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Blackwood and Oakdale pupils take plunge with Olympian

11:29am Tuesday 2nd June 2009

PUPILS from Blackwood and Oakdale comprehensive schools were among a group of competition winners who met Olympic diver Tom Daley for lunch.

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Argoed farm plans lodged

3:28pm Thursday 21st May 2009

PLANS to convert and extend a redundant milking parlour and hay loft at the Argoed Uchaf Farm, Sunnyview, Argoed, were granted by Caerphilly Council planning officers.

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Cancer Research fun day

9:20am Thursday 21st May 2009

BLACKWOOD'S Cancer Research UK shop is holding a fun day to raise money for the charity.

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Could you tread the boards?

2:53pm Wednesday 14th January 2009

BUDDING actors aged 18 or over are being invited to join a new community theatre group in Blackwood.

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Cycleway planned

3:41pm Monday 17th November 2008

PLANS are being drawn up to create a cycleway along a disused railway line north of the Chartist Bridge at Blackwood.

Choir is on song

4:23pm Friday 8th August 2008

ABERBARGOED LADIES’ CHOIR: The choir concluded its summer season with an evening of Words and Music at St Peter’s church in Aberbargoed in July.

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Parish has new vicar

8:46am Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THE parish of Blackwood (St Margaret's) will have a new vicar in the autumn.

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Budding thespians can learn new skills

3:16pm Tuesday 15th July 2008

BUDDING young actors and actresses can attend a five-day drama school to learn new skills this summer.

Woman gets 105th birthday gift

12:17pm Friday 11th July 2008

A MAESYCWMMER resident was given presents from her bank in Blackwood to celebrate her 105th birthday.

Blackwood looks for its queen

2:32pm Tuesday 8th July 2008

BLACKWOOD carnival committee are looking for a queen, aged between 15 and 18, for the event on Saturday, August 2.

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