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April/May 2013 

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From the Editor 

Welcome to the latest issue of The Villager, a 

community magazine and business directory 

that has been delivered free of charge to every 

home in Magor, Undy, Redwick and Rogiet and 

Wilcrick. 

This year seems to be flying by, and Spring has 

arrived, although it doesn’t feel like it with the 

cold weather we’ve been having. 

On Monday May 6th, Magor Churchmen are 

holding their annual May Fayre in The Square, 

let’s hope the warmer weather has arrived for 

the afternoon of fun and activities. Bring your 

friends along. 

In this issue we have our first drawing 

competition. It is open to infants, junior and 

high school children, with a winner in each 

group receiving a £15 gift voucher. Please see 

page 42 for more details and how to enter. 

Thank you once again to all the contributors 

and advertisers, both old and new, as without 

you, publishing and delivering The Villager 

free of charge wouldn’t be possible and can I 

encourage all readers to support our local 

Copy deadline for the June/July edition is 

17th May 2013 

Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the 

information in The Villager is accurate at the time of print, the 

editor and/or publisher cannot accept any liability to any 

party for loss or damage caused by errors or omissions. 

All artwork including photos is accepted on the condition that 

all permissions have been given for use in this publication. 

The Villager does not officially endorse any advertising 

material included within this publication. Opinions expressed 

by contributors or advertisers are not necessarily those of the 

editor and/or publisher. No part of this publication may be 

reproduced without the prior permission of the editor. 

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Stationery Company. 

The vouchers enclosed have no redeemable monetary value. 

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The Villager - April/May 2013 

businesses as much as possible in these tough 

economic times. 

Do you have any articles that you would like 

included in future issues? If so, please email 

the editor - info@the-villager.net or telephone 

01633 882259. The deadline for the next 

issue is 17th May 2013. 

As of Monday 29th April, The Villager has a 

home in Magor Square. The address is The 

Hayloft, The Square, Magor. NP26 3HY. Please 

feel free to drop in and have a chat, pick up an 

additional copy or drop in an article. 

Happy reading, 

Jonathan Croft. 

Editor 

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MAGOR RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB 

By John Ford, Magor 

A little of the history of the club, its players 

and my family’s involvement over the years. It 

was formed in the late 1800’s and based at the 

Temperance Hall, West End of the village and 

matches were played on the pitch opposite. 

Pre First World War, my father, Ronald Ford, 

was the captain of the team. His brother, 

William, was also in the side. Both brothers 

served in the war, but William was killed in 

action at the age of 19. The 20s saw Ronald 

resume as captain. He was joined in the side 

by his younger brother, Arthur ‘Buller’ Ford. 

Others in the team who looked very fearsome 

in the photo I have were the Brace brothers, 

Bert Packer, Ossie Thomas and Sid Whitcombe. 

In the 30s the team captains were Lyn 

Williams and his brother George, both farmers 

in the area. From listening to my father, they 

were a very good team. 

In the 40s after the Second World War, the club 

reformed with two teams. It was a mixture of 

old and young players. George Williams and 

Reg Reece were the captains in that period. 

My brother and myself started playing at this 

time. Vic Brenchly, ex P.T.I. in the army, was 

our fitness trainer. He got us to go down the 

moors to cut ten foot logs to exercise with. 

Four players to each log and a lot of lifting and 

grunting – no nice gym then. Mr Bill Coles was 

our sponge and rubbing down with oils man. 

They used to say that he made up the oils 

himself – I can tell you, the smell was not 

sweet. 

Towards the end of the 1940s, we had in the 

team, Jim Hawkins, ex scrum half from 

Newport R.F.C., who also played for 

Monmouthshire. Then for good measure, our 

next star would be Eawart ‘Bill’ Tamplin, our 

village policeman and ex Cardiff and Wales 

Second Row Forward and a very good goal 

kicker: both finishing their final days with a 

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few games for Magor. 

In 1950, Bill Tamplin 

was asked if he would bring a Cardiff XV to 

play Magor as a benefit match for the local 

hall. He did so and it was played on March 

16th. His side included 8 internationals, they 

won, but it was played in good spirit. 

