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Flight into history
AS the world of aviation celebrates the Wright Brothers' achievement 100 years ago, another less significant but important British anniversary came up this year - the opening of Britain's first aircraft museum. Vital to our survival in the early war years
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Say cheese!
West Wales is leading the renaissance in Welsh farmhouse cheesemaking according to an influential cookery writer. You just have to examine the growth of this industry in Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion in the last decade to appreciate Tamasin
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Bridging the Gulf - desert warfare 12 years on
Twelve years ago, former Western Telegraph news editor Len Mullins experienced a New Year's Day with a difference. It is one which will live in his memory and which he is never likely to experience again. He joined the press corps in the desert in Saudi
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Dad was a Cold War spy
WATCHING James Bond movies has a special significance for the family of George Ringrose. After all, he was a British spy in Berlin during the darkest days of the Cold War. George, of Ynys Faen, Porthgain, who died some four weeks ago, was stationed with
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Farmers 'still in the dark' over pipeline
FARMERS say they are still in the dark over plans to run a giant gas pipeline across their land, even after a series of meetings held by Transco. According to organic producer Nick Young, the meetings did nothing to give people the information they needed
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Consumer awareness is key to organic success
The days of premium returns from organic milk production could return if consumers were better informed, says St Clears dairy farmer, Wenallt David. At current price levels, 40% of the milk from Wenallt and Daphne David's herd of 115 mixed dairy cows
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Proud Jack is Scarlets mascot
Jack Harries, aged eight, from Pembroke, was lucky to enough to be chosen as the Scarlets mascot for last Saturday's Celtic League clash against Glasgow. Proud Jack, is pictured above, with Scarlets skipper Simon Easterby shortly before kick-off. Congratulations
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East-West exchange
Last week we revealed the secrets of a small Cadbury's chocolate box hidden for 70 years in the attic of an Amroth cottage. It contained letters exchanged by a teenage girl from Pembroke, Sylvia Adams, and a talented young Japanese ship designer, Sadao
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Turn up the heat
Energy crops grown in Pembrokeshire will fuel the heat and power requirements of the £61 million Bluestone holiday village. Developer William McNamara, a farmer who diversified into the leisure industry, is working with local arable growers to ensure
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Bluebirds run out of steam
Football: Vauxhall Masterfit Welsh Premier ABERYSTWYTH TOWN 4 HAVERFORDWEST COUNTY 0 The Bluebirds are beginning to struggle a little now, after a long and successful season, but have the compensation that Caersws are struggling too and that fourth place
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Looking to buy a new motor? Don't miss our 16-page spring motoring guide
Looking to buy a new motor? Don't miss our 16-page spring motoring guide
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Dead sheep in recycling bag
A DEAD sheep has been found in one of Pembrokeshire County Council's orange recycling bags. "We were extremely shocked ," said Councillor Brian Hall, council cabinet member with responsibility for environment and transportation. "This is totally unacceptable
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A living nightmare of secrets and lies
I met a remarkable woman recently. She demonstrated the human - almost superhuman - ability to rise above the most appalling trauma and carry on with life. Susan (all names have been changed for legal reasons) was sexually abused throughout her childhood
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Man killed on woodland road
A MAN was killed after the car in which he was travelling was in collision with a telegraph pole on the Llanddowror to Red Roses road. The fatal accident, involving a Ford Fiesta, closed the A477 for over four hours. Police, the Ambulance Service and
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D-Day special - 60th anniversary of the Normandy landings
No celebration - just vivid and searing memories of Normandy 60 years ago. Thousands of Welsh soldiers, sailors and airmen played their part in the D-Day landings and the Battle of Normandy 60 years ago. It was the greatest invasion the world has ever
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Is that a lifeboat ... on the road?
