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daimungeezer said:
Fokkers.

Or was it Heinkels?
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Not sure what the Fokkers used over the period of Wednesday 19 February - Friday 21 February, 1941
  • Up to 70 German Luftwaffe aircraft were involved in the attack over three nights
  • About 35,000 incendiaries were dropped and 800 high explosive bombs
  • 230 people were killed and more than 400 injured
  • More than 11,000 buildings and homes were destroyed or damaged
  • Some of Swansea's oldest buildings - Swansea castle, Swansea museum and the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery survived
  • However, its commercial heart was destroyed with the iconic market and Ben Evans store flattened
 
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daimungeezer said:
A very interesting read <cheers>
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Brian Thomas introduced me to him in the Players’ bar at Cardiff Arms Park after Cardiff v Neath in 1997 - just after the Lions’ squad for that year’s tour to South Africa had been announced.

I also recall that there was a 30 minutes TV programme on about him several years ago - must admit that I thought that he cut a sorry figure…..
 
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Taffvalerowdy said:
I also recall that there was a 30 minutes TV programme on about him several years ago - must admit that I thought that he cut a sorry figure…..
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I can totally understand him being overwhelmed with the adulation whilst playing but then, on reflection years later, having the sense of regret at retiring early. A no win situation unfortunately.
 
daimungeezer said:
I can totally understand him being overwhelmed with the adulation whilst playing but then, on reflection years later, having the sense of regret at retiring early. A no win situation unfortunately.
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To be honest, he cut a sorry figure not so much for regretting retiring early - in fact I don’t recall him ever saying that - it was more, for me, the fact that he had separated from his wife, lived alone in a ‘pokey’ flat, and how shall I put this, seemed to like a drink …
 
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