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Your Memories
Memoirs of a Victorian Girl by Annie Sarah Catterall
Memories of Life at Oystermouth Vicarage by Anne Ardouin
Memories of Life at Clyne Castle by Eric Thomas
Memories of Mumbles in the 1840s by Lewis Rees
Memories of Oystermouth Junior Comprehensive School by Michael Charles
Memories of the Mumbles Train 1807 - 1960 edited by Carol Powell
Local Memories
In the Street where I lived, Woodville Road by Malcolm Snell
How lucky was I to grow up in Mumbles by Julia Young
Holidays in Blackpill by Sandra Haynes
Holidays at Rams Tor, near Langland Bay by Joan Gleig
Holidays at Milland’s Field, Summerland Lane by Ron Fisher
Hiraethu: (to long for) by Richard Savours
Growing up in Summerland Lane, Newton by Peter Holbrook
Grandpa Darling by Maisie Harris
Father's Lunch by Hilary Lewis
Edwardian Picnics and Bathing Machines by Gwladys Ferris and Archie Webborn
Donkeys, Geese and Broken Eggs: newton between the Wars by Harry Mathias
Counting Sheep by Malcolm Webborn
Coronation Day by A Villager
Childhood memories of a Nonarian by Olive Gluyas nee Whale
Caswell Valley Septembers by Barbara Fisher
Caswell Bay in 1857 by E. E.
An Outalong Childhood by Margie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (nee Nicholson)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (née Nicholson)
An Edwardian Child by Kitty Horsley (nee Ladd)
All Five of us Boys by John Jeffers
A Thistleboon Childhood by Hilary Mackenzie
A Norton Childhood by Pat Parker
A stroll around old Thistleboon by Brinley McKay
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish nee Oster
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish née Oster
A Home for a Horse by Roy Wood
A Cliff Rescue at Lamb’s Well by Michael Llewellyn
Jonathan Lloyd 1877–1954 a lifetime of achievement by Mary Roll-Vallanjon
My abiding memories of Mumbles by Mike Finlayson
A look back at Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
Williams Garage at Newton Road in the 1930s by Wendy Stiddard
Amy Dillwyn, Frances Havergal and Morfydd Owen by Gary Gregor
An 1850s walk on Mumbles Hill by A Villager
How Two Sea Tragedies Affected Me by Joyce Hewett
A 1924 tragedy at Langland Bay by Joyce Hewett
Mumbles-A Very Special Place by Hazel Kniveton
My Earliest Memory of my father by Cynthia Clapton
My Early Childhood in Newton by Peter Howell
Living above the Shop, The Dunns 1916-1950 by Sylvia Bagley
Madam Stockton presents by Bernard Stockton
My First Public Performance by Bill Morgan
My First Sight of Mumbles by Tony Cook
My Memories of Grandpa Maslen by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
My Mumbles in the 1920s by Joan Jones
My Oystermouth Family by Stuart Eley
My Rainbow Wedding in the Snow by Barbara Fisher
My Story: Extracts from the autobiography of Esther May Flowers Edwards
My Summer Days at Langland Bay in the Fifties by John Powell
Ninety Years of Mumbles Life by Audrey Strawford
Nostalgia by Bryn Balsdon
Post-war Mumbles - 1945 to 1955 by Audrey Vincent
Pre-war Sunday School days by Doris Clewett Price (nee Davies)
Sam Gammon, my Great-grandfather and my Mumbles of the 1930s by Ralph Wood
So what did we do for kicks? by Anne Ardouin (nee Wilkinson)
Someone stole Grannie’s railings by Barbara Fisher
Spring time at Marepool by Trevor Jenkins
Taking in Visitors at Promenade Terrace by Elaine Symmons
The Day Oranges Arrived at Rotherslade by Ralph Wood
The day a schooner was washed ashore by Maisie Harris
The Mumbles Mile, Victorian Style by Harry Libby
The Story of the Misses Angels and Their Farm by E. E. Rowse
They are giving away free ice-cream at Forte's by Grafton Maggs
The Mumbles Horses Head - The Mari Lwyd Marjorie Bowden nee Jenkins
Tom Nicholls' Hole and Ginny's Gut by Malcolm Webborn
Visits to Nan in Mumbles by Julie Meredith
Visits to Grandma at Leslie House, Dunns Lane by J Tegman
Walks along the Cliff Path from the autobiography of Freda Marrison
Winkles for Tea by Barbara Fisher
When Mumbles was ‘The Mumbles’ a poem by Cyril Gwynn
White Lady ship's figurehead at Thistleboon
Doctors Iron Mine Thistleboon >
Village Lane and Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
A Mumbles Girl in the 1960s - here by fate not heritage by Sarah Monks
Triple Drowning Tragedy at Langland
Rumbles From Mumbles by Harry F Maslen
Mumbles in Verse Editor Carol Powell
Lifeboat
Mumbles Lifeboat THE WORK GOES ON
The Loss of The Mumbles Lifeboat and The SS Samtampa, 23 April 1947 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat in War-time by Tom Ace
Book-The Mumbles Lifeboat Station from RNLI author Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station - NEW & OLD
The 1903 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Fred Gammon
The 1947 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: a collection of memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Carl Smith
Recollections of the 1947 Lifeboat Disaster: three memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Bill Barrington
The Mumbles Lifeboat and Lighthouse In the Nineteenth Century by Carol Powell M.A.
The Second Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: 1 February 1903 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat and the STEEPHOLM rescue
The KILO Rescue November 1963 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Railway Trail by Carol Powell
Mumbles Railway Trail by SWT South Wales Transport
Shopping Down the Years Collection
Jean the Wool at Gower Place corner by Julian Turner
Going shopping in the 1950s by Sylvia Webborn
The Kleisers Jewellers and Clockmakers by Olivia Hughes and Alun Bevan
Grandpa was a Grocer by Carol Powell
C.E.Tucker and The Mumbles Press by Sylvia Bagley
AUTHOR collections
A Trek Collection by Stuart Batcup
Part One - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Two - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Three - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Four - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Five - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Six - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Seven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eight - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Nine - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Ten - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eleven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Reflections - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
The Stonemasons Art in and around Mumbles by Stuart Batcup
Articles by Wendy Cope
The Early Days of Newton School by Wendy Cope
West Cross House by Wendy Cope
Newton Villa in the 19 th century by Wendy Cope
Norton Villa by Wendy Cope
The Manor House Newton by Wendy Cope
Norton Lodge by Wendy Cope
The Grange Blackpill by Wendy Cope
Llwyn-y-Mor Newton by Wendy Cope
Bellevue House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Brynhyfryd House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Harold’s Moor as well as Glannant & Oaklands by Wendy Cope
Norton House by Wendy Cope
Longfields and The Day Centre by Wendy Cope
The Development of The West Cross Housing Estate by Wendy Cope
The Windmill At Caswell & The Water Supply by Wendy Cope
The Home of The Good Shepherd and Eastmoor Nursery
The Home of The Good Shepherd, Eastmoor
Also by Edna Davies (née Harris)
Also by Edna Davies (nee Harris)
My Early Days by Edna Davies
When the Air Raids started by Edna Davies
The Old School at Newton by Edna Davies
The Old Village of Newton by Edna Davies
The Origins of Paraclete Chapel, Newton by Elizabeth Evans
The Children Who Loved Books by Edna & Doreen Harris
Articles by Carol Powell
VICTORIAN SCHOOLDAYS IN OYSTERMOUTH By Carol Powell MA
Photos - Victoria Hall Red Cross VAD Hospital at Mumbles in WW1
Remembering Our Mumbles Railway by Carol Powell
Victorian Voices by Carol Powell
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 to 1919
Where are they now? by Carol Powell
Many Mumbles street names have changed by Carol Powell
1919, A Year in the Life of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
1939-10-30 Correspondence Committee: A letter from Harry Libby
A Journey from Horse Power to Horse-power
A Present From Mumbles by Carol Powell
An Old Quay at Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Bidding Weddings by Carol Powell M.A.
Book-Great-grandmas' Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Some Lost Places of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Books by Carol Powell
Commemorating the Peace in 1919 by Carol Powell M.A.
Days out at Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Cricket, Tea and Tragedy on the Mixon Sands by Carol Powell M.A.
Dunns Mansion by Carol Powell MA
Echoes of Victorian Mumbles by Carol Powell
Edwardian Days at the Seaside by Carol Powell M.A.
Farming in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Regency Mumbles: a snapshot of our village 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Fishing Nets and Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Nets in the Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Llwynderw House by Carol Powell MA
Going to School in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Horsepool & Marepool: A Mumbles mystery solved? by Carol Powell
How Some Mumbles Landmarks Might Have Got Their Names
In the Defence of Mumbles & Swansea before 1918 by Carol Powell MA
Keepers of the Light at Mumbles Lighthouse, by Carol Powell MA
Known Unto God by Carol Powell
Letter from Correspondence Committee October 1939
Libby’s Letters to the Forces: 1939 - 1945 reviewed by Carol Powell M.A.
Life on the Broadway of Mumbles
Lilliput Hall: Its Life and Times by Carol Powell
Lilliput Hall: a conversation with Sidney Davies by Carol Powell
Limestone Quarrying in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Limestone Quarrying in Oystermouth Parish by Carol Powell MA
Making a Living From the Sea by Carol Powell
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles in 1914: The Village they left behind
Glimpses of Mumbles Christmasses Past edited by Carol Powell
Complaining to the Council before 1914 by Carol Powell M.A.
Commemorating two great landmarks in British History
Harvesting seaweed at Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Dan-y-Coed House by Carol Powell
Two Queens - Two Diamond Jubilees by Carol Powell M.A.
Bombs Over Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at Mumbles Head by Carol Powell
My first day at Grange School by Carol Powell
Nurse Lloyd's Rescue from Drowning at Caswell by Carol Powell MA
BILLY the Swan by Elaine Symmons nee Bladen
On The Turnpike Road To Mumbles and beyond by Carol Powell MA
Peachey's Stables, The Dunns by Carol Powell MA
Poverty and Public Health in the old Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Red Cross Hospitals in Mumbles during The Great War by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Celebrations, 20 June 1897 by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Occasions by Carol Powell M.A.
Saturday Mornings in the Fifties by Carol Powell M.A.
Some Mumbles Peacheys
St James, Grotto-building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
THE ACE SISTERS' Blue Plaque Unveiling
The Back Lanes of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Battle of Trafalgar—A Mumbles Connection by Carol Powell M.A.
The Changing Face of Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at West Cross by Carol Powell
The First Mother & Baby Clinic by Carol Powell M.A.
The Horsepool Harbour: A Vanished Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Going to school on the Mumbles Train by Carol Powell (nee Symmons)
The Tale of the Parish Church clock by Carol Powell MA
The Women’s Suffragist Movement in Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Working at the Post Office
Everyday Life in the Police Service
Working Lives Along the Water's Edge by Carol Powell
William Laugharne Morgan - a brief biography by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles: The Great Fire of 1914 by Carol Powell
Visits to Mrs. Drage's Cottage by Carol Powell MA
The women of Mumbles Head: the story by Carol Powell M.A.
The Prince's Fountain, Southend by Carol Powell M.A.
The Origins of the Gower and Mumbles Dialect by Carol Powell M.A.