IT was with some surprise that Western Telegraph reader Tom McGlynn saw St Davids' Tyne class lifeboat on a main road in Suffolk on Wednesday! The RNLB Garside was being transported back to St Davids from Great Yarmouth, where it had undergone a complete
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Block calving is key
Farmers can achieve above average herd fertility by block calving and targeting good submission rates according to Pembrokeshire dairy farmer Kim Petty. Replacements have more than doubled cow numbers at Tyddyn-yr-Eglwys, the 129 hectares which Mr Petty
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Essential cancer trials
Essential trials are being carried out at Withybush Hospital, in the on-going battle against breast cancer. The Welsh Cancer Trials Network, which began in February, is a joint initiative funded by the National Assembly and Cancer Research UK. These crucial
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Happy Haylett days
IN 1956, Mrs Joan Sharpe and Mrs Joscelyne Hanby opened the doors of Haylett Grange School to eight children - four of whom were their own. When they retired 43 years later, the school they set up as young women had a solid reputation and 130 pupils.
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In line for Scrooge award?
DEAR EDITOR, - Further to last week's 'Another play park faces axe', Pembrokeshire County Council must surely be in line for the Ebenezer Scrooge award this year with its play park policy, by closing the park at Kavanagh Court, Pembroke Dock. How does
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Support group keeps home fires burning
It's almost a year since President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair announced the war with Iraq. For the families with loved ones in the Gulf, their first thoughts when they wake up are with their son, daughter, husband, wife, dad, mum, boyfriend, or
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Charity probe pub in licence battle
A pub - which has been blamed by police for over 10% of crime in Tenby's walled town and has also faced allegations over fundraising - was fighting to keep its late-night licence yesterday (Tuesday). As the Western Telegraph went to press, a damning report
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Royal day to remember
HAVERFORDWEST Male Voice Choir's musical director Gwyn Griffiths, had a grandstand view of Saturday's Royal Wedding and was delighted to get a close up shot of the new Duchess of Cornwall. Mr Griffiths, of Uzmaston, Haverfordwest, received an invitation
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The cream of the crop
A Pembrokeshire dairy producer with a background in marketing says milk buyers are letting farmers down by overlooking 'value-added' opportunities. Mike McNamara, who produces up to a tonne of Jersey clotted cream a month at Drim Farm, Llawhaden, accused
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Loneliness of the coast path walker
Why do men climb mountains? Answer: because they are there. The reasons that led Western Telegraph reporter, Patrick Alexander, to tackle the 186-mile Pembrokeshire Coast Path were less philosophical. Having successfully crammed the 14th Mars bar into
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. MAE'R disgwyl wedi bod yn hir - ac yn achos y canwr o Solfach Meic Stevens nid peth anghyffredin mo hwnna - ond y mis yma cafodd ei hunangofiant
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. DYMA ni ar ddechrau tymor newydd a llu o weithgareddau a rhaglenni ar y teledu a'r radio wedi bod yn ystod Wythnos Dysgu Cymraeg er mwyn
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Justice ends at the Shire Hall
REMOVAL of the courts from the Shire Hall, Haverfordwest, to their new premises at the town's Hawthorn Rise ends 168 years of judicial hearings in that imposing building. Queen Victoria had not reached the throne when the first cases were heard at the
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Sixty years of farming memories
The sharp wit and happy personality of farmworker Reggie Evans stood him in good stead when his his life took a new direction virtually overnight. From ploughman and head teamsman, he found himself some 40 years ago suddenly precipitated into the tourism
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'To get stability, we need change'
Change is needed across the dairy industry if milk producers in Pembrokeshire are to enjoy stability in the marketplace after Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform. Narberth milk producer John Phillips urges buyers to invest in processing, expressing
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Jan's leading the Global Challenge way
WITH 2000 miles to go, Jan Hannaford and her Spirit of the Sark crew is leading the way in the round-the-world yacht race, Global Challenge. The team is currently lying in first place as the fleet passes north of the Kerguelen Islands. But it has not
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Chance encounter in the Troodos Mountains
"And how is Roscoe Howells?" - Not the most unusual question I've ever been asked. After all, Roscoe Howells, from Amroth, is a big name in Pembrokeshire and west Wales. As a farmer, author, speaker, entertainer, local historian and as a controversial
