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Why is the village called Mumbles? >

       ...The very word sets you wondering what sort of a place is known by such a fascinating name.

The new Lifeboat, Roy Barker IV launching

Celebrating 200 Years of the RNLI

BOOK- Partly online at -

A Trek through old Mumbles and Thistleboon >
by Stuart Batcup

The Book explores a sometimes under-represented history of Thistleboon and Old Mumbles,  Stuart Batcup takes the reader on a chatty, yet scholarly and well-researched trawl through Old Mumbles and its environs.:

WORLD WAR and WAR MEMORIALS

The Swansea Three Day Blitz

The Swansea Blitz >

19-21 February 1941
and
Seen Through the Eyes of a Child 

By Marion Garnet (McDonald)

Mumbles Local History Societies 

Click for more detailsOystermouth Historical Association >

The next meeting 

Ostreme Centre - The venue for OHA meetings -
FIND US: - Castle Avenue, Mumbles, Swansea, SA3 4BA.

OYSTERMOUTH HISTORICAL
ASSOCIATION 

A walk on MUMBLES HILL 

noting Geology, WW2 sites
and a Roman midden  

2pm - date - July 2024
From Bracelet Bay car park 

Limited number of places
Contact  OHA Chairman:
Ian Hughes: 07738 110608

Website-  The Guns of Mumbles Hill 

Mumbles Hill and Bracelet Bay car park

OHA Contacts

Chair: Ian Hughes -
Mobile 07738 110608

Secretary: Stewart Pinching -
Mobile 07760 244742

Programme Sec: Brian Davies 

 (brian_e_davies@hotmail.com)

Membership Secretary:
Keith Brown 07758 238810


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Blackpill Local History Society >  

The Next Meeting of 
Blackpill Local History 

Society  

Tuesday 21st May
an illustrated talk by
Bernard Lewis
'A Day in the Swansea Workhouse'

Doors open 10am for 10.30am 

Everyone is welcome -

Venue for talks: Vivian Hall
82, Mumbles Road,  Blackpill, Swansea, SA3 5AS

Blackpill Local History Society >
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Monthly meetings (except for August & December)
on the third Tuesday from 10.00am.

Everyone is welcome -
membership is £10 for the year or £3 per meeting.

For information contact Bob Cuthill
Tel: 01792 208907 / 07816 111013
or email bobcuthill47@btinternet.com

Blackpill in the 1950s

Blackpill School and Vivian Hall next door

Now a private House