Before the Library Came by Carol Powell
Some Houses of Regency Mumbles 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Victoria Hall and Dan-Y-Coed Red Cross Hospitals by Wendy Cope
All the Fun of the Fair by Carol Powell
Carnival and Funfairs by Carol Powell
Charlie Cottle - Last Mumbles Lighthouse Keeper by Carol Powell
Regency Mumbles collection
The Old Church in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Grotto Building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Correspondence Committee and Libby's Letters to the Forces
Who is Carol Powell? by Grafton Maggs
Articles by Beverley Rogers
Mari Lwyd - a skull in the ribbons of a bride by Beverley Rogers
Mumbles – the healthiest seaside resort by Beverley Rogers
A Welsh Halloween - Nos Calan Gaeaf by Beverley Rogers
The Big Apple by Beverley Rogers
Articles by Kate Jones
April 1920: ‘The best traditions of The Mumbles Lifeboatmen’ by Kate Jones
The Great Invasion Scare by Kate Jones
Three Photographs and a Royal Visit to Mumbles by Kate Jones
Blue Plaque in Thistleboon by Kate Jones
SS PROTESILAUS: January 1940 by Kate Jones
Two Villages in World War Two by Kate Jones
Fires at West Cross 1896 and 1913 by Kate Jones
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas … by Kate Jones
Disastrous Blaze at Mumbles - 12th February 1914 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Calling - Mumbles Calling by Kate Jones
The Rotherslade Bay Improvement Scheme, 1926-7 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station History 'A Constant Devotion: 1939-45'
A Wartime Christmas 1940 by Kate Jones
The 60th Anniversary of the Loss of the Mumbles Lifeboat by Kate Elliott-Jones
A Memorial to the Men of Oystermouth: 1914-1918 by Kate Jones
Priez Pour Lui by Kate Jones
Pa, take us to the Mumbles by Kate Jones
Those who go down to the sea in ships by Kate Jones
Overtaken by the Tide - October 1886 by Kate Jones
READY Punch and the 1883 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Kate Jones
Mumbles Remembers the Great War 1914 - 18
A selection of articles by Grafton Maggs
The Games we played by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Saturday Tuppenny Tradition by Grafton Maggs
Village Schooldays by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Instant Army that came from Nowhere by Grafton Maggs
Some members of ‘C’ Coy (Mumbles) 12th Bn. Home Guard recalled by Grafton Maggs & Duncan Bishop
Hours in Oystermouth Library by Grafton Maggs
High Tide Tonight by Grafton Maggs
Also by John Wright
A stroll around Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
One Boy’s War by John Wright
Shopping in Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
Swansea History Books by Gerald Gabb
Book Launch - A Trek by Stuart Batcup
Mumbles Lighthouse Foghorn FOGGY JASPER Culprits Revealed by Stuart Batcup
Granary Heath Foods with John and Carol Powell
Tony Cottle Lays His Last Letter by Jill Forwood
Newton School from 1943 by Val Peters nee Owen
YOUR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
Explore subjects A to Z
Explore subjects A to Z
Tourist Information for Mumbles is online
Ty Hanes Local History Centre at Dunns Lane: closed in 2009
A Nostalgic Walk Along The Track from Blackpill by Carol Powell
MA Clare Photographer Mumbles by Kate Jones
SS Tyne on the rocks in Langland Bay on 19 April 1919
Rons Rendezvous was more than a Cafe at Rotherslade Langland
Developments at Underhill Park Mumbles
Mumbles Scouts and Cubs
The 1st Mumbles Scouts 1944 to 1952
The 1st Mumbles Scouts by Derek Robinson
Mumbles Guides and Brownies
The 1st Langland Brownies
Oyster Wharf Mumbles
What has happened to The Tivoli Cinema? by John Powell
An Amble Along The Dunns
The Nags Head Public House The Dunns by Caroline Senior
The Dunns by Gerald Gabb
Cinemas and Entertainment Halls
Going to the Tiv by Grafton Maggs
The Regent Cinema: 'The Latest and Best'
The Casino Dance Hall and later
Working at The Regent and the Tivoli cinemas by Woodrow Honey
The Kursaal Entertainments Hall: an Edwardian Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Fanny Catherine Davie a truly remarkable lady
Fanny Catherine Davie a short Family History
The Grand Old lady of Mumbles - Fanny Catherine Davie
Visitors Book for Bournemouth Villa Langland Bay
Exploring the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
The route of the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
Examining Local Roads
Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 1952-2022
Royal Celebrations and Events
Why is the village called Mumbles? by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Ancient Woodlands by Carol Powell MA
1920s Shopping in Mumbles
Video Selection
Films of the Mumbles Railway
Oystermouth Library Mumbles collection
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick nee Symmons
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick née Symmons
Paintings once displayed at Oystermouth Library
The Opening of Oystermouth Library newspaper report 28 Sept 1935
The changing Southend shoreline by John Powell
The changing Mumbles shoreline by John Powell
The Park Shelter at Promenade Terrace Southend Mumbles
The Southend Gardens Shelter at the Village Lane Slipway
Village Lane collection
Memories of a Mumbles Girl by Doreen Peregrine
Knab Rock Southend Mumbles
The Big Apple Collection
Riversdale Road West Cross building new bungalows by Louise Davies
The Beach House and Treffgarne Hotels Mumbles
The demolition of The Treffgarne Hotel Mumbles
Ghost Stories of Mumbles
Interesting things found on the beach
A Villa, a Castle and a Home at Langland
Shopping in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Bikers of Mumbles shops by Woodrow Honey
Forte's Ice-cream Parlour: Celebrating 80 Years
Arthur Edgar Kemp The Draper
Langland Bay Convalescent Home
My Grandmother worked at Langland Convalescent Home by Audrey Beaumont
A Tragic death at the Langland Home by Louisa Hill
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
Summerland House Caswell collection
The Dunns collection
Thistleboon collection
Landmark Houses
Book - A-Z of Mumbles and Gower by Brian E Davies
Life in a Prefab at West Cross
A Clyne Castle apprentice OHMS, 1939-1945 by Eric Thomas
A History of Oystermouth or Mumbles
A Langland Bay Bathing Fatality September 1892 by Kate Jones
A Lost House and its Rediscovered Garden at Summerland, Caswell by Paul & Linda Griffiths
Oysters
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Decline of the Oyster Industry by Carol Powell MA
Magical Oyster Shell Grottoes by George Webborn
Oyster Industry: The Great Storm of January 1881
Mumbles Oyster Trade Disappears by Mumbles Press
The Historic Inns and Taverns of Mumbles by Brian E Davies
The Mumbles Railway or Train
The Mumbles Passenger Railway from March 1807 until January 1960 by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway-the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Head
The Mumbles Railway-the journey from Blackpill to Oystermouth by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway and Blackpill Tithe Map 1844 by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway-the route taken and motive power explained
The Mumbles Railway: From Waiting Room to Café by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Pier
The Mumbles Railway - Sale of Building Land at Oystermouth in 1898
Mumbles Trail Guides
An Historical Map of Swansea and Mumbles
Mumbles Lighthouse - Captured in Time
Mumbles Pubs
Tom the Fiddler: A Remarkable Local Career
The Woodman Inn, Blackpill - A glimpse of its history by John Powell
The White Rose Story by Brian E Davies
The White Rose Public House Mumbles by Brian E Davies
Local Schools
Private Schools
The Church School in Dunns Lane by Michael Charles
Mumbles Junior School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Mumbles Junior Church School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Oystermouth School Newton Road Class Photos
Mumbles Church School Dunns Lane Class Photos
Oystermouth Schools' class photos
Oystermouth School Classrooms
Mumbles Schooldays in the 1960s and 70s by Michael Charles
Newton Primary School at Nottage Road by Michael Charles
Vera Squires Mumbles Schooldays in the 1930s by John Cundy
Ancient Footprints
Iron Age Footprints
Roman Footprints
Romans
Our Roman Heritage-The All Saints’ Pavement
A Forgotten Round Cairn at Newton by H.N. Savory
The Excavations on Mumbles Hill
Oystermouth Roman Settlement and Medieval Castle from Gower Journal 1948
Bronze Age Footprints
Bronze Age
Bronze Age Wooden Roadway at Oystermouth by A Villager
Photo Collections
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection by Ronald Studden
Photos - From the bridge over the railway at Southend, Mumbles
Limeslade Bay - photo collection
Photos - Selwyn Shute Castleton Stores
Photos - Mumbles in the snow
Photos of Mumbles Past
Photos - Oystermouth Square Explored
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection - Part Two
Photos - Mumbles Now & Then
Photos - Mumbles Hotels Down the Years
Photos - Mumbles and Southend
The Village Lane Breakwater and Slipway at Southend Mumbles
Mumbles Coastguard
Everyday Life on Mumbles Coastguard Station 1930 & 1940s by Bet Ogbourne & Pat Symmons
My Life at Mumbles Coastguard Station by John Jeffers
Photos of Mumbles Coastguard
Mumbles Coastguard -Through the Years
THE CRAFT SHOP The Dunns Mumbles by Pauline Belton nee Phillips
The Story of the Mumbles Horse’s Head Marjorie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
The story and poem of The women of Mumbles Head
Schooldays and Holidays Between the Wars by John Jeffers
The Mumbles Railway at Oystermouth Square
Bath House and Bath House Hotel by Wendy Cope
Articles by John Powell
Mumbles Police and The Great War by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Parlour Shops by Hazel Hickson (nee Arnold)
Mumbles Lighthouse: The Keepers of the Light by Carol Powell M.A.
MUMBLES MARBLE-Part One by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble and Geology Field Guide
Mumbles Marble (and Swansea) by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble
Limestone & Lime kiln
Lime Kiln Operation by Luke Toft
Norton Limekilns by Marion Garnett
A field guide to the solid geology of the Gower Peninsula by Ted Nield
Quarrying - Mining and The Geology of Mumbles
Geology and Quarrying In Mumbles by Ian Prothero
Ironstone Quarrying at The Cut Southend in Mumbles by Ian Prothero
When Radio came to Mumbles by Grafton Maggs
Photos - The Big Apple Kiosk at Bracelet Bay
The Great War 1914 to 1918
My Uncle: Jack Dickens by Patsy Graham
Village Tribute
Remembrance 1914 - 1918 by Kate Jones
WW1 display at Oystermouth Library by OHA in Nov 2018
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (nee Marshall)
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (née Marshall)
Langland Bay Golf Club Great War Memorial Plaque is Unveiled
William Horwood Lewis, A First World War Veteran by Mark Lewis
Mumbles Men and The Battle of Mametz Wood
After the Armistice in 1918 by Esther May Flowers Edwards
William Laugharne Morgan - A Family Tragedy by Carol Powell M.A.
