Ghost Stories of Mumbles
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by Victoria Morgan
My mother, Sharyl Morgan, was the Housekeeper Manager of Dan-y-Coed Educational Centre, when this happened and related this story.
'The Ghost at Dan-y-coed can be found in room 5 in the upper dormitory corridor, above the dining hall and goes by the name of Tina, who worked there as a cleaner, back in the 70's/80's/90's. She was an amazing woman, very friendly.
One day, Tina was in the middle of cleaning room number 5 when Mum sent her home, as it was the end of Tina's shift and said that the work would still be there tomorrow.
That night while she sat in her comfy chair in her living room, Tina had a heart attack and passed away.
A couple of weeks later, a group of kids were staying in room 5, when one screamed and ran out. He described seeing a woman playing with something around her neck. My mum recognised that the woman he described was Tina, as she used to wear a pearl necklace around her neck and when she was anxious or worried about anything, she used to play with it.
She has been spotted many times over the years, but not many people know that her name was Tina .
There are about six ghost stories mentioning Dan-y-coed. One was when it was used as a Red Cross Hospital in the Great War, but Mum can't verify them so I won't repeat them but I know the story of Tina to be 100% true and accurate.'
(now Langland Manor Apartments)
Heather Sangster Davies, worked there for many years, rising to the role of matron and she recalled, 'as with a lot of old houses, the 'Home' is reputed to have its own resident ghost, a lady in a long blue dress, who stands on the staircase. One day, Heather passed a regular guest sitting in the hall, who remarked, ''She is here again today, near the stairs.'' Apparently, the lady could prevent people from passing on the stairs. Rumors persist that the lady in blue is still there. '
Christina Clark, (née Vaughan) remembered -
‘Your site brings back many happy memories of when I worked at the Home for 13 years until 1992. It was my first job after leaving school at age 16 and I worked with my sister Denise Vaughan. At first, we lived at the Home, ‘all found’, until we both moved into a flat together at Swansea.
When we were there the residents stayed for two weeks at a time and they overlapped by a week. They would go home on Tuesdays and new ones would arrive on Wednesdays.
'I heard that there was more than one ghost.
If I remember it right, the story that Mrs Mcmann told us was that one morning she saw what she thought was a resident on the second floor and when she called to him he did not respond so she followed him into his room but when she went in there was no one there he went into what was then room 13 this room became room 14 after it re-opened in 1972 she said he was dressed in Hospital Blue as that is what they wore when it was a hospital, residents were not allowed upstairs in the morning so the girls could get on with their work that is why she was calling to him to ask why he was up there
Christina Clark, (née Vaughan) continued: There was also a story that a maid hung her self in one of the rooms i knew it as room 32 on the 3rd floor i used always feel that someone was watching me when i had to clean that room
but i still enjoyed working there some of the best years of my life many happy memories.
I remembered another unexplained ghost story that Mrs Mcmann told me -
One morning Mrs Mcmann saw what she thought was a resident on the second floor. He was wearing ‘Hospital Blue,’ like all the other patients, who were not allowed upstairs in the morning so the girls could get on with their work.
When she called to him, to ask why he was up there, he did not respond so she followed him into his room but when she went in there was no one there! '
by Dave Richards
Many a house with such a long history is reputed to be haunted and Llwynderw seems to be no exception. My dad, Gerry Richards lived in Birchfield Rd, West Cross and was a caretaker at Llwynderw House following its closure. Recently, he was reminiscing about the various unexplained events, which took place there.
There was an alcove near a landing between the stairs and no one would pass through it because it had a cold and eerie feeling about it. Another time my dad and his mate were in the kitchen in the daytime and they were alone in the house. All the doors and windows were locked so no one could get in, when they both heard footsteps coming along a corridor.
The footsteps sounded like two women's. He got up to open the door and as he did so, the footsteps stopped and there was no one there!
One night his mate was on cover through the night and it was a stormy night— rain, wind — the whole shooting match!! At about two in the morning, there was a loud banging on the heavy front door and the voice of a young girl was screaming to be let in! When he opened the door, the screaming stopped and the girl was nowhere to be seen.
On another occasion during the night one of the toilets upstairs flushed but there was no one there.