A NEW exhibition which peels back the layers of Pembroke Dock’s colourful 200-year history opened at the town’s library last week.

The Pembroke Dock Uncovered exhibition is part of the town’s bicentenary celebrations and will run until Wednesday, June 25.

Visitors will have another opportunity to see a 3D digital recreation of the dockyard as it was in 1860 which was developed for the bicentenary committee by academics at De Montfort University, Leicester.

There will also be the chance to look at the work of enthusiasts who have looked into the recent and, in some cases not so recent, history of their street.

The group members are Iona Thomas of Church Street, Peter and Marilyn Mitchell of North Street, Margaret Brown of Nelson Street, Ann Dureau of Commercial Row, Geraldine Phillips of Furzy Bank, Stella Donovan of Brewery Street and Linzi James of Cross Park.

Each has drawn up a plan of their street and people are being encouraged to add their own memories of the town’s larger-than-life characters, parties and celebrations, and anything else which will otherwise be lost.

The group has also put together a range of photos documenting the changes in their streets.

At the end of the exhibition all of the work will be added to the town’s archive.

The exhibition also looks to the future and showcases the work of pupils from Pennar, St Mary’s, Pembroke Dock and Cosheston schools.

The work was inspired by a trip, organised by the Darwin Experience, to look at the haven with geologist Sid Howells.

Pupils were taught about the role of the Milford Haven Waterway in the oil industry and they visited the RWE plant outside Pembroke. They were then asked to create artwork showing what would be different in the future.

The exhibition is open during library hours. Please take along photos for the volunteers to scan or email them to Linzihjames@hotmail.co.uk.