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DO YOU REMEMBER - the Camera Obcura at the end of Mumbles Pier in the 1960s?
It was also discovered that several years after Mumbles Pier opened in May 1898, a ‘Camera Obscura’ was installed next to the entrance, opposite the ticket office.
Fred Barrow and Irene Corfield, (known as Renee) are pictured on the occasion of their marriage at Clyne Church 7th November 1942 .
Fred, who farmed at Mount Farm, Mayals during the war, is wearing his Home Guard uniform and Renee, her Land Army uniform. Fred moved to Llangennith in late 1950s.
His grandson, Phillip, is a living historian and is researching and presenting talks on THE GOWER HOME GUARD. He is also trying to find out if his grandfather was in either the Mumbles or Blackpill Home Guard. Please: Contact Editors >
By Stuart Batcup
Known to her customers and friends as, 'Jean The Wool. Jean, ran the shop was situated at the corner of Gower Place and Dunns Lane, between 1980 and 1999.
By Wendy Stiddard
Her father, Arthur, had run the business in the early 1930s and that he was a gifted mechanic and ‘he could do anything with a car engine.'
2021 Interview
Interviewed by Greg Ballantine Produced by Peter Hall
You Tube : https://youtu.be/QjD9zlxD5ak
Landlord Escapes in his nightshirt
Everything destroyed
by Kate Jones
NEW
Featuring Mumbles well-known landmark houses
Aerial Views -May 2021
Video by Swansea Council of one of Swansea's most historic landmarks.
More: Video Selection >
by Olivia Hughes and Alun Bevan
100 years since two young men sought refuge in Britain to start a new life. Now both their families have assimilated into the new society and become Welsh.!!
Snow is fun when you are young; not so when you are older and have to get to work or the shops, when slipping might mean a broken ankle – or worse. A White Christmas would be lovely – so long as it was just that.
by Kate Jones
Coxswain Davies received an urgent message from the Coastguard. A ship (presumably mined) was sinking in the Bristol Channel, six miles WSW of Mumbles Head, off Rotherslade Bay.
by Kate Jones
by Kate Jones
by Bill Morris
Bill served in the Royal Artillery on Mumbles Lighthouse Island from 1942
Geology and Quarrying In Mumbles > by Ian Prothero
Many residents of Mumbles live within a stone’s throw (or two) of a former quarry or limekiln.
Oystermouth Library collection >
Including articles by, Edna Davies (on behalf of the Harris family) Carol Powell, Sandy Baddick and Grafton Maggs.
When Radio came to Mumbles >
by Grafton Maggs
By the way, those of a certain age call it 'The Wireless.'
Anti-Aircraft & Rocket Battery, Ashleigh Road >
A collection of Memories, with new photos, from those who served in the Royal Artillery, Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and Home Guard.More: Mumbles at War >
The article
by Kate Jones
Commemorates the short life of a young Welsh musician
The Video
by Peter Hall
Morfydd Owen, who died in the house – Craig-y-môr – on 7 September 1918
A Memorial to the Men of Oystermouth: 1914-1918
by Kate JonesThey were a focus for grief and loss and also pride
Many Mumbles street names have changed >
But where were they? By Carol Powell
White Lady ship's figurehead at Thistleboon >
The 'White Lady' statue which stood in the garden of Lewin's Hill House, Thistleboon was a figurehead from a schooner
Thistleboon Orphanage: extracts >
of Amy Winters (nee King)
formerly Somerset House
by Jan McKechnie
On top of the Mumbles Hill in the middle of this nature reserve, is a large old house now known as Mumbles Hill House which has arguably the finest views in the Gower!
including Videos
On two occasions in 1928 and in January 1957, it was decided to land on the Mixon shoal and play a game of cricket for the short duration that the sandbank was uncovered.
Complaining to the Council before 1914 >
by Carol Powell M.A.History is all about change, its effects on our everyday lives and our reaction to it. There are those who actively embrace ‘progress’ and those who resist it, preferring the status quo.
A Camera Obscura at Mumbles Pier >
by John PowellSeveral years after Mumbles Pier opened in May 1898, a ‘Camera Obscura’ was installed next to the entrance, opposite the ticket office.
An article by Carol Powell
The Blue Plaque Unveiling, for Heroines Jessie Ace and Margaret Wright, the story and the poem by Clement Scott, 'The Women of Mumbles Head'
by Joan Jones (née Marshall)
Kemp’s was a fascinating shop, which sold everything one needed from soft furnishing to ladies’ stockings.
A stroll around old Thistleboon
by Brinley McKay
One of his stories told of a lady who regularly rode in a cab and lived in the big house nearby called 'Craig y Mor'. She sometimes visited five-year-old Brinley to give him a box of chocolates.This programme, for Dick Whittington and His Cat has been donated by Justin Horrell, on behalf of his mother Pauline Seacombe.Study these names and you’ll be surprised how many you know.
My abiding memories of Mumbles >
by Mike Finlayson
Bernard Stockton formed ‘The Singing Barmen’ with the legendary Bowden Brothers, Bill and Trevor.
The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19 >
by Carol Powell
One hundred years ago, the world experienced an Influenza Pandemic, which hit children and young adults. The outbreak lasted from spring 1918 until late 1919.
A Secret Garden in Caswell. Rediscovered garden, so that it will once again return to its former splendour
Life in a Prefab at West Cross >
By Carole Walters (née Gorman)
8 May 2020: VE Day Commemoration
The Mumbles Lifeboat Station History
As we commemorate 75 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe we also remember the courageous service given throughout the war by the crews of all our lifeboats. by Kate Jones
By Beverly Rogers
Previously Published in Mumbles TimesAs we journey into Midwinter and the darkest months of the Welsh year, the Mari Lwyd - one of Wales’ most unusual traditions – can be seen snapping its jaw.
by Joyce Hewett
My grandmother literally tore her hat to shreds, as she stood on the beach, watching the tragedy unfold. Later I regularly asked ‘Where is my Daddy?