Afterwards, the evening was spent in the 

Golden Lion with drinks and a meal. 

Magor RFC 1948/9 



My playing days ended in 1950 when I 

suffered a compound fracture of my left leg, 

while playing away at Chepstow. This next bit 

might seem funny reading, but as there was no 

ambulance available, I was carried down 

through the Chepstow streets by 6 team mates 

on a trestle table top to the hospital. It was a 

very painful and springy ride, I can tell you. 

We won the match in the end with 13 men – no 

subs then. By the way, my injury and the non 

appearance of the ambulance made news in 

the local Argus. 

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Magor, Undy and Llandevenny Community Support 

Officers Ruth James and Hayley Brown are flushed 

with success after recruiting the 20,000th household 

to the Gwent Police OWL Neighbourhood Watch Scheme. 

Ruth and Hayley have now set themselves a target of 

persuading half of all households in the area - around 

1,000 - of the value of the scheme. Already nearly 300 

are signed up. 

The officers send out crime information and prevention 

messages via the system, but also give updates on community events. 

Recently, Ruth invited Olive, one of two OWL mascots owned by the force, to Magor. The life size 

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In each issue, The Villager plans to introduce one 

of the local business’ from our community, letting 

our readers know a little about who owns/runs 

them, and what they do. If you are interested in 

being one of our ‘Business’ in Focus’, please email 

the editor - info@the-villager.net. 

BUSINESS IN FOCUS 

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Businesses: stuck when it comes to sales 

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FRIENDS OF 

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A new community group, The Friends of 

Caldicot Library, has recently formed. The 

Friends are an enthusiastic voluntary group 

which aims to improve the library by making 

suggestions about what the library could be 

doing, providing feedback on what is already 

happening, raising the library profile and 

fundraising. 

The group met for the first time on 12th 

January but has already submitted bids to 

Monmouthshire Housing Association (to plant 

up the garden beds surrounding the library 

and introduce new planters) and the Police 

Property Act Fund (for a workshop with young 

people to produce a mural for one of the 

exterior walls). 

The Friends have also taken part in National 

Libraries Day, helping library staff man a stall 

at the Caldicot market and will be celebrating 

World Book Night (www.worldbooknight.org) 

on Tuesday 23rd April 2013. 

There is always a lot going on in the library, 

including Baby Rhyme Times, Under Fives 

Story Times, Chatterbooks, Family History 

taster sessions, Knit and Natter, Novel Lovers, 

Learn Direct, and First Click courses. More 

information is available on the library 

website www.libraries.monmouthshire.gov.uk, 

where you can also download free ebook 

and audio book loans, or the library blog 

www.caldicotlibrary.wordpress.com. 

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MAGOR CIW 

PRIMARY SCHOOL 

Eisteddfod 2013 

St. David’s day saw 

a very successful 

annual eisteddfod 

at Magor CIW 

Primary School. 

Pupils from 

Nursery to Year 6 

all joined in the 

whole-school 

Eisteddfod Year 2 

celebration wearing 

an array of Welsh 

themed costumes. After a passionate rendition 

of the national anthem, each class performed a 

song or poem in Welsh. Awards were also given 

out to each class for work in art, handwriting 

and story writing. The ceremony concluded 

with the traditional crowning of the Bard. This 

year’s prestigious poet was Heidi McSweeney 

from the Year 6 class. 

Fair Trade Fortnight 

Monday 25th February was the 

beginning of this year’s Fair Trade 

Fortnight campaign which seeks to 

support farmers and other producers 

in getting a fair price for their produce. 

Pupils at Magor CIW Primary School 

have been working hard to involve 

parents and other members of the 

community in their own campaign to raise 

awareness and money for this worthy cause! 

The school’s Eco Council devised a host of 

activities spanning the fortnight including a 

guest speaker from the Traidcraft organisation 

and a presentation to local group, The Magor 

Munchies. They also organised a Fair Trade 

raffle, coffee mornings and competitions in 

order to support the charity and to highlight 

the importance of buying Fair Trade products. 

Each class has also learnt about a different 


Fair Trade product 

and completed 

games and activities 

to develop their 

knowledge. Some 

classes have even 

made their own 

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Eisteddfod Year 5 

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CAN THE REOPENING OF A RAILWAY 

STATION BECOME A REALITY? 

