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The Post Card Shop, The Parade, Southend
You will see us operating daily on the sands at all Bays. Do not hetate to stop us and have that snap taken of the little ones, etc.'
Oystermouth Square Collection >
by Ronald Studden
From the bridge over the railway >,
at Southend, Mumbles, by Ronald Studden
- the route from Blackpill to Oystermouth
Workmen at tunnel entrance, 1935. M.A. Clare. - OHA Archive
A collection of photos recording the construction of the sewage scheme . Few people know what lies behind the doors protecting these tunnels.
Large quantities of stone were mined during the construction of the various tunnels and much of this was used to create the popular Bracelet Bay car park and fill in the old Iron Mine on Mumbles Hill.
Oystermouth School, Newton Road:
Class Photos
Mumbles Church School, Dunns Lane >
Class Photos
The Rotherslade Bay Improvement Scheme, 1926-7 >
Known as 'The White Elephant'
By Kate Jones
The History of St Peter’s Church in the Village of Newton >
Book Launch 18 September 2010This will open in Google Photos
'A really excellent hotel overlooking the Bay and the views from its massive picture windows was simply breath taking. '
It began as a Villa', changed into Langland Bay Hotel, then Langland Bay Convalescent Home and is now Langland Manor
Selwyn Shute Castleton Stores >
Affectionately known as 'Seldom Shut. Including A George & Son who had the shop earlier
Aerial Photos of Mumbles Head, Swansea
Including the Second World War
A.A. and Rocket Battery, Ashleigh Road >
Aerial Photos & Memories
PHOTO ALBUM Williams Garage, Newton Road > by Wendy Stiddard
Williams Garage, Newton Road, was next door to the Regent Cinema). Today's Castleton Walk Arcade.
Numbers, 32 & 30, Newton Road in 2012, the site of Arthur Williams' Garage, in the 1930s.
And a glimpse of Newton Road through the years.
Can you remember - Turgoose, The Grocer?
At W H Jones, Newton Road
Once again Rhossili Beach, Gower, is listed on the latest - ‘Britain's 20 greatest beaches’ by The Daily Telegraph
The peninsula’s varied geology has a great diversity of scenery in a relatively small geographical area.