After being injured in France, Sam returned to London to recuperate where he met Bridget, later changing her name to Brenta, who had moved to the capital from the village of Laugharne in Wales.
The one-time director of the Johnson Space Centre George Abbey is the son of Bridget Gibby, of Laugharne.
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The festival's was inaugurated in 2007 featuring writers such as Niall Griffiths and Patrick McCabe.
There is also a surviving medieval open strip field system in Wales in the township of Laugharne, which is also the last town in the UK with an intact medieval charter.
Others are Laugharne, Beccles, Callington (where the name is given to the council chairman), Cheevel, and Yeovil.
To the south of the estuary are the great flat sands of Cefn Sidan and Pembrey, whilst across the estuary on the banks of the River Taf is Laugharne famed for its association with Dylan Thomas.