{"id":69333,"date":"2022-12-13T13:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=69333"},"modified":"2022-12-13T13:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T13:00:23","slug":"church-with-no-running-water-celebrates-christmas-open-day-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/12\/13\/church-with-no-running-water-celebrates-christmas-open-day-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Church with no running water celebrates Christmas open day success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Families queued out of St Edeyrn’s Church for cheap food, drinks and fun<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CARDIFF\u2019S oldest place of worship raised \u00a31,200 in a Christmas fair aimed at creating a fun experience for the family at a low cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Edeyrn\u2019s Church, Old St Mellons, was founded in the Sixth Century and has no running water. However, this did not stop them from helping families by slashing prices at the event. Those attending did not have to watch their wallet as a welcome relief to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is our first fair and open day in three years as people were still uncertain about mixing with covid,” said Martin Gilbert, event co-ordinator and bell ringer at the church. “We usually hold our open day in the summer but thought this time it would be nice to combine it with the Christmas fair.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All prizes and gifts were donated by churchgoers and the wider community. Their generosity saw prices lowered for activities at the events to make the day more affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou can\u2019t really put a price on donations and we are very grateful at how generous people have been. There are 50 bottles left in the tombola which has halved in an hour. It just means that we can make the prices lower than we had at our last event in 2019,\u201d said Mr Gilbert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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