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A recent episode of Who DoYou Think You Are? featuredcomedian Jack Whitehalltracking down his Welshancestor, Thomas JonesPhillips. Phillips, who was hisgreat-great-great-greatgrandfather, was a successfulsolicitor and former Mayor ofNewport. As clerk to the town’smagistrates, however, Phillipssought to subjugate theworking classes and wasinstrumental in the capture ofJohn Frost. Being one of theringleaders of the Chartists’uprising, Frost was condemnedto be hung, drawn andquartered after being foundguilty of high treason. This wasthe last time a prisoner in theUK faced such an extremepunishment, although hissentence was later commutedto penal servitude.

Despite Jack’s horror at hisforebear’s antics, Phillips hadbeen held in high esteem andeven received the freedom of theCity of London. When he died, aplaque was erected inside StWoolos Cathedral tocommemorate his life. Theprogramme closed with Whitehallhunting for the monument: asearch that led to its discovery ona wall near the lavatory. To Jack,the location seemed befitting aman who had endeavoured toflush workers’ rights down thetoilet. But I was left with oneburning question: just who theheck was St Woolos? Obviously, Iwas familiar with the name but Iremained ignorant about the man.The time had come to makeamends.

The name, Woolos, is apparentlyan anglicised version of

Gwynllyw, although for the life ofme, I cannot conceive of how theone gave rise to the other. Bornaround 450 AD, his name stillsurvives in places like Pillgwenlly.He was a formidable chieftainruling the area betwixt the Usk

and Rhymney and he wasrenowned for attacking ships inthe Bristol Channel and for raidingnearby territories. In one suchskirmish, he captured Gwladys,the daughter of King Brychan ofBrycheiniog, who had objected toa union between the two. Somestories claim that the battle wasstopped only when King Arthurand Sir Bedevere intervened.Gwynllyw and Gwladys, the fifthcentury’s answer to Posh and

Becks, went on to have severalchildren. Among them was a soncalled Cadoc, who later becameSt Cadoc after whom the hospitalin Caerleon is named. Cadocbecame extremely religious andhis pious influence led to hisfather’s conversion to Christianity.Gwynllyw went on to experiencea vision of a white ox with a blackspot on its forehead. When hecame across that same creatureon what is now Stow Hill, heestablished a hermitage at thesite. A statue commemorating theprophetic animal is located nearFriar’s Walk: its sculptor,Sebastien Boyesen, is alsoresponsible for the enormousminers’ memorial at Six Bells.

Following his death, Gwynllyw’shermitage became an importantshrine and a wooden church wasconstructed there. It was rebuilt instone in the 9th century and thereis still evidence of that structure atthe cathedral. Both Gwynllyw andGwladys were subsequentlycanonised and they remain one ofthe few married couples to behonoured in this way. Althoughboth are patron saints ofNewport, St Gwynllyw alsorepresents soldiers. And pirates!

Various miracles have beencredited to St Gwynllyw over theyears. A fountain, which appearedafter he prayed for water, wasbelieved to heal those who drankfrom it. Angels were said to havebeen seen near his tomb and thedefeats of King Harold (of 1066fame) and a marauding Vikingparty were attributed to him afterthey ransacked his church. So thenext time you find yourself by thecathedral, make sure you behaveor suffer the consequences. Youhave been warned...

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Ever wondered how we came tokiss underneath the mistletoe,deck the halls withtinsel and wearpaper crownsaround the dinnertable? CRACKERS In 1847, theconfectioners TomSmith startedwrapping sweets ina twist of paper.Over the years, headded newelements, firstinserting a lovemotto into thewrapper, and then –inspired by a crackling fire – a‘crack’ when the wrapping wasbroken. Tom then replaced thesweets with trinkets and wrappedpaper around a cardboard tube.When his sons took over thebusiness, they introduced crowns.

CHRISTMAS CARDS Sending Christmas cards can betime-consuming, but they wereactually invented to save time! In

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MISTLETOEPagans believed mistletoe had amystical life force of fertility.Kissing under the mistletoebecame a popular Victorianparlour game: each white berry

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Archaeological Trust to perform the investigation. Lead archaeologist, Richard Hankinson, from CPAT was shown around the site by CTS members for an initial assessment and designed a schedule for the project’s

Preliminary work started early October, so much of it will be complete by the time this article hits the

including magnetometry geo-physics, auger and borehole sampling.

Using the data supplied by those surveys a series of trenches were dug to help uncover

some clues to the origins and nature of some of the features this fascinating area. Results of the surveys and trench work are

all available in the public domain and can be accessed through the Twmbarlwm website.

