Students view work of archives

A group of older students have been learning about the County’s wealth of historic documents.

Cardigan U3A (University of the Third Age) visited Pembrokeshire County Council’s Archives and Local Studies centre recently.

Education and Outreach Archivist, David Llewellyn, gave them an introductory talk about the Archives, their importance and the work of the service.

Afterwards the group went behind the scenes to see how items are cared for and were also able to view and discuss artefacts of historical interest to their area.

Group Leader Jo Hutchings said it had been a fascinating visit.

“We had a great talk and there were so many interesting things to see,” she said.

“If you belong to a group and have not visited, then book a talk… and for anyone researching something local, this is the place to find  information.”

Based at the Pembrokeshire Archives building in Prendergast, the Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies centre holds written, mapped and photographed items of cultural and historical importance to Pembrokeshire along with an extensive Local Studies collection of books and other published items.

As well as housing the County’s archive – comprising thousands of documents spanning the centuries – it also provides on-site facilities for members of the public and historians to undertake research.

Groups as well as individual researchers are welcome to visit.

Details of the opening hours, location, readers’ tickets, scale of charges and other information can be found on the web-site: www.pembrokeshire.gov.uk/archives.

Contact can be made by email: record.office@pembrokeshire.gov.uk or telephone 01437 775456.

Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies also has a Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PembsArchives.

To contact the Cardigan U3A log onto:http://cardiganu3a.org.uk/local-history/