Dylan Thomas and his family lived in New Quay from September 4 1944 until July 1945, renting a cliff-top bungalow called Majoda. There were several other families from Swansea living in New Quay, who had come after the bombing of Swansea in 1941. His childhood friend Vera Killick lived next to Majoda, whilst her sister Evelyn Milton lived further along the cliff-top. Thomas also had an aunt and four cousins in New Quay. He had previously visited the town in the 1930s and then again in 1942-43 when he and Caitlin had lived a few miles away at Plas Gelli, Talsarn. His poem "Sooner than you can water milk" dates from this period, as does his script for the filming of Cardigan Bay for the final part of "Wales - Green Mountain, Black Mountain".