By Laurence Hando - magorstation@gmail.com 

On the evening of Thursday 14th March our 

local Campaign group MAGOR (Magor with 

Undy Action Group on Rail) held its Public 

launch. Over 50 residents responded to a drop 

in session to see a display and discuss the 

present plans. A further 66 residents crowded 

into the Baptist village hall to hear a 

presentation on the launch of a campaign to 

reopen a Magor with Undy Railway station. 

This was followed by debate and 

questions/answer session, presided over by 

Lord Mike German, who caught a train from 

London to come to the villages. 

However, do we want a station in the villages 

and will any amount of campaigning achieve 

this? From the meeting, the answer to this 

first part is an overwhelming yes. In fact we 

haven’t found one person to disagree. The 

second part of the question is more difficult to 

answer. Unless we have any secret millionaires 

in the village with between £5 and £25 million 

pounds going spare! Whatever we do it will be 

a hard slog to persuade the powers to be to 

release their fingers off the purse strings. 

So what is so different about the present 

campaign? Well just look at the high powered 

dignitaries that attended the meeting. Apart 

from Lord German chairing the evening; 

Jessica Morden MP, Peter Fox the Leader of 

Monmouthshire Council, David Dovey Vice 

Chair of the Monmouthshire Council and Chair 

of the Joint Rail Working Group, Bryan Jones 

the Monmouthshire Cabinet member for 

Transport and Member of the SEWTA Board, 

Mark Youngman Transport Policy Officer for 

Monmouthshire Council and Head of the 

SEWTA Rail Working Group. As well as Arriva 

trains Wales and more local community 

representatives. You don’t see this lot in the 

villages very often if at all! 

For the first time since the closures of Magor 

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and Undy holts in 1964, we now have a serious 

case put forward to justify a Railway station. 

In the last decade the volume of rail journeys 

has increased by 40% nationally. Severn 

Tunnel Junction has seen the flow of 

passengers using the train services increase 

by 100% in the same period. Since 2007 there 

has been modernisation of the facilities at 

Severn tunnel Junction and an improved train 

service introduced. These have been in the 

main as a result of the efforts of STAG (Severn 

Tunnel Action Group) a pressure group formed 

to combat a series of cuts to the train service 

that was being planned for December 2006. 

A lot of the increase in the volume of 

passengers at Severn Tunnel Junction is due 

to a surge in commuters using the station. The 

benefits of shorter journey times against car 

travel to the centres of Newport, Cardiff and 

Bristol. The comparative average peak journey 

times for train and car from Severn Tunnel 

Junction are: to Newport – by train 10 

minutes, by car 30 minutes. To Cardiff 30 

minutes by train, by car 60 minutes, to Bristol, 

by train 30 minutes, by car 60 minutes. Other 

factors are the high cost of parking in the city 

centres and Severn bridge tolls for journeys to 

England. 

A significant number of commuters using 

Severn Tunnel Junction originate from the 

villages of Magor and Undy where a lot of 

people have moved in over the last decade and 

have to travel to their places of work. The 

majority would be travelling to Bristol. There 

is reluctance by people to travel to a point and 

then go back on themselves to reach their 

destination and then pass where they live and 

have to return to it; on their return journey. 

Hence the majority of commuters to Newport 

and Cardiff have a tendency to drive. 


The B4245 is an arterial route 

from Chepstow that serves the 

population of Caldicot, Portskewett, Rogiet, 

Undy, Magor and surrounding areas. The road 

is heavily congested at peak times in the 

morning and evening and extremely busy at 

all other times. There are planned housing 

developments at Undy and Portskewett which 

will only add to the volume of traffic using this 

road. The abandoning of the M4 relief road for 

the foreseeable future will also exacerbate the 

traffic situation in the coming years. 

The dramatic growth in the population in 

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Magor and Undy, the ever increasing need to 

commute to work, the lack of a solution to the 

congestion on the B4245, the need to reduce 

the carbon footprint, are all justifiable needs to 

open a station at Magor with Undy. 

