A nostalgic return visit to her old RAF Station at Pembroke Dock had wartime WAAF Violet Kelleher almost reaching again for her needle and cotton.

The former tailoress, who spent two years at the Welsh flying boat base, was confronted by a RAF officer's uniform and immediately noted that 'he' was improperly dressed by not wearing a tie!

Violet, from Exeter, was posted to Pembroke Dock in 1942 and worked in the tailor's shop with several other WAAFs.

"Although it was the middle of the war, it was a happy time for me and I was very sorry when I was posted to Northern Ireland. The tailor's shop was a very busy place and we were always altering uniforms or sewing on badges of rank.

"I remember 'PD' with great affection and have some very good memories. One of these was when myself and other members of the station's WAAF Band were flown in a Sunderland flying boat to take part in a parade at Plymouth. We flew there, but we had to come back by train."

It was also at Pembroke Dock that she met her late husband, Michael, who was also serving in the RAF as an armourer.

Violet, who was accompanied by a friend, Eileen Pepper, made the trip to Pembroke Dock while staying at Tenby. She was taken around old haunts by Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust supporters Margaret Black and Anne Preston and met up with Trust members who are planning to recover a wartime Sunderland from the Milford Haven Waterway.

"I really wanted to see PD again," added Violet, "and I am so interested in the Sunderland Project and wish it every success."