
Sunday, January 31, 2010
In the News

Friday, January 29, 2010
Mrs Connie Brown MBE 1907-2010

I had the good fortune to interview Connie. She told me that the proudest moment in her long life was meeting the Queen in 1998 to receive the MBE -but she was a very modest lady who "couldn't understand what all the fuss was about".
"I'll always work" she said and so she did right up to the end, at the amazing age of 102. Pembroke won't quite be the same without her, I think we all feel her loss.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Group News
Yesterday a group representing Monkton and Pembroke members met in the Monkton Community Centre to learn about drawing up a consitution for our group. Vanessa John from PAVS came to talk to us and we were able to agree on a constitution which everyone signed up to so we are now official!!
Stuart was elected Treasurer (he's the only one who can do sums) and today he opened up a bank account with Lloyds TSB. A lovely lady, Jacky Birthistle ( who is officially our tea and coffee maker) made a generous donation to start off our account. The aim is to raise enough money to buy a dedicated laptop and presentation equipment for the Group.
Stuart was elected Treasurer (he's the only one who can do sums) and today he opened up a bank account with Lloyds TSB. A lovely lady, Jacky Birthistle ( who is officially our tea and coffee maker) made a generous donation to start off our account. The aim is to raise enough money to buy a dedicated laptop and presentation equipment for the Group.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Miss Joyce Colley

Sunday, January 17, 2010
Flying Boat Centre Visit
And our thanks also to Felicity Hurlow-Jones for the much appreciated coffee and biscuits!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
We have a really interesting programme planned over the next few months:
Friday, February 12 - Ted Goddard is coming to talk to us on "Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks" at Foundry House Community Centre 7.30 pm.
Friday, March 12 - Frank Harries will be talking about his fascinating life experiences "Through the Years" again at Foundry House 7.30 pm.
Saturday, April 10th - we will meet at St Mary's Church at 10.30 am. Linda Gray will be giving us its history. Lunch afterwards at the King's Arms might be a nice idea.
Saturday, May 8th - we will set out from the castle at 10.30 am with Terry John on a Civil War walk. Castle cafe afterwards perhaps and a look at the new Poyer exhibition.
Friday, February 12 - Ted Goddard is coming to talk to us on "Pembrokeshire Shipwrecks" at Foundry House Community Centre 7.30 pm.
Friday, March 12 - Frank Harries will be talking about his fascinating life experiences "Through the Years" again at Foundry House 7.30 pm.
Saturday, April 10th - we will meet at St Mary's Church at 10.30 am. Linda Gray will be giving us its history. Lunch afterwards at the King's Arms might be a nice idea.
Saturday, May 8th - we will set out from the castle at 10.30 am with Terry John on a Civil War walk. Castle cafe afterwards perhaps and a look at the new Poyer exhibition.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
NEXT MEETING - SATURDAY JANUARY 16TH

Directions: we will meet at the Centre which is situated down Fort Road, through Gate 4 where there is car parking. There is no charge for the visit but a donation to the Sunderland Trust would be welcomed.
Any queries or if you need a lift please phone Linda on 01646 622428 - hope to see you there.
For more information about the Sunderland Trust, visit www.pdst.co.uk
St Anne's Mystery
A Walk along the Pembroke River
From St Anne's we descended to the River and walked along the shoreline - the ice made walking on the previously very muddy surface possible. Pembroke River is a fascinating place - here are the relics of our industrial past: jetties, quarrying, shipbuilding at Jacob's Pill and the ferry at Bentlass. If Natural History is more your thing, the river abounds in bird life - we saw redwings, dunlins, oyster catchers, turnstones, lapwings and lots more. even a pair of spoonbills!
When the weather is more clement (following a prolonged dry spell) we could organise a group walk along here.
Friday, January 8, 2010
HAPPY SNOWY NEW YEAR
2010 has already made quite an impression and made history as one of the coldest in recent times - particularly in Pembroke where snow is something of a rarity! On New Year's Day we had our first heavy fall. Stuart had a bad fall whilst out running and we went to Withybush Hospital that afternoon, setting out in brilliant sunshine. The return journey was a different story - caught in the blizzard we were lucky to get back. Then on Tuesday we went out for a walk in the sun and again got caught in the snow. Took these pics. Very pretty the next morning and all of this week the Castle Pond has been frozen over.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Carew Cheriton Control Tower


A visit to Carew Control Tower proved very popular with 23 attending. John Brock and fellow volunteers gave us a warm welcome with a tour of the site and an entertaining talk which involved dressing up in wartime gear! The visit finished with a sing song in the air raid shelter concluding with "we'll meet again". I'm sure we shall as there is so much to see here and we were all amazed at the amount of work that has gone into this fantastic voluntary community effort.
Visit their website www.carewcheritoncontroltower.co.uk for more information.
West Wales Maritime Heritage Society

David James braved a stormy night on November 13th to talk about the international work of the West Wales Maritime Heritage Society. A good turn out in spite of the weather which saw considerable flooding in the area!
For more information on the WWales Maritime Heritage Society see their website http://www.wwmhs.org.uk/
FIRST MEETING

Anyone interested in joining us please phone Linda on 01646 622428.
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