out and about this summer

Summer is always a busy time for us - supporting local events with exhibitions and stalls:

St Mary's Church Welsh Week

                        

Carew Castle Archaeology Day

The Pembroke Show

Display in Brown's Fish and Chip Cafe window on the Digital Town Trail

Stackpole Church annual Flower Festival - theme, Childhood

Pembroke River Rally

Cider with Henry on the Commons - RNLI fundraiser

July 31st 2017 - Museum volunteers follow the digital Town Trail

We launched the new Town Trail 18 months ago - funded jointly by Pembroke Town Council and Pembrokeshire County Council's Town Centre Support Programme.  The Trail is marked out in 30 bronze plaques accompanied by a booklet with fold out map - now you will find wall mounted plaques bearing QR codes close by.  

Scan these with your mobile device to discover the history of the site complete with heritage photographs.  The QR codes link to our website www.pembroketowntrail.wales  and can be accessed in both English and Welsh.  The Digital Town Trail was implemented by Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society working with Modern Print and Design, Pembroke Dock with funding from the HLF.  

 
Thank you Heritage Lottery Fund!

Exhibition - the Making of Henry at St Mary's Church

An exhibition of photographs showing the processes involved in the making of the Henry VII statue is currently on show in St Mary's Church, Pembroke.  Henry was baptised in St Mary's Church and here you can see a fine, stained glass window of the King by Thomas Kempe.

The unveiling of the Henry VII Statue on Saturday,June 10th

Photos of the unveiling by Martin Caveney

Despite the rain, crowds turned out on Saturday to the unveiling of the Henry VII statue - everyone appears delighted with our beautiful statue installed on the Mill Bridge and standing proud against the stunning backdrop of Pembroke Castle.  Our sculptor Harriet Addyman has done an amazing job, so talented - we are all so proud of her and what has been achieved for our town, the birthplace of the first Tudor monarch and the first Welshman to sit on the English throne.

 

Don't miss June 10th - the unveiling of the Henry VII statue!

Winners of Friday's Quiz Night

Winners of last Fridays Quiz Night were: (left to right) Lottie Howlett-John, Michael Howlett, Quiz master Rose Blackburn, Wendy George, Michele Carter and Graham George.

The £285 raised will be put towards a bench and memorial plaque to our much missed Pauline Waters and will be sited on Pembroke Mill Bridge where the statue of Henry VII will stand. Pembroke Town and the County Council have together undertaken the enhancement of the Mill Bridge to make it a public space with seating, tables and flowers - a lovely setting for our King, born in Pembroke Castle 1457.  Pauline was a founder member and trustee of the Pembroke&Monkton Local History Society and a passionate advocate of the Henry VII statue.  She was Mayor at the launch of the statue project and took a prominent part in raising its profile and in the Statue Fundraising Appeal for which our Society organised fundraising events.  The Committee wish to thank all who came to the Quiz for their support and to those who gave donations.

Quiz Night at Monkton Church Hall on Friday May 19th at 7.30pm