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Swansea A boyhood on the bomb sites
AftermathThe place I called my home: Swansea, 1943, forty acres of town centre in rubble, and the machines that came to clear it.
West CrossWebsite onlyDruslyn Road, Collier’s Farm and a gang of kids with the run of the hill.- Radio ShowWebsite onlyMrs Dale, Dick Barton and the BBC Home Service: growing up with the wireless.
- Saints & SinnersWebsite onlyA new house in Brynmill, and the Baptists came for us.
- The UnforgivenWebsite onlyA fire-and-brimstone lay preacher, and the old lady in the red hat.
The Adventures BeginChasing the diggers round post-war Swansea, and the 10-RB that hypnotised a nation.
Start here · Geoff’s introductionA Welsh Schoolboy RemembersRuston Bucyrus cranes and excavators on Swansea building sitesLincoln Five years building the iron