A group of local history enthusiasts have received over £1,500 funding from the Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS) towards their latest project.

Formed nine years ago, the 35-strong Carew Cheriton Control Tower Group has already restored the wartime structure on the former RAF Carew Cheriton airfield a few miles east of Pembroke.

Now they have been awarded £1,545 from the PAVS Pembrokeshire Impact Fund which distributes funding on behalf of WAG's Community Facilities and Activities programme.

The group say the money will go towards purchasing a pair of specialist stands to display the engines from a 63-year-old Avro Anson - the same type of aircraft which flew from the airfield during the Second World War.

The engines are currently being refurbished free of charge by the Rolls Royce Heritage division in Coventry.

Said the group's spokesman, vice-chairman Dave Neale: "The plan is that once the engines have been restored, they will return to Pembrokeshire.

"One engine will go on display at Pembrokeshire County Council's Scolton Manor museum just outside Haverfordwest, while the other will be on show at the Carew control tower site."

PAVS Pembrokeshire Impact Fund is administered locally by the Pembrokeshire Association of Voluntary Services (PAVS).

In its first year of operation, it has already distributed over £90,000 to some 40 community groups around Pembrokeshire.

Community groups interested in the programme should contact PAVS on 01437 769422 for an application pack. Funding is up to a maximum of £3,000.