PEMBROKE Town Council would like to thank Pembroke Civic Trust for the kind donation of £250 to the Henry VII Statue fund appeal.

The proposed eight foot high bronze statue of Pembroke-born Henry VII – designed by sculptor Harriet Addyman – will cost around £40,000, with half of that amount match funded by Pembrokeshire County Council’s Town Centre Support Programme.

Chairman of Pembroke Civic Trust, Peter Thomas said: “I am pleased and proud to be able to make a donation to the Henry VII statue fund, which will eventually provide long overdue recognition to the town’s most famous son and the father of the Tudor dynasty.

“The statue is due to be sited on the Mill Bridge and will provide residents and visitors alike with a reminder that Pembroke produced the only Welshman to sit on the English throne and as the first of the Tudor dynasty was the forbear of probably the most internationally known periods of British history.

“With his victory at Bosworth and subsequent marriage to Elizabeth of York he ended the Wars of the Roses and brought stability to a troubled land. It is fitting that the town of his birth will now have a statue of Henry to celebrate a local lad who made good.”

Project leader Linda Asman said she was delighted at the response of the local community to the statue appeal.

“We still have a substantial amount to raise but thanks to generosity of both individuals and local organisations, we are well on the way to achieving our goal.

“The prospect of a statue of King Henry VII standing on the Mill Bridge has certainly caught the public imagination and it will happen because people have responded to the appeal”.

For anyone wishing to contribute to the statue appeal, please contact the Henry VII Statue Fund, Pembroke Town Clerk, Pembroke Town Council, Main Street, Pembroke, SA71 4 JS. Telephone: 01646 683092 or email suzie@pembstowncouncil.plus.com