For the sake of the resort’s image, it was time to polish up the little tarnish that had got onto the jewel of Tenby, said Clr. Glyn Powell.

An interest in part had brought one of Pembrokeshire’s well-known cricket umpires a lucky windfall of £8,000. But 56-year-old Mr. Fred Cole, of Carew, offered his good fortune not to cricket, but to football, for he won the jackpot prize in a national newspaper’s spot the ball competition.

Two Tenby players, former Welsh secondary schools captain, David Morgan, and big second-row forward John Joseph, were included in the Swansea XV which lost 15-6 to Ebbw Vale.

Tenby’s long awaited Youth Centre incorporating a number of former Greenhill Grammar School buildings would officially open in January at an overall cost of £12,000.

Meeting in Tenby, the Pembrokeshire branch of the County Landowners Association heavily defeated a motion by Lord Merthyr in which he called for members to support the merger of the councils of the counties of Cardigan, Carmarthen and Pembroke.

Rugby: Taibach 0 Tenby United 8. In a hard-fought game at Port Talbot, the United maintained their unbeaten record with a good win against a strong Taibach team.

Showing at South Beach: Sammy Davis Jnr, Peter Lawford in Salt and Pepper.