Pembroke & Monkton Local History Society’s Programme of Talks continues on Saturday November 5, 10am to 12pm in Pembroke Town Hall when Liz Rawlings will give her talk ‘The Flanders Connection’.

Doors will open from 10am.  For the first hour there will be a Coffee Morning and an opportunity to visit the Museum and Council Chamber.   Then, at 11am in the George Lewis Room, Liz will give her talk which she describes as a “rags-to-riches story of one Flemish family from which descended from a dynasty which included Winston Churchill, Princess Diana and three American Presidents.”

“The earliest record of the De la Roche family is the birth of Godbertus Flandrensis (Godbert the Fleming) who was born in Pembroke Castle in 1085”, she adds. “This is the story of how the research into this family and their Llangwm connections helped to save the medieval church of St. Jerome’s”.

Liz Rawlings, who is a member of the enterprising Llangwm History Society, will take people on a visual tour of the project, which has attracted members of the family from all over the world.

Everyone is welcome to attend these talks and entry is free.

For any queries, email [email protected] and visit www.pembrokeandmonktonhistory.org.uk .