Pembroke Dock
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| Weather | 15°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 89% Humidity |
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| Population | 9,753 (2011) |
| Local time | Sunday 01:39 |
| Dialling code | 01646 |
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| ID | 760427 |
About Pembroke Dock
Pembroke Dock is a town and a community in Pembrokeshire, South West Wales, 3 miles northwest of Pembroke on the banks of the River Cleddau. Originally Paterchurch, a small fishing village, Pembroke Dock town expanded rapidly following the construction of the Royal Navy Dockyard in 1814.
Passengers injured on Cleddau Bridge in bus crash
... Fire crews have declared a major incident on the Cleddau Bridge at Pembroke Dock in west Wales after a crash at about 14:15 BST on Tuesday...
Stack Rock Fort: Victorian island reclaimed by nature
... The Royal Dockyard at Pembroke Dock was deemed in need of further defences in case of an invasion from France under Napoleon III...
Cost of living: Vicar left in tears over community's food poverty
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Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Pembrokeshire exhibition to open
... What is less well known about the Millennium Falcon is it truly was the last ship to be built at the Royal Pembroke Dockyard...
Ice cream firm drops 'Little England beyond Wales' tag line
... " Based in Pembroke Dock, Upton Farm has been supplying frozen goods around Wales for more than 30 years...
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon exhibit draws family before it opens
... A life-size prop of the spaceship was built in Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, in 1979 for the Empire Strikes Back, which was filmed in Elstree...
Trains: Crosskeys to Newport service is first
... Transport for Wales has to places including Carmarthen, Pembroke Dock, Fishguard, Ebbw Vale and Wrexham...
Climate change: Welsh industry's 23 million tonne carbon problem
... RWE s gas-fired power station in Pembroke Dock, Valero s nearby oil refinery and the South Hook LNG terminal in Milford Haven produce a combined total of 7...
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon Pembrokeshire exhibition to open
It is the fastest hunk of junk in The Galaxy and capable of completing the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs.
What is less well known about the Millennium Falcon is it truly was The Last ship to be built at The Royal Pembroke Dockyard.
Now an exhibition Will Tell The Story of how Han Solo 's beloved spaceship was built in an aircraft hangar in the Pembrokeshire town in spring 1979.
It Will Tell The Story with photographs, film, models and costumes.
The Project was so secret it was codenamed The Magic Roundabout, but eventually word of the " UFO" being built in the Western Hangar got out.
A BBC Wales crew even paid a visit to The Team at Marcon Fabrications who were tasked with building the gigantic intergalactic cruiser.
The engineers normally worked for petrochemical and oil companies.
It took three months to build before being transported to Elstree Studios for production of the Oscar-winning The Empire Strikes Back.
The Giant life-sized model can been seen in The Scenes at The Beginning of The Film on the Frozen Planet of Hoth when The Rebel Alliance's Secret Base is Under Attack .
An £8,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund has allowed locals to tell The Story of how the fastest ship in The Galaxy was built.
Work on the Millennium Falcon exhibition at the Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre, which opens on Monday, has been going on for some time under the watchful eye of local Star Wars expert and enthusiast Mark Williams .
" George Lucas set a new standard in both storytelling and filmmaking with Star Wars and The Story of the Millennium Falcon being built in Pembroke Dock was Big News at The Time .
" The whole world knew about it, then The Story faded into legend. "
" The idea of a town in West Wales making a significant contribution to this incredible story by being The Place where one of The Most iconic star ships in Science Fiction history was built, creates a mixture of disbelief, awe and pride. "
In an exclusive interview for BBC Wales, General Manager of Lucasfilm, Lynwen Brennan, who is from Pembrokeshire, admitted she did not know about The Link between her home county and Star Wars until 10 Years ago
" It's just so fabulous to find there is that common connection. I think that The Force must be strong with Pembrokeshire!
" One of the things I love about this is it feels so very Star Wars , that there was this Secret Band of rebels, away in a warehouse in Pembroke Dock , and doing incredible work.
" There's something that's very authentic About That and the fact that The Falcon was built in an authentic shipyard by these incredible craftspeople.
" I think that leads to why Star Wars has resonated and lasted so long because it feels real.
" There is such A Level of detail in the scenery, the props, the ships, and because they are built by incredible craftspeople, that's what comes over on screen. That's why people are able to dive into this world and lose themselves in this world. "
Ms Brennan was raised in Penally before making her mark with The Company behind the Star Wars films and said she definitely plans to visit The Exhibition when she is home in Wales at The End of June.
" I love the fact that it's in The Town my mum was born in and I still have a lot of family in Pembroke Dock , so I have a huge connection. Pembrokeshire is still my home. "
Source of news: bbc.com
