A wind swept day and dull overcast skies.

Conditions of impending air attack on near by docks.

The Elements become an extra enemy when in desperate effort to control the ever Jonah whale like defence balloon.

High tension power lines act in unison with high wind and destroys the effort of men and women of the air force balloon defence regiment.

One wind swept misty Early morning on the way to work down the old road Maesglas. circa 1940.

In the back ground is the Pill loco engine sheds.

Also a Tank engine of one the many engines that were housed at the depot engine pill sheds seen with a train load of American Tobacco packed in the great wooden round containers. Brought to this Country by great sacrifice of the many our own merchant seamen who manned those ships of the Convoys.

Along with the men of the American men of their merchant fleet. Without the American lease and lend food comfort Aid. We would not be free and in the position of being able to condemn our great ally.

As many condemn and criticise now present day.

Many of those American seamen gave their lives for without their aid we would have not had the food and war material to fight our then foe.

Present day this area has now developed into a busy maze of road through traffic linked to the new bridge. Also under construction a new road.

which links to M4 West and Coldra East which in itself has already made this area a bit of a back water with Comet stores and the last section old rusty railway bridge standing the last rail link to the docks.

Return in its eddy it maybe to a old road of memories of times past

My fathers garden allotment with a steel grave stone of a gas ohmeter storage tank standing in defiant mood hiding the memories of past simple life of dig and cultivate a bit of soil to help the family budget.