A film about Narberth’s relationship with the town’s iconic ‘old school’ involving ex-pupils, staff, teachers and residents is in the pipeline.

People are being asked to share their memories of the old school building for a film project documenting the premises, which is now being redeveloped.

‘Our School’ is a community based project set up by Friends of Narberth Old School to produce a film documenting memories of the school.

A crowdfunder page has now been launched with a view to making a start on the film this summer if all goes well with funding of the project.

Friends of Narberth Old School (FoNOS) was set up in 2017 to campaign to save the Victorian school building on Moorfield Road Narberth.

After many years of campaigning and working with Pembrokeshire County Council, The Narberth Consortium was formed from members of FoNOS and they were able to purchase the school site from PCC, and in the process prevented the demolition of the Victorian building.

One of the conditions for this purchase was that a new library and community space was provided by the consortium for FoNOS to facilitate library services in Narberth (replacing the current library on St James Street), as well as a community space for public use.

Work on the old school site is currently under way and once the build is completed, the new library/community space will be named ‘The Rainbow Room’ with reference to the huge rainbow that was painted onto the old school building during the first Covid lockdown by Narberth’s ‘Rainbow Fairy’ Diana Brook and Pembrokeshire artist ‘Lloyd the Graffiti’

“During our time campaigning and talking to local residents it has become increasingly apparent that there are hundreds of fantastic memories associated with the old school within the community of ex-pupil, staff and teachers, as well as the wider community,” explained Donna Harding, secretary of Friends of Narberth Old School.

“We soon realised it would be a great idea and an ideal opportunity, to collect and catalogue these memories to retain them for the future and give a voice to the community.

“This is how ‘Our School’ came about, and we want to produce a film and an exhibition of art and memories to share with the community and preserve for future generations.

“We hope to raise over £2,000 through this crowd funding project and will use this money to pay for the making of the film Our School, and, any we have left over will go towards the fit out and decorating of the Rainbow Room.

“Once the rainbow Room is up and running there will be a film preview and an exhibition also entitled Our School.

“We are inviting ex pupils, staff, parents and teachers and anyone else in the wider community to donate art work inspired by the old school and these pieces will be auctioned off to raise further funds.

“We are inviting people to get involved and using video and photographs we will document these memories as well as recording the work on the site as it progresses. It is our intention to have an original music score performed and recorded by ex-pupils through out the film,” she added.

Anyone who would like to contribute towards the project, can head to the following link: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/our-school-a-film-about-narberths-old-school