The article gives an account of the visit of Lord Mayor Councillor John Phillips to Penylan House to celebrate the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Home. A new lounge was opened for the residents to mark the occasion. Pictured in the black and white photograph are Ray Phillips, Lady Mayoress of Cardiff, Professor David Weitzman, President of the Home, Lord Mayor, Councillor John Phillips, and Marilyn Cantor, the honorary secretary of the Home.

The article gives a brief history of the Home and details the celebrations, attended by 200 people and raising over £5000 by commemorating family simchah sin its book of honour. There is a thanks to Penfriends, the Home's support group.

Pencare (formerly known as 'The Trustees of Penylan House') is a charity, which offers care for elderly people of the Jewish faith and is currently based in Cardiff, although the catchment area for the home covers South Wales and the West of England. Pencare has been working with Linc Cymru to redevelop their care home, Penylan House, to ensure high quality care to Cardiff's elderly Jewish community and extending the care to elderly people not of the Jewish faith.

Mr Henry Silver and other members of the community had originally founded a Home for the Aged in 1946 in Canton, which then moved to Penarth, its official opening being 5 December 1948, to provide a larger space for its large number of applications. Despite the beautiful surroundings, the Home in Penarth was quite isolated so the difficult decision was later taken to move the Home to Penylan Road in Cardiff, meaning many residents were now closer to their friends and relatives. Residents moved to Penylan House in 1959.

Sources:
http://opencharities.org/charities/243968 http://www.housingcare.org/downloads/facilities/generated-brochures/134…;
Cajex, Magazine of the Association of Jewish Ex-service Men and Women (Cardiff), Vol. IX, No. 1, Ninth Year - March, 1959, pp. 60- 65.

Depository: Glamorgan Archives.