November 15th - Victorian Murder Mystery in Pembroke Town Hall

There were suspicious goings on in Pembroke Town Hall last week.  A Victorian Murder Mystery took place there last Friday, and  certainly appealed to many with all 80 tickets sold.  The Murder Mystery was performed by a group of actors called SeeSaw Productions, an amateur group raising money for charity.  

This is by far the biggest fundraising event that we, as a Society, have attempted.  Through our popular bi monthly Quiz Nights in Monkton Church Hall, we have developed a good reputation for food: we are fortunate to have such good cooks on our committee! A 2 course meal accompanied the proceedings.

 The History Society has its serious side as it is engaged in the very important work of researching and promoting our heritage: but it is also a community group aiming to bring people together in enjoyable events like this which give us the opportunity to raise our own funding.   Everything we do is voluntary and, as the ethos of the Society is free and open access to our heritage for all, our talks and exhibitions are always free at point of entry.    We do have overheads however, eg venue rentals, insurances, equipment, printing and display materials etc so we do have to raise money – and now that we are involved in the town museum we are contributing to that as well.  The actors also raise funds for charity and the fee we presented them with on this occasion will go to the Air Ambulance.