Pembroke Dock, The Paddling Pool c.1960

Photo ref: P203065

As a six year old in 1949 I was taken to Pembroke Dock to visit my Grandparents, from whom we were almost estranged. My only memory of the visit is looking out of the upstairs window above their butcher’s shop and being aware of the window being a ‘floating’ bay window. I have this week, in 2019, revisited Pembroke Dock to try and identify the shop and realise that these strange upstair bay ...see more

I have wonderful memories of Pembroke Dock. We used to holiday there once a year at my mothers aunts. The first memories i have of holidaying there was in 1947 when I was 8 years old. The poor old town had taken a real battering during the war years and I remember asking my brother who is 6 years older than me why were there so many houses that had fallen down, of course at that age I did not fully ...see more