Christmas comes to Radyr & Morganstown

A large crowd gathered in Station Road for the switching on of the lights. Earlier Bryn Deri School choir and the Festival Queen assisted in switching the Christmas tree lights on in the Granny Park, Morganstown. At the same time Radyr Primary School choir and Princess Emma accompanied by Martha Pugh helped to switch the lights on the Lychgate Gardens tree. The crowd in Station Road were entertained with Christmas music, shopping at the many stalls and barbecue waiting for the lighting of the Windsor Road tree. The children from the two schools arrived to form a combined choir and sang two carols whilst the Festival Queen, her attendants and Martha helped the electricians to turn on the lights to be a big cheer. It was time to cross back into to Station Road for the overhead lighting to be switched by Martha and Patch, the LATCH dog, which was duly done to a count down from 10 to 0. Now was the time for the arrival of Santa, sitting in his sleigh with his helpers from the scouts. Sue was there to make sure that each child received a small gift from Santa and in the knowledge that their Christmas wish would be noted. Several hundred members of our community supported the charity stalls and local shops, who had stayed open for the occasion. Residents gave generously to the bucket collection for LATCH raising £469 on the night. This was in addition to a contribution made by Bryn Deri School from their Christmas carol concerts of £823. Radyr Primary School have donated a further £500, Morris Dancers £92 and The Orchard £30 – making a total of c£1900. A good start for our village support of this year’s charity. Other Charities also benefited from this event.

The Shop window display competition was won by Headway and the runner up was Ener Chi. It is thanks to all the shopkeepers, cafes and agents who took part to make the village a Christmas wonderland.

Many more photos in the GALLERY.