It was during his association with Bert Trick that the idea of Under Milk Wood began to develop in Dylan's mind. He took inspiration from James Joyce's work 'Ulysses in that the timescale of one day is the same. The name of the fictional village in which the story was to be based is established at this point. Llareggub - read it backwards and you will realise that it means nothing at all!

At this time Dylan was still only 19 years old.