One Hundred Years Ago - The Battle of the Somme
Mumbles Remembers The Battle of the Somme
Fred Gammon and his Holidays as an Orphan
The Second World War 1939 to 1945
VE Day and VJ Day Parties by Kate Elliott Jones
VJ Day 1945 by a Prisoner of the Japanese: Gwynne Hodge
The Home Front in the Second World War
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT AT NEWTON
Home Guard collection
Some Members of 12th Glamorgan (Swansea) Bn, Home Guard
12th Glamorgan Battalion Head Quarters Home Guard
Personnel on Fire Picquet Duty at Central Hall on Friday 21 Feb 1941
The Swansea Blitz 19-21 February 1941
The Swansea Blitz Through the Eyes of a Child by Marion Garnett
Remnants of Home Front Defence from the Last War by John Powell
I served on HMS Exeter
HMS Exeter's last action by Lt Cmdr George Cooper
British second world war wrecks illegally scavenged for scrap
Recollections of a Japanese Prisoner of War by Gwynne Hodge
Rocky Marciano, an American GI at Mumbles by John Summers
Mumbles Hill House-formerly Somerset House- by Jan McKechnie
The day the gas masks arrived by Hazel Hickson
A Young Man's War by Peter Dover-Wade
A wartime Childhood, Mumbles, 1940-1947 by Larry Owen
Mumbles welcomed the Sussex Regiment: a collection of memories
The Day a Barrage Balloon Landed in Horseshoe Field by Michael Llewellyn
On the Home Front by Elsie Mapp
Wartime Anti-Tank Blocks
World War Two Anti-Tank Blocks
My Seventeenth Birthday by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
Mumbles: The Home Front 1914-1919
My mother was an Air Raid Warden at Thistleboon by Michael Llewellyn
Locals serving in the Second World War
Wartime Memories by Betty Sivertsen
Mumbles Red Cross Hospital in WW2 by Betty Sivertsen
More Wartime Memories compiled by Finvola Davies
Druslyn Road West Cross VE Day Party May 1945
Frederick Graham BROCK Royal Marine Commando by grandson David Brock
Remembrance Day Memories by Carol Powell nee Symmons
The Guns of Mumbles Head
Anti-Aircraft Guns of Mumbles Head
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on Mumbles Hill
The Ack Ack Camp on Mumbles Hill in WW2 by Michael Llewellyn
Coastal Guns of Mumbles Head
Cpl Joseph Russell RA served on Coastal Guns Mumbles by his son Charles
The Coastal Defence Guns of Mumbles Head, Swansea Bay
My Army Life by Bill Morris
The Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island, Swansea Bay
Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island and Tutt Head by John Powell
Anti-Aircraft & Rocket Battery Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Dads Army at Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Mumbles Head, Swansea
AA Emplacements Revealed at Mumbles Head
Uncovering the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Mumbles Hill: Uncovering the Anti-Aircraft Battery by John Powell
My life in the ATS on an Ack Ack Battery
Military Training Films on You Tube
The Defence of the Port of Workington: website details
I served in the WRNS at Mumbles Coastguard Station by Joan Jones
Wartime Activities at Snaple Point overlooking Langland Bay Gower
Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort collection
The Fort on Mumbles Lighthouse Island edited by John Powell
The Causeway to Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort
American GIs in Mumbles, Swansea & Gower
American Forces Memorial at Newton Village Hall, Mumbles
GI Bride Obituary - Phyllis Joan Rowland, from Horton, Gower
American Troops Training in Gower by Richard Lewis
Sergeant John McGraw of 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
A Swansea GI Bride Barbara Rodon nee Donne
Travels of the American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
Pedro Rodon: from the Dominican Republic - New York - Swansea to Normandy
The American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion and Robert Carlson
Cliff Guard the American GI from Swansea
William Robert SNEAD remembers D Day
William Robert SNEAD obituary 7 May 2016
A 1944 Photo Album and a signed Stars & Stripes
When the American GIs arrived: a collection of memories
LST-Tank Landing Ships at Swansea and Omaha Beach
We Remember our Yank Herbert Sanborn
Soldiers in Mumbles from ARP to Yanks: four short memories
The American G.I's arrived: a collection of memories
Unloading on Omaha Beach by Carroll Turner of the 348th Engineers
The American GIs in Swansea by Jim Owen
The Yanks in Mumbles from 1943 by John Sutherland
American Dog Tags found at Scurlage Gower
American DUKW Operation in Mumbles and Gower
On the Way to Omaha Beach by Bernard Bellush an American GI
Life with the American GIs at Port Eynon
1944 Sweethearts Tree Carving
No Day At The Beach by Duane Heath
OXWICH TO OMAHA American GIs in South Wales by Phil Howells
How I met General Eisenhower by Len Emmanuel
Slideshow - The American GIs here in WW2
Louis Amundson a GI with 11th Port of Embarkation at Swansea
American Forces in Swansea and Gower in WW2
Glyn Cerrig House - a Mumbles landmark by Wendy Cope
Changing Shoreline and the Old Harbour
Churches and Chapels
Bethany Baptist Church, West Cross 1851-2001 by Robert Barnes
All Saints Church: A Brief History by The Church
Strolling Further Along The Dunns by John Powell
Book-MUMBLES & GOWER by Brian E Davies
Book-Mumbles and Gower Pubs by Brian E Davies
BOOK-Mumbles and Gower Pubs NEW by Brian E Davies
Beach Safety and Victorian Bathing Tragedies by Wendy Cope
Boatmen and their Boats by Harry Ward
Discover the area
Rhossili Bay on Gower is among the world's best beaches
Mumbles History Trail
Childhood Illness in Mumbles in 1927 by Dorothy Williams
Christmas in Mumbles between the Wars by Grafton Pearce Maggs
Castle
Oystermouth Castle collection
Clyne Castle collection
Blackpill
Blackpill Tithe Map 1844
Blackpill School
Celebrating 100 Years of the Vivian Hall Blackpill
Vivian Hall Blackpill -2018 marked its Centenary
Clyne Castle: Thomas Beckett, a Man of two Eras by Hayden Griffiths
Clyne Gardens, Blackpill
Clyne Valley Community Project
How old is the Roman Bridge at Blackpill?
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DO YOU REMEMBER? A Quiz
Illustrated talks by John Powell
Langland Bay and Caswell Bay collection
Mumbles Local History Centre at Ty Hanes closed in 2009
Langland Bay selection
Caswell Bay collection
Summerland House and The Dingle a Secret Garden in Caswell
Rotherslade Bay also know as Little Langland
Cover to Cover Bookshop
Ghostly goings on at Llwynderw by Dave Richards
Mumbles Head collection
Mumbles Head during peacetime and war
Bracelet and Limeslade Bay collection
Mixon Sands
Mixon Sands photos by Carol Powell MA
Swansea Main Drainage Scheme 1931-6
Larger photos of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
The Opening of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
Mumbles Head Drainage Tunnels used during WW2
Gran Was A Lady's Maid by Sue Barr
Jessica's Nature Blog - information
Life in Mumbles Church School 1935-1946 by Ralph Wood
Life with the Vivians by Iris David
Iris David Born surrounded by art article by Jill Forwood Evening Post
Lilliput Bay by Jenny Secombe
Mumbles 1950 Trades Directory
Mumbles
MUMBLES -The Gateway to Gower
MUMBLES is a place and a very pretty one too by Stephen Yolland
Mumbles Baptist Church
Mumbles Pier & Lifeboat Station
Mumbles Pier: Past and Present
Camera Obscura at Mumbles Pier, Swansea
Mumbles Pier - After the Fire
The Monkey House at Mumbles Pier
Mumbles Royal British Legion has gone
Mumbles Women at Work in the 1890s by Carol Powell M.A.
Newton
Norton, Mumbles
Memories of Norton Cross by Edith E Robinson
Building the new Sea Wall at Norton
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years by Carol Powell M.A.
OHA - Publications
From Ship and Castle Hotel to MCC and Apartments
Old Mumbles Families
Olympic Oystermouth in 2012 in photos
Our village wants a new church- All Saint's Church
Oyster Industry: The Victorian Oystermen of Mumbles
Oystermouth
Oystermouth Castle: a brief history by Gerald Gabb
Oystermouth Historical Association: TALKS
The Story of Ostreme by Neil Norman
Oystermouth Radio
I Remember Oystermouth School by Jan Spooner nee Tucker
Oystermouth Urban District Council: The Final Meeting by H.F. Maslen
Poem-Painting the Boat by 'Spur': from The Mumbles Press, June 1931
Scouting in Newton by Betty Sivertsen
The 5th Mumbles Cubs by Betty Sivertsen
The Old Cape Horners of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Thistleboon Orphanage: extracts from the autobiography of Amy Winters (nee King)
Memories of life in Thistleboon Orphanage by Amy Winters nee King
Thomas Beckett: Head Gardener of Clyne Castle by Haydn Griffiths
Mumbles at War
Rolls of Honour
Mumbles War Memorials
Mumbles Remembers The Great War 1914 - 1918
Meeting at Nanna Todd's Shop By Carol Powell
West Cross, Mumbles
Growing up in Mulberry Avenue West Cross by Jacky Dodd
Weddings in the Parish
My family photos through the years from Penny Hehir
Redcliffe House Caswell Bay Mumbles inspired by Penny Hehir
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Local War Memorials
A History of Mumbles
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Memoirs of a Victorian Girl by Annie Sarah Catterall
Memories of Life at Oystermouth Vicarage by Anne Ardouin
Memories of Life at Clyne Castle by Eric Thomas
Memories of Mumbles in the 1840s by Lewis Rees
Memories of Oystermouth Junior Comprehensive School by Michael Charles
Memories of the Mumbles Train 1807 - 1960 edited by Carol Powell
Local Memories
In the Street where I lived, Woodville Road by Malcolm Snell
How lucky was I to grow up in Mumbles by Julia Young
Holidays in Blackpill by Sandra Haynes
Holidays at Rams Tor, near Langland Bay by Joan Gleig
Holidays at Milland’s Field, Summerland Lane by Ron Fisher
Hiraethu: (to long for) by Richard Savours
Growing up in Summerland Lane, Newton by Peter Holbrook
Grandpa Darling by Maisie Harris
Father's Lunch by Hilary Lewis
Edwardian Picnics and Bathing Machines by Gwladys Ferris and Archie Webborn
Donkeys, Geese and Broken Eggs: newton between the Wars by Harry Mathias
Counting Sheep by Malcolm Webborn
Coronation Day by A Villager
Childhood memories of a Nonarian by Olive Gluyas nee Whale
Caswell Valley Septembers by Barbara Fisher
Caswell Bay in 1857 by E. E.
An Outalong Childhood by Margie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (nee Nicholson)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (née Nicholson)
An Edwardian Child by Kitty Horsley (nee Ladd)
All Five of us Boys by John Jeffers
A Thistleboon Childhood by Hilary Mackenzie
A Norton Childhood by Pat Parker
A stroll around old Thistleboon by Brinley McKay
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish nee Oster
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish née Oster
A Home for a Horse by Roy Wood
A Cliff Rescue at Lamb’s Well by Michael Llewellyn
Jonathan Lloyd 1877–1954 a lifetime of achievement by Mary Roll-Vallanjon
My abiding memories of Mumbles by Mike Finlayson
A look back at Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
Williams Garage at Newton Road in the 1930s by Wendy Stiddard
Amy Dillwyn, Frances Havergal and Morfydd Owen by Gary Gregor
An 1850s walk on Mumbles Hill by A Villager
How Two Sea Tragedies Affected Me by Joyce Hewett
A 1924 tragedy at Langland Bay by Joyce Hewett
Mumbles-A Very Special Place by Hazel Kniveton
My Earliest Memory of my father by Cynthia Clapton
My Early Childhood in Newton by Peter Howell
Living above the Shop, The Dunns 1916-1950 by Sylvia Bagley
Madam Stockton presents by Bernard Stockton
My First Public Performance by Bill Morgan
My First Sight of Mumbles by Tony Cook
My Memories of Grandpa Maslen by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
My Mumbles in the 1920s by Joan Jones
My Oystermouth Family by Stuart Eley
My Rainbow Wedding in the Snow by Barbara Fisher
My Story: Extracts from the autobiography of Esther May Flowers Edwards
My Summer Days at Langland Bay in the Fifties by John Powell
Ninety Years of Mumbles Life by Audrey Strawford
Nostalgia by Bryn Balsdon
Post-war Mumbles - 1945 to 1955 by Audrey Vincent
Pre-war Sunday School days by Doris Clewett Price (nee Davies)
Sam Gammon, my Great-grandfather and my Mumbles of the 1930s by Ralph Wood
So what did we do for kicks? by Anne Ardouin (nee Wilkinson)
Someone stole Grannie’s railings by Barbara Fisher
Spring time at Marepool by Trevor Jenkins
Taking in Visitors at Promenade Terrace by Elaine Symmons
The Day Oranges Arrived at Rotherslade by Ralph Wood
The day a schooner was washed ashore by Maisie Harris
The Mumbles Mile, Victorian Style by Harry Libby
The Story of the Misses Angels and Their Farm by E. E. Rowse
They are giving away free ice-cream at Forte's by Grafton Maggs
The Mumbles Horses Head - The Mari Lwyd Marjorie Bowden nee Jenkins
Tom Nicholls' Hole and Ginny's Gut by Malcolm Webborn
Visits to Nan in Mumbles by Julie Meredith
Visits to Grandma at Leslie House, Dunns Lane by J Tegman
Walks along the Cliff Path from the autobiography of Freda Marrison
Winkles for Tea by Barbara Fisher
When Mumbles was ‘The Mumbles’ a poem by Cyril Gwynn
White Lady ship's figurehead at Thistleboon
Doctors Iron Mine Thistleboon >
Village Lane and Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
A Mumbles Girl in the 1960s - here by fate not heritage by Sarah Monks
Triple Drowning Tragedy at Langland
Rumbles From Mumbles by Harry F Maslen
Mumbles in Verse Editor Carol Powell
Lifeboat
Mumbles Lifeboat THE WORK GOES ON
The Loss of The Mumbles Lifeboat and The SS Samtampa, 23 April 1947 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat in War-time by Tom Ace
Book-The Mumbles Lifeboat Station from RNLI author Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station - NEW & OLD
The 1903 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Fred Gammon
The 1947 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: a collection of memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Carl Smith
Recollections of the 1947 Lifeboat Disaster: three memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Bill Barrington
The Mumbles Lifeboat and Lighthouse In the Nineteenth Century by Carol Powell M.A.
