IN DECEMBER 1969 a flu outbreak caused the death rate to rise, although doctors stressed there was no cause for alarm. Flu was responsible for 28 of the 85 deaths in Pontypool, however by January doctors report the situation was starting to ease. Dr F Hallinan said: "The cold weather hits the elderly worst of all. In extreme cold they are slowed down and do not move about quite so much. It is then they are susceptible to coronary thrombosis." Mr Rowland Heaven being presented the Evening Post Oratorio Cup which he won at the Jersey Eisteddfod for singing Mendelssohn's If With All Your Hearts