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Welcome from the Editor

Jon Hobden

Hello and welcome to the Carmarthenshire Community Life magazine website

where you will find useful and informative articles and news from around the county of Carmarthenshire

Tim Hamill - Sonic One

Jon Hobden

At sound studio, Sonic One, there’s a quality of atmosphere that comes from confidence and experience. Owner Tim Hamill has been helping the producers of sound, to sound professional, for twenty years - but has not lost a fraction of his enthusiasm for music nor sound innovation, constantly experimenting and bringing in new equipment to feed his desire for perfection. His studio is favoured by the talented and the famous, not only because it happens to be sited in beautiful Carmarthenshire but because of the depth of knowledge that Tim applies to every project and the superior outcomes that his studio produces for its clients. Jon Hobden takes a look inside Sonic One.

Interesting Interiors

Jon Hobden

After updating her own furniture, Michaela realised that she had a real talent for turning used, high quality pieces into stylish, contemporary furniture. The benefits that she had brought to her own home would, she believed, be as prized by others. And so McKrisikandi was born. Joined in business by her mother, Christiana, Michaela has created a unique mix of style and products.

YR WYL GERDD DANT

Cllr Peter Hughes-Griffiths

Ar Sadwrn Tachwedd 12ed eleni fe fydd Gwyl Cerdd Dant Cwm Gwendraeth yn cael ei cynnal yn Neuadd Pontyberem. Mae’r Wyl Gerdd Dant yn un o wyliau pwysicaf Cymru ac fe’i cynhelir mewn gwahanol fannau ar hyd a lled y wlad yn flynyddol. Ond eleni, tro Cwm Gwendraeth yw ei gwahodd a’u threfnu.Beth yw Cerdd Dant meddech chi? Cymru yw’r unig wlad yn y byd sydd a cherdd dant fel rhan o’i diwylliant cerddorol.

Volunteers Win National Awards

Jon Hobden

Carmarthenshire has been represented proudly in this year's Wales Volunteer of the Year Awards. A group of former residents who have fought to keep alive the memory of two demolished Llanelli communities and a woman who has made an ‘unbelievable difference to the lives of many’ in her community have been rewarded for their painstaking work in their communities...

Business Flies Back to Wales Captain Winston Thomas MD

Jon Hobden

Winston Thomas

Winston Thomas is a man with a mission. Despite having several, successful careers behind him, he is part way through a project to turn a former wasteland into an international hub employing hundreds. Yet this former pilot has his feet firmly on the ground and is free from the pretensions expected of a mogul.