The Pembroke Story Heritage Project
Few towns can boast a richer history than Pembroke, yet our town has no museum, nothing to tell our story. A strong message to emerge from the Community Appraisal in 2000 was the need for a museum for Pembroke: out of this need was born the Pembroke Story as a first step to achieving this goal.
But first we need to research to build up resources - this means interviewing our senior citizens and collecting both memories and images. A grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to Pembroke 21C Community Association has helped us to achieve this.
You can visit us on our website www.pembrokestory.org.uk by clicking on the image below.
Heritage Lottery Funding
Funded by the Heritage Lottery this project is being continued by Nikki Anderson Heritage and Invironment. She has long been wanting to develop her Main Street "Dolly Mixtures" Project, researching the buildings and businesses of Main Street and working with local artists to paint them.
Pictured below at the Pembroke Festival exhibition are Linda and Nikki with two of their most committed volunteers, Rachel Norman and Stuart Asman. The photograph was taken by Gwen Griffiths who makes a marvellous contribution to this and other projects by photographing events,
Pictured above are Rachel Norman, Nikki Anderson, Stuart and Linda Asman.
And this is when it all began ...
Launch of the Pembroke Story Heritage Project 25th October 08
Pembroke Town Hall was the venue for the Launch which attracted an enthusiastic response from Pembroke residents.The organisers, Project Officers Linda Asman and Nikki Anderson, are pictured above with George and Jeanne Lewis in front of their amazing Pembroke Murals.
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A keen audience was treated to entertaining talks by local characters George Lewis, who spoke about his amazing Pembroke murals (on view in the Town Hall), and John Russell whose talk ‘Down Memory Lane’ had the audience sharing memories and enjoying anecdotes. Visitors were also able to enjoy exhibitions and displays put together by Linda and Nikki along with photos and stories from Pembroke’s past, touch screens featuring the voices and recollections of local people, Pembroke’s time line, and histories of prominent local families including the Stephens, Colleys and Haggars.
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With grateful thanks to our Funders :
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