Archive

  • Knee-deep in rubbish

    DEAR EDITOR, - I think your Comment column of July 13th was a bit optimistic in expecting more than a minority of the population to bother with recycling or worry about 'idyllic countryside views'. Large numbers of people, one of whom flung a heap of

  • Let's go fly a kite

    Thanks to Mail Order Express and Brookite, we have a fantastic range of kites to give away! Now the summer months are here, what better to do on your holidays than go out and play in the great outdoors! With the British weather being traditionally windy

  • Shrew-d theatre

    PICTON Castle is hosting the Chapter-house Theatre Company's production of The Taming of the Shrew on August 9th. The open-air production will be directed by Simon James Green. For information contact 01437 751326.

  • Find all the fun at the farm

    Can you help Ziggy find the fun things listed, in the wordsearch? They are all things you can do at Folly Farm! The winner will get a Folly Farm T-shirt and a family ticket and one runner-up will win a ticket. The latest Folly Farm winner is Ben Leahy

  • Obituaries published July 20th, 2005

    Here are the obituaries published in the Western Telegraph on Wednesday, July 20th 2005: MRS A. L. PUGH MERLINS BRIDGE Mrs Agnes Eluned Pugh (also known as Leura), of 25 St Issell's Avenue, Merlins Bridge, Haverfordwest, died at her home on July 1st,

  • Krane are ready to rise again

    For the past year it has seemed as if things have been quiet for Pendine band Krane. But do not be deceived - on the surface they may appear to have been gliding, but underneath the engines have been working hard. Sure, they haven't appeared locally for

  • Royal honour for Leon

    Leon Downey, of Llangloffan Farmhouse Cheese received the most prestigious award in Britain from The Prince of Wales at an open farm visit at Llanddewi Brefi recently. Leon, the longest-established artisan cheesemaker in Wales pioneered cheesemaking in

  • Sir Galahad visit crowned with success

    DEAR EDITOR, - The amazing number of visitors drawn to Pembroke Dockyard for RFA Sir Galahad's short open day were not all local. A holidaymaker from Bristol told me that 'the wonderful thing about it was all the enthusiastic young people around in uniform

  • Coloratura in casuals

    Opera review: La Cenerentola, Lampeter House, Friday, July 8th Slapstick, farce, melodrama, puns ancient and modern, lyrical and musical and all the other elements of pantomime were present in the Garden Opera Company's presentation of Cinderella in the

  • Welcome new Presspackers!

    A big Presspack welcome this week goes to: Samantha Louise Palmer, of Dinas Cross; Owen Newman, of Amesbury; Rebecca James, of Milford Haven; Kole Williams, of Haverfordwest; Jake Williams-Hind, of Haverfordwest; Lauren Jane Boswell, of Pembroke Dock,

  • Happy birthday!

    Birthday greetings for this week go to: Chloe Jones, ten, of Pembroke Dock; Joseph Bramble, nine, of Walwyns Castle; Meggie Davies, 11, of Crundale; Zack Williams, of Scleddau; Samantha Lewis, 14, of Laugharne; Yori Roberts, seven, of Pembroke; Gareth

  • Join the Mwldan magic this summer

    Look no further than your doorstep for all your summer's entertainment. Theatr Mwldan has the films you want to see in surroundings as comfy as your living room, but with that essential cinema magic! Now showing on the silver screen at Mwldan is Madagascar

  • Small businesses hit by licensing regime

    THE Federation of Small Businesses has written to Licensing Minister James Purnell complaining that the new licensing regime penalises small pubs and B&Bs which make minimal profit from alcohol. Up to 400,000 small businesses in the UK could be hit

  • Royal Welsh gets true taste of county

    Royal Welsh Show visitors are tucking into Pembrokeshire's finest fayre this week in the building hailed as a food lover's paradise. Old businesses and new have been tempting visitors to try everything from honey ice cream and milk shakes to sausages

  • Balancing school budget is annual tightrope walk

    DEAR EDITOR, - The headline 'Schools have too much money sitting in banks' and report in your edition of July 6th gives a very misleading impression of the situation in Pembrokeshire primary schools. Undoubtedly, there are some schools that hold considerable