Mumbles Oysters
collection
Oyster Skiffs on the foreshore at Southend, pre 1893
The remains of several oyster skiffs, which lie near the sea wall and are a small, but constant reminder of a once proud and hardworking band of men
Oster Skiffs, The Snake and The Hawk . Photo: RJ Lloyd .
By 1873, the signs were already very ominous, and the old hands were cautious. The year's haul was only a little over nine million, and two years later it was to drop sharply again to just under four million. Whitstable was already doing far better. In 1875 the value of the Mumbles catch was £13,325; Whitstable oysters totalled £55,141.
by Carol Powell MA
Including:: Location of the Oyster Beds, Dredging, Season, Heyday, Perches and Plantations, Decline, The Men who worked the Skiffs.
By Carol Powell MA
Up until 1871, when oyster-dredging reached its peak, the dredging for oysters had been one of the mainstays of Mumbles Life. Some sixteen million oysters were harvested ...
By Carol Powell MA
A virus in the early 1920s finished off what was left of the industry forever and the extension of the railway to Mumbles Head was another part of the story.
By Carol Powell MA
Many remember the sight of fishing nets way out in Swansea Bay, comprising a series of nets / weirs stretching across the bay from Blackpill to Mumbles.
By Carol Powell MA
Several proverbs refer to St.James’s Day:
‘Who eats oysters on St James's Day will never want’ . . .
Also could be spelt Grottos or Grottoes
Articles by other authors
by by George Webborn
summer, the local children would put the mountain of shells left over once the oysters had been harvested to good use, often earning a few pennies into the bargain. Magical ...
by Maisie Harris
... idea of him being away for months or even years at a time. However, oysters were plentiful in the Bristol Channel, and skiffs from Mumbles were successful in the dredging ...
by Margie Bowden (nee Jenkins)
Memories of the Oyster Trade
I remember when I was still at school, my father used to sell oysters on a big oyster table out by the White Gate
Oyster skiffs at Southend, between 1856 & 1890