The Second Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: 1 February 1903 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat and the STEEPHOLM rescue
The KILO Rescue November 1963 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Railway Trail by Carol Powell
Mumbles Railway Trail by SWT South Wales Transport
Shopping Down the Years Collection
Jean the Wool at Gower Place corner by Julian Turner
Going shopping in the 1950s by Sylvia Webborn
The Kleisers Jewellers and Clockmakers by Olivia Hughes and Alun Bevan
Grandpa was a Grocer by Carol Powell
C.E.Tucker and The Mumbles Press by Sylvia Bagley
AUTHOR collections
A Trek Collection by Stuart Batcup
Part One - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Two - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Three - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Four - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Five - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Six - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Seven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eight - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Nine - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Ten - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eleven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Reflections - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
The Stonemasons Art in and around Mumbles by Stuart Batcup
Articles by Wendy Cope
The Early Days of Newton School by Wendy Cope
West Cross House by Wendy Cope
Newton Villa in the 19 th century by Wendy Cope
Norton Villa by Wendy Cope
The Manor House Newton by Wendy Cope
Norton Lodge by Wendy Cope
The Grange Blackpill by Wendy Cope
Llwyn-y-Mor Newton by Wendy Cope
Bellevue House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Brynhyfryd House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Harold’s Moor as well as Glannant & Oaklands by Wendy Cope
Norton House by Wendy Cope
Longfields and The Day Centre by Wendy Cope
The Development of The West Cross Housing Estate by Wendy Cope
The Windmill At Caswell & The Water Supply by Wendy Cope
The Home of The Good Shepherd and Eastmoor Nursery
The Home of The Good Shepherd, Eastmoor
Also by Edna Davies (née Harris)
Also by Edna Davies (nee Harris)
My Early Days by Edna Davies
When the Air Raids started by Edna Davies
The Old School at Newton by Edna Davies
The Old Village of Newton by Edna Davies
The Origins of Paraclete Chapel, Newton by Elizabeth Evans
The Children Who Loved Books by Edna & Doreen Harris
Articles by Carol Powell
VICTORIAN SCHOOLDAYS IN OYSTERMOUTH By Carol Powell MA
Photos - Victoria Hall Red Cross VAD Hospital at Mumbles in WW1
Remembering Our Mumbles Railway by Carol Powell
Victorian Voices by Carol Powell
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 to 1919
Where are they now? by Carol Powell
Many Mumbles street names have changed by Carol Powell
1919, A Year in the Life of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
1939-10-30 Correspondence Committee: A letter from Harry Libby
A Journey from Horse Power to Horse-power
A Present From Mumbles by Carol Powell
An Old Quay at Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Bidding Weddings by Carol Powell M.A.
Book-Great-grandmas' Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Some Lost Places of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Books by Carol Powell
Commemorating the Peace in 1919 by Carol Powell M.A.
Days out at Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Cricket, Tea and Tragedy on the Mixon Sands by Carol Powell M.A.
Dunns Mansion by Carol Powell MA
Echoes of Victorian Mumbles by Carol Powell
Edwardian Days at the Seaside by Carol Powell M.A.
Farming in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Regency Mumbles: a snapshot of our village 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Fishing Nets and Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Nets in the Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Llwynderw House by Carol Powell MA
Going to School in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Horsepool & Marepool: A Mumbles mystery solved? by Carol Powell
How Some Mumbles Landmarks Might Have Got Their Names
In the Defence of Mumbles & Swansea before 1918 by Carol Powell MA
Keepers of the Light at Mumbles Lighthouse, by Carol Powell MA
Known Unto God by Carol Powell
Letter from Correspondence Committee October 1939
Libby’s Letters to the Forces: 1939 - 1945 reviewed by Carol Powell M.A.
Life on the Broadway of Mumbles
Lilliput Hall: Its Life and Times by Carol Powell
Lilliput Hall: a conversation with Sidney Davies by Carol Powell
Limestone Quarrying in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Limestone Quarrying in Oystermouth Parish by Carol Powell MA
Making a Living From the Sea by Carol Powell
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles in 1914: The Village they left behind
Glimpses of Mumbles Christmasses Past edited by Carol Powell
Complaining to the Council before 1914 by Carol Powell M.A.
Commemorating two great landmarks in British History
Harvesting seaweed at Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Dan-y-Coed House by Carol Powell
Two Queens - Two Diamond Jubilees by Carol Powell M.A.
Bombs Over Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at Mumbles Head by Carol Powell
My first day at Grange School by Carol Powell
Nurse Lloyd's Rescue from Drowning at Caswell by Carol Powell MA
BILLY the Swan by Elaine Symmons nee Bladen
On The Turnpike Road To Mumbles and beyond by Carol Powell MA
Peachey's Stables, The Dunns by Carol Powell MA
Poverty and Public Health in the old Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Red Cross Hospitals in Mumbles during The Great War by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Celebrations, 20 June 1897 by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Occasions by Carol Powell M.A.
Saturday Mornings in the Fifties by Carol Powell M.A.
Some Mumbles Peacheys
St James, Grotto-building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
THE ACE SISTERS' Blue Plaque Unveiling
The Back Lanes of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Battle of Trafalgar—A Mumbles Connection by Carol Powell M.A.
The Changing Face of Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at West Cross by Carol Powell
The First Mother & Baby Clinic by Carol Powell M.A.
The Horsepool Harbour: A Vanished Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Going to school on the Mumbles Train by Carol Powell (nee Symmons)
The Tale of the Parish Church clock by Carol Powell MA
The Women’s Suffragist Movement in Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Working at the Post Office
Everyday Life in the Police Service
Working Lives Along the Water's Edge by Carol Powell
William Laugharne Morgan - a brief biography by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles: The Great Fire of 1914 by Carol Powell
Visits to Mrs. Drage's Cottage by Carol Powell MA
The women of Mumbles Head: the story by Carol Powell M.A.
The Prince's Fountain, Southend by Carol Powell M.A.
The Origins of the Gower and Mumbles Dialect by Carol Powell M.A.
Before the Library Came by Carol Powell
Some Houses of Regency Mumbles 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Victoria Hall and Dan-Y-Coed Red Cross Hospitals by Wendy Cope
All the Fun of the Fair by Carol Powell
Carnival and Funfairs by Carol Powell
Charlie Cottle - Last Mumbles Lighthouse Keeper by Carol Powell
Regency Mumbles collection
The Old Church in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Grotto Building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Correspondence Committee and Libby's Letters to the Forces
Who is Carol Powell? by Grafton Maggs
Articles by Beverley Rogers
Mari Lwyd - a skull in the ribbons of a bride by Beverley Rogers
Mumbles – the healthiest seaside resort by Beverley Rogers
A Welsh Halloween - Nos Calan Gaeaf by Beverley Rogers
The Big Apple by Beverley Rogers
Articles by Kate Jones
April 1920: ‘The best traditions of The Mumbles Lifeboatmen’ by Kate Jones
The Great Invasion Scare by Kate Jones
Three Photographs and a Royal Visit to Mumbles by Kate Jones
Blue Plaque in Thistleboon by Kate Jones
SS PROTESILAUS: January 1940 by Kate Jones
Two Villages in World War Two by Kate Jones
Fires at West Cross 1896 and 1913 by Kate Jones
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas … by Kate Jones
Disastrous Blaze at Mumbles - 12th February 1914 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Calling - Mumbles Calling by Kate Jones
The Rotherslade Bay Improvement Scheme, 1926-7 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station History 'A Constant Devotion: 1939-45'
A Wartime Christmas 1940 by Kate Jones
The 60th Anniversary of the Loss of the Mumbles Lifeboat by Kate Elliott-Jones
A Memorial to the Men of Oystermouth: 1914-1918 by Kate Jones
Priez Pour Lui by Kate Jones
Pa, take us to the Mumbles by Kate Jones
Those who go down to the sea in ships by Kate Jones
Overtaken by the Tide - October 1886 by Kate Jones
READY Punch and the 1883 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Kate Jones
Mumbles Remembers the Great War 1914 - 18
A selection of articles by Grafton Maggs
The Games we played by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Saturday Tuppenny Tradition by Grafton Maggs
Village Schooldays by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Instant Army that came from Nowhere by Grafton Maggs
Some members of ‘C’ Coy (Mumbles) 12th Bn. Home Guard recalled by Grafton Maggs & Duncan Bishop
Hours in Oystermouth Library by Grafton Maggs
High Tide Tonight by Grafton Maggs
Also by John Wright
A stroll around Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
One Boy’s War by John Wright
Shopping in Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
Swansea History Books by Gerald Gabb
Book Launch - A Trek by Stuart Batcup
Mumbles Lighthouse Foghorn FOGGY JASPER Culprits Revealed by Stuart Batcup
Granary Heath Foods with John and Carol Powell
Tony Cottle Lays His Last Letter by Jill Forwood
Newton School from 1943 by Val Peters nee Owen
YOUR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
Explore subjects A to Z
Explore subjects A to Z
Tourist Information for Mumbles is online
Ty Hanes Local History Centre at Dunns Lane: closed in 2009
A Nostalgic Walk Along The Track from Blackpill by Carol Powell
MA Clare Photographer Mumbles by Kate Jones
SS Tyne on the rocks in Langland Bay on 19 April 1919
Rons Rendezvous was more than a Cafe at Rotherslade Langland
Developments at Underhill Park Mumbles
Mumbles Scouts and Cubs
The 1st Mumbles Scouts 1944 to 1952
The 1st Mumbles Scouts by Derek Robinson
Mumbles Guides and Brownies
The 1st Langland Brownies
Oyster Wharf Mumbles
What has happened to The Tivoli Cinema? by John Powell
An Amble Along The Dunns
The Nags Head Public House The Dunns by Caroline Senior
The Dunns by Gerald Gabb
Cinemas and Entertainment Halls
Going to the Tiv by Grafton Maggs
The Regent Cinema: 'The Latest and Best'
The Casino Dance Hall and later
Working at The Regent and the Tivoli cinemas by Woodrow Honey
The Kursaal Entertainments Hall: an Edwardian Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Fanny Catherine Davie a truly remarkable lady
Fanny Catherine Davie a short Family History
The Grand Old lady of Mumbles - Fanny Catherine Davie
Visitors Book for Bournemouth Villa Langland Bay
Exploring the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
The route of the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
Examining Local Roads
Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 1952-2022
Royal Celebrations and Events
Why is the village called Mumbles? by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Ancient Woodlands by Carol Powell MA
1920s Shopping in Mumbles
Video Selection
Films of the Mumbles Railway
Oystermouth Library Mumbles collection
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick nee Symmons
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick née Symmons
Paintings once displayed at Oystermouth Library
