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Video by Vibe TV went along to document the renovation

Aerial Views -May 2021

Video by Swansea Council of one of Swansea's most historic landmarks.

Oystermouth Castle

Oystermouth Castle: a brief history

by Gerald Gabb

Oystermouth Castle is not a great fortress like the castles of Caerphilly, Kidwelly or Harlech, but it has all sorts of fascinations.

Clyne Castle, Blackpill

Memories of Life at Clyne Castle

by Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas was transferred from the Vivians’ Copper Works in the Hafod, Swansea to Clyne castle In 1926 and we moved into the entrance lodge.

Oystermouth Castle

Village View

My First Sight of Mumbles

by Tony Cook

From the Castle battlements Mumbles is one of the prettiest villages with the loveliest people and the warmest of welcomes you could find in the UK ...

Clyne Castle, Blackpill

The lodge to Clyne Castle

A Clyne Castle apprentice OHMS, 1939-1945

by Eric Thomas

Eric Thomas I was brought up in the Lodge to Clyne Castle. My father was house carpeneter on the Estate working for Admiral Algernon Walker heneage Vivian ...

Clyne Castle, Blackpill

Life with the Vivians

by Iris David

The valet to Graham Vivian was a job for a single man, because it entailed much travelling.

Clyne Castle, Blackpill

Thomas Beckett: Head Gardener of Clyne Castle

by Haydn Griffiths

... his duties as Head Gardener When the Admiral died, the staff at Clyne Castle, Blackpill, dispersed, the days of the private residence, being virtually over.