THESE are the stories that were hitting the headlines in the South Wales Guardian 20 years ago on August 28, 1986.

THE cost of fares for parents of children attending Walter Road Infant School, Ammanford, will go up next week because the youngsters will no longer be able to buy a return fare.

Ammanford firemen had a busy time during Monday's rainstorm- in Llanelli.

Ammanford watchmaker and jeweller Mr Evan James clocked off this week after more than 50 years in business.

Twelve jobs will go when the Austin Rover dealers, Howells of Llandeilo, shut down at the end of next month.

The clock will be turned back 100 years next May when the Ammanford rugby club celebrates its centenary.

Jobs are not in jeopardy because of geological and mining problems at Betws and Abernant colleries.

Ammanford expect to go into the Girobank Cup Final special with six of the team who played against Swansea in 1981.

Anyone who thought Carreg Cennen Castle had finally been ransacked by the avenging hordes can rest assured.

Clutching her 16-month-old baby an Ammanford woman ran out of her home when she saw a low-flying aeroplane coming straight at her house.

Llandeilo, Drefach and Aberdare are fighting for the one remaining promotion place in South Wales Cricket Association Division 5.