We visit the Range again - July 21st

Another visit to the Castlemartin Range with Craig Stringer of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.  This time the weather was beautiful and we had a lovely trip visiting Flimston, Prikaston and Frainslake.  

Images of Denmark

 

The reason I am all behind with this Blog is that we have been away visiting Northern Germany - then stranded in Denmark because of the ferry breakdown.  Went off in search of Viking history and found real Viking ships and much, much more.  

Musuems Poster

June 1st - Pembroke Museum Project

Saturday was a big event.  It was the day that we helped launch the Pembroke Museum Project – and what a morning it was with so many of you turning up to lend support! 

All credit to Pembroke Town Council, a Museums Committee was formed and interested parties from the community invited to take part.  The Courtroom was made available for the museum and permission granted for its use from June 1st to September 1st.  

Pembroke Town Council working with Pembroke and Monkton Local History Society, West Wales Maritime Heritage Society, the Sealed Knot, Pembroke Civic Trust and interested individuals has put together a fledgling museum.  It is a start and its success will ultimately depend on the interest and input from the community.  

Saturday May 4th - Castlemartin farms and buildings

On Saturday Gordon Smith gave his presentation on the subject of Castlemartin's farms and buildings, a subject dear to the hearts of many as the Hall was packed to hear him.  Gordon has been collecting pictures over many years and it is so sad to look at some of those once lovely old farmsteads.  Some of the buildings like Flimston and Pricaston are actually Medieval buildings - now derelict ruins on the tank range.

April 21st - out on the Castlemartin tank range

I was unable to take part in the minibus tour of Castlemartin which I had arranged with the National Parks.  It is not often one gets the opportunity to visit the buildings on the tank range so this was a rare treat.  Despite the inclement weather the trip was enjoyed by all who went and we hope to repeat the experience later in the summer.

April 19th - Pembroke and Tenby Railway 150th Anniversary

Last Friday, April 19^th  I was not able to be present at our Friday evening meeting as I was, as per previous blog, in Bergen with Pembroke Town Council.  I was disappointed however, in missing our meeting in which our president, George Lewis, gave a talk on the Pembroke and Tenby Railway – which drew, I am told, a very large crowd: evidence of the popularity of the speaker and the very great interest in the subject.

Our forthcoming exhibition

This year is the 150^th anniversary of the Pembroke and Tenby Railway and we are making this the subject of our major exhibition which will be featured in the Town Hall throughout the summer as part of the Court Room museum initiative of Pembroke Town Council in which we are participants. 

In this exhibition we will be looking at the Age of Steam.  Steam had powered the Industrial Revolution of the 18^th century which changed our society for ever.  It also changed the way we travelled during the 19^th century with the advent of the railways.