Recent Additions - Page B
Affectionately known as 'Seldom Shut'Including A George & Son who had the shop earlier
Broadway is the name given to a small section of Newton Road
At low tide, the waves passing over the Mixon Sandbank can be impressive when viewed from Bracelet Bay.
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Mixon Sands photo and video album
an discover more of this phenomenon
Those who go down to the sea in ships >
By Kate Jones
Memories of Visits to Bracelet Bay
Photo Left: A New Information Board has been installed at Bracelet BayA new photo:
By Bernard Stockton
Pantomimes at the ‘Legion’ in Oystermouth Square, were part of the village scene from 1946 into the 1950s
Like most Mumbles boys, I'm not sure which came first, the ability to walk or the ability to swim.
by Sylvia Webborn
Shopping in Edwardian Mumbles >
by Carol Powell
NEW
Set in Mumbles, this tells the stories of the lives of the local policemen during a century of prodigious change from the 1850s to the 1950s.
A selection of films from You Tube
D Day Remembered
Normandy landings on 6 June 1944
American GIs in Mumbles, Swansea & Gower >
A Collection of articles
A few of the GIs who lived and trained in Mumbles
By Edna Davies
High above Mumbles, approached from all sides by steep hills, lies the village of Newton,
The fire gutted remains of W H Jones, Boot & Shoe Depot, Post Office & Stationer.
by Carol Powell
By Carol Powell
Other names are more obscure and intriguing e.g. the name of our old harbour, Horsepool. .
More: Lifeboat collection
The Dunns
Was situated between where the White Rose Public House now stands and the sea.
The old Tivoli Cinema
The Mumbles Oyster Trade
They began to use vessels rigged with a mast, a mainsail, a forestaysail and a jib, which were known as Skiffs.
The names and occupations of some of the other villagers who lived and worked on shore.
The 1871 census registered a preponderance of ‘old’ (many still recognisable) Mumbles surnames among the six hundred or so oystermen,
Alfred Pressdee, Taxi Proprietor, shows off his carriage and his new motor car, 1908
Here, horse power is giving way to the new ‘horseless’ carriages
. . . and back again
Edited by Carol Powell
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By Kate Jones