The Opening of Oystermouth Library newspaper report 28 Sept 1935
The changing Southend shoreline by John Powell
The changing Mumbles shoreline by John Powell
The Park Shelter at Promenade Terrace Southend Mumbles
The Southend Gardens Shelter at the Village Lane Slipway
Village Lane collection
Memories of a Mumbles Girl by Doreen Peregrine
Knab Rock Southend Mumbles
The Big Apple Collection
Riversdale Road West Cross building new bungalows by Louise Davies
The Beach House and Treffgarne Hotels Mumbles
The demolition of The Treffgarne Hotel Mumbles
Ghost Stories of Mumbles
Interesting things found on the beach
A Villa, a Castle and a Home at Langland
Shopping in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Bikers of Mumbles shops by Woodrow Honey
Forte's Ice-cream Parlour: Celebrating 80 Years
Arthur Edgar Kemp The Draper
Langland Bay Convalescent Home
My Grandmother worked at Langland Convalescent Home by Audrey Beaumont
A Tragic death at the Langland Home by Louisa Hill
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
Summerland House Caswell collection
The Dunns collection
Thistleboon collection
Landmark Houses
Book - A-Z of Mumbles and Gower by Brian E Davies
Life in a Prefab at West Cross
A Clyne Castle apprentice OHMS, 1939-1945 by Eric Thomas
A History of Oystermouth or Mumbles
A Langland Bay Bathing Fatality September 1892 by Kate Jones
A Lost House and its Rediscovered Garden at Summerland, Caswell by Paul & Linda Griffiths
Oysters
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Decline of the Oyster Industry by Carol Powell MA
Magical Oyster Shell Grottoes by George Webborn
Oyster Industry: The Great Storm of January 1881
Mumbles Oyster Trade Disappears by Mumbles Press
The Historic Inns and Taverns of Mumbles by Brian E Davies
The Mumbles Railway or Train
The Mumbles Passenger Railway from March 1807 until January 1960 by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway-the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Head
The Mumbles Railway-the journey from Blackpill to Oystermouth by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway and Blackpill Tithe Map 1844 by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway-the route taken and motive power explained
The Mumbles Railway: From Waiting Room to Café by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Pier
The Mumbles Railway - Sale of Building Land at Oystermouth in 1898
Mumbles Trail Guides
An Historical Map of Swansea and Mumbles
Mumbles Lighthouse - Captured in Time
Mumbles Pubs
Tom the Fiddler: A Remarkable Local Career
The Woodman Inn, Blackpill - A glimpse of its history by John Powell
The White Rose Story by Brian E Davies
The White Rose Public House Mumbles by Brian E Davies
Local Schools
Private Schools
The Church School in Dunns Lane by Michael Charles
Mumbles Junior School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Mumbles Junior Church School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Oystermouth School Newton Road Class Photos
Mumbles Church School Dunns Lane Class Photos
Oystermouth Schools' class photos
Oystermouth School Classrooms
Mumbles Schooldays in the 1960s and 70s by Michael Charles
Newton Primary School at Nottage Road by Michael Charles
Vera Squires Mumbles Schooldays in the 1930s by John Cundy
Ancient Footprints
Iron Age Footprints
Roman Footprints
Romans
Our Roman Heritage-The All Saints’ Pavement
A Forgotten Round Cairn at Newton by H.N. Savory
The Excavations on Mumbles Hill
Oystermouth Roman Settlement and Medieval Castle from Gower Journal 1948
Bronze Age Footprints
Bronze Age
Bronze Age Wooden Roadway at Oystermouth by A Villager
Photo Collections
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection by Ronald Studden
Photos - From the bridge over the railway at Southend, Mumbles
Limeslade Bay - photo collection
Photos - Selwyn Shute Castleton Stores
Photos - Mumbles in the snow
Photos of Mumbles Past
Photos - Oystermouth Square Explored
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection - Part Two
Photos - Mumbles Now & Then
Photos - Mumbles Hotels Down the Years
Photos - Mumbles and Southend
The Village Lane Breakwater and Slipway at Southend Mumbles
Mumbles Coastguard
Everyday Life on Mumbles Coastguard Station 1930 & 1940s by Bet Ogbourne & Pat Symmons
My Life at Mumbles Coastguard Station by John Jeffers
Photos of Mumbles Coastguard
Mumbles Coastguard -Through the Years
THE CRAFT SHOP The Dunns Mumbles by Pauline Belton nee Phillips
The Story of the Mumbles Horse’s Head Marjorie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
The story and poem of The women of Mumbles Head
Schooldays and Holidays Between the Wars by John Jeffers
The Mumbles Railway at Oystermouth Square
Bath House and Bath House Hotel by Wendy Cope
Articles by John Powell
Mumbles Police and The Great War by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Parlour Shops by Hazel Hickson (nee Arnold)
Mumbles Lighthouse: The Keepers of the Light by Carol Powell M.A.
MUMBLES MARBLE-Part One by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble and Geology Field Guide
Mumbles Marble (and Swansea) by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble
Limestone & Lime kiln
Lime Kiln Operation by Luke Toft
Norton Limekilns by Marion Garnett
A field guide to the solid geology of the Gower Peninsula by Ted Nield
Quarrying - Mining and The Geology of Mumbles
Geology and Quarrying In Mumbles by Ian Prothero
Ironstone Quarrying at The Cut Southend in Mumbles by Ian Prothero
When Radio came to Mumbles by Grafton Maggs
Photos - The Big Apple Kiosk at Bracelet Bay
The Great War 1914 to 1918
My Uncle: Jack Dickens by Patsy Graham
Village Tribute
Remembrance 1914 - 1918 by Kate Jones
WW1 display at Oystermouth Library by OHA in Nov 2018
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (nee Marshall)
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (née Marshall)
Langland Bay Golf Club Great War Memorial Plaque is Unveiled
William Horwood Lewis, A First World War Veteran by Mark Lewis
Mumbles Men and The Battle of Mametz Wood
After the Armistice in 1918 by Esther May Flowers Edwards
William Laugharne Morgan - A Family Tragedy by Carol Powell M.A.
One Hundred Years Ago - The Battle of the Somme
Mumbles Remembers The Battle of the Somme
Fred Gammon and his Holidays as an Orphan
The Second World War 1939 to 1945
VE Day and VJ Day Parties by Kate Elliott Jones
VJ Day 1945 by a Prisoner of the Japanese: Gwynne Hodge
The Home Front in the Second World War
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT AT NEWTON
Home Guard collection
Some Members of 12th Glamorgan (Swansea) Bn, Home Guard
12th Glamorgan Battalion Head Quarters Home Guard
Personnel on Fire Picquet Duty at Central Hall on Friday 21 Feb 1941
The Swansea Blitz 19-21 February 1941
The Swansea Blitz Through the Eyes of a Child by Marion Garnett
Remnants of Home Front Defence from the Last War by John Powell
I served on HMS Exeter
HMS Exeter's last action by Lt Cmdr George Cooper
British second world war wrecks illegally scavenged for scrap
Recollections of a Japanese Prisoner of War by Gwynne Hodge
Rocky Marciano, an American GI at Mumbles by John Summers
Mumbles Hill House-formerly Somerset House- by Jan McKechnie
The day the gas masks arrived by Hazel Hickson
A Young Man's War by Peter Dover-Wade
A wartime Childhood, Mumbles, 1940-1947 by Larry Owen
Mumbles welcomed the Sussex Regiment: a collection of memories
The Day a Barrage Balloon Landed in Horseshoe Field by Michael Llewellyn
On the Home Front by Elsie Mapp
Wartime Anti-Tank Blocks
World War Two Anti-Tank Blocks
My Seventeenth Birthday by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
Mumbles: The Home Front 1914-1919
My mother was an Air Raid Warden at Thistleboon by Michael Llewellyn
Locals serving in the Second World War
Wartime Memories by Betty Sivertsen
Mumbles Red Cross Hospital in WW2 by Betty Sivertsen
More Wartime Memories compiled by Finvola Davies
Druslyn Road West Cross VE Day Party May 1945
Frederick Graham BROCK Royal Marine Commando by grandson David Brock
Remembrance Day Memories by Carol Powell nee Symmons
The Guns of Mumbles Head
Anti-Aircraft Guns of Mumbles Head
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on Mumbles Hill
The Ack Ack Camp on Mumbles Hill in WW2 by Michael Llewellyn
Coastal Guns of Mumbles Head
Cpl Joseph Russell RA served on Coastal Guns Mumbles by his son Charles
The Coastal Defence Guns of Mumbles Head, Swansea Bay
My Army Life by Bill Morris
The Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island, Swansea Bay
Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island and Tutt Head by John Powell
Anti-Aircraft & Rocket Battery Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Dads Army at Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Mumbles Head, Swansea
AA Emplacements Revealed at Mumbles Head
Uncovering the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Mumbles Hill: Uncovering the Anti-Aircraft Battery by John Powell
My life in the ATS on an Ack Ack Battery
Military Training Films on You Tube
The Defence of the Port of Workington: website details
I served in the WRNS at Mumbles Coastguard Station by Joan Jones
Wartime Activities at Snaple Point overlooking Langland Bay Gower
Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort collection
The Fort on Mumbles Lighthouse Island edited by John Powell
The Causeway to Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort
American GIs in Mumbles, Swansea & Gower
American Forces Memorial at Newton Village Hall, Mumbles
GI Bride Obituary - Phyllis Joan Rowland, from Horton, Gower
American Troops Training in Gower by Richard Lewis
Sergeant John McGraw of 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
A Swansea GI Bride Barbara Rodon nee Donne
Travels of the American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
Pedro Rodon: from the Dominican Republic - New York - Swansea to Normandy
The American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion and Robert Carlson
Cliff Guard the American GI from Swansea
William Robert SNEAD remembers D Day
William Robert SNEAD obituary 7 May 2016
A 1944 Photo Album and a signed Stars & Stripes
When the American GIs arrived: a collection of memories
LST-Tank Landing Ships at Swansea and Omaha Beach
We Remember our Yank Herbert Sanborn
Soldiers in Mumbles from ARP to Yanks: four short memories
The American G.I's arrived: a collection of memories
Unloading on Omaha Beach by Carroll Turner of the 348th Engineers
The American GIs in Swansea by Jim Owen
The Yanks in Mumbles from 1943 by John Sutherland
American Dog Tags found at Scurlage Gower
American DUKW Operation in Mumbles and Gower
On the Way to Omaha Beach by Bernard Bellush an American GI
Life with the American GIs at Port Eynon
1944 Sweethearts Tree Carving
No Day At The Beach by Duane Heath
OXWICH TO OMAHA American GIs in South Wales by Phil Howells
How I met General Eisenhower by Len Emmanuel
Slideshow - The American GIs here in WW2
Louis Amundson a GI with 11th Port of Embarkation at Swansea
American Forces in Swansea and Gower in WW2
Glyn Cerrig House - a Mumbles landmark by Wendy Cope
Changing Shoreline and the Old Harbour
Churches and Chapels
Bethany Baptist Church, West Cross 1851-2001 by Robert Barnes
All Saints Church: A Brief History by The Church
Strolling Further Along The Dunns by John Powell
Book-MUMBLES & GOWER by Brian E Davies
Book-Mumbles and Gower Pubs by Brian E Davies
BOOK-Mumbles and Gower Pubs NEW by Brian E Davies
Beach Safety and Victorian Bathing Tragedies by Wendy Cope
Boatmen and their Boats by Harry Ward
Discover the area
Rhossili Bay on Gower is among the world's best beaches
Mumbles History Trail
Childhood Illness in Mumbles in 1927 by Dorothy Williams
Christmas in Mumbles between the Wars by Grafton Pearce Maggs
Castle
Oystermouth Castle collection
Clyne Castle collection
Blackpill
Blackpill Tithe Map 1844
Blackpill School
Celebrating 100 Years of the Vivian Hall Blackpill
Vivian Hall Blackpill -2018 marked its Centenary
Clyne Castle: Thomas Beckett, a Man of two Eras by Hayden Griffiths
Clyne Gardens, Blackpill
Clyne Valley Community Project
How old is the Roman Bridge at Blackpill?
