Gareth's Talk a great success

Gareth Mills' talk on 'A New View on the Pembroke Dock' was a great success with around 100 people attending. The talk explored the remarkable story of Pembroke Dock and questioned why - despite it being a world leader in shipbuilding in its Victorian heyday - it does not receive the recognition it deserves. The Waterfront Museum in Swansea, part of the National Museum of Wales, barely mentions it. Further to that it was the great Sunderland base, playing a vital role in WW2. Gareth is an impressive speaker and he has promised to return next year to give us another talk.

October 1st - we begin our Talks Programme

September 8th - The end of an Era

It was with great sadness that we all heard of the death of Her Majesty - for most of us she was a constant presence in our lives. My earliest memories are of the Coronation day - I was 4 and I remember it so well. All sorts of activities and a wonderful street party! And our living room full of people who descended on us to see the event on television - not many had tv then! Truly, the end of an era, the second Elizabethan age and a third King Charles. The Castle was lit up red and the moon was full - so beautiful and poignant somehow.

St Mary's Church Welsh Week

Supporting St Mary's Welsh Week with a Wales themed exhibition.

The Pembroke Show - Wednesday, August 3rd.

Fab day at the Pembroke Show raising funds for the Society.  So many visitors - and the weather was fantastic! A great success after having no show for 3 years.  

Trustee Rose Blackburn is awarded the BEM

Congratulations to Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society Trustee and Vice Chairman, Rose Blackburn for her award of BEM in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in this Platinum Jubilee year.

No one deserves it more than Rose, a popular and colourful figure in Pembroke. She has been a Town Councillor for many years and former Mayor, and has served as our Town Crier for 27 years.  Her volunteering roles over the years have been widespread, ranging from the youth justice board to animal welfare and the Pembrokeshire Community Health Council.  

Rose is also passionate about the history of Pembroke and is Trustee not only on the Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society but the Henry Tudor Trust, formed to plan the exhibition in the forthcoming Henry Tudor Centre.  She has been very much involved in developing Pembroke Museum, and has been active in the fundraising campaigns for the Henry VII and William Marshal statues.

And we must not forget Rose’s much loved Gracie, the town dog for many years and sadly missed.  However, Gracie has a lasting memorial in our statue of Henry VII as she modelled for Henry’s greyhound, which sits beside him.

 Getting ready for the big event - our Jubilee window ( next to Brown's cafe, Main Street) decorated for the occasion.