Doctor Who comes to the Memo!!

The Manic Street Preachers, two of whom worked at the bar in the Memo, have given their support to our 'Take Your Seat' Campaign.

Memo Volunteer Sybil Griffiths has won Valleys Radio Local Hero Award for her services to the community – an award she richly deserves.

Wednesday 15th November 2006 was a very special day in the history of Newbridge Memorial Hall. Volunteers, Supporters, and Users of Celynen Collieries Institute & Memorial Hall waited in anticipation of the arrival of HRH The Prince of Wales.

A new Women's Institute opened at The Memo on Wednesday 13th September. You don't have to be good at anything to join.....or pass any tests! Just come along and enjoy the company, the speakers, have time to be yourself and become a member of the largest women's organisation in the U.K.

On Saturday 14th Oct 2006, Newbridge Memo had the privilege of paying host to the great James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers. The former Barman at The Memo added the Memorial Hall to his UK solo tour as a gesture to raise the profile of the Restoration project. And we couldn't have asked for more from the man.

The Friends of Newbridge Memo Committee would like to say a very big ‘Thank You’ to all those whose support has meant that we have had another very successful year.

ONE of Gwent's oldest miners' institutes is asking local people to dig out old photographs and mementoes of the building. The Newbridge Institute and Memorial Hall - known as the Memo - wants old photos to help them build up a picture of its social history. They hope to produce an exhibition in the Memo once it has been refurbished.