42 Community DO YOU remember
Pembroke Dock’s ‘Millennium Falcon’ - if so the town’s Heritage Centre team is keen to hear from you!
The Centre, in the Royal
Dockyard Chapel, has linked up with a Swansea school where pupils are doing a special project on the iconic super spaceship which flew in the ‘Star Wars’ epic ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. Pupils at Ysgol Pen-y-Bryn Special School annually create a special edition magazine in aid of local charities. James Williams of Ysgol Pen- explained:
y-Bryn “Our sixth
form group has already started on another magazine which will be themed around ‘Star Wars’ and we would love to hear from anyone who worked on the creation of the ‘Millennium Falcon’ at Pembroke Dock or remembers it there.” The original ‘Millennium
Falcon’ was built in great secrecy in a former Sunderland flying boat hangar at Pembroke Dock before
A 1979 ‘Millennium Falcon’ photograph: In the Pembroke Dock Archive. (Pic. Martin Cavaney).
being revealed in 1979. A new ‘Millennium Falcon’ is currently being constructed in Berkshire. The Pembroke Dock Heritage
Centre’s archive has two photographs of the ‘Millennium Falcon’ in the hangar and others
are known to still exist locally. Anyone who can help the
school project, and add to Pembroke Dock’s history, should initially contact the Heritage Centre on 01646 684220 or e-mail
alex.davies@sunderlandtrust.com
Hall gears up for the rugby THE VILLAGE HALL at
Hermon near Crymych will be repeating the success of last year’s events held during the rugby internationals with the 12ft projection screen and pre- match food and drink. On Friday the 6th of February
the jubilation will commence at 6.30pm with a Steak and Chips supper with a free pint for £10 before the Wales v England kickoff at 8.05pm. There will be a music night after the game ends. Then on Sunday the 15th of February a pregame Sunday lunch at 12.30
before the Scotland v Wales game commences at 3pm.
Anyone interested in the pre-
event food and drink need to place an order so that all food numbers are know. Please call the village hall office on 01239 831968 or visit.
www.canolfanhermon.org.uk
Tose lost at sea to be remembered and added that species and habitat
National Park demands were a bit over the top,” said Mr Hart. The National
Park planning
officer originally stated that he wouldn’t support the application as he was worried about the “cumulative effect” that such a memorial would have
aprotected report would
have to be submitted, as well a traffic management plan.
“I fully support the Parks’
"Common sense has prevailed": MP Simon Hart and Dai Boswell inspect the memorial stone
A TWO-year planning battle
with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park has been won – and the names of 79 servicemen who died in the Freshwater West maritime disaster will now be on permanent display.
Only three people survived the sinking of two Landing Craft Guns Ls 15 - 16 and the HMS Rosemary in April 1943. In 2000 a simple stone memorial was erected in the car park at Freshwater West to commemorate one of Wales’s worst maritime disasters. For the 70th anniversary of the
disaster in 2013, Dai Boswell, District Parade Marshall for Pembroke Dock, commissioned
two new plaques
bearing the names of all who died. But he was ordered to remove them because he did not have planning permission
and the National Park
drew up a list of stringent demands so he went to local MP Simon Hart for help. A two-year battle over planning followed.
“Considering that we are talking
about a site on the edge of a car park and between a public loo and large red emergency signs, I thought the
objective of protecting the landscape but this was clearly going well beyond that. What other disasters with the loss of 79 lives are there to commemorate in Pembrokeshire? We were talking about one extra boulder with two plaques on it, nothing more,” said Mr Hart, who then entered into a spirited exchange
Tegryn Jones on the matter. After
lengthy
of letters with NP boss a
exchange, the
landowner (the National Trust) applied for an additional boulder with the plaques and a change of use to a “memorial site” and permission has now been granted. “I am so pleased that common
sense has prevailed,” said Mr Hart. “Now we are working hard to find the right boulder and get the plaques up in time for the anniversary in April.”
Charity receives donation: From Cleddau Lodge. ON SATURDAY January 10, the
Cleddau Lodge of the R.A.O.B held their 28th annual senior citizens charity lunch at the Fishguard Bay Hotel.
The gala dinner was well attended
by 160+ local people who enjoyed the hospitality of the Cleddau Lodge, ensuring this successful year of fundraising ended with a bang. The main beneficiary of the fundraising this year was Pembrokeshire Cancer Support, whose coordinator Lyn Neville and Lead Support Worker Barbara Miller can be seen here receiving the cheque for £6000 for this worthy cause.
Other recipients of the Cleddau Lodges fundraising this year are Paul Satori Foundation £1,000 and the Welsh Air Ambulance £1,000, and other smaller but significant donations include: Alzheimer’s Association, Autistic Society, British Heart Foundation, The Royal British Legion, Diabetic Association and Letterston Memorial Hall. The Cleddau lodge would like extend
to their thanks again to
community members for continuing to support their fundraising efforts, which will continue this year with Breast Cancer Care Cymru being the main recipient of their benevolence.
Singing as good for you as yoga! IT’S OFFICIAL, singing in
groups is the new black. And it’s good for you too.
If you’ve hummed along to Gareth
Malone’s series The Choir, wiped away a tear at the Military Wives, or wondered how everyone at the Halifax Building Society can sing, you’ll have noticed that singing in groups is the new black. But did you know that it can be as good for you as yoga? Singing has long been shown to boost our immune system and reduce stress levels, and according to one report, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, found that ‘choristers’
heartbeats
when they sing together, bringing about a calming effect
synchronise that is as
beneficial to our health as yoga.” - And no need to touch your toes either! According to the Heart Research
UK website, the health benefits of singing are both physical and psychological.
Professor Graham Welch, Chair of Music Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, has studied developmental and medical aspects of singing for 30 years. He says: “Singing has physical benefits because it is an aerobic activity that increases oxygenation in the blood stream and exercises major muscle groups in the upper body, even when sitting. And as with all exercise, it
helps create a positive mental attitude: “Singing has psychological benefits because of its normally positive effect in reducing stress levels through the action of the endocrine system which is linked to our sense of emotional well-being.” What’s more, Professor Welch
confirmed that singing in a group is best: “Psychological benefits are also evident when people sing together as well as alone because of the increased sense of community, belonging and shared endeavour.” If you’d like to give it a go, but
don’t know where to start, why not dip a toe in the largest pop-up choir in Pembrokeshire, The Big Sing. The 150 strong sing-along is taking place during the Narberth A Cappella Voice Festival, on Saturday February 21 at 4pm at the Queens Hall, Narberth, hosted by Span Arts.
singer of Zion Train,
Led by Molara, the former and
of Pembrokeshire’s One
leader Voice
community choir, the supersized Big Sing is friendly, informal, completely free and served with tea and cake. A rare chance for people of all
ages and abilities to enjoy the uplifting benefits of singing as part of a huge group, the Big Sing is also a good place to find out how to join your local choir so you can keep up the good work.
THE PEMBROKESHIRE HERALD FRIDAY JANUARY 30 2015
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