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| Terry John and George Lewis hold up a picture of Titanic |
We held our first coffee morning of the Autumn Programme on Saturday September 1st and were treated to a morning of old home movies introduced by Pauline Waters. Home movies reveal so much more about the community and its personalities than still photographs, and are fascinating to watch. One of the films, shot in the early 50s, belonged to Mary Dewhirst who gave us a commentary.
Then on Friday evening September 14th, we met at Monkton Priory Church Hall for a talk by Terry John. Terry has helped us a great deal in our research: together we have worked on a series of interpretation boards outlining Pembroke’s history. An interesting and popular speaker, he is very much in demand and his subject on Friday was ‘Titanic- fact and fiction’. The Titanic continues to fascinate. Despite the passage of time, interest has not waned and has given rise to numerous books and films. This is probably why so many stories have grown about her, and Terry, in his talk, attempted to unravel fact from fiction, examining conflicting claims, misconceptions and stories of survivors.
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