A statue of Henry VII - the campaign begins!

Cllr Rose Blackburn, Tony Riches, Pembroke Mayor Pauline Waters,
George Lewis, Terry Breverton, Cllr Linda Asman and Nathen Amin.

Saturday October 3rd was an important day for Pembroke: a public meeting was held in Pembroke Town Hall to launch the campaign for a statue of Henry VII.  The event, sponsored by Pembroke Town Council, was intended as a public consultation to invite discussion on the statue project and was organised by Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society which also hosted a Coffee morning for the occasion.Proceedings were opened by Pembroke Mayor, Pauline Waters, who highlighted the importance of a Henry VII statue in promoting Pembroke as the birthplace of the Tudor dynasty.  She thanked all those present for attending and for the support not only of the Town Council which has commissioned the maquette, a miniature of the intended 8 foot high statue,  but also of the County Council which  has agreed to match fund it as part of their Town Centre support programme.  A fundraising campaign is to be launched to raise the rest! 

Also at the event were no less than 3 Tudor authors - Tony Riches, Nathen Amin (author of the Henry VII Society website) and Terry Breverton who gave a talk 'Jasper and Henry Tudor in Pembroke - the birth of a dynasty'.

see our website www.pembrokeandmonktonhistory.org.uk