
Welcome to my online diary, enjoy your stay!
In November 2005 whilst home recovering from an operation I decided to try and design a web page for White Springs Fisheries in Pontarddulais I added an info page on the fishery website page, but as I got more and more involved in community projects, I decided to start this blog in order to keep my community activities and involvement seperate to the fishing. You can email me with comments at slloydjanes@aol.com
Info about me
I am involved in the Llanelli CAB
I am the current secretary of the Hendy Pool and Parks Committee
I am also a member of the Pontarddulais and Hendy District Carnival Committee. Which will be celebrating its 40th year this year.
I have been a member of USDAW since 1989 and I am the Llanelli Usdaw Union Branch Secretary, I have done a lot of campaigning with Usdaw and I often appear in the quarterly magazine that gets published and sent to Usdaw Members, here's just one example
I have also been Hendy community councillor on Llanedi Community Council since 2004 and as a councillor, I also represent the council as a member of the Hendy School Govenoring Body.
The contents of this site is written and published by Stephen Lloyd-Janes of Iscoed Road Hendy who will be a Labour and Co-op candidate for the local County Council elections on May 1st 2008
Cllr Vernon Hicks and myself arrived on the carnival field at 8.05am and set up the stall ready for the carnival later that day,
By 9.50am we were back in the house ready to have some bacon sandwiches for breakfast and the heavans opened up, it poured down torrential. by about 12pm it had eased off so off we went to deck our stall out and the tables we had left under our gazzeboo were soaked, the stall opposite their tent was leaking and they had gone to B and Q to buy a sheet to put over the top of their tent, as they were going to sell hand crafted cards.
Anyway it took us an hour to set up the stall and Vernon decided to have a well earned brew before the carnival parade arrived

The day despite the heavy showers went extremely well, we managed to sell 95% of our tickets and raised £123 which was extremely pleasing considering the weather.
I'VE ALREADY HAD AN EMAIL OFF THE CARNIVAL PROMOTERS
QUOTE
" Please could you thank everyone, it was tremendous to see the people of Bont
and Hendy pulling together to make the carnival a success, even though the
weather was very bad indeed. Everyone deserves praise for turning out in
such bad conditions, the floats, walkers, stall holders, bands, lorry
drivers and suppliers of the lorries and the people who provided the
entertainment. A big thank you also goes to the shops for entering the
window dressing competition - a magnificent effort was made by one and all
Celia "
The results of the carnival winners were
Carnival Results 2007.
1st Overall
Collar & Cuffs
2nd
Dulais Netball
3rd
Grwp Chwarae Hendy
Gordon Lamprey Trophy – Best Float from Hendy or Pontarddulais
Grwp Chwarae Hendy
Brinley Lewis Trophy – Best dressed child on a float or walking
Scarecrow
1st – Glynhir W.I
2nd – Sophie Chelsea
1st – Thomas the Tank engine
2nd – The little squaw
1st – Woodie & Jessie
2nd –
Llanedi Community Council Cup for Best dressed on a stall
1st – Glynhir W. I.
2nd – Air Ambulance
3rd – Hendy Pool
1st – A. Alexander – Pontarddulais
2nd – Lindsay A. Jones – Llanelli
3rd – Matthew Griffiths – Pontarddulais
1st – Ffion Griffiths
2nd – Steffan Williams
3rd – Cai Evans
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Please Tel 882777 if you have any of the numbers listed.
1st – Cwtch dan Star
2nd – Charity Shop
3rd – Bowen Rees Chemists
Highly Commended – Jenkins Bakers, Garrington’s Video Shop
Elwyn’s Pet Shop
1st – Ysgol Bryniago
2nd – Pontarddulais Primary
3rd –
As you can see Hendy Pool came third in the best dressed stall. This is the second year on the trot that i've been involved in the carnival and despite getting wet, i'm looking forward to next years carnival which incidentally is the 40th Anniversary, which will probably be a spectacular event to look forward too.
My favourite float was the collar and cuffs float
