Hollywood actor Matthew Rhys buys shares in community-led pub in Ceredigion
The actor has bought shares in a pub that Dylan Thomas used to visit.
- 11:38, 1 DEC 2021
- Updated12:01, 1 DEC 2021
Hollywood actor, Matthew Rhys, has bought shares in a bid to support a community-led pub in Ceredigion.
It was almost time at the bar for the Tafarn Dyffryn Aeron or Vale of Aeron pub in Ystrad Aeron village, near Felinfach, when the business was put on the market in September.
The community, however, decided to come together to buy and reopen their beloved local as a community enterprise.
The pub is known as a favourite haunt of the legendary poet Dylan Thomas and his wife Caitlin when they lived in the neighbouring hamlet of Talsarn in the early 1940s.
The community venture Menter Tafarn y Vale aims to raise over £330,000 in order to buy the historical pub.
On Twitter on Tuesday, Matthew, who previously starred as the poet in the film The Edge of Love, revealed that he had given the enterprise a helping hand.
He wrote: "I've just bought shares in a pub that Dylan Thomas used to frequent...
"Should you wish to do the same... @TafarnyVale".
So far, the enterprise has managed to receive £125,000 in shares.
Each share costs £1. Buying shares makes the shareholder a Member of the Society and offers them the opportunity to have a say in how it runs.
Each member has one vote - no matter how many shares they buy. The minimum shareholding is £200 and the maximum is £30,000.
The inspiration behind the community enterprise came after Menter Ty'n Llan in Llandwrog near Caernarfon garnered support far and wide in opening their local Ty'n Llan, including by the actor Rhys Ifans.
According to Menter Tafarn y Vale's business plan, the enterprise aims to keep the Vale at the heart of the community, offer a place for people of all ages and backgrounds to come together and socialise, as well as create new jobs for local people.
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