Last Friday night, at the Tenby Arts Club, Phillip, the chairman, welcomed everybody and introduced the three 'sirens', Roz, Val and Anne, who then proceeded to show photos from their travels (writes S. D.).

Roz started with 'Trains and Boats' around the UK, accompanied by suitable music. The first photos were of the steam train at Devils Bridge, then of a place everybody recognised - Tenby, followed by pretty villages in the Cotswolds.

Next came a visit to the Motor Museum at Bourton on the Water, with lots of Japanese tourists; Stratford on Avon, the Scott Museum and canals. Ferraris lined up outside Blenheim Palace wowed all present, and the photos of the wonderful gardens there.

Then closer to home again, the Gelli Railway with the line there soon to be extended, the Swansea Marina, a stormy day at Newgale, and St. Fagans.

Great photos came next taken from a helicopter ride over Pembrokeshire out over St. David's Head, followed by a parade of Morris Minors, steam engine rollers at the Steam Engines Show, with fireworks at Bournemouth.

Roz's show finished with Thomas the Tank railway, from the stories by Rev. Wilbert Awdry, and finally the lifeboat at Tenby.

Val took the microphone next, and showed 'India and Taiwan', which she had visited while her daughter worked there last year. She started with the Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly River, Calcutta. A street of booksellers followed, with each street, she said, having its own trade, including letter writers; and the Festival of Holi celebrating colour and love, with people covered in liquid or paste paint - this being a time when you let your hair down.

She moved on to the Government Buildings, some very grand, but all now having seen better days. Then public bus, which was also a bit dilapidated. Moving up into the highlands of Cherrapunji, a hill called 'Basket dropped by God' and looking towards the north-east frontier of Bangladesh; this area has lots of waterfalls, viewed from beauty spots.

Moving on to Taiwan, Val showed us Betel nuts on a market stall (these, she said, are chewed by the hungry, and leave red stains around their mouths). Lanterns, looking lovely in the sky, are used a lot. The Taipei 101 building is supposed to look like bamboo with ridges on the side of the building. Then Val showed photos of the Square, with public buildings very much like Chinese architecture, and lots of temples. The Taiwanese worshipped Buddha, Confucius, and also their ancestors.

In downtown Taipei, Val joined the locals who fished for their supper from big tanks of shrimps and prawns and what you caught you grilled and ate. This was a big weekend entertainment! More lanterns at the Chinese New Year celebrations followed, messages being written on the lanterns before sending them off. More lovely temples and street food at street markets, including dumplings, and photos taken in a puppet museum concluded the presentation.

The evening's show concluded with Anne's photos of America, starting in Seattle with a lovely photo of the city skyline, contrasted with one of a back alley! Graffiti, penned by visitors from all round the world, covered walls of a café, where the owners handed over a black tipped pen for a greeting from Wales to be included.

The Arctic Explorers Club building had Walrus decorating its exterior. A tour of buildings that had originally been the first floor, but rising sea water gradually made the second floor the entrance, these underground roads and buildings were now of historical interest. Pike Place Market was next visited, and the original Starbucks.

Then on to the cruise ship, showing the dining room 'Bacchus', with a ceiling of grape vines and the waiter in a colourful costume dancing on the tables to entertain the diners! The Tracey Arm Fjord produced wonderful photos of snow-covered mountains; waterfalls, some frozen; seals on an ice floe, and whales spouting. The very deep waters of the fjord allowed the huge cruise ship to go right to the edge of the glacier.

The first port was Skagway, a very small one-street town, where gold miners left for the Yukon, with the first settlers house and the train now used for tourists, but originally built to get miners to the gold fields; unfortunately, the gold petered out just as the line came into use!

Ketchican was the next port, a bigger town, with the State Capital Buildings, Alaska being the 49th state; an original totem pole, as well as modern ones. Under a sign showing the 'Married Men's Trail' was a photo of Russ! With buildings built out over the river, and originally used as brothels, were seals playing in the river.

The last port was Victoria on Vancouver Island, just for an evening with a London taxi.

Back in Seattle, the 1930s railway station, and a two-deck train to Chicago for a journey of 51 hours. The train had a dining car, above the cabins below, and an observation car with a park ranger in attendance. The journey passed the American Rockies covered in snow, huge rivers, one of which was the Mississippi, and a morning sunrise taken from the cabin window, finishing in Chicago and the overhead railway, with views of the city, and one of the stainless steel coffee bean, also with a view of the city reflected on the waterfront. The Navy Pier, and a picture of workmen relaxing with coffee and sitting on a typical American fire hydrant, finished the show.

Tonight (Friday) is the Memphis 7 jazz concert. Tickets at the door are £5 for members and £6 for non-members. It starts at 7.30 pm, but be early to obtain a seat! Everyone is welcome to this extended meeting, the final meeting of the Tenby Arts Club season.

The AGM will be held on April 11, at 7.30 pm, also at St. Johns Church Hall, Tenby.