Pembroke Town Council would like to express its thanks to Pembroke Civic Trust for the kind donation of £250 to the Henry VII Statue fund appeal.

Chairman of the Trust, Peter Thomas, said: “I am pleased and proud to be able to make a donation to the Henry VII statue fund, which will eventually provide long overdue recognition to the town’s most famous son and the father of the Tudor dynasty.

“The statue is due to be sited on the Mill Bridge and will provide residents and visitors alike with a reminder that Pembroke produced the only Welshman to sit on the English throne and as the first of the Tudor dynasty was the forbear of probably the most internationally known periods of British history. With his victory at Bosworth and subsequent marriage to Elizabeth of York, he ended the Wars of the Roses and brought stability to a troubled land.

“It is fitting that the town of his birth will now have a statue of Henry to celebrate a local lad who made good.”

Project leader Linda Asman commented that she was delighted at the response of the local community to the statue appeal.

“We still have a substantial amount to raise, but thanks to generosity of both individuals and local organisations, we are well on the way to achieving our goal,” she said.

“The prospect of a statue of King Henry VII standing on the Mill Bridge has certainly caught the public imagination and it will happen because people have responded to the appeal.”

Tomorrow (Saturday), Pembroke and Monkton Local History Society will be holding a fundraising event at Pembroke Town Hall. There will be a coffee morning commencing 10 am and Angela Jones will be giving a talk on ‘Tenby Tudor Merchant’s House - a Survivor in Time’ at 10.30. While entry is free, we hope you will buy coffee, cake and a raffle ticket, as all money raised will go to the statue appeal.

For anyone wishing to contribute to the statue appeal, please contact the Henry VII Statue Fund, Pembroke Town Clerk, Pembroke Town Council, Main Street, Pembroke, SA71 4 JS. Telephone 01646 683092 and email [email protected]