In an endeavour to secure the objective of a 

new station development for the communities 

of Magor and Undy, the action group MAGOR 

has been formed. We aspire to open the 

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CAN THE REOPENING OF A RAILWAY 

STATION BECOME A REALITY? CONTINUED 

gateway to the National Rail Network for work, 

business, leisure and tourism. Putting Magor 

and Undy on the Rail and Geographical Map of 

Wales and Great Britain. 

We do not suggest that our own Station would 

be in direct competition with Severn Tunnel 

Junction. We propose something uniquely 

different. We have a unique selling point, that 

the entire population of the villages of about 

9000 can access the centre by foot or cycle in 

less than 15 minutes. Therefore, unlike Severn 

Tunnel junction, which is a Parkway. We 

propose an environmentally friendly Walkway 

station. In other words, car and congestion 

unfriendly. Drop off facilities yes for the few, 

the so called “kiss and drop”. But there is no 

need for car parking, when that can be 

avoided. The new plans for enlarged parking at 

Severn Tunnel Junction serves that desire. We 

propose a station at the heart of the villages. 

There is no better heart than the proposed 

Community Centre site on the B4245 and 

access to the main bus routes. As a Community 

Station, profits from ticket sales can be 

ploughed back into the community. 

We have an opportunity now to put this case 

forward, with the billions being spent on 

electrification. If we don’t get our Station in 

before the new electric overhead cables, then 

we may never achieve our aims. We are aiming 

for a date of March 2018 to open a new station. 

This timescale is determined by the 

replacement rail franchises of 2018. We need 

to be discussing with the likes of First Group 

about the electric services of the future calling 

at Magor, so they can build this into their bid. 

This will be a struggle and from the support 

already shown, we know the community is 

behind us. What we need is help and the 

community standing beside us. As many hands 

make light work. If you feel you would like to 

be actively involved and join the committee or 

just willing to help deliver information, help 

conduct travel survey’s in your street, please 

contact us. 

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SPRING HAS SPRUNG 

AT REDWICK VILLAGE HALL! 

Spring has brought about a flurry of activity at 

Redwick Village Hall. As the sun’s been shining 

we’ve made a great start on landscaping our 

outdoor space, ready to be the perfect 

background for all the weddings and parties 

we have booked over the summer. 

We where pleased to welcome Magor Church in 

Wales Primary School to the hall in March, 

whose reception class visited, holding their 

fabulous Easter Bonnet Parade. This month 

also sees the continuation of some popular 

fitness classes and the start of some new ones. 

So whether yoga, pilates or ‘legs, bums and 

tums’ are for you we’ve lots on offer! There’s 

plenty for the little ones to get involved in too, 

with our toddler group running on Friday 

mornings and Pop Princess dance classes also 

running weekly. So, get down to Redwick and 

shake off the cobwebs! 

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If you have any queries about what we have on 

or want to book a date in the calendar for your 

special event call Rebecca Taylor, Hall 

Manager on 07845 703080, email 

admin@redwickvillagehall.org or take a look at 

our website at www.redwickvillagehall.org. 

We’re also getting quite a following on 

Facebook and Twitter now too, so if you give 

our page a ‘like’ you will be able to keep an eye 

out for what’s on. 


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UNDY AFC - WITH A CHANCE AT A THIRD 

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As we enter the business end of the season, our 

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achieve a third successive promotion, and 

reach the top tier of The Welsh League. With 

nine games remaining we sit 7th in the table, 3 

points off a promotion place, with many of our 

rivals having played more games. Our 

management team are still extremely 

optimistic that we can achieve promotion, 

firstly because we have a fantastic squad of 

players, and secondly because we have not 

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Our strength in depth is demonstrated by our 

Under 18s side topping their very competitive 

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3rd in their equally competitive Welsh Reserve 

League, so on the field we look set for a very 

exciting end to the season. 

Off the field we continue to receive tremendous 

support from our sponsors. We now boast 

almost 70 sponsors, all from local businesses 

who have given their support, and enabled us 

to achieve the levels we have reached. Our 

policy has always been to reward our sponsors 

by proactively promoting their businesses in 

our match programme and our pitch-side 

banners. We have also created a business 

directory of our sponsors,(shown opposite), 

and all players and members are encouraged 

to patronise these business wherever 

possible.The feedback we have received from 

our sponsors has been very positive, and they 

are pleased with the coverage their businesses 

have enjoyed. At the end of the season we will 

hold a sponsors night at the club, where all of 

our sponsors will be invited join us for an 

evening where we can formally thank them for 

their support. 

