1955 July, D. S. Barrie, “Railways of the Bridgend District”, inRailway Magazine, page449:
All three parallel valleys of theLlynvi,Garw andOgmore are much the same in physical character: the lower reaches are wooded and not unattractive, but as the railway climbs on ever-steepening grades, the hills on either hand grow barer and closer together, while in all respects the scene becomes more sombre, with the terraced, slate-roofed colliery towns and the road, railway and river all struggling for space in thenarrowing defiles.
1949 November and December, “Notes and News: The High Level Bridge, Newcastle: Strengthening and Repairs”, inRailway Magazine, page407:
Owing to the war, it was not thought advisable to carry out repairs to this pier, as this would have involved the temporarynarrowing of the channel, and it was not until 1919 that it was decided to proceed with the construction of a steel-pile coffer dam round the south pier.
1858, Margaret Maria Gordon,Household economy, page60:
It may be observed, as a general rule, that the length of a stocking, before thenarrowings, should be, at theleast, equal totwice the width of the top...
