Oral History

An important part of this project is to record memories of local people in Pembroke and Monkton.  When many people think about history, they think about the broad sweep of national events, of kings and wars. In fact history is all around us, in our own families and communities, in the living memories and the experiences of older people. The late Victorian age is still within living memory of those elderly residents who remember their parents and grandparents and a way of life, which has all but disappeared. But it need not disappear altogether if we can capture those memories now and preserve them for future generations.

Important too is the collection of old photographs - below are some photographs with accompanying oral testimony.  Click on the photograph.

 

            

Miss Joyce Colley talks about her family history.

 

Memories of the Old Quay by Miss Joyce Colley

 

Mrs Vera John remembers ships saiing up the Pembroke River

 

Mr Peter Hurlow-Jones talks about his family story

 

Another story from Peter

 

 

Mr Ian Campbell remembers "The Flemish Cottage"

 

Childhood memories of the old Mill from Ian

 

Another Old Mill story from Mrs Rose Blackburn

 

The good old days of Haggers Cinema by Mel Phillips and below her memories of the East End.