The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
by Wendy Cope, Heather Sangster Davies and Stephen Yolland
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant and Langland Convalescent Home, c1925
An aerial view of Langland Bay, photo © Victor Hopkins, c1960
Langland Bay was originally called Longland BayIn 1922, the original coach-house which lay beside the main building was sold separately and was converted into a new licensed restaurant, the Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant, which opened in 1924 and attracted many functions during its lifetime.
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant, c1925
A postcard showing the entrance to the Langland Bay Restaurant. Which was sent by the hotel manageress to a prospective client in Lampeter. It reads, "Dear Sir, The hotel is non-residential - Dinner Dances are held every Saturday 8.00-11.30 -7/6 per person. Tables booked in advance. Evening dress only."
The dining room at the Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
Another view of the Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
The Bar of Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant, photo: Kirsteen Foster
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant, dining room staff, 1940s. The manageress Mrs Murison, is 2nd from right front row
Mumbles Yacht Club Dinner at The Langland Bay Hotel, 1945
An advert from 1960
The bar, 1960
Heather Sangster Davies, who worked at Langland Bay Convalescent Home for many years, rising to the role of matron, noted that after the residents finished their evening meal, the men usually went across to the New Langland Bay Restaurant for a drink.'
The Steel Company of Wales, Research Department Dinner Dance at the Langland Bay Hotel, 1963. Included are: Elaine Power, Joyce Wilcox, Roger Mort, Paula & Les Warrie, John Lythgoe, John & Carol Powell.
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant & Bar, 1966
Stephen noted, ‘Next door to the convalescent home, there used to be a really excellent hotel overlooking the Bay, called, logically, Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant, and the views from its massive picture windows as one enjoyed a dry sherry and then roast beef and Yorkshire Pud' was simply breath taking. I recall starched white tablecloths and napkins, and smiling Welsh waitresses squeezed into slim-fitting 1930s maids uniforms. (By the time I was old enough to enjoy a Sunday lunch sherry I was beginning to notice such things.) With a sad inevitably the hotel was turned into holiday flats which probably yielded much more money for its owners, but robbed the rest of us of a great cultural artefact,’ .
'And there it is,' 1985
'Gone!'
The Langland Bay Hotel was suddenly demolished in 1991
Maxwell John Jago noted, 'This photo was taken at the start of the demolition of the Langland Bay Hotel:
The ladder is outside my Appartment window . . . !'
Going, Going, Gone!
The Langland Bay Hotel demolition
Photos: shared by Peter Bailey: © Leighton Collins
Destruction of the Langland Bay Hotel
by Paul ('Con') Conibear
'How i saw the bulldozer driving into the front bar during an early morning surf have a look and listen to the real story!'A U Tube video clip - PGA - Parental Guidance Advised
Two blocks of flats were built in its place and named Crawshay Court
Crawshay Court, February 2016
Prior to a century of changes
Longland Bay: later known to us as Langland Bay, 1877
Langland Bay, 1900
© Ordnance SurveyAcknowledgements
Wendy Cope, Past Archivist & Exhibition Organiser for Oystermouth Historical Association.
Dick Hart, Past Membership Secretary of Oystermouth Historical Association, lived at Mary Twill lane overlooking Langland Bay.
Heather Sangster Davies, worked and lived at Langland Bay Convalescent Home for many years, becoming the Matron and latterly living in Park Street, Mumbles. Her memories were told to John Powell, any errors or omissions are his.
Stephen “Yolly” Yolland, from Langland Bay, now lives in Melbourne, Australia. The extracts noted here are taken from his article: MUMBLES is a place and a very pretty one too >