Following our anniversary concert we were quiet in July.

However, we had one sad piece of news in that Cliff Prosser passed away peacefully at Singleton Hospital. Cliff had been a member of the choir for nearly 40 years and sang at our anniversary concert last month. His health had been failing and he did not come back to the choir following the concert, having spent almost the entire time in hospital. We sang at his funeral in Reynoldston and he is survived by his daughter Ruth and her family. Affectionately known as the ‘late’ Cliff Prosser in his latter years, Cliff had become legendary for being late, or right on time, for many events and rehearsals. This resulted in him leaving his car in, shall we say, some inappropriate places. On one occasion we were singing at a wedding in Salem Chapel, Rhydypandy, and we were waiting for the bride. A message came that the lane outside was blocked, as a bus could not get through causing a traffic jam, that included the bride.  The registration plate of the offending car was announced, only for Cliff to leave the performance to move his car! On another occasion, we were half way through our items before a wedding in St Peters, Newton, when Cliff strolled down the centre aisle to take his place in the front row of the second tenors, without batting an eyelid! He will be sadly missed by the choristers, and his family and friends.