Powerhouse

Wales has long been a powerhouse for Britain, from providing the coal-based foundation for Britain’s empiric domination of the world to its most recent contribution in the form of a Gas pipeline currently snaking over the Beacons’ of South Wales from Milford Haven to Gloucestershire. The sixties saw a dramatic increase in the demand for power from cities such as Liverpool and Manchester and North Wales’ bountiful mountainous valleys became a silent victim of the need for power as the protests went unheard, though they were not unspoken.