These are the stories that were hitting the headlines in the South Wales Guardian 50 years ago on March 11, 1965.

There was much excitement in the pages of the Guardian after the paper learned that Lord Snowdon, brother-in-law to the Queen and husband to Princess Margaret, was set to visit Ammanford “within two months”.

While specific details of the trip remained a closely-guarded secret, none was in any doubt of the close bond the couple had with Ammanford because “the Princess visited eight years ago”.

Towy Valley musicians were left fuming – and drenched – after discovering that thieves had stolen the lead from the roof of the Penlan Park bandstand in Llandeilo.

The theft only came to light when the heavens opened during a lunch-time performance.

Llandeilo Rural Council was split over whether to give its backing to a plea for funds from the Winston Churchill Memorial Appeal.

Churchill, who as Home Secretary order the shooting of protestors in Llanelli in 1911, remained a controversial figure in Wales despite his war-time heroics, leading one councillor to suggest the clerk “put the letter in the wastebasket where it belongs”.

An unexpected blizzard which brought parts of the Amman and Towy valleys to a standstill was the cause of many local schools remaining closed for a week.

Every school in the area had closed for two days following the icy blast, but many saw their doors still remaining closed some seven days later.

Cwmaman residents were calling for improvements to Welsh-language TV so they would no longer have to watch immoral English shows.

The vice-chairman of the council told members: “I know some people are happy watching these programmes but they are nothing short of disgusting - it is all just smut.”