The swirl of the bagpipes echoed around the Royal Dockyard Chapel in Pembroke Dock on Thursday - perhaps for the first time in 70 years. Young Piper Karl Wainwright stopped off at the town on his coastal journey around the UK which is being organised by the D-Day Revisited charity. He played a replica of the famous set of Pipes used by Piper Bill Millin who landed on a Normandy beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. His visit was a prelude to special D-Day anniversary events which are being arranged by the Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust on Friday and Saturday, June 6 and 7. These events will take place at the Heritage Centre at the Dockyard Chapel, which was recently opened by The Queen. Karl - soon to join a famous Scottish army unit, the Black Watch - is playing at 20 coastal locations before the Pipes are taken over to Normandy for the 70th anniversary commemorations. In Normandy, they will be played by Bill Millin's son, John. The 'welcoming party' for the Piper and Eamonn Cowan of D-Day Revisited was led by the Mayor of Pembroke Dock, Clr. Pam George. She was joined by D-Day landings veteran Marine Ted Owens, of Pembroke Dock, and two Royal Navy veterans, Gerry Price, Pembroke Dock, and Ted Palmer, of Swansea. Also present were Commander Tony Mason, honorary naval liaison officer, and the Rev. Mike Brotherton, retired naval padre. Earlier, Piper Karl had piped parties of schoolchildren on board HMS Pembroke, berthed at Port of Pembroke. He had been conveyed up the Haven on the Angle Lifeboat. Local arrangements for the Piper's visit were made by the Port Authority and the Sunderland Trust. • Also see Piper at RNLI Angle - page 6