CTS gathered a list of volunteers who were invited

– nearly 30 people turned up for the meeting at Risca Museum and many more applied via email.

Without volunteers and the support of the community an operation like this would be unviable, we are therefore very grateful to all those who help out.

The end of the dig is not the end of the project, our research into the history of Twmbarlwm goes on and there will be other opportunities to get involved – so please keep visiting our website for news.

At the end of the excavation period there will be an open day on the mountain to show people the work done, there will eventually be a printed report published

Terry C. Evans, Chairman CTS

CTS meet at the car park below Twmbarlwm’s summit for a litter pick and volunteer workday on the last Sunday

of every month to which everyone is invited, it’s not all

around up there. We organise walks and other events up the mountain and at Crosskeys RFC throughout the year

so watch our website and Facebook page for details. www.twmbarlwm.co.uk

Officers from Cadw and the Caerphilly CBC ecologist examine the devastation on Twmbarlwm.Photo: Terry C. Evans

You probably do not need reminding of the terrible

Cymdeithas Twmbarlwm Society, like everyone else, were very concerned about the devastation and

from Cadw around the site.Together with the ecologist from Caerphilly

CBC they were shocked to see the extent of the damage. Although it was a very sad sight, we were able to see that without the cover of the undergrowth, there appeared to be some archaeological features that we and Cadw were not previously aware of.

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permission to stick a spade in a scheduled monument without their say-so.

After all, Twmbarlwm and its supposed hill-fort has had very little serious research done on it and certainly

possible origins, so wouldn’t it be a great idea to try to get some answers.

As it turned out, our friends from Cadw were way ahead of us, and were thinking of ways they could persuade their bosses that a serious archaeological investigation of Twmbarlwm was long overdue and this

good to miss.So a team from CTS worked with Cadw to

explore the possibility of an archaeological dig and after many months of planning and negotiations the Society managed to get the go ahead for an in-depth archaeological investigation of the ancient monument at the summit of Twmbarlwm.

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It Might Be the End of the Summer but NOW Is A Good Time to Sell Your HouseAs the nights grow longer and the days colder, many homeowners think that they should delay getting their house on the market until next spring. Other owners with properties not yet sold withdraw their house from the market. But are they right? Are they perhaps missing out on the opportunity for their property to shine (and sell) at a time when there is less competition?

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The U3A is the 22nd largestcharity in the UK and theNewport branch(u3asites.org.uk/newport)meets at Shaftesbury StreetMethodist Church Wednesday- Friday each week during termtime and, since theintroduction in October ofMeditation sessions, it nowruns 40 interest groups. Inaddition there are many extra-curricular activities.Recently the Out and AboutGroup went to the Onion Fayre atNewent - a festival with livemusic, retail stalls, an onioneating competition and more.Members enjoy this trip so muchit has become an annual event intheir calendar! Soon various groups will eachenter a team in our Winter Quiz,when there will be much banterand taunting whilst trying to win

first prize. The Skittles group will be hostinga return friendly match againstChepstow U3A, there's a lot toplay for as the state of play isone-all at the moment. The Choir (see photo) isrehearsing in preparation for abusy festive season with manyconcerts booked. Importantly

they will perform at our AnnualCarol Service held at the church,along with the ten Languagegroups that sing a Carol in one ofthe five languages that they arestudying. We will finish the term with aChristmas Party and manygroups will also go out for aChristmas meal.

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Never can we remembertransgressing the print deadlinedate as badly as this, but asthis article unfolds it maybecome apparent how it hashappened this way! In terms ofsubject matter, we were spoiledfor choice; it might have beento do with the problems weencounter caused by cats toswathes of our wildlife,horrendous injuries to smallbirds and bats, that’s on theperiphery of our self imposedremit – swans, or, not for thefirst time the problems whichresult from some irresponsibledog owners who refuse toaccept their animals must beon a lead when they aresufficiently close to swans thatan attack is possible. We havehad to deal with examples ofboth of these within the lastmonth, in addition to a veritablespate of cygnets getting intotrouble as they start todisperse. A start point is difficult to define,so for convenience, let’s beginwith a call from Gwent Police at7.47am on 25th September abouta cygnet grounded on thewestbound Heads of the Valleysroad between Ebbw Vale andTredegar, not a good time of dayto be crossing the county at highspeed! Clearly this was the first ofeight cygnets leaving Bryn BachCountry Park. In the event thepolice did pick up the swan andtransport it to Tredegar PoliceStation in their van from where werecovered it. Within the hour,there was a further call fromPorthcawl about a cygnet whichhad landed on the roof of a semi-detached house, had slid off, andhad landed in the garden,mercifully uninjured. Later thesame day, Gary, our man in PortTalbot recovered another one in

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