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DO YOU REMEMBER? A Quiz
Illustrated talks by John Powell
Langland Bay and Caswell Bay collection
Mumbles Local History Centre at Ty Hanes closed in 2009
Langland Bay selection
Caswell Bay collection
Summerland House and The Dingle a Secret Garden in Caswell
Rotherslade Bay also know as Little Langland
Cover to Cover Bookshop
Ghostly goings on at Llwynderw by Dave Richards
Mumbles Head collection
Mumbles Head during peacetime and war
Bracelet and Limeslade Bay collection
Mixon Sands
Mixon Sands photos by Carol Powell MA
Swansea Main Drainage Scheme 1931-6
Larger photos of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
The Opening of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
Mumbles Head Drainage Tunnels used during WW2
Gran Was A Lady's Maid by Sue Barr
Jessica's Nature Blog - information
Life in Mumbles Church School 1935-1946 by Ralph Wood
Life with the Vivians by Iris David
Iris David Born surrounded by art article by Jill Forwood Evening Post
Lilliput Bay by Jenny Secombe
Mumbles 1950 Trades Directory
Mumbles
MUMBLES -The Gateway to Gower
MUMBLES is a place and a very pretty one too by Stephen Yolland
Mumbles Baptist Church
Mumbles Pier & Lifeboat Station
Mumbles Pier: Past and Present
Camera Obscura at Mumbles Pier, Swansea
Mumbles Pier - After the Fire
The Monkey House at Mumbles Pier
Mumbles Royal British Legion has gone
Mumbles Women at Work in the 1890s by Carol Powell M.A.
Newton
Norton, Mumbles
Memories of Norton Cross by Edith E Robinson
Building the new Sea Wall at Norton
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years by Carol Powell M.A.
OHA - Publications
From Ship and Castle Hotel to MCC and Apartments
Old Mumbles Families
Olympic Oystermouth in 2012 in photos
Our village wants a new church- All Saint's Church
Oyster Industry: The Victorian Oystermen of Mumbles
Oystermouth
Oystermouth Castle: a brief history by Gerald Gabb
Oystermouth Historical Association: TALKS
The Story of Ostreme by Neil Norman
Oystermouth Radio
I Remember Oystermouth School by Jan Spooner nee Tucker
Oystermouth Urban District Council: The Final Meeting by H.F. Maslen
Poem-Painting the Boat by 'Spur': from The Mumbles Press, June 1931
Scouting in Newton by Betty Sivertsen
The 5th Mumbles Cubs by Betty Sivertsen
The Old Cape Horners of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Thistleboon Orphanage: extracts from the autobiography of Amy Winters (nee King)
Memories of life in Thistleboon Orphanage by Amy Winters nee King
Thomas Beckett: Head Gardener of Clyne Castle by Haydn Griffiths
Mumbles at War
Rolls of Honour
Mumbles War Memorials
Mumbles Remembers The Great War 1914 - 1918
Meeting at Nanna Todd's Shop By Carol Powell
West Cross, Mumbles
Growing up in Mulberry Avenue West Cross by Jacky Dodd
Weddings in the Parish
My family photos through the years from Penny Hehir
Redcliffe House Caswell Bay Mumbles inspired by Penny Hehir
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Local War Memorials
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Memoirs of a Victorian Girl by Annie Sarah Catterall
Memories of Life at Oystermouth Vicarage by Anne Ardouin
Memories of Life at Clyne Castle by Eric Thomas
Memories of Mumbles in the 1840s by Lewis Rees
Memories of Oystermouth Junior Comprehensive School by Michael Charles
Memories of the Mumbles Train 1807 - 1960 edited by Carol Powell
Local Memories
In the Street where I lived, Woodville Road by Malcolm Snell
How lucky was I to grow up in Mumbles by Julia Young
Holidays in Blackpill by Sandra Haynes
Holidays at Rams Tor, near Langland Bay by Joan Gleig
Holidays at Milland’s Field, Summerland Lane by Ron Fisher
Hiraethu: (to long for) by Richard Savours
Growing up in Summerland Lane, Newton by Peter Holbrook
Grandpa Darling by Maisie Harris
Father's Lunch by Hilary Lewis
Edwardian Picnics and Bathing Machines by Gwladys Ferris and Archie Webborn
Donkeys, Geese and Broken Eggs: newton between the Wars by Harry Mathias
Counting Sheep by Malcolm Webborn
Coronation Day by A Villager
Childhood memories of a Nonarian by Olive Gluyas nee Whale
Caswell Valley Septembers by Barbara Fisher
Caswell Bay in 1857 by E. E.
An Outalong Childhood by Margie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (nee Nicholson)
An Exile Looks Back by Mary Newey (née Nicholson)
An Edwardian Child by Kitty Horsley (nee Ladd)
All Five of us Boys by John Jeffers
A Thistleboon Childhood by Hilary Mackenzie
A Norton Childhood by Pat Parker
A stroll around old Thistleboon by Brinley McKay
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish nee Oster
A Mayals Childhood by Jill Harish née Oster
A Home for a Horse by Roy Wood
A Cliff Rescue at Lamb’s Well by Michael Llewellyn
Jonathan Lloyd 1877–1954 a lifetime of achievement by Mary Roll-Vallanjon
My abiding memories of Mumbles by Mike Finlayson
A look back at Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
Williams Garage at Newton Road in the 1930s by Wendy Stiddard
Amy Dillwyn, Frances Havergal and Morfydd Owen by Gary Gregor
An 1850s walk on Mumbles Hill by A Villager
How Two Sea Tragedies Affected Me by Joyce Hewett
A 1924 tragedy at Langland Bay by Joyce Hewett
Mumbles-A Very Special Place by Hazel Kniveton
My Earliest Memory of my father by Cynthia Clapton
My Early Childhood in Newton by Peter Howell
Living above the Shop, The Dunns 1916-1950 by Sylvia Bagley
Madam Stockton presents by Bernard Stockton
My First Public Performance by Bill Morgan
My First Sight of Mumbles by Tony Cook
My Memories of Grandpa Maslen by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
My Mumbles in the 1920s by Joan Jones
My Oystermouth Family by Stuart Eley
My Rainbow Wedding in the Snow by Barbara Fisher
My Story: Extracts from the autobiography of Esther May Flowers Edwards
My Summer Days at Langland Bay in the Fifties by John Powell
Ninety Years of Mumbles Life by Audrey Strawford
Nostalgia by Bryn Balsdon
Post-war Mumbles - 1945 to 1955 by Audrey Vincent
Pre-war Sunday School days by Doris Clewett Price (nee Davies)
Sam Gammon, my Great-grandfather and my Mumbles of the 1930s by Ralph Wood
So what did we do for kicks? by Anne Ardouin (nee Wilkinson)
Someone stole Grannie’s railings by Barbara Fisher
Spring time at Marepool by Trevor Jenkins
Taking in Visitors at Promenade Terrace by Elaine Symmons
The Day Oranges Arrived at Rotherslade by Ralph Wood
The day a schooner was washed ashore by Maisie Harris
The Mumbles Mile, Victorian Style by Harry Libby
The Story of the Misses Angels and Their Farm by E. E. Rowse
They are giving away free ice-cream at Forte's by Grafton Maggs
The Mumbles Horses Head - The Mari Lwyd Marjorie Bowden nee Jenkins
Tom Nicholls' Hole and Ginny's Gut by Malcolm Webborn
Visits to Nan in Mumbles by Julie Meredith
Visits to Grandma at Leslie House, Dunns Lane by J Tegman
Walks along the Cliff Path from the autobiography of Freda Marrison
Winkles for Tea by Barbara Fisher
When Mumbles was ‘The Mumbles’ a poem by Cyril Gwynn
White Lady ship's figurehead at Thistleboon
Doctors Iron Mine Thistleboon >
Village Lane and Mumbles in the 1950s by Jeanette MacAdam
A Mumbles Girl in the 1960s - here by fate not heritage by Sarah Monks
Triple Drowning Tragedy at Langland
Rumbles From Mumbles by Harry F Maslen
Mumbles in Verse Editor Carol Powell
Lifeboat
Mumbles Lifeboat THE WORK GOES ON
The Loss of The Mumbles Lifeboat and The SS Samtampa, 23 April 1947 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat in War-time by Tom Ace
Book-The Mumbles Lifeboat Station from RNLI author Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station - NEW & OLD
The 1903 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Fred Gammon
The 1947 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: a collection of memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Carl Smith
Recollections of the 1947 Lifeboat Disaster: three memories
The Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster Remembered by Bill Barrington
The Mumbles Lifeboat and Lighthouse In the Nineteenth Century by Carol Powell M.A.
The Second Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster: 1 February 1903 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat and the STEEPHOLM rescue
The KILO Rescue November 1963 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Railway Trail by Carol Powell
Mumbles Railway Trail by SWT South Wales Transport
Shopping Down the Years Collection
Jean the Wool at Gower Place corner by Julian Turner
Going shopping in the 1950s by Sylvia Webborn
The Kleisers Jewellers and Clockmakers by Olivia Hughes and Alun Bevan
Grandpa was a Grocer by Carol Powell
C.E.Tucker and The Mumbles Press by Sylvia Bagley
AUTHOR collections
A Trek Collection by Stuart Batcup
Part One - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Two - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Three - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Four - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Five - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Six - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Seven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eight - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Nine - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Ten - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Part Eleven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
Reflections - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
The Stonemasons Art in and around Mumbles by Stuart Batcup
Articles by Wendy Cope
The Early Days of Newton School by Wendy Cope
West Cross House by Wendy Cope
Newton Villa in the 19 th century by Wendy Cope
Norton Villa by Wendy Cope
The Manor House Newton by Wendy Cope
Norton Lodge by Wendy Cope
The Grange Blackpill by Wendy Cope
Llwyn-y-Mor Newton by Wendy Cope
Bellevue House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Brynhyfryd House West Cross by Wendy Cope
Harold’s Moor as well as Glannant & Oaklands by Wendy Cope
Norton House by Wendy Cope
Longfields and The Day Centre by Wendy Cope
The Development of The West Cross Housing Estate by Wendy Cope
The Windmill At Caswell & The Water Supply by Wendy Cope
The Home of The Good Shepherd and Eastmoor Nursery
The Home of The Good Shepherd, Eastmoor
Also by Edna Davies (née Harris)
Also by Edna Davies (nee Harris)
My Early Days by Edna Davies
When the Air Raids started by Edna Davies
The Old School at Newton by Edna Davies
The Old Village of Newton by Edna Davies
The Origins of Paraclete Chapel, Newton by Elizabeth Evans
The Children Who Loved Books by Edna & Doreen Harris
Articles by Carol Powell
VICTORIAN SCHOOLDAYS IN OYSTERMOUTH By Carol Powell MA
Photos - Victoria Hall Red Cross VAD Hospital at Mumbles in WW1
Remembering Our Mumbles Railway by Carol Powell
Victorian Voices by Carol Powell
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918 to 1919
Where are they now? by Carol Powell
Many Mumbles street names have changed by Carol Powell
1919, A Year in the Life of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
1939-10-30 Correspondence Committee: A letter from Harry Libby
A Journey from Horse Power to Horse-power
A Present From Mumbles by Carol Powell
An Old Quay at Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Bidding Weddings by Carol Powell M.A.
Book-Great-grandmas' Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell
Book-Some Lost Places of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Books by Carol Powell
Commemorating the Peace in 1919 by Carol Powell M.A.
Days out at Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Cricket, Tea and Tragedy on the Mixon Sands by Carol Powell M.A.
Dunns Mansion by Carol Powell MA
Echoes of Victorian Mumbles by Carol Powell
Edwardian Days at the Seaside by Carol Powell M.A.
Farming in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Regency Mumbles: a snapshot of our village 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Fishing Nets and Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Weirs in the Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Fishing Nets in the Bay by Carol Powell M.A.
Llwynderw House by Carol Powell MA
Going to School in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Horsepool & Marepool: A Mumbles mystery solved? by Carol Powell
How Some Mumbles Landmarks Might Have Got Their Names
In the Defence of Mumbles & Swansea before 1918 by Carol Powell MA
Keepers of the Light at Mumbles Lighthouse, by Carol Powell MA
Known Unto God by Carol Powell
Letter from Correspondence Committee October 1939
Libby’s Letters to the Forces: 1939 - 1945 reviewed by Carol Powell M.A.
