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| Mayor Pauline and Town Crier Rose with Gracie and the maquette at the Christmas Market |
Christmas in Pembroke this year has been a wet and windy
affair and it was a great pity that the annual Christmas Market had to be
called off after the first day due to stormy weather and exceptionally high
winds. The Market was to have been an opportunity to show publicly the maquette
of the Henry VII Statue which, although not yet cast, was exhibited on the
Pembroke Town Council stand. Luckily, sculptor Harriet Addyman was able to
collect him unharmed to take him to the foundry to be cast in bronze ready for
his unveiling in January. The statue is part of Pembroke Town Council's
regeneration programme and our Society is hosting an event for the occasion.
This event will also signal the start of the fundraising campaign for the
statue.
The
Monkton Priory Church Christmas Tree Festival also took place that weekend,
finishing on December 6th. We participated in this as usual but did not win a
place (although I thought we made a really good entry this time). The
theme was 'I'm Dreaming of ....' Our imaginative tree of fishes and nets was
made by Richard Willington and we dreamt of 'feeding the world' by illustrating
the parable of the loaves and the fishes. The competition was fierce
though so we weren't at all upset at not getting placed!
Our
Christmas window this year featured the art work of George Lewis, our Society
President. George is a brilliant local artist who has, with wife Jeanne,
painted the amazing Pembroke Murals in the Town Hall. Every year also he
paints a picture of Pembroke in the snow, usually set in times past, to
illustrate the official Christmas card sent out by the Mayor. George has also
illustrated our 'Sense of Place' leaflets and recently he and Chairman, Linda,
have produced the new Pembroke Town Trail which he illustrated and these too
are featured in the display. The window is made available by courtesy of
Brown's Fish & Chip Cafe.
