Despite all the economies made in recent years, the Whitland-Pembroke Dock line was still not paying. Its future was now in the hands of the politicians. That was made clear by Mr. Western Region himself, Mr. R. C. Hilton, South Wales divisional manager, at a British Rail Open Forum in Carmarthen.

Mr. George Thomas, Minister of State for Wales, was the guest of honour at the annual dinner of the Narberth and District Association of the National Union of Teachers.

Plans were getting underway for Tenby’s Civic Week, which was to be held from April 30 - May 6. A second meeting of representatives of the town’s organisations was held at the Guildhall and the ideas put forward promised well for the success of the week.

It was a far cry from the London Palladium to the Village Hall at Penally, but artists who had performed on the vast stage of that great variety theatre appeared on a small made-up stage in Penally’s hall and gave the village a show to remember. The man responsible for presenting this all-star show was Welsh comedian Wyn Calvin, who was a frequent visitor to Penally.

Ex-servicemen and youth organisations honoured the fallen of the two world wars in church and before war memorials.

It cost over £1,500 to run Tenby United Rugby Club the previous year, members were told at their annual meeting.

Showing at the South Beach: ‘Ridge Beyond Venegence.’ At the Royal Playhouse: ‘Dr. G. and the Bikini Machine’.