If you can remember the 60s, you weren’t there! Yet in the 1960s, a singular and beautiful church was built in the unassuming town of Gorseinon. This church is the only one of its kind in Wales and one of only three in the UK. The church was built entirely from funds raised by the parish. The story of how a tiny Welsh parish of only 200 could raise the money to pull off such a remarkable feat and the meaning behind the rare design, is told in a new book called Fanfare for a Church. A book to rival Dan Brown’s – except that this is a true story!One of the authors, Paul Robinson says, “We wrote the book to preserve a little bit of history – nothing momentous like a war or a coronation – but something about real, ordinary people who made a difference and left something tangible behind them.”
Paul Robinson, a graduate of Manchester University spent ten years teaching and fifteen years as a journalist. Robert Robinson, an architect of more than thirty years standing, designed the church and oversaw its construction.
relates the story of her unusual upbringing in west Wales, and her periods in London, Paris, USA and Patagonia. She died of pneumonia aged 94 at Glangwili Hospital in Camarthen. At the time of her death she was the oldest member of the Gorsedd of Bards. Being also the only woman to win the bardic crown at the National Eisteddfod of Wales twice, a feat she accomplished in 1967 at Bala and 1983 at Llangefni. There may be a Memorial Service for her at the Welsh Church in Los Angeles. For more details please contact Caroline Roper-Deyo 
