Tenby was officially interested in the proposal to establish a county sports centre at Kingsmoor Common, Begelly.

Mr. Gordon Parry, Neyland, a well-known Pembrokeshire school teacher, decided to allow his name to go forward as a nominee for the Labour Party parliamentary candidate in Pembrokeshire.

A young Saundersfoot athlete, seventeen-year-old Andrew Williams, scored his biggest success to date when he won a six-club event at Swansea.

An increase in parking fees to five shillings a day in July and August for the car park on Tenby harbour was affecting business, said the borough council’s quay warden Mr. Bill Gray.

The annual school sports were held at the Netherwood School grounds for the 22nd year. Parents and friends thoroughly enjoyed watching the events preceded by a display of country dancing on the lawns in delightful surroundings. Victrix Ludorum was Ann Thomas, of St. Clears, while Victor Ludorum was Philip Nicholls.

Narberth Civic Week clicked into a high gear from the word go and was a great week for the town. Highlight of the week was the immensely successful carnival and a darts tournament carrying on until nearly 3 am.

A number of Tenby families were travelling to London to take part in the biggest ever assembly of Jehovah’s Witnesses ever held in the British Isles.

One of the biggest fairs seen in Tenby in recent years was officially opened by the Mayor, Clr. T. Gilroy Phillips at the North Beach car park.

Pembrokeshire’s best kept village for 1969 was Johnston near Milford Haven.

Showing at Tenby’s South Beach: Oscar winner for best actress Barbara Streisand and Omar Sharif in Funny Girl; at the Royal Playhouse: Julie Andrews as The Star.