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‘Dai the Bank’ scoops Memorial Award

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9 years ago

September 11, 2014

idris-davies-award COLONEL DAVID DAVIES, more affectionately known locally as ‘Dai the Bank’, is the winner of the Idris Davies Memorial Award for 2014, announced at the Pembrokeshire County Show. Mr Davies has a long history of helping young people achieve their agricultural ambitions in Pembrokeshire. Through his roles, firstly with NatWest bank and latterly FAF finance, he has been a huge supporter of young farmers, nurturing relationships through the YFC farm management competitions and most importantly, through the inception and development of the Future Farmers of Wales club. The Future Farmers of Wales club has grown and flourished for over 25 years with a membership currently in excess of 100. Although a nonpolitical group, Mr Davies encouraged its members to be vocal on issues affecting young people in agriculture and undertook, with military precision, a highly regarded annual conference and an annual study tour to destinations throughout Europe and further afield. Mr Davies was a leading light in the formation of the Future Farmers of Wales club at a time when he was also in a full time job in agricultural banking, undertaking various roles with other agricultural organisations, a leading role with the Territorial Army in Wales and massive fund raising efforts with organisations such as Haverfordwest Rotary Club. In the application for the Idris Davies Award, Wil Prichard of Escalwen Farm, Letterson, writes: “It was famously once quoted on a Future Farmers of Wales tour – ‘All banks lend money, but Dai lends a hand!’ I think this sums up how many people feel about ‘Dai the Bank’. He has been an inspiration to many of us and an enthusiastic supporter of young people within our industry for decades.”

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Concerns in Camrose as person with drone spotted ‘spying on properties’

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2 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

CAMROSE COMMUNITY CENTRE posted a warning to residents on Sunday afternoon (Jun 4), after a person with a drone was spotted acting suspiciously.

The post on the Community Centre’s Facebook page said that a man with a large black van was spotted in the area using the drone to look into houses and gardens.

The Herald has asked the police for a comment

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Charles Street closed off as cladding falls off commercial building

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3 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

FIRE FIGHTERS and police responded late on Sunday morning (Jun 4) to an incident involving cladding falling off the the top of the second floor of a commercial building.

Traffic was diverted away from the affected area whilst emergency services made sure the structure was safe.

A ladder tender from Haverfordwest Fire Station was called upon to assist in the incident.

Initial reports stated that no person was injured by the falling debris.

One passer by said “It is lucky this happened on a Sunday when most of the shops were closed, the outcome could have been rather different if this happened on a week day.”

The police confirmed the incident happened at West Wales Properties building, 89A Charles Street, Milford Haven.

(Photos: Tracy Hobbs Stinton/Facebook and David Lee/Herald Photographer)

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Galactic Triumph! Heritage Centre transforms for epic Falcon Fun Day

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4 hours ago

June 4, 2023

Tom Sinclair

THE TOWERING figure of Chewbacca made a grand first time entry to Pembrokeshire on Bank Holiday Monday, starring in the second Falcon Fun Day at Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre.

The famous Star Wars character joined other re-enactors, including Darth Vader, Stormtroopers and Luke Skywalker, posing for countless photographs with the many hundreds of visitors who flocked to the centre in bright sunshine.

Starring inside the centre was R2-D2, the legendary droid from the Star Wars films. Re-enactors, from the 501st UK Garrison costuming group, travelled from across Wales and as far away as Milton Keynes to join in an event which is already becoming a firm favourite for Star Wars fans of all ages from a very wide area.
The Heritage Centre features a permanent exhibition telling the story of how the ‘Millennium Falcon’ spaceship was built in secret in a former RAF hangar in the 1970s for the Star Wars film ‘The Empire Strikes Back’.

Mark Williams, leader of the Falcon project, said: “The lightsaber training proved very popular all day and the virtual reality experience was a huge success. We are grateful to all the visitors for their support and patience as there were, at times, long queues. We shall be back again next year.”