We are always looking for more sponsors, and 

if you would be interested in being part of our 

team, then please feel free to contact us. I can 

assure you good coverage for your business. 

Our first team has 3 home games remaining on 

April 20th & 27th, and May 4th. and we would 

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3 

5 6 8 

8 4 5 3 7 6 

4 5 

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5 7 

6 1 2 9 3 

Puzzle 2: 

Arrange the numbers 1-9 into a three by 

three grid so that each line adds up to 15 

(horizontal, vertical, and diagonal). 

Puzzle 3: 

How much dirt is in a hole 6 and a half feet 

wide, 8 feet deep, and 5 feet long? 

Puzzle 4: 

How do you arrange six nines to equal 

exactlly 100 (you can use addition, division, 

decimals... just no other digits) 

Puzzle 5: 

At the recent BrainBashers Festival, the 100 

metres heats were closely monitored. Each 

contestant had to run in two races so that the 

average place could be determined. Only one 

runner finished in the same place in both 

races. Alan was never last. Charlie always 

beat Darren. Brian had at least one first place. 

Alan finished third in at least one of the races. 

Both Darren and Charlie had a second place. 

What were the two results?) 

Puzzle 6: 

At a recent bowling match, two games were 

played. Kev beat Stuart in both games, also 

Richard beat John in both games. The winner 

in game 1 came second in game 2. Richard 

won game 2 and John beat Stuart in game 1. 

No player got the same placing twice. 

Can you determine who finished where in 

each game? 

Mind Bogglers solutions for April in the next issue. 

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MARSH MATTERS 

by Kathy Barclay, Picture by Michael Rodgers 

What’s New? 

Well we survived the winter and came out the 

other side a lot wetter and muddier than 

before! We haven’t really been able to step off 

the boardwalk without sinking knee deep in 

mud or water at any point during the winter. 

Which is how it should be I suppose for a 

marsh….but I’ve seen drier years! 

The wildlife seems oblivious to it really and I 

have a secret to share with you…..our friends 

the otters have been regular visitors to the 

pond area (I’ve heard but not seen!) during 

daylight hours. Their footprints were clear to 

see in the snow on the boardwalks. 

Last years cub and his Mum or Dad have really 

taken to a mid-morning splash in front of the 

bird hide. Thanks to our keen wildlife spotters 

and bird watchers we have some great 

photographs. 

I thought it would be interesting to tell you a 

little more about the lives of our handsome 

mammalian friends so here goes: 

All about Otters 

Our UK otter is known as the Eurasian otter 

(Lutra lutra), one of a number of species found 

worldwide. They have been around since after 

the last ice age and were widespread for 

10,000 years but from the mid-1950’s they 

suffered a dramatic decline. By the late 1970’s 

the only healthy populations were in Scotland 

with small numbers remaining in Wales, 

Northern and Sout Western England. This 

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decline was closely linked with the use of 

organochlorine pesticides such as dieldrin. 

These were used in sheep dips and seed 

dressings but what we didn’t realise was that 

they built up in the food chain to such an 

extent that they killed the top predators 

including otters. When we stopped using these 

chemicals, bird populations recovered quickly 

but otters took a little longer. 

Today we are finding more and more across 

the UK sometimes in some rather surprising 

places, like Magor Marsh. They have been 

returning to traditional lowland haunts and 

establishing themselves firmly in busy urban 

centres, often becoming used to people and 

active in broad daylight. 

Like all mustelids (ferrets, weasels and 

mink) they have long slim bodies ideal for 

swimming. They are 1 – 1.5 metres long with 

half that length taken up with a strong 

muscular tail for propulsion through the 

water. It’s fur is short and dense and keeps the 

skin dry by trapping a layer of air around the 

body. They have four webbed feet and can close 

their ears and nose when underwater. So it 

should come as no surprise that their diet is 

mainly waterborne prey – 80% fish and the 

rest made up of amphibians, crayfish, ducks 

and small mammals (hopefully not too many 

water vole!). Otters are one of our top 

predators and eat about 1.5kg of fish every 

day. They can be distinguished from mink 

by their much larger size, more powerful 

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and broader, pale chest and throat. 