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At a crossroads
Cross-breeding Holstein dairy cows with Jerseys is boosting milk income on Pembrokeshire's spring calving farms. Pembrokeshire has a high concentration of cross-bred herds because of its suitability for extended grazing systems. Research shows their average
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Police mast 'hysteria' allegation
The company which operates the new police mobile communications network has accused the Western Telegraph of 'conspiracy' and 'whipping up hysteria' over the installation of a Tetra mast on Haverfordwest police station. Peter Sitch, of 02 Airwave said
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Harbour headlines
LITERATURE is packed with tales of epic voyages where man pits his all against the elements and emerges the victor at the end of his quest. Think Homer, think Jules Verne, think ... Jamie Owen! Pembrokeshire-born broadcaster Jamie, best known for reading
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Preseli Men back to winning ways
Rugby Division four (west) Gowerton 14 Crymych 40 Crymych returned to winning ways with a comfortable win over basement battlers Gowerton. Coach Glyndwr Richards WAS pleased with the execution of his players of their basic tasks as well as the final result
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Students with designs on fashion
Think catwalk fashion and you think: Concept art; innovation and originality; you think Would they wear it in Wolfscastle?! But at the acclaimed Pembrokeshire College Fashion Show recently, which showcased the collections of students of fashion and textile
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. DOES dim traddodiad hir o banto Cymraeg ond un cwmni sy wedi arloesi ym maes adloniant dramatig i blant yw Cwmni Mega yn Cross Hands,
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Sister heroes open new store
SUPERMARKET giant Asda opened its new store at Pembroke Dock on Monday and treated shoppers to free use of the Cleddau Bridge. Customers and other road-users, heading over the bridge to and from Pembroke Dock received a flyer at the toll booths with the
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Rallying cry to young farmers
Can it really be 60 years since the Pembrokeshire Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs staged its first County Rally? As the Federation prepares for this diamond anniversary celebration on Saturday, these photographs will stir a memory or two for the 'old
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Dear Miss Sylvia...
A small Cadbury's chocolate box hidden in the attic of an Amroth cottage for 70 years has revealed a remarkable friendship which blossomed between a teenage girl from Pembroke and a talented young Japanese ship designer. Dozens of letters inside the box
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Harnessing horse power
A Sunday morning in the foothills of the Preseli Hills and local members of the British Driving Society are preparing for a 15-mile jaunt through the Pembrokeshire countryside. There is a general flurry of activity as horseboxes are unloaded, horses harnessed
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Super-sub Will is Seasiders' hero
Rugby Division Three (West) Haverfordwest 29 Tenby United 32 Will Crockford was the toast of his Tenby United colleagues as he raced through for the winning try after 85 minutes against Haverfordwest, slicing past a stranded Blues' forward to score wide
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Lets talk about the weather
The weather reports are looking ominous these days. Regularly we are greeted with news of extreme conditions, like the scorching Indian heat wave last week which claimed over 1,000 lives as temperatures soared to 50oC. And closer to home, nearly two million
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Swifts on the brink
Football - Pembrokeshire League Division One GOODWICK UNITED 1 MONKTON SWIFTS 2 MONKTON players left the field on Saturday with beams stretching from ear to ear knowing that a last gasp penalty deep into injury-time has all-but won them the title. Barring
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Lyn answers monks' prayer to watch Pope's funeral
AN aerial mercy mission answered the prayers of the monks of Caldey Island to watch the televised funeral of the Pope. The Cistercian brothers, who normally only watch videoed programmes on Sunday afternoons, sent out an SOS for a satellite solution to
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. RHYW a rygbi yw'r cyfuniad anorchfygol tu l i gynhyrchiad newydd sy'n dod i Theatr y Gromlech, Crymych, y mis yma. Bydd llawer yn cyfarwydd
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Talking turkey
Pembrokeshire's turkey farmers are targeting efficiency improvements to operate in a market place dominated by cheap imported poultry. At its peak of production, Solbury Farm Turkeys reared 40,000 birds a year at its site on the Dale Road, near Haverfordwest
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Thatch the way to do it
While the debate over the perceived rights and wrongs of the Brithdir Mawr Roundhouse rages on, reporter Jenny Hanson takes a look at two sustainable, low-impact homes that have been given the go-ahead by local planning authorities. When it comes to building
