Village Lane and Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
Village Lane and Mumbles in the 1950s
by Jeanette MacAdam
Village Lane around 1956, with Jeanette and her younger sister Susan.
Susan and Jeanette MacAdam, outside their home in Village Lane, 1950s.
Jeanette's son, Lee Hamilton CooperSmith said:
'I have a very sweet story to tell about my grandparents: Jeanett's father, William, known as 'Bill Mac', was from Sterling in Scotland and was posted to Swansea during the war where he met my grandmother Winnie walking along the prom. His service hat flew off his head in the wind and she caught it and said he could only have it back if he asked her on a date.
The rest is obviously history!
Marriage of William MacAdam to Winnifred Hawkes at Cwmbwla, Swansea in November 1946.
'Bll Mac,' with Jeanette and Susan, at the entrance of Mumbles Pier, around 1954.
Fireman - Father of Jeanette - known as MAC MacAdam & child no name - from Lee Hamilton CooperSmith
Jeanette and her sister Susan atOystermouth Station (now called 'The Square') around 1957.
Mumbles Pier, 1950s
Oystermouth Infants School, Newton Road in 1953, Coronation year.
It is one of two showing pupils at the same fancy dress event at the School and is part of the collection, held by Jeanette MacAdam (later Cooper) who was born in 1949.
Robert Wilks was at the same event and sent us a different version.
Please let us know if you can add any of the other pupils names?
Acknowledgements
Jeanette's son, Lee Hamilton CooperSmith, for sharing her collection photos and memories.
Village Lane and All Saints' Church, from Castle Field, November 2013