Life on the Broadway of Mumbles
Lilliput Hall: Its Life and Times by Carol Powell
Lilliput Hall: a conversation with Sidney Davies by Carol Powell
Limestone Quarrying in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Limestone Quarrying in Oystermouth Parish by Carol Powell MA
Making a Living From the Sea by Carol Powell
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Hill, A Ramble Through Time by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles in 1914: The Village they left behind
Glimpses of Mumbles Christmasses Past edited by Carol Powell
Complaining to the Council before 1914 by Carol Powell M.A.
Commemorating two great landmarks in British History
Harvesting seaweed at Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Dan-y-Coed House by Carol Powell
Two Queens - Two Diamond Jubilees by Carol Powell M.A.
Bombs Over Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at Mumbles Head by Carol Powell
My first day at Grange School by Carol Powell
Nurse Lloyd's Rescue from Drowning at Caswell by Carol Powell MA
BILLY the Swan by Elaine Symmons nee Bladen
On The Turnpike Road To Mumbles and beyond by Carol Powell MA
Peachey's Stables, The Dunns by Carol Powell MA
Poverty and Public Health in the old Parish of Oystermouth by Carol Powell M.A.
Red Cross Hospitals in Mumbles during The Great War by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Celebrations, 20 June 1897 by Carol Powell M.A.
Royal Occasions by Carol Powell M.A.
Saturday Mornings in the Fifties by Carol Powell M.A.
Some Mumbles Peacheys
St James, Grotto-building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
THE ACE SISTERS' Blue Plaque Unveiling
The Back Lanes of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Battle of Trafalgar—A Mumbles Connection by Carol Powell M.A.
The Changing Face of Mumbles by Carol Powell
The Cutting at West Cross by Carol Powell
The First Mother & Baby Clinic by Carol Powell M.A.
The Horsepool Harbour: A Vanished Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Going to school on the Mumbles Train by Carol Powell (nee Symmons)
The Tale of the Parish Church clock by Carol Powell MA
The Women’s Suffragist Movement in Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Working at the Post Office
Everyday Life in the Police Service
Working Lives Along the Water's Edge by Carol Powell
William Laugharne Morgan - a brief biography by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles: The Great Fire of 1914 by Carol Powell
Visits to Mrs. Drage's Cottage by Carol Powell MA
The women of Mumbles Head: the story by Carol Powell M.A.
The Prince's Fountain, Southend by Carol Powell M.A.
The Origins of the Gower and Mumbles Dialect by Carol Powell M.A.
Before the Library Came by Carol Powell
Some Houses of Regency Mumbles 1811-1820 by Carol Powell MA
Victoria Hall and Dan-Y-Coed Red Cross Hospitals by Wendy Cope
All the Fun of the Fair by Carol Powell
Carnival and Funfairs by Carol Powell
Charlie Cottle - Last Mumbles Lighthouse Keeper by Carol Powell
Regency Mumbles collection
The Old Church in Regency Mumbles by Carol Powell MA
Grotto Building and Oyster Fairs by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Correspondence Committee and Libby's Letters to the Forces
Who is Carol Powell? by Grafton Maggs
Articles by Beverley Rogers
Mari Lwyd - a skull in the ribbons of a bride by Beverley Rogers
Mumbles – the healthiest seaside resort by Beverley Rogers
A Welsh Halloween - Nos Calan Gaeaf by Beverley Rogers
The Big Apple by Beverley Rogers
Articles by Kate Jones
April 1920: ‘The best traditions of The Mumbles Lifeboatmen’ by Kate Jones
The Great Invasion Scare by Kate Jones
Three Photographs and a Royal Visit to Mumbles by Kate Jones
Blue Plaque in Thistleboon by Kate Jones
SS PROTESILAUS: January 1940 by Kate Jones
Two Villages in World War Two by Kate Jones
Fires at West Cross 1896 and 1913 by Kate Jones
I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas … by Kate Jones
Disastrous Blaze at Mumbles - 12th February 1914 by Kate Jones
Mumbles Calling - Mumbles Calling by Kate Jones
The Rotherslade Bay Improvement Scheme, 1926-7 by Kate Jones
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station History 'A Constant Devotion: 1939-45'
A Wartime Christmas 1940 by Kate Jones
The 60th Anniversary of the Loss of the Mumbles Lifeboat by Kate Elliott-Jones
A Memorial to the Men of Oystermouth: 1914-1918 by Kate Jones
Priez Pour Lui by Kate Jones
Pa, take us to the Mumbles by Kate Jones
Those who go down to the sea in ships by Kate Jones
Overtaken by the Tide - October 1886 by Kate Jones
READY Punch and the 1883 Mumbles Lifeboat Disaster by Kate Jones
Mumbles Remembers the Great War 1914 - 18
A selection of articles by Grafton Maggs
The Games we played by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Saturday Tuppenny Tradition by Grafton Maggs
Village Schooldays by Grafton Pearce Maggs
The Instant Army that came from Nowhere by Grafton Maggs
Some members of ‘C’ Coy (Mumbles) 12th Bn. Home Guard recalled by Grafton Maggs & Duncan Bishop
Hours in Oystermouth Library by Grafton Maggs
High Tide Tonight by Grafton Maggs
Also by John Wright
A stroll around Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
One Boy’s War by John Wright
Shopping in Wartime Mumbles by John Wright
Swansea History Books by Gerald Gabb
Book Launch - A Trek by Stuart Batcup
Mumbles Lighthouse Foghorn FOGGY JASPER Culprits Revealed by Stuart Batcup
Granary Heath Foods with John and Carol Powell
Tony Cottle Lays His Last Letter by Jill Forwood
Newton School from 1943 by Val Peters nee Owen
YOUR CHRISTMAS MEMORIES
Explore subjects A to Z
Explore subjects A to Z
Tourist Information for Mumbles is online
Ty Hanes Local History Centre at Dunns Lane: closed in 2009
A Nostalgic Walk Along The Track from Blackpill by Carol Powell
MA Clare Photographer Mumbles by Kate Jones
SS Tyne on the rocks in Langland Bay on 19 April 1919
Rons Rendezvous was more than a Cafe at Rotherslade Langland
Developments at Underhill Park Mumbles
Mumbles Scouts and Cubs
The 1st Mumbles Scouts 1944 to 1952
The 1st Mumbles Scouts by Derek Robinson
Mumbles Guides and Brownies
The 1st Langland Brownies
Oyster Wharf Mumbles
What has happened to The Tivoli Cinema? by John Powell
An Amble Along The Dunns
The Nags Head Public House The Dunns by Caroline Senior
The Dunns by Gerald Gabb
Cinemas and Entertainment Halls
Going to the Tiv by Grafton Maggs
The Regent Cinema: 'The Latest and Best'
The Casino Dance Hall and later
Working at The Regent and the Tivoli cinemas by Woodrow Honey
The Kursaal Entertainments Hall: an Edwardian Landmark by Carol Powell M.A.
Fanny Catherine Davie a truly remarkable lady
Fanny Catherine Davie a short Family History
The Grand Old lady of Mumbles - Fanny Catherine Davie
Visitors Book for Bournemouth Villa Langland Bay
Exploring the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
The route of the Old Road from Swanzey Town to Oystermouth by Carol Powell
Examining Local Roads
Celebration of the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth 1952-2022
Royal Celebrations and Events
Why is the village called Mumbles? by Carol Powell M.A.
Mumbles Ancient Woodlands by Carol Powell MA
1920s Shopping in Mumbles
Video Selection
Films of the Mumbles Railway
Oystermouth Library Mumbles collection
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick nee Symmons
The library was always our first stop by Sandy Baddick née Symmons
Paintings once displayed at Oystermouth Library
The Opening of Oystermouth Library newspaper report 28 Sept 1935
The changing Southend shoreline by John Powell
The changing Mumbles shoreline by John Powell
The Park Shelter at Promenade Terrace Southend Mumbles
The Southend Gardens Shelter at the Village Lane Slipway
Village Lane collection
Memories of a Mumbles Girl by Doreen Peregrine
Knab Rock Southend Mumbles
The Big Apple Collection
Riversdale Road West Cross building new bungalows by Louise Davies
The Beach House and Treffgarne Hotels Mumbles
The demolition of The Treffgarne Hotel Mumbles
Ghost Stories of Mumbles
Interesting things found on the beach
A Villa, a Castle and a Home at Langland
Shopping in Edwardian Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
The Bikers of Mumbles shops by Woodrow Honey
Forte's Ice-cream Parlour: Celebrating 80 Years
Arthur Edgar Kemp The Draper
Langland Bay Convalescent Home
My Grandmother worked at Langland Convalescent Home by Audrey Beaumont
A Tragic death at the Langland Home by Louisa Hill
The Langland Bay Hotel Restaurant
Summerland House Caswell collection
The Dunns collection
Thistleboon collection
Landmark Houses
Book - A-Z of Mumbles and Gower by Brian E Davies
Life in a Prefab at West Cross
A Clyne Castle apprentice OHMS, 1939-1945 by Eric Thomas
A History of Oystermouth or Mumbles
A Langland Bay Bathing Fatality September 1892 by Kate Jones
A Lost House and its Rediscovered Garden at Summerland, Caswell by Paul & Linda Griffiths
Oysters
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
The Decline of the Oyster Industry by Carol Powell MA
Magical Oyster Shell Grottoes by George Webborn
Oyster Industry: The Great Storm of January 1881
Mumbles Oyster Trade Disappears by Mumbles Press
The Historic Inns and Taverns of Mumbles by Brian E Davies
The Mumbles Railway or Train
The Mumbles Passenger Railway from March 1807 until January 1960 by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway-the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Head
The Mumbles Railway-the journey from Blackpill to Oystermouth by Carol Powell MA
The Mumbles Railway and Blackpill Tithe Map 1844 by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway-the route taken and motive power explained
The Mumbles Railway: From Waiting Room to Café by Carol Powell M.A.
The Mumbles Railway the route from Oystermouth to Mumbles Pier
The Mumbles Railway - Sale of Building Land at Oystermouth in 1898
Mumbles Trail Guides
An Historical Map of Swansea and Mumbles
Mumbles Lighthouse - Captured in Time
Mumbles Pubs
Tom the Fiddler: A Remarkable Local Career
The Woodman Inn, Blackpill - A glimpse of its history by John Powell
The White Rose Story by Brian E Davies
The White Rose Public House Mumbles by Brian E Davies
Local Schools
Private Schools
The Church School in Dunns Lane by Michael Charles
Mumbles Junior School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Mumbles Junior Church School, 1958 by Denise Large nee Hargreaves
Oystermouth School Newton Road Class Photos
Mumbles Church School Dunns Lane Class Photos
Oystermouth Schools' class photos
Oystermouth School Classrooms
Mumbles Schooldays in the 1960s and 70s by Michael Charles
Newton Primary School at Nottage Road by Michael Charles
Vera Squires Mumbles Schooldays in the 1930s by John Cundy
Ancient Footprints
Iron Age Footprints
Roman Footprints
Romans
Our Roman Heritage-The All Saints’ Pavement
A Forgotten Round Cairn at Newton by H.N. Savory
The Excavations on Mumbles Hill
Oystermouth Roman Settlement and Medieval Castle from Gower Journal 1948
Bronze Age Footprints
Bronze Age
Bronze Age Wooden Roadway at Oystermouth by A Villager
Photo Collections
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection by Ronald Studden
Photos - From the bridge over the railway at Southend, Mumbles
Limeslade Bay - photo collection
Photos - Selwyn Shute Castleton Stores
Photos - Mumbles in the snow
Photos of Mumbles Past
Photos - Oystermouth Square Explored
Photos - Oystermouth Square Collection - Part Two
Photos - Mumbles Now & Then
Photos - Mumbles Hotels Down the Years
Photos - Mumbles and Southend
The Village Lane Breakwater and Slipway at Southend Mumbles
Mumbles Coastguard
Everyday Life on Mumbles Coastguard Station 1930 & 1940s by Bet Ogbourne & Pat Symmons
My Life at Mumbles Coastguard Station by John Jeffers
Photos of Mumbles Coastguard
Mumbles Coastguard -Through the Years
THE CRAFT SHOP The Dunns Mumbles by Pauline Belton nee Phillips
The Story of the Mumbles Horse’s Head Marjorie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
The story and poem of The women of Mumbles Head
Schooldays and Holidays Between the Wars by John Jeffers
The Mumbles Railway at Oystermouth Square
Bath House and Bath House Hotel by Wendy Cope
Articles by John Powell
Mumbles Police and The Great War by Carol Powell MA
Mumbles Parlour Shops by Hazel Hickson (nee Arnold)
Mumbles Lighthouse: The Keepers of the Light by Carol Powell M.A.
