A meeting of the Pennar and Bufferland Community Association was held in The Alma Inn last month.

The members present were: Clr. Maureen Colgan (chairman and treasurer), Ron Selby (secretary), Anthony Brown, Michael Cray, Clr. Tony Wilcox and Peter England.

Apologies for absence were received from: Rev. Roger Hart, Christine John and Mel John.

The Pembroke and Pembroke Dock NPT was represented by: PCSO Nadia Sullivan and PCSO Richard Mason.

Matters discussed at the meeting included the following:

Parking problems close to the Pennar Community School: The number of parents who drove their children to and from school was creating severe congestion at the western end of Owen Street, as well as the occasional bump and scrape.

The headmaster and governors were discussing ways by which they hoped to encourage many of the parents to walk their children to the school.

When they were scheduled for duty in the Pennar area, the PCSOS would try to be in Owen Street at school times to assist with the orderly and safe parking of vehicles.

An occasion for the young people of Pennar to socialise: PCSO Nadia Sullivan outlined the various schemes the police had devised to better the relations between the young people of Pembroke Dock and themselves.

Just one such event taking place very soon in St. Patrick's Community Hall was a disco being organised by PCSO Blair Evans. Check the notice board in front of the hall for further details.

Pembroke Dock's bicentenary celebrations: Clr. Maureen Colgan proposed that members should gather together items of historical interest concerning the development of Pembroke Dock from its inauguration in 1814, through its heyday when great warships were built around the beginning of the 20th century, then as a seaplane base during the Second World War, and up to the present day.

The collected material, texts and photographs, would be displayed in one of the town's community halls.

Of particular interest to Pennar residents would be the warships and merchant ships that were built at Jacob's Pill shipyard and launched into the Pembroke River.

Brightening up the approach road to Pembroke Dock with a little 'street art': Clr. Tony Wilcox suggested that, subject to approval by the authorities, the aspiring artists amongst the young people who attend the Youth Club in Bush Street, might be encouraged to decorate the hoardings around the construction site once occupied by the old Silcox showrooms and garage.

The construction of the new Aldi store on the site of the old Silcox car showrooms was due to start in September, and it was expected that the store would be opened in March of 2014.

A big clean-up campaign for Pembroke Dock: In preparation for the town's bicentenary celebrations, it was proposed that a well needed clean-up campaign should be initiated. Litter and dog mess in the streets was a long term problem.

Clr. Maureen Colgan suggested that the children attending St. Mary's Catholic Primary School and the Pennar Community School could create posters designed to encourage the public to dispose of their litter in the bins provided.