Otters breed at any time of year giving birth to 

2 or 3 cubs in underground burrows, known as 

a 'holt'. Excellent and lithe swimmers, the 

young are in the water by 10 weeks of age. 

They stay with their mums for up to a year and 

then leave to find their own territory. The 

male otters don’t have much to do with rearing 

the young and even have separate holts to rest 

in. 

All otters have “home ranges” that have 

quieter areas for breeding and have many 

resting areas such as underground holts 

(pipes and tree roots) and stands of long grass 

and scrubby patches. These territories can be 

up to 40km for a dog otter (half this size for a 

female) and they guard them with their life! 

Otters live for between three to four years in 

the wild and death these days is more likely to 

be as a results of injuries from a territorial 

battle. Occasionally otters are killed on the 

roads or drown in fish traps and young otters 

can sadly die of starvation. 

So that’s a bit about the beautiful otter. I hope 

you get to see the one visiting Magor Marsh 

but you will have to be patient. Please also 

remember that otters are highly sensitive 

animals – disturbing otters or their habitat is 

an offence under the Wildlife & Countryside 

Act so tread carefully and quietly. 

What’s to Look forward to? 

Apart from our otters, kingfishers and 

hundreds of nesting birds including Cettis 

Warblers and kingfishers - we have some great 

events coming up for you. Our website has 

more details (www.gwentwildlife.org) or 

contact our head office – 01600 740600. 

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INDEPENDENT COUNTY 

COUNCILLOR FRANCES TAYLOR 

Well the steep learning curve continues. When I 

am out and about taking my son to school, at 

Cake Saturday or at Undy farmers market, it is 

a pleasure to talk to people although my 

husband still does without milk some mornings 

for some time! I am always struck by how 

many people have time to talk and this is one of 

the things I really enjoy about living in Magor. 

You may have seen some of the measures that 

have been agreed by the executive group in the 

recent budget such as changes to the residual 

waste (rubbish) collection and charging for 

services such as the green waste collection, 

pest control and increasing the cost of school 

meals. If you have any questions, then please 

get in touch. 

Some of the issues I have been working on are: 

• Meeting with Magor Church in Wales 

Primary and the Community Council and 

Council officers to encourage as much 

discussion as possible so that the future of 

the school playing field can be resolved. 

• Working with the Community Council and 

Council officers to find solutions, which will 

alleviate the parking/traffic issues in the 

Square, improve pedestrian safety and 

protect our unique Cenotaph. 

• Communicating with Welsh Water and the 

Council’s environmental health team to 

resolve issues of flooding. To date though 

progress has been slower than we’d like but 

Welsh Water are finally working with Tesco 

to resolve the problems caused by their 

private pumping station at the Europark. 

• Supporting local organisations to 

successfully secure grant funding from 

Severnside Area Committee. 

• Influencing the Severnside Total Place Plan 

to ensure that the needs of Magor with Undy 

are well represented. 

• Working with MAGOR the action group to 

help promote their campaign for a railway 

access point in Magor/Undy. By the time you 

read this, the group will have held their first 

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open meeting. The group have now 

spoken to all the relevant AM’s and 

our MP. All local 

business have 

been canvassed and are 

overwhelmingly supportive of the idea. I 

continue to support the group in gaining 

support from responsible councillors and 

officers. 

• Working with Council officers, Community 

Council and MUSLA to progress appropriate 

improvements to our community facilities. 

You may be aware that MUSLA are revisiting 

their recent bid to the Big Lottery Fund and I 

am actively working the cabinet member to 

ensure that Monmouthshire Council provides 

appropriate support. 

• Dealing successfully with varied casework for 

residents and businesses including issues 

associated with Monmouthshire Housing, the 

maintenance of highway verges, removal and 

pollarding of trees, planning matters, 

environmental health issues, pest control 

and matters connected to the extreme 

weather. 

