Articles by Carol Powell
A small selection of the many articles Carol has posted on this site:
I wish to thank all those who sent me their memories and photographs and have been so willing to share their time with me chatting about The Mumbles and its people.
Norton Air Raid Shelters
In 1940, Mumbles got its first taste of high explosives and incendiaries, probably aimed at Swansea and the docks, raining down on the locality, lasting spasmodically from August 1940 until June 1941.
by Carol Powell MA
by Carol Powell
by Carol Powell MA
Here are the stories of several Mumbles people among the victims. Each one was a tragedy in itself.
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by Carol Powell
by Carol Powell
by Carol Powell
And: The Fort on Lighthouse Island >
by Carol Powell
by Carol Powell
by Carol Powell
Around the turn of the twentieth century, horse power began to give way to the new ‘horseless’ carriages, which had started to appear in the village and the local Council felt it necessary to improve the roads accordingly.
by Carol Powell
On two occasions in 1928 and in January 1957, it was decided to land on the Mixon shoal and play a game of cricket for the short duration that the sandbank was uncovered
by Carol Powell
The bustling village went about its daily life amidst noise, smoke, mud, aromas, pungent smells, the clip-clop of horses' hooves and gossip. It was a thriving community, very much a self-sufficient village, which in those days possessed a great variety of occupations, some of which no longer exist today.
by Carol Powell
The two women involved, Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright, were the daughters of the lighthouse keeper, Abraham Ace. They, with the help of Gunner Hutchings from the lighthouse fort, rescued John Thomas and Williams Rosser.
Articles by Carol Powell -A more complete list:
Carol has also assisted in the presentation of many other articles.
1919, A Year in the Life of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
A Journey from Horse Power to Horse-power by Carol Powell >
A Present from Mumbles by Carol Powell >
All the Fun of the Fair by Carol Powell >
An Old Quay at Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Bidding Weddings by Carol Powell >
Bombs Over Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Book-Great-grandmas' Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Book-Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Book-Some Lost Places of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Commemorating the Peace in 1919 by Carol Powell >
Commemorating two great landmarks in British History by Carol Powell >
Complaining to the Council before 1914 by Carol Powell >
Cricket, Tea and Tragedy on the Mixon Sands by Carol Powell >
Days out at Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell >
Dunns Mansion by Carol Powell >
Echoes of Victorian Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Edwardian Days at the Seaside by Carol Powell >
Everyday Life in the Police Service by Carol Powell >
Farming in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Fishing Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell >
Glimpses of Mumbles Christmasses Past edited by Carol Powell >
Going to School in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Grandpa was a Grocer by Carol Powell >
Horsepool & Marepool: A Mumbles mystery solved? by Carol Powell >
In the Defence of Mumbles & Swansea before 1918 by Carol Powell >
Keepers of the Light at Mumbles Lighthouse, by Carol Powell >
Known Unto God by Carol Powell >
Libby’s Letters to the Forces: 1939 - 1945 reviewed by Carol Powell >
Lilliput Hall: Its Life and Times by Carol Powell >
Limestone Quarrying in Oystermouth Parish by Carol Powell >
Limestone Quarrying in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Making a Living From the Sea by Carol Powell >
Memories of the Mumbles Train 1807 - 1960 edited by Carol Powell >
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell >
Mixon Sands photos by Carol Powell >
Mumbles 1950 Trades Directory edited by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time by Carol Powell >
Mumbles in 1914: The Village they left behind by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Lighthouse: The Keepers of the Light by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Men and The Battle of Mametz Wood by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Police and The Great War by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Remembers The Battle of the Somme by Carol Powell >
Mumbles Women at Work in the 1890s by Carol Powell >
Mumbles: The Great Fire of 1914 by Carol Powell >
My first day at Grange School by Carol Powell >
Nurse Lloyd's Rescue from Drowning at Caswell by Carol Powell >
On The Turnpike Road To Mumbles and beyond by Carol Powell >
One Hundred Years Ago - The Battle of the Somme by Carol Powell >
Oyster Industry: The Great Storm of January 1881 by Carol Powell >
Oyster Industry: The Victorian Oystermen of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years by Carol Powell >
Peachey's Stables, The Dunns by Carol Powell >
Personnel on Fire Picquet Duty at Central Hall on Friday 21 Feb 1941 by Carol Powell >
Photos - Victoria Hall Red Cross VAD Hospital at Mumbles in WW1 by Carol Powell >
Poverty and Public Health in the old Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell >
Red Cross Hospitals in Mumbles during The Great War by Carol Powell >
Remembering Our Mumbles Railway by Carol Powell >
Royal Celebrations, 20 June 1897 by Carol Powell >
Royal Occasions by Carol Powell >
Saturday Mornings in the Fifties by Carol Powell >
Shopping in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell >
St James, Grotto-building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell >
Summerland House and The Dingle a Secret Garden in Caswell by Carol Powell >
Taking in Visitors at Promenade Terrace by Elaine Symmons & Carol Powell >
The Back Lanes of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
The Battle of Trafalgar—A Mumbles Connection by Carol Powell >
The Changing Face of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
The Cutting at Mumbles Head by Carol Powell >
The Cutting at West Cross by Carol Powell >
The Decline of the Oyster Industry >
The First Mother & Baby Clinic by Carol Powell >
The Fort on Lighthouse Island by Carol Powell MA >
The Fort on Lighthouse Island by Carol Powell >
The Horsepool Harbour: A Vanished Landmark by Carol Powell >
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 to 1919 by Carol Powell >
The Kursaal Entertainments Hall: an Edwardian Landmark by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Lifeboat and Lighthouse In the Nineteenth Century by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Oyster Trade by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Passenger Railway from March 1807 until January 1960 by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Railway and Blackpill Tithe Map 1844 by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Railway: From Waiting Room to Café by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Railway-the journey from Blackpill to Oystermouth by Carol Powell >
The Mumbles Railway-the route taken and motive power explained by Carol Powell >
The Old Cape Horners of Mumbles by Carol Powell >
The Origins of the Gower and Mumbles Dialect by Carol Powell >
The Prince's Fountain, Southend by Carol Powell >
The Regent Cinema: 'The Latest and Best' by Carol Powell >
The Tale of the Parish Church clock by Carol Powell >
The women of Mumbles Head: the story by Carol Powell >
The Women’s Suffragist Movement in Mumbles by Carol Powell >
Two Queens - Two Diamond Jubilees by Carol Powell >
Victorian Voices by Carol Powell >
Visits to Mrs. Drage's Cottage by Carol Powell >
Where are they now? by Carol Powell >
Why is the village called Mumbles? by Carol Powell >