The Bluestone Foundation is backing the Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust’s 1940’s Big Band Night on Saturday June 21st in a big way, with great raffle prizes and the appearance of the magnificently restored 1920’s Guy Motors Bus.
The Bluestone prizes are:
1. An overnight spa break for two in a Bluestone Resorts studio apartment
2. A family ticket to Blue Lagoon Water Park
3. A £50 voucher to Black Pool Mill restaurant
Making a star appearance will be Bluestone CEO William McNamara’s ‘Guy’ Bus (pictured) which is 103-years-old, dating from 1922. It will be joined by at least two wartime Jeeps – iconic vehicles from wartime.
Other raffle prizes are a Tutored Watercolour Painting Experience for two, courtesy of the A. J. Ludlow Colours Watercolour Painting Café of Pembroke Dock, and a framed print of a famous Sunderland flying boat from the Heritage Centre.
The 1940s Big Band Night will feature the memorable ‘Glenn Miller’ sounds and songs of the 1940s, recreated by the fabulous Phil Dando Big Band. You’ll see performances from the Vera Lynn tribute singer Peri Lynn, and the Pembrokeshire Lindy Hoppers dance group. A good variety of street food will be available through the evening. 1940s dress is encouraged!
The fun will take place in the Pembroke Port Pavilion (PPP) marquee alongside the Western Hangar in the Royal Dockyard, Pembroke Dock. The event is sponsored by the Port of Milford Haven.
Proceeds will help fund the return of the RAF Pembroke Dock Memorial Window to the town, 80 years after it was first dedicated in what is now the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre building. For the last 30 years the Window has been on display at the RAF Museum in London, but this year it’s finally coming home.
Tickets for 1940s Big Band Night, at £25 each, are available direct from the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre (Tel 01646 684220) or online (additional small admin fee applies for online purchases). In this 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this will be a never-to-be-repeated opportunity to capture the ‘wartime spirit’.
This 103-year-old Guy Motors Bus will make an appearance at the 1940’s Big Band Night in Pembroke Dock on Saturday June 21st