• Working with other councillors to raise 

concerns about the recent Estyn Report. You 

may have seen in the press that Welsh 

Government has placed Monmouthshire’s 

Education service in special measures. All 

councillors will need to work together to 

scrutinise, support and challenge the 

resulting action plan to ensure that our 

children get the best education possible. 

If you would like to get in touch, please contact 

me on francestaylor@monmouthshire.gov.uk 

Twitter - @frances4magor, Facebook 

www.facebook.comFrancesTaylorIndependent 

CandidateforMillWard or 01633 881198. 

Otherwise you can stop me while I’m out 

and about. 

Best wishes for a good spring. 

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN ROGIET 

ROGIET W.I. 

On 5th February Rogiet W.I. members held 

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‘The Rose’ Redwick. An excellent lunch and an 

enjoyable afternoon was had by all. 

Rogiet W.I. meet on the 1st Tuesday of each 

month at Rogiet Community Church Hall (Off 

Green Close) at 2.00 p.m. a full and varied 

programme has been arranged for 2013. New 

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ROGIET CHEERFUL CLUB (for the over 60’s) 

Come along and enjoy a pleasant afternoon 

with a chat over a cup of tea, and a game of 

Bingo. Several trips arranged throughout the 

year with a holiday planned early September. 

Cheerful Club meet on the 1st Wednesday of 

each month in Rogiet Community Church Hall 

(off Green Close). 


ST MARY’S CHURCH, ROGIET. 

We are delighted to report that the annual 

Summer Show will go ahead on Saturday July 

27th 2013. 

A BIG THANK YOU, for all the offers of help. 

This is a big relief to Mrs Marj Roberts who has 

been the backbone of this event for the last 6 

years but feels she can no longer play such a 

major role, but with all the help offered will 

continue to oversee the event. 

OPEN CHURCH every 3rd Saturday of the 

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on offer. We look forward to seeing you. 

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September 2012 ushered in a new era for 

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THE DALE LLEWELLYN 

MEMORIAL FESTIVAL OF 

SCHOOL RUGBY 

“Don’t count each day make each day count” 

was Dales Advice to young people and this was 

the Theme of the festival. The Young players 

took this to heart and made each ball count 

and they played with “Pride and won or lost 

with dignity.” Emphasis is placed on having 

fun and playing the game with friends, and 

close friendships being formed between the 

schools through a shared love of the game. 

The Undy Rugby Academy hosted a mini 

school rugby festival in memory of Dale 

Llewellyn who died on January 2nd 2013. At 

the age of 25. Dale was known to the schools 

through his work with Attribute Sports which 

took him into many schools were he coached 

rugby. 

The festival attracted five schools, 

Magor/Undy, Eveswell, Mount Pleasant, 

Shirenewton and Northcote Lodge School, 

London. The event was very successful with 

over 75 primary school children playing a 

very high standard of rugby. They were 

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referee. All the children are taught to respect 

each other and value the key role of the 

referee. 

Northcote Lodge were the festival winners 

with Eveswell School runners up. The 

Sportsman award went to Shirenewton 

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DIG FOR VICTORY AT 

MAGOR SCHOOL 

A number of parents, children, and 

grandparents have been trying to get Magor 

Church in Wales School gardens in shape 

ready for spring. The School’s PTA have done a 

grand job in organising volunteers to bring 

their forks, spades and goodwill to create 

garden spaces for our children to enjoy. 

The PTA is keen to plant things, which the 

children can quickly see the benefit from and 

are concentrating on filling the available space 

with edibles, which can be picked and eaten 

straight from the plant. If you would like to get 

involved then we’d be delighted to have you 

join the weekend digging team. Alternatively, 

perhaps you could help with a little 

maintenance over the growing season? 

If you don’t fancy gardening or digging then 

perhaps you have some plants to spare? We 

received some very kind donations, but we 

would love some more. If you can split your 

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CHECK OUT SOME OF 

THE THINGS HAPPENING 

OVER THE NEXT COUPLE 

OF MONTHS 

If you are involved in a Non-profit making 

organisation and would like to have your 

events included in the ‘What’s On’ section, 

please email info@the-villager.net or call 

01633 882259. 

Friday Film Nights at Undy Community Hall. 

