I VAGUELY remem­ber design­ing a fea­ture about this Second World War POW camp for the Glam­or­gan Gaz­ette back in the late 90s. After our rain-drenched visit to Cwm Coke Works last week, me and Blunty decided to head Bridgend way to take a look.

Camp 198 is fam­ous for the escape in 1945. About 70 Ger­mans tun­nelled under the peri­meter fence from Hut 9, the only one left, to free­dom before all were caught and returned. Some of the pris­on­ers held there were high-ranking Nazis such as Field Mar­shal Gerd von Rundstedt, who com­manded the 1940 inva­sion of France; Colonel-General Got­thard Hein­rici, who was […]

WHEN in doubt, head for ruins. I must have passed Neath Abbey loads of times when driv­ing back and forth to Swansea while work­ing at The Shit­ti­est Web Design Com­pany In The World™ in 2000 but never actu­ally bothered to go. One reason for that is undoubtedly the ter­rible road signs - if you’re driv­ing from the Mer­thyr end of the A465 it’s not sign­posted at all, and if you’re com­ing from the Neath end the only sign is right at the exit. So after going about five miles out of my way I got there by going through a depress­ing […]