13,000 people attended the Machen show, while Blackwood Beach Party was once again a huge success with more than 8,000.
Bargoed as town and a place for shoppers and shopkeepers on the other hand is floundering via lack of ambition by some complacent lazy councillors.
Bargoed gets an outdoor cinema watching films that you can see on DVD, while Blackwood sit in comfort watching new films with cheap prices.
Bargoed has various fairs with a lack of stalls and which are badly attended; these fairs don’t even increase sales for shop owners.
Councillors got us Morrisons supermarket and rested on their laurels with a leave Bargoed to market forces.
Andrew Nutt
Heolddu Road
Bargoed
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