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The past fortnight has witnessed two named storms Ciara and Dennis which has led to extreme weather. Two buses from the vale of Neath had a prolonged stay in Ireland following the recent Six Nations rugby international and roads were flooded in a red alert locally on the weekend of the 15th and 16th. Yet, are these events so unusual or are our memories and life rimes extremely short. Here are some pictures from the famously wet winter of 1911 and more recent ones from the 1960s.

The River Clydach ( Uchaf ) bursts its banks in 1911, flowing over the retaining wall into Commercial Road.

Alluvial debris outside the New Inn Public House. I K Brunel had made sure that the Clydach flooded the village not the aqueduct that he had constructed at Resolven, Commercial Road is therefore the natural bed of the river which returns to its natural course given the chance.

Vale of Neath Railway flooded

Glynneath Road under water , probably 1960s, but similar scenes have been witnessed in most decades.