Sir,
I've been following with interest, the recent letters about the groynes at Giltar, as together with other village children, we spent many happy days playing on the 'breakwaters' as we called them (not groynes!). I think 'breakwater' explains exactly why they were built, to break the power of the waves, and preserve the coast. They were constructed in a T shape, and one of our games was to jump from the top and onto the dunes, so I estimate that at least 60 yards, and possibly more, has been lost since then. Also, there was a bank of pebbles extending from Giltar to the 'big sand pit' that has all gone, and our golden sands with it. It's obvious that it is the removal of the groynes that has caused this, and it will continue unless something is done. I know that part of the groyne nearest Tenby, collapsed, and so they were deemed unsafe and had to be removed. I also remember the contractors telling my father that they had a difficult job to knock them down, and they would never have fallen. I can also just remember the remains of an old wooden breakwater, that was there before the stone ones were built. Can anyone provide any more information about that -any old photos anywhere?
Pat Phillips, (Old Crow!),
2 Giltar Terrace, Penally.