Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society’s first meeting of 2017 began with a New Year’s Get-together at Monkton Church Hall. It was an occasion for reminiscing, looking back on times past with old photos and film clips. It was also an opportunity to meet Diana Ford of the National Theatre Wales TEAM. Accompanied by her colleague Wayne Boucher who photographed the event, Diana introduced the Monkton Sound Project which aims to record stories of Monkton people. The TEAM is an outreach branch of the National Theatre Wales, and offers a platform to connect with communities across the country through events and projects. The Sound Project involves getting people to tell and record their stories and recall stories of local characters, past or present, who have perhaps done something extraordinary or funny and become local legends.
Following on from this, the TEAM will be holding meetings in Monkton Swifts and offering free script and performance workshops. Having collected and recorded stories, some will be turned into scripts to be adapted into plays which will be performed. The History Society is happy to help with this exciting project and was pleased with the good response at Saturday’s meeting. Thanks to everyone who provided cakes and helped with serving the coffee.
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| Some of the participants of Saturday's 'memory lane' with Wayne Boucher (left) and Diana Ford (2nd right) of the National Theatre Wales TEAM |
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