into a slow cooker. Cook on a high setting for 1 hour then reduce to a low setting and cook for a further 6 to 8 hours.

Slicing the sausages before cooking results in them absorbing the juices during the cooking process and remaining juicy and full of flavour.

recipes "This warming casserole will take time to cook but all good things come to those who wait

Beef and Guinness Stew 4 tbsp olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 150g streaky bacon, finely chopped 1.6kg shin of beef, cut into 5cm chunks 3 tbsp plain flour, seasoned 600ml Guinness 500ml good-quality beef stock 1 bouquet garni ☐ Heat 1 tbsp of the oil in a large casserole dish over a medium heat and fry the onion for 2-3 minutes until soft.

Add the bacon and fry for a further 4-5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove and set aside. ☐ Dust the beef in the seasoned flour. Heat the remaining oil in the casserole dish over a high heat and fry the beef, in batches, for 3-4 minutes, until browned all over. ☐ Reduce the heat to medium, return the onion and bacon and all the beef to the casserole dish and add the Guinness, stock and herbs. Season well and it bring to the boil. ☐ Reduce to a simmer and cook, partially covered, for 2½ hours until the meat is meltingly tender. Season before serving half the stew with creamy mashed potato.

Slow-cooked marrow with tomato & fennel 1 young marrow (about 1kg) 4 tbsp olive oil, plus a drizzle to serve 1 rosemary sprig, plus extra leaves chopped to serve pinch of fennel seeds 2 red onions, finely sliced pinch of dried chilli ½ fennel bulb, sliced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 50ml white wine 500g tomatoes, chopped 1 tbsp red wine vinegar 2 tbsp capers

large pinch of salt, and cook for 10 minutes until the onions are starting to colour and sweeten. ☐ Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for another minute. Turn up the heat slightly, add the marrow and a good grind of pepper, and cook for 10 minutes, stirring so it doesn’t catch. ☐ De-glaze the pan with the white wine. Cook until it’s evaporated, then add the tomatoes and red wine vinegar. Stir to combine everything, then turn down the heat and cook, stirring occasionally,

on the lowest heat for at least 35 minutes, until the tomatoes have concentrated and the marrow has taken on all the flavours in the pan.

Stir in the capers and butter beans to warm them through. ☐ Toast the sourdough and cut each slice in half. Divide the mixture between four plates, then spread the toast with the goat’s cheese (or vegan alternative), drizzle with some olive oil, scatter over the oregano and rosemary, and serve.

400g can butter beans, drained 2 large slices of sourdough, to serve soft fresh goat’s cheese (optional), to serve 1 tbsp oregano, to serve ☐ Halve, de-seed and chop the marrow into chunks. Toss in some salt and leave the chunks to drain in a colander for 30 minutes to remove excess water. ☐ Heat the olive oil in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the rosemary and fennel seeds and cook for a few minutes until the rosemary is sizzling. Add the red onion, dried chilli, fennel and a

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