Come and meet some of our beautiful Greyhounds and Lurchers – some looking for their “forever” homes. Our team of volunteers and hounds will be collecting money and providing leaflets and information about the dogs in our care that are looking for homes. Come and have a chat about adopting a hound, fostering or volunteering! […]
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The local magazines for Abergavenny, Crickhowell, Brecon & Talgarth – Events, News and Advertising
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Reaching out, further afield
Lots of people like to read the Focus, including those who don’t live locally. It’s a strange phenomenon, but a true one. We get many requests each month to send out magazines to those who have visited Abergavenny and are still interested in the goings on of our wonderful town, or from friends of local […]
That’s Classified…
The Abergavenny Focus is pleased to announce that we will now be featuring a Classified section both in the print magazine and online. Sell your old sofa, clear out your parlour palms, give away your boxed set of Carry on Films or just wish your Granny a Happy Birthday! Maybe you’d like to get your […]
What’s happening to our bees and why?
One immediately obvious consequence of our unseasonal cold weather is the late arrival of Spring and with it the emergence from hibernation of millions of pollinating insects that we rely on to pollinate flowers, trees and shrubs as well as crops, fruit and vegetables. We depend on bees for one third of our food supply. […]
Men who knew their onions
It is nearly 200 years since Shonis from Brittany started hawking their wares. Helen Morgan from Abergavenny Local History Society wonders why It was 1828 when Henri Olivier, a Breton peasant, set sail from Roscoff for Plymouth with a boatload of onions. He sold them in next to no time and within a couple of […]
Nana’s Kitchen : Key Lime Pie
This month’s Key Lime Pie, with its lip puckering citrus zing, fits the brief perfectly for a Springtime recipe. However, as I write this, the weather outside remains cold and miserable. Let’s hope it improves but, if not, this delicious, easy-to-make pie is sure to bring a little bit of Spring into your home. INGREDIENTS […]
Carving a Future in Abergavenny
Sculptor, Matt Caines, moved from the bright lights of London to Abergavenny just over a year ago… and hasn’t looked back since I’m sitting in an artist’s studio, surrounded by tools, pieces of stone and alabaster in various states of artistic development. There are plenty of postcards and photographs pinned to the walls and light […]
Ffolky Ffelt
Retro, Cute, Funky, Vintage creations, hand felted using local wool Emma Bevan first began making felt during her chemotherapy treatments. She was used to working in the medium of photography but her illness meant she could not get out and about as much as she was used to. She was bored at home and wanted […]
ABERGAVENNY ISCA PROBUS CLUB
By Dave Phillips (Secretary) If you look up “Probus” you will find something like, “Probus Clubs worldwide provide regular gatherings to those who in retirement, appreciate and value opportunities to meet others in similar circumstances and of a similar level of interest”. Abergavenny Isca Probus is open to all professional men and business men in […]
She Stoops to Conquer at The Melville Theatre
Wealthy countrymen, eligible daughters, resourceful servants, bumbling suitors, jewels and jealousy – She Stoops to Conquer has all the elements of a classic costume drama. Following the success of Dickens and Dylan in 2012, Swansea-based Lighthouse Theatre present a new fast-paced 80 minute adaptation of Oliver Goldsmith’s classic comedy of manners, money and mistaken identity. […]
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