16 June 2009: “No new supermarket” group pleased with support from shoppers
10 June 2009: The Heart of the Dragon Festival Returns to Newcastle Emlyn
4 June 2009: Heart of the Dragon will beat again in Newcastle Emlyn
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PROGRAMME FOR DRAGON FESTIVAL SAT JULY 4th 2009
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| TIME | EVENT | LOCATION |
| 10.00 | Official opening – Mayor of Newcastle Emlyn Cllr Peter Lewis cutting ribbon | Front of castle |
| ALL DAY | Medieval Fayre and Stalls | Lower Riverside grounds |
| ALL DAY | Attic Players Open Day | Attic Theatre |
| ALL DAY | Hanes Emlyn Exhibition | Under the Clock Tower |
| ALL DAY | Our Lady Queen of Peace Open Garden | Castle Entrance |
| ALL DAY | Live webcam broadcast onto Heart of The Dragon website | www.heartofthedragonwales.org |
| 10.15 | Story reenactment In the New Beginning, the Egg arrived on the Coracle! | Right hand path down to river |
| 11.00 | Story reenactment The Birth of Baby Dragon | Lower Performance Area |
| 11.30 | Songwriting competition | Front of castle |
| 12.00 | Wisdom of Owls and Hawks | Lower Performance Area |
| 12.30 | Red and White Dragon battle | Lower PerformanceArea |
| 1.30 | Childrens storytelling and making workshop | Lower Performance area |
| 2.00 | Finish your costumes in time for the procession with Trysordy | Riverside Grounds and Lower Performance Area |
| 2.30 | Dragons Gather! Preparation for the procession | Ysgol y Ddwylan primary school |
| 2.45 | Depart from castle to meet dragons | Walk through town |
| 3.00 | Dragon Procession | Ysgol y Ddwylan primary school to castle |
| 3.30 | Naming ceremony | Lower Performance Area |
| 4.00ish | The Uninvited Guests | Lower Performance Area |
| 5.00 – 5.30 | Medieval Fayre closes | |
| 6.00 | Owain Glandwr and Merlin Return to Newcastle Emlyn | Horses ride through town |
| 6.30 | Kissing the Hag | Front of castle |
| 7.00 | Marriage Feast | Front of castle |
| 9.00 | Wedding Ceremony – Formal Adoption and First Flight of Named First Dragon | Into the castle |
| 10.00 | Lantern and Candles, Sacred Burning Heart of Dragon Fire Sculpture | Castle |
| Ends: 10.30ish | ||
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Story © Pamela Gaunt Jan 2009 |
Newcastle Emlyn’s Supermarket Sweep!
No need for Dale Winton. Newcastle Emlyn has it’s own version of Supermarket Sweep, but much bigger!
Two separate land owners in Newcastle Emlyn have applied for planning permission to build supermarkets on their sites. Both sites are currently occupied by car sales businesses. Both applications are now before Carmarthenshire County Council and both were approved by Newcastle Emlyn Town Council.
Site 1: Plan is to demolish Cawdor Cars showroom on Tanyard Lane, its forecourt adjoining the Cawdor car park, a bungalow and a former car parts shop. No specific supermarket is named for the 11,000 square foot shop (two and a half times as large as the CK supermarket).
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Site 2: Plan is for a Lidl Supermarket on the Castle Motors site opposite the existing CK’s supermarket.
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Location map of the two proposed supermarkets. Click for larger map
Up to 100 people attended a special meeting held in the Three Compasses pub on Monday evening 20th April. Many speakers condemn the decision taken by the Town Council to approve the Cawdor Cars site, which they say would have a huge impact on the town. Opponents claimed the decision was taken without proper public consultation and that the Council’s decision does not reflect the views of the majority of town residents. No one at the meeting spoke in favour of the proposed development.
About Newcastle Emlyn
The “New” Castle Ruins – Larger version
Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar are two adjacent communities in the Teifi Valley West Wales sitting either side of the River Teifi. To the North is Adpar in the County of Ceredigion, to the South, Newcastle Emlyn in the County of Carmarthenshire.
Newcastle Emlyn Market Hall – Much larger version
Newcastle Emlyn and Adpar form a bustling market town community which grew up around a crossing point over the River Teifi, its swooping meanders made the site a natural defensive position first built on by the Normans. Today, although the castle is in ruins, the town is lively and attractive and its people welcoming.
Sycamore Street, Newcastle Emlyn – Much larger image
For many years in the 18th and 19th centuries Emlyn was an important part of the drovers’ network, a collecting point for the hogs and hardy Welsh Black cattle which ended up at the auctions and on the platters of the big English cities to the east: Bristol, Birmingham and London.