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Rare visitor swans around
THERE has been another black swan sighting in Pembrokeshire. This individual was spotted off Neyland Promenade with ten to 12 white swans. The birds are known for travelling quite large distances, so it may be the same black swan seen in Monkton, Pembroke
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Homework
A cartoon hangs on my office wall dedicated to the woman working from home. A sketched picture of a pyjama-clad woman camped at a desk strewn with empty wine bottles is a parody of myself and two million other British people. Louise, the fictional freelance
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Thousands caught speeding
THOUSANDS of people were caught speeding on county roads between 2003 and 2004. Seventeen core mobile sites, dotted around Pembrokeshire, clocked 2,483 speeding motorists, and in total more than 23,000 notice of intended prosecutions were issued to people
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Seatbelt traps drugs courier
A DOZY drugs courier has been jailed after forgetting to wear his car seatbelt. Raymond Scott Miller, aged 25, placed 20 nine ounce bars of cannabis worth £12,600 behind a plastic panel in the back of his Ford. The drugs were so well hidden in the bodywork
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Generous Taverners' donations
Disabled students at Pembrokeshire College will benefit from a new minibus, thanks to The Lady Taverners. The keys to the vehicle were handed over to the college's assistant principal, Barry Walters, by Glamorgan cricketer Steve Watkins at a special presentation
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Gyda Llaw
In our Welsh language column Gyda llaw (By the Way) Eifion Jenkins provides a list of words to assist Welsh learners. MAE tynged ffermio yng Nghymru mor fregus ag erioed, yn arbennig gyda'r bygythiad newydd o haint ar datws. Ond mae ffermwyr ifanc y sir
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My royal appointment
They say everything stops for tea - it certainly does when your tea party invitation comes from Her Majesty. In the year of celebrations and events to mark the 150th anniversary of the Western Telegraph an invitation to a Buckingham Palace Royal Garden
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Dental surgery to close
NEYLAND'S only dentist closed his doors for the last time on Friday. Anthony Miles retired after running the Neyland Dental Surgery for 14 years, and serving as an NHS dentist for 36 years. The Pembrokeshire-born man, who started his career in Fishguard
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Chants elysee
It is a glorious morning on Caldey Island and the boatmen ferrying tourists from the Pembrokeshire mainland are doing a roaring trade. The visitors, lured by the intrigue of the island's rich monastic history, will spend the day exploring and picnicking
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Love my tender?
With a referendum on whether to adopt the Euro likely to take place this year, the British people will find themselves making one of the most important economic decisions in the country's history. Western Telegraph reporter, , takes a look at what the
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This week's football stats
Here are the results, tables and fixtures for the James Williams Pembrokeshire Senior Football League: Monday, April 4th: RESERVE DIVISION 1 Hakin United 4 Carew 1 Milford Athletic 6 Kilgetty 1 Herbrandston 2 Camrose 2 St Ishmaels 2 Goodwick United 2
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Brecon misses the bus
A FOUR-year-old who loves going to school will have to stay at home following the county council's decision to take her bus pass away. Despite being old enough to attend Puncheston School, Brecon Parry's place on the bus is to go to another child. In
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Secret Army stands down with pride
DURING 1942 the defences of Britain had greatly improved and although there was no real reason for retaining the Auxiliary Units it was felt that to stand them down was premature. Hitler had decided to invade Russia, but should he achieve victory in the
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Against all odds
Jessica Sutton is 18 and lives with her family in Neyland. She has cerebral palsy but her determination, outgoing personality and encouragement from her family has enabled her to lead as normal a life as possible. She attended Sir Thomas Picton School
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Win a Teach Yourself Welsh pack
A working knowledge of Welsh is increasingly becoming a bonus in employment and social circles. The most recent census shows a 3% rise the percentage of the population who can speak, read or write Welsh, and around 24,000 adults are currently attending
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Bluestone challenged yet again
THE Bluestone saga has taken yet another twist with the announcement that London-based pressure group, The Council for National Park (CNP) is to challenge the £60 million development for a second time. The Court of Appeal has given the go-ahead for the
