At present there is no memorial in Skewen to the men of Coedffranc who gave their lives in WW1.

Coedffranc Community Council has given the Society permission to erect a memorial in the form of a marble slab listing those men from Coedffranc who gave their lives in WW1. This will be dded to the  the blank face of the existing WW2 memorial outside the Carnegie Hall on Evelyn Road, and, will be paid for from the proceeds of the sale of the Society’s book “Our Village in WW1”.

A Heritage Day to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War will be held by the Society in the  Carnegie Hall on Saturday, 10th November 2018,  when a ceremony to commemorate the new memorial will  be conducted by the Rev. Coles, Vicar of Skewen.

The Society now has its own Facebook page – here is the link.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/skewenhistorical/

Sadly, the Memorial Trees planted by the Society to commemorate the men of the village who fell in World War One, have been vandalised for a second time. In the first attack one of the trees had its main trunk damaged, in the second attack it would appear that they have been poisoned.  One tree has died but hopefully the second one can be saved.

The Society is very pleased to announce that it has been successful in obtaining a grant from  Awards For All: The Big Lottery Fund to run a programme of visits to celebrate its 20th anniversary year.   Currently the visits will include:

Further details will be given in the next meeting to be held at the Carnegie Hall on August 7th.

The Society expresses its great appreciation to the National Lottery organisation for enabling this programme of visits to take place.

It is with great sadness the Society has to report that one of the WW1 memorial trees that was planted earlier this year has been vandalised.  Mr. Chris Richards and his team will do their best to save the tree but he is not hopeful of success.

If anyone has any information about the perpetrators of the vandalism, please get in touch with the Society, Mr. Richards at the park or the local police.

The split in the main trunk of the tree can be seen clearly.