One of the things that left a huge impression on me on my first trip to Wales was the evidence of the Blitz--how everything in Swansea Bay dates from the 1950s--what a reminder to those who were living at the time of the Blitz--it is there every day. We don't have anything like that in the US. It is difficult to imagine what it would be like to live with the daily reminder. I suppose it is somewhat like New Yorkers must feel now, after 9/11.This is some of the article--you can read the whole thing here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/waleshistory/2011/02/swansea_blitz_1941_70th_anniversary.html This past weekend marked the 70th anniversary of the Swansea Blitz. On 19 February 1941 the gentle calm of a quiet evening was smashed by the heavy and sustained bombing by the German Luftwaffe. The blitz lasted for three days.Up to 70 enemy aircraft dropped some 35,000 incendiaries and 800 high explosive bombs over the three-day period. The raging fires could be seen from the other side of the Bristol Channel in Devon.A total of 230 people were killed and more than 400 were injured, and the bombing changed the face of the city forever.The centre of Swansea was flattened in the blitz