Introduced by George Lewis,
Saturday morning’s meeting at Monkton Priory Church Hall was an update on our
current project “Through My Eyes: a Community History of Pembroke and Monkton”. Our project involves collecting the stories
of local people: memories of past times which will combine to paint a picture
of our community. It is to be a history
of Pembroke in the words and photographs of the people who have lived it – a
testament for future generations.
I gave a presentation outlining
the project and a selection of the films we have made were shown. Four participants - Bill Thomas, Vicki Haggar, Sue Clague and Josie Thomas - were invited to introduce
their stories, each illustrating a different aspect of Pembroke’s story.
We in the Society were really
pleased at the response to this project and pleased that so many attended the
meeting to see what we are doing. Thanks
to the Heritage Lottery Fund we have the money to publish the finished project
which will result in 2,500 DVDs and books which we hope will be available for
you to buy next Christmas. We are also
aiming that all monies raised from future sales will fund future local
publications, making it a truly sustainable project.
Exhibition
We put together an exhibition of
some of the stories for people to look at during the course of the
morning. This exhibition will be
constantly added to during the year and by the time of the book/dvd launch will
grow into a substantial exhibition for you to see and enjoy.
Ahhh. Very interesting. I was born in Pembroke in 1961 and emigrated to Australia in 1969 with my parents Mie and Les Richards.
ReplyDeleteWe lived in St Martins Road Monkton and I attended Monkton Infants School then Monkton Junior for a short while.
I was last in Pembroke on a visit in 2004 and hope to return again soon.
Even though I was young and it was a long time ago I still feel very much Welsh and often think of the golden Pembroke days of my boyhood!
Stephen Richards
scrichards@hotmail.com