Welsh Journals

RECENT PUBLICATIONS Roderick, Alan Ed. "A Gwent Anthology" Pub. Christopher Davies, Swansea 1988 £ 14.95. Lewis, David R. "Usk Recaptured 100 years in Pictures." Village Publishing, Cwmbran 1988 £ 4.25. "Anthology of the Gwent Poetry Society 1987-88. Pub. Gwent Poetry Society, Newport 1988 £ 1.00. "Gwent County Guide 1988" British Publishing 1988 £ 1.20. Osmond, David "The Chartists 150th Anniversary". Guided Walk Pub. jointly by Newport Local History Society and Newport Borough Council. "Newport Local History News-Chartist Special 1986." Pub. Newport Local History Society 40p. F. W. Parry "Abergavenny Brass Band" Pub. by Abergavenny Brass Band. Contains interesting snippets about Abergavenny and its band, for example, the present bandstand in Bailey Park used to be the men's urinal in the market! Huxley, R. "The Rise and Fall of the Severn Railway Bridge" Pub. Alan Sutton. £ 5.95. The Severn Railway Bridge failed commercially. Yet it played a useful part in the Severn transport scene, and for eighty years withstood the tide-rip and winds of the great river estuary and the ships which seemed to be attracted magnetically to its piers whenever they got out of control.