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Extract from Nelson's report on the Forest of Dean, 1802 [first page]
  • Collecting timber in the Brecon area for the war effort. Army personnel and a number of Norwegian helpers are pictured with a solid-tyred and fully loaded lorry owned by Brecon Motors.
Collecting timber for the First World War, c. 1914
  • A fascinating and rather alarming photograph of the Lugg Valley saw mills at Llangunllo, probably around 1920. The unguarded circular saw blades, flywheels, and long exposed drive belts all look hazardous enough for the workers, let alone the young children in the picture.
Saw mills at Llangunllo, c. 1920
'Abbey Mill, Tintern' by Donald Henry Floyd, 1943 (oils)
  • Thomas Martyn describes the difficult rowing conditions and admires the workers who bring the timber down from the mountains to be taken by barge to Bristol and elsewhere.
A Tour to South Wales, 1801, page 52