Films start at 7.30pm, with tea and coffee 

being served. £4.50 per person. Forthcoming 

films are: 

April 26th & 27th - “Les Miserables’, starring 

Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell 

Crowe and Amanda Seyfried. Yes, the new 

release. 

Redwick Music Festival 2013 

Thursday 25th April - Hermitage Ensemble 

Wednesday 12th June - Beauty and the Beast. 

Karen Tweed and Paul Hutchinson. 

Sunday 7th July - Chepstow Big Band IN THE 

HALL. This is the day after Redwick Fete. 

Friday 6th September - Heather Leighton 

(flute) and Sarah Parsons (piano). 

Friday 4th October - BarlowCree. 

Sunday 22nd September – Pete Strong has 

booked the Flying Shepherds to do a gig in 

Llanfihangel Rogiet Church. 

Sunday May 12th - Race for Wildlife – 

10.30am - 10k race for runners, and 1k Fun 

Run for everyone at 11.00am. Meet at Undy 

Football Club. For more information or to sign 

up phone 01600 740600 or visit 

www.gwentwildlife.org. 

Messy Church - An afternoon of free fun 

activities for all ages, children must be 

accompanied, with free food. Every third 

Saturday in Magor Church Centre. 

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What’s What’s On On 

‘not tv’ 

Saturday July 27th 2013 - St Mary’s Church 

Rogiet annual Summer Show. 

Undy Farmers Market at Undy Community 

Hall - 10am - 1pm. This years dates are: April 

27th, May 25th, June 22nd, July 27th, 

August 24th, September 28th, October 26th, 

November 23rd and December 14th. 

DRAWING 

COMPETITION 

3 AGE GROUPS 

INFANTS, JUNIORS & 

HIGH SCHOOL. 

WINNERS IN EACH GROUP WILL 

RECEIVE A £15 VOUCHER TO SPEND 

AT THE MAGOR PRINTNG & 

STATIONERY COMPANY SHOP 

THE THEME IS: 

‘A SCENE FROM 

YOUR VILLAGE’ 

With parents permission, all entries to: 

The Villager, 

The Hayloft, Magor Square. NP26 3HY. 

with your name and contact details clearly on 

the reverse. Winning entries will be notified. 

Closing date: Friday 17th May, 2013. 

The editor reserves the right to use any of 

the entries in future publications. 


ROGIET METHODIST CHURCH 

CELEBRATES 80 YEARS 

This year we celebrate 80 years of worship and 

fellowship in the village. The church (or chapel) 

was built in 1933 by Shepard Bros builders of 

Portskewett. Before this time in 1930-31, the 

services were held in the Great Western Railway 

Staff Association Buildings located on the 

approach road to the Severn Tunnel Junction 

Station. They allowed the founder members and 

their families to use this building for their 

services on a Sunday afternoon giving them also 

permission to use the piano, chairs and all the 

facilities. 

During this time a plot of land became available 

at Ifton Road and so it was decided to purchase 

this land to build a new Methodist Church. The 

founder members worked very hard to get this 

mission fulfilled for the people of Rogiet as the 

only other form of religious worship was at St 

Mary’s Rogiet. The Methodist Church was 

established through the support of the Great 

Western Railway employees at the Severn 

Tunnel Depot where they bought the bricks at 

6D (sixpence) each. Drivers, shunters, foremen 

and porters all supported this venture including 

their families and other people in the village, 

friendships were formed at the services and 

membership increased. 

Mrs Hutchings, a local preacher was the leader 

of the founders members group and her 

husband, Mr J Hutchings a driver at the Severn 

Tunnel Depot was the treasurer. When the 

church was first built its title was ‘Ifton 

Methodist Church’ in the ‘Parish of Ifton at 

Rogiet’, but in later years it became ‘Rogiet 

Methodist Church’. The pulpit was given by the 

‘Local Preachers of the Wye Valley Mission.’ 

Many other donations were given to help make 

the church, and its interior, what it is today. 

On the 8th September 2013 we will celebrating 

our 80th Anniversary with a ‘Songs of Praise’ at 

4pm and our usual service at 10.30 am, you are 

welcome to come and join us. 

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