Two years after the first lockdown, residents say hard work and community spirit got them through.
Ms Berbillion runs Judie's Florist and said, after not being shut for over 30 years, having to close was "tough".Kathryn Berbillion says flower demands for parties and weddings stopped but the funeral demand stayed high
"We were writing the cards for them and usually this is the last thing you write to your mother, father, grandparents, daughter, brother - we were actually writing their last message to their loved ones. "It was so nice to just do something a little bit different and leave the flowers on the door and they were overwhelmed and so happy.'It is quieter than it was'James 'Beefy' Thomas got made redundant as a scaffolder just before the pandemic so bought a food van "at the worst time".
"The following week we started up in Gilfach Goch with the help of Gilfach Goch rugby and we had a couple of delivery boys from there and it just spiralled from 200 meals then, we ended up doing well over 3,800 free meals, just off this little tiny burger van."Mr Thomas said the community was "fantastic, I think they all came together," but said it was "a quieter place from what it used to be," due to Covid deaths and people still worried about the virus.
As well as the free meals, he has raised £25,000 for charities in the area but said now the community was pulling together to raise money to help in Ukraine.Leanne co-ordinated thousands of packed lunches in the pandemic "We approached some local businesses to try to drum up some support and all the local pubs and clubs so we could have their stock, because they weren't going to need it and really it just went from there then.
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