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19th century Tenby brought back to life
A spirited spinster's lively account of a sojourn in 19th century Tenby takes a fresh look at life in the town and the pastimes of its many Victorian visitors. Miss Lucy Amelia Lawford spent five months in the resort, where she lodged at 23 The Norton
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Democracy at work at the grass roots
TO MANY PEOPLE, the words 'community council' evoke images of cosy village fetes and busybodies. But the truth is that these committees of elected, unpaid councillors are at the core of village life in rural Pembrokeshire. The county's 70 parish councils
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'Ruffian' at Trafalgar
The carnage that was Trafalgar was bloody and terrible. In HMS Bellerophon alone, 27 men, including the captain, had been killed and 123 wounded. And from below decks came the agonising screams of those facing the prospect of life without a limb, as the
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'Lost' in the past
A series of intriguing black and white photographs portraying the coracle fishermen who plied their trade on the River Teifi have been unearthed in a Pembrokeshire greengrocer's shop. The pictures, thought to date from the early 1900s, were mistakenly
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Keep the faith
Cynthia Higgon lives life to the full. She is highly regarded as a horse show judge and breeder and is a leading light on the point-to-point circuit. In her professional role as tour guide, she escorts visitors around Pembrokeshire's historical Picton
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Young cyclists on track for heart charity
NEARLY 100 young cyclists turned out on Bank Holiday Monday for the eighth Pembrokeshire Junior Bike Ride at the County Showground,Haverfordwest. Event organiser Andrew Jones, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "All week I had a careful eye on the
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The reel thing
Whether you are looking for an oasis of culture among the mind-numbing desert of modern cinema or just a chance to see well-made films that never make it to Pembrokeshire's cinemas, the Haverfordwest Film Society is worth a look. The society was formed
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Fred's bridge too far memories
Fred Knapp's return to the Dutch town of Arnhem was a very emotional one. Sixty years before, he was one of 10,000 Allied troops involved in the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken. The sky was black with parachutes as the 20-year-old paratrooper
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In praise of tin tabernacles
Who would think that a book entitled 'Tin Tabernacles: Corrugated Iron Mission Halls, Churches and Chapels of Britain' would be so fascinating. But this is a delightful and colourful addition to any bookshelf. The casebound book, by Ian Smith, has been
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Ups and downs of farm life
The path to agricultural diversification can be fraught with obstacles as one Ceredigion livestock producer has discovered. Planning delays meant that Marc Davies took more than four years to realise his ambition to open a quadbike trekking centre to
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Martin gains Cambridge lacrosse Blue
In only his first year of playing the unfamiliar sport of lacrosse, Andrew Martin starred in Cambridge's surprise Varsity victory over Oxford University. The 20-year-old student of Queens' College Cambridge has recently been awarded his Blue after playing
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Heroes honoured
THE St Davids lifeboat crew is to be honoured for a dramatic rescue of the crew of a burning vessel last year. The crew will receive awards from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for braving rough seas in the pitch black to rescue three men stranded
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Air crash mystery solved
The Western Telegraph has helped find information about two Pembrokeshire men who rescued a Canadian airman from the wreckage of a burning plane 62 years ago. Sergeant Alex Maier, now 84, was the sole survivor of the crew of a Coastal Command Lockheed
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Opening up our countryside
Fifty years ago, the National Park Committee held its first meeting, ushering in a new era for Pembrokeshire. Committee chairman, Alderman J. W. Hammond, pointed out that despite the designation of a National Park in Pembrokeshire, there were no new access
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Otters ousted in last seconds
Rugby - National League Division One Narberth 18 Glamorgan Wanderers 23 A last-gasp try by Glamorgan Wanderers' centre Mike Butler gave his team a vital victory over a Narberth side which has lost its way of late but seemed to have done enough to snatch
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After a fashion
Students at Pembrokeshire College demonstrated their passion for fashion at their recent display of work. The fashion show, showcasing the work of students on the National Diploma fashion/textiles design course, has become a much-anticipated annual event