MUMBLES MARBLE-Part One by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble and Geology Field Guide
Mumbles Marble (and Swansea) by Ronald L. Austin
Mumbles Marble
Limestone & Lime kiln
Lime Kiln Operation by Luke Toft
Norton Limekilns by Marion Garnett
A field guide to the solid geology of the Gower Peninsula by Ted Nield
Quarrying - Mining and The Geology of Mumbles
Geology and Quarrying In Mumbles by Ian Prothero
Ironstone Quarrying at The Cut Southend in Mumbles by Ian Prothero
When Radio came to Mumbles by Grafton Maggs
Photos - The Big Apple Kiosk at Bracelet Bay
The Great War 1914 to 1918
My Uncle: Jack Dickens by Patsy Graham
Village Tribute
Remembrance 1914 - 1918 by Kate Jones
WW1 display at Oystermouth Library by OHA in Nov 2018
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (nee Marshall)
Great War Veteran: Will John by Joan Jones (née Marshall)
Langland Bay Golf Club Great War Memorial Plaque is Unveiled
William Horwood Lewis, A First World War Veteran by Mark Lewis
Mumbles Men and The Battle of Mametz Wood
After the Armistice in 1918 by Esther May Flowers Edwards
William Laugharne Morgan - A Family Tragedy by Carol Powell M.A.
One Hundred Years Ago - The Battle of the Somme
Mumbles Remembers The Battle of the Somme
Fred Gammon and his Holidays as an Orphan
The Second World War 1939 to 1945
VE Day and VJ Day Parties by Kate Elliott Jones
VJ Day 1945 by a Prisoner of the Japanese: Gwynne Hodge
The Home Front in the Second World War
THE ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT AT NEWTON
Home Guard collection
Some Members of 12th Glamorgan (Swansea) Bn, Home Guard
12th Glamorgan Battalion Head Quarters Home Guard
Personnel on Fire Picquet Duty at Central Hall on Friday 21 Feb 1941
The Swansea Blitz 19-21 February 1941
The Swansea Blitz Through the Eyes of a Child by Marion Garnett
Remnants of Home Front Defence from the Last War by John Powell
I served on HMS Exeter
HMS Exeter's last action by Lt Cmdr George Cooper
British second world war wrecks illegally scavenged for scrap
Recollections of a Japanese Prisoner of War by Gwynne Hodge
Rocky Marciano, an American GI at Mumbles by John Summers
Mumbles Hill House-formerly Somerset House- by Jan McKechnie
The day the gas masks arrived by Hazel Hickson
A Young Man's War by Peter Dover-Wade
A wartime Childhood, Mumbles, 1940-1947 by Larry Owen
Mumbles welcomed the Sussex Regiment: a collection of memories
The Day a Barrage Balloon Landed in Horseshoe Field by Michael Llewellyn
On the Home Front by Elsie Mapp
Wartime Anti-Tank Blocks
World War Two Anti-Tank Blocks
My Seventeenth Birthday by Joyce Ellis (nee Maslen)
Mumbles: The Home Front 1914-1919
My mother was an Air Raid Warden at Thistleboon by Michael Llewellyn
Locals serving in the Second World War
Wartime Memories by Betty Sivertsen
Mumbles Red Cross Hospital in WW2 by Betty Sivertsen
More Wartime Memories compiled by Finvola Davies
Druslyn Road West Cross VE Day Party May 1945
Frederick Graham BROCK Royal Marine Commando by grandson David Brock
Remembrance Day Memories by Carol Powell nee Symmons
The Guns of Mumbles Head
Anti-Aircraft Guns of Mumbles Head
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery on Mumbles Hill
The Ack Ack Camp on Mumbles Hill in WW2 by Michael Llewellyn
Coastal Guns of Mumbles Head
Cpl Joseph Russell RA served on Coastal Guns Mumbles by his son Charles
The Coastal Defence Guns of Mumbles Head, Swansea Bay
My Army Life by Bill Morris
The Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island, Swansea Bay
Guns of Mumbles Lighthouse Island and Tutt Head by John Powell
Anti-Aircraft & Rocket Battery Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Dads Army at Ashleigh Road, Swansea
Aerial Photos of Mumbles Head, Swansea
AA Emplacements Revealed at Mumbles Head
Uncovering the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
Mumbles Hill: Uncovering the Anti-Aircraft Battery by John Powell
My life in the ATS on an Ack Ack Battery
Military Training Films on You Tube
The Defence of the Port of Workington: website details
I served in the WRNS at Mumbles Coastguard Station by Joan Jones
Wartime Activities at Snaple Point overlooking Langland Bay Gower
Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort collection
The Fort on Mumbles Lighthouse Island edited by John Powell
The Causeway to Mumbles Lighthouse and Fort
American GIs in Mumbles, Swansea & Gower
American Forces Memorial at Newton Village Hall, Mumbles
GI Bride Obituary - Phyllis Joan Rowland, from Horton, Gower
American Troops Training in Gower by Richard Lewis
Sergeant John McGraw of 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
A Swansea GI Bride Barbara Rodon nee Donne
Travels of the American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion
Pedro Rodon: from the Dominican Republic - New York - Swansea to Normandy
The American 348th Engineer Combat Battalion and Robert Carlson
Cliff Guard the American GI from Swansea
William Robert SNEAD remembers D Day
William Robert SNEAD obituary 7 May 2016
A 1944 Photo Album and a signed Stars & Stripes
When the American GIs arrived: a collection of memories
LST-Tank Landing Ships at Swansea and Omaha Beach
We Remember our Yank Herbert Sanborn
Soldiers in Mumbles from ARP to Yanks: four short memories
The American G.I's arrived: a collection of memories
Unloading on Omaha Beach by Carroll Turner of the 348th Engineers
The American GIs in Swansea by Jim Owen
The Yanks in Mumbles from 1943 by John Sutherland
American Dog Tags found at Scurlage Gower
American DUKW Operation in Mumbles and Gower
On the Way to Omaha Beach by Bernard Bellush an American GI
Life with the American GIs at Port Eynon
1944 Sweethearts Tree Carving
No Day At The Beach by Duane Heath
OXWICH TO OMAHA American GIs in South Wales by Phil Howells
How I met General Eisenhower by Len Emmanuel
Slideshow - The American GIs here in WW2
Louis Amundson a GI with 11th Port of Embarkation at Swansea
American Forces in Swansea and Gower in WW2
Glyn Cerrig House - a Mumbles landmark by Wendy Cope
Changing Shoreline and the Old Harbour
Churches and Chapels
Bethany Baptist Church, West Cross 1851-2001 by Robert Barnes
All Saints Church: A Brief History by The Church
Strolling Further Along The Dunns by John Powell
Book-MUMBLES & GOWER by Brian E Davies
Book-Mumbles and Gower Pubs by Brian E Davies
BOOK-Mumbles and Gower Pubs NEW by Brian E Davies
Beach Safety and Victorian Bathing Tragedies by Wendy Cope
Boatmen and their Boats by Harry Ward
Discover the area
Rhossili Bay on Gower is among the world's best beaches
Mumbles History Trail
Childhood Illness in Mumbles in 1927 by Dorothy Williams
Christmas in Mumbles between the Wars by Grafton Pearce Maggs
Castle
Oystermouth Castle collection
Clyne Castle collection
Blackpill
Blackpill Tithe Map 1844
Blackpill School
Celebrating 100 Years of the Vivian Hall Blackpill
Vivian Hall Blackpill -2018 marked its Centenary
Clyne Castle: Thomas Beckett, a Man of two Eras by Hayden Griffiths
Clyne Gardens, Blackpill
Clyne Valley Community Project
How old is the Roman Bridge at Blackpill?
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DO YOU REMEMBER? A Quiz
Illustrated talks by John Powell
Langland Bay and Caswell Bay collection
Mumbles Local History Centre at Ty Hanes closed in 2009
Langland Bay selection
Caswell Bay collection
Summerland House and The Dingle a Secret Garden in Caswell
Rotherslade Bay also know as Little Langland
Cover to Cover Bookshop
Ghostly goings on at Llwynderw by Dave Richards
Mumbles Head collection
Mumbles Head during peacetime and war
Bracelet and Limeslade Bay collection
Mixon Sands
Mixon Sands photos by Carol Powell MA
Swansea Main Drainage Scheme 1931-6
Larger photos of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
The Opening of Swansea Main Drainage Scheme
Mumbles Head Drainage Tunnels used during WW2
Gran Was A Lady's Maid by Sue Barr
Jessica's Nature Blog - information
Life in Mumbles Church School 1935-1946 by Ralph Wood
Life with the Vivians by Iris David
Iris David Born surrounded by art article by Jill Forwood Evening Post
Lilliput Bay by Jenny Secombe
Mumbles 1950 Trades Directory
Mumbles
MUMBLES -The Gateway to Gower
MUMBLES is a place and a very pretty one too by Stephen Yolland
Mumbles Baptist Church
Mumbles Pier & Lifeboat Station
Mumbles Pier: Past and Present
Camera Obscura at Mumbles Pier, Swansea
Mumbles Pier - After the Fire
The Monkey House at Mumbles Pier
Mumbles Royal British Legion has gone
Mumbles Women at Work in the 1890s by Carol Powell M.A.
Newton
Norton, Mumbles
Memories of Norton Cross by Edith E Robinson
Building the new Sea Wall at Norton
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years
Oystermouth Cemetery - The Early Years by Carol Powell M.A.
OHA - Publications
From Ship and Castle Hotel to MCC and Apartments
Old Mumbles Families
Olympic Oystermouth in 2012 in photos
Our village wants a new church- All Saint's Church
Oyster Industry: The Victorian Oystermen of Mumbles
Oystermouth
Oystermouth Castle: a brief history by Gerald Gabb
Oystermouth Historical Association: TALKS
The Story of Ostreme by Neil Norman
Oystermouth Radio
I Remember Oystermouth School by Jan Spooner nee Tucker
Oystermouth Urban District Council: The Final Meeting by H.F. Maslen
Poem-Painting the Boat by 'Spur': from The Mumbles Press, June 1931
Scouting in Newton by Betty Sivertsen
The 5th Mumbles Cubs by Betty Sivertsen
The Old Cape Horners of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
Thistleboon Orphanage: extracts from the autobiography of Amy Winters (nee King)
Memories of life in Thistleboon Orphanage by Amy Winters nee King
Thomas Beckett: Head Gardener of Clyne Castle by Haydn Griffiths
Mumbles at War
Rolls of Honour
Mumbles War Memorials
Mumbles Remembers The Great War 1914 - 1918
Meeting at Nanna Todd's Shop By Carol Powell
West Cross, Mumbles
Growing up in Mulberry Avenue West Cross by Jacky Dodd
Weddings in the Parish
My family photos through the years from Penny Hehir
Redcliffe House Caswell Bay Mumbles inspired by Penny Hehir
2025 Site Map
Local War Memorials
1939-10-30 Correspondence Committee:
A letter from Harry Libby
Libby's Letters to the Forces
Mumbles Correspondence Committee
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