On the first Saturday of the month, we usually hold a combined coffee morning/exhibition at Monkton Priory Church Hall.

This evolved out of the launch of our Monkton History Project when we asked people to come along with old photographs so that we could begin compiling a history of Monkton.

The coffee mornings continued both as a means of encouraging people to come forward with 'new' material and to bring people together to talk about past times in a welcoming atmosphere. Or just to enjoy a chat: where else can you enjoy a cup of filter coffee and cake at £1?

At each event, we organise an exhibition or talk on a different theme: Saturday's exhibition was on a military theme (with Remembrance Day in view) and included wartime memories of Pembroke people with photographs, even some World War I pictures. We are on the lookout for more, so please, if you can help, contact us or bring them in to one of our coffee mornings for us to copy.

The morning had its surprises. First, in came Philip and Briggette Thomas with a collection of military weapons and memorabilia which naturally attracted much interest. Philip, whose nickname is Hog, told me that they have been collecting military weapons and memorabilia over many years and organise large displays for charities like Cancer Research and the British Legion. This was only a fraction of their collection.

Then another surprise; we had a visit from an eminent artist, Anthony Millard from Llandrindod Wells. He brought along some of his paintings to display: paintings he had been inspired to paint whilst visiting Pembrokeshire.

So there was plenty to see, and, in addition, visitors were treated to the showing of an old home movie belonging to Vicki Haggar, which was fascinating. It spanned many years from the '40s to '60s, as it was a compilation of many old family films rescued and digitalised. It contained amongst others, scenes of parades, the Main Street, the Queen's visit and even footage of the demonstration in Pembroke against the coming of German troops to Castlemartin in the '60s. I didn't realise how big the demo was! We have been fortunate to acquire copies of home movies like this which capture past times in a way that stills can never do. One of our members has films which we are unable to view as they are 9 mm films and we do not have a projector - please, if anyone can help, contact us.