THE culmination of more than a year’s work will be celebrated at the launch of Pembroke Dock’s Royal Dockyard digital building heritage project this Saturday (January 11).
Pembroke Dock Bicentenary Group has been working alongside academics from De Montfort University in Leicester, as well as other volunteers, to identify when, why and how each building was constructed.
They have also been researching the identity and stories of the buildings’ occupants during the last 200 years to reveal the human story of the town.
A 3D digital recreation of the dockyard during its heyday in the 1860s will be on display at the Pembroke Dock ‘Uncovered’ exhibition at the Dockyard Chapel.
There will be opportunities to discover more about the town’s history and share memories with other residents.
Last November, £9,900 of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) grant money was awarded to the project, which is one of many the bicentenary group is coordinating to celebrate the town’s 200th year.
The exhibition will be held at the Dockyard Chapel, Meyrick Owen Way, The Dockyard, from 10am to 5pm, this Saturday.
Refreshments will be on sale in aid of the RNLI. All welcome. For more information email bicentenary@thedock.org.uk.
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