Port Authority toasts Sunderland
success
Successful new ventures begun in 2012 by the
Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust have been toasted by
Milford Haven Port Authority whose on-going support
has been fundamental to the progress made by the
Trust.
The past year has been a milestone one for the Trust
which opened the Fleets to Flying Boats Centre with
its Glass House Coffee Shop in the Fleet Surgeon’s
House, one of the iconic Dockyard buildings owned by
MHPA.
Stella Hooper, the Port Authority’s Community
Liaison Officer, has worked very closely with the
Trust since it was formed in 2006 and helped deliver
the funding for the hugely popular Flying Boat
Centre and Workshop which has had 25,000 visitors in
three and a half years.
Now the Port Authority is a key partner in ventures
developing new visitor attractions which are telling
more of Pembroke Dock’s remarkable military
heritage.
Said Stella: “It is very exciting to see the Trust’s
plans come together and really make a difference.
The Port Authority recognises that we can make a
very positive contribution to this development which
is creating new attractions in the town, bringing
visitors here from all over the world.
“Heritage initiatives promoted by the Sunderland
Trust are part of the regeneration of the dockyard
area, much of which is owned by the Authority.”
Sunderland Trustee Phil Thompson added: “The support
of the Port Authority has been crucial to our
progress so far, from the earliest days by providing
office accommodation and the opportunity to use a
port building as the Flying Boat Centre.
“This support continued when we expanded into the
Fleet Surgeon’s House and set about creating new
visitor attractions and our Coffee Shop which have
been so well received. Without the involvement of
partners like Milford Haven Port Authority we cannot
realise our heritage vision for this community with
its wonderful history.”
Caption:
The cups that cheer….toasting the success of the
Fleets to Flying Boats Centre and the Glass House
Coffee Shop are, left to right: Trustee Phil
Thompson, Judith Davies, Sunderland Trust
Administrator, and Stella Hooper, Community Liaison
Officer of the Milford Haven Port Authority.
Appropriately the toast is in special Sunderland
mugs which are sold exclusively at the Trust’s two
centres in Pembroke Dock.
PICTURE: Martin Cavaney Photography.
From John Evans, Pembroke Dock Sunderland Trust,
01646 684220.