Blitz Diary
Blitz Diary

Author: Mike Brown

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2011-11-30

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 075246275X

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The historian Carol Harris has collected together a remarkable series of accounts from the war's darkest days, with heart-warming stories of survival, perseverance, solidarity and bravery, the preservation of which becomes increasingly important as the Blitz fades from living memory. War with Germany seemed increasingly likely throughout the 1930s. The British Government and the general population believed that bombs and poison gas would be dropped on civilians in major towns and cities with the aim of terrifying them into surrendering. Today the Blitz, far from breaking civilian morale, is seen as achieving the opposite; it helped galvanise public opinion to carry on fighting the war. But in 1937, preparations to protect the population were hopelessly inadequate, and the British government was far from confident that people would respond in this way.

Pembrokeshire
Pembrokeshire

Author: Thomas Lloyd

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2004-01-01

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780300101782

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This authoritative guide to the southwest corner of Wales by three local experts encompasses a wide sweep of history, from the rugged prehistoric remains that stud the distinctive windswept landscape overlooking the Atlantic to distinguished recent buildings that respond imaginatively to their natural setting. The comprehensive gazetteer encompasses the great cathedral of St David's and its Bishop's Palace, the numerous churches, and the magnificent Norman castles that reflect the turbulent medieval past. It gives attention also to the lesser-known delights of Welsh chapels--both simple rural and sophisticated Victorian examples--in all their wayward variety and provides detailed accounts of a rewarding range of towns, including the county town, Haverfordwest, the attractively unspoilt Regency resort of Tenby, and Milford Haven and Pembroke Dock, with their important naval history. An introduction with valuable specialist contributions sets the buildings in context.

The Civil War in Pembrokeshire
The Civil War in Pembrokeshire

Author: Terry John

Publisher: Logaston Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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This book explores the background to the Civil War in Wales, the lives and characters of the three main protagonists, and the events of both the First and Second Civil Wars with all the ebb and flow of march and counter-march, siege and battle - at Carew, Pembroke, Tenby, Haverfordwest, Pill fort, along the Milford Haven waterway, Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, Colby Moor, St Fagans, Cardiff, Laugharne Castle, Carmarthen, Roch, Picton Castle and elsewhere.Using many personal letters and records of the time, Terry John provides a very readable account of complex and intense times full of men and women of principle and many a (male) rogue.

Memories From Pembroke Dock
Memories From Pembroke Dock

Author: Ken MacCallum

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2014-07-15

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1445621983

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Discover a wealth of history in the stories told by a wide range of residents from and around Pembroke Dock

Pembroke Dockyard
Pembroke Dockyard

Author: Lawrie Phillips

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2014-02-03

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 0750955201

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The Admiralty’s specialist shipbuilding yard at Pembroke Dock produced over 200 warships for the Royal Navy, including 5 royal yachts, between 1814 and 1926. This long century, from the Napoleonic War until post-First World War, covered all the major changes in warship design and construction, from wood to iron and then steel, and from sail to steam. Despite being established on the south shore of Milford Haven, where no warships had ever been built, within twenty years Pembroke men were building major British warships. In this profusely illustrated edition, Lawrie Phillips, born and bred just outside the Dockyard walls, tells the story of this Admiralty town, its ships and the men who built them.

A Town Built to Build Ships
A Town Built to Build Ships

Author: Phil Carradice

Publisher: Accent Press Ltd

Published: 2014-01-03

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1783754397

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The story of Pembroke Dock is one of triumph and disaster, of hope and terrible failure. Nearly three hundred ships were built in the yards, including some of the most powerful ships in Queen Victoria’s navy – as well as four famous Royal Yachts. Then in 1926, the dockyard was suddenly closed, leaving the town without reason for existence. What followed was a brutal battle for survival. The history of Pembroke Dock is a fascinating social study, taking a community from its raw beginnings to full and accepted standing in the world. It makes compulsive reading for anyone who has an interest in history. Accent Press was founded in Pembroke Dock in 2003. Our first quayside offices overlooked the Gun Tower in the dock which is known as one of Palmerston’s Follies.