24/12/2009 by Secretary.

Hi to all those locals with a business…..

A very successful part of Journal 2009 was the advertising by several local firms at a very low cost (£100 per A4 page, £50 per A5 etc) which includes the design of the advert if not already designed…..

We have limited space in the 2010 Journal and whilst it is still 9 months away from publishing, we have already secured several advertisers for j2010 and with space limited, if you want to take advantage of reaching 500+ individual readers plus the potential of thousands via the Legal lending Libraries, then book your space early to avoid disappointment….

Space will be allocated on a “First Come” basis…..

For more details contact the Hon Secretary, Huw Daniel on…..

huw@ovlhs.co.uk

or via one of our many web sites……

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24/12/2009 by Secretary.

Hi All,

In the new year we will be able to offer our full range of Crystals to everyone, not just those living in the valley…..

The price will be £6 per Crystal with a view from our archive, or you can add you own image for just £1 extra, though you will have to send the original image that you want to have so that I can scan at the correct resolution - Or scan it yourself and e-mail to me, minimum resolution is 300dpi.

I now have the Royal Mail postage & packing prices which are as follows (and unavoidable sadly) :

UK: £2.50

World (Surface) £3.00

World (Air) (£6.00)

Surface delivery time  is approx. 5-7 weeks……

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09/12/2009 by Secretary.

Hi All,

The meeting above will be the lst one for 2009 with the xmas break.

The next meeting will be Wednesday 13th January 2010….

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09/12/2009 by Secretary.

Hi All,

We are still trying identify this unknown railway station and have now asked on the Glamorgan Family History Flicker group……

follow this link….(http://www.flickr.com/photos/ovlhs/4170544730/in/pool-glamorganfhs)

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09/12/2009 by Secretary.

See Siân`s message below regards the forthcoming meeting that will have major implications for the future of the Berwyn Centre….

Bridgend CBC are hoping to obtain funding from the Welsh Assembly Government via the Western Valleys Regeneration Fund to secure the future of the Berwyn Centre and for other projects within Bridgend County. At 3pm Tuesday 15^th December there will be a meeting at the Berwyn Centre to speak to people from ‘Powell Dobson’  who will be carrying out a feasibility study to clarify the needs of the community with regard to the Berwyn Centre and what services the centre could offer the people of Nantymoel and the Ogmore Valley. As a group of people which regularly use the Centre, you are invited to meet with ‘Powell Dobson’ on Tuesday 15^th December to ask any questions you feel are relevant.  As local community members, your input could make all the difference so please come along.

Regards,

Siân McCormick

Berwyn Centre Manager

Email: sian.mccormick@bridgend.gov.uk

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09/12/2009 by Secretary.

Hi All,

The 10th annual book launch at Ogmore Vale Primary was a fantastic evening with an excellent turnout - despite the atrocious weather….

The report sent to local press and the BBC is available below, but if we have our usual response from the press this is the only place you`ll see this report outside of the valley:-)

10th-anniversary-book-launch-ovlhs.pdf

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23/11/2009 by Secretary.

Until the 10th Anniversary Book launch at Ogmore Vale Primary School on Friday 27th November.

The night will start around 7pm, with our usual nibbles and wine but you may want to come early as we are expecting more than usual this year with a significant increase in Community Councilors and also a minibus full from the Garw Valley Heritage Society also attending…..

We`ll also have samples of our commemorative “Mugs” and “Crystals” on view…..For you to order lots of, naturally:-)

There`s also a chance for you to see the Ogmore Valley Miners Memorial, Archive and Timeline all situated in the School.

We look forward to seeing you there……

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11/11/2009 by Secretary.

Journal 2009 now safely printed and looking very good….We have found an excellent printers in Carrick, hopefully we`ll be using them for many years to come…..All advance postal orders will be despatched on 27th November along with the BCBC library copies.The Legal Deposit Libraries will be despatched asap.The “Winter” clean up of our Digital Archive is going well, though it`s been interrupted by grant applications for our next “project”….Fingers crossed we`ll be successful before too long.We`ve had another superb image of Margaret Davies of Cardiff. This one is a 1924 image of the Mount Zion band taken in Bryn Bedw house and most of the personnel are also named, including John Davies, father of James Llewellyn Davies VC.We`ll also be offering our members a secure web exchange portal shortly so that images, information and Journal 2010 articles for editing can be uploaded to, amended and viewed only by our members with the login (available only from our secretary).More news of this when up and running……..Still waiting (patiently) for someone else (anyone?!?!) to post other than me…..There must be someone out there with information or questions on the Valley????

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22/10/2009 by Secretary.

The proof for Journal 2009 was dropped off this morning by our new Publishers (Carrick) and it looks stunning….

As does the articles contained within…..

We are taking advance orders, with postal orders despatched on the 28th November.

Those able to attend on the book launch on the 27th I`ll see you there……

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18/10/2009 by Secretary.

The timeline @ http://www.ovlhs.btik.com/p_About_Us.ikml has now been updated…..

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