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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.
    • 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
  • 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
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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.
    • 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
  • 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
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    • 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
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  • Langland Bay and Caswell Bay collection
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    • Langland Bay selection
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      • 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
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    • 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
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  • Iris David Born surrounded by art article by Jill Forwood Evening Post
  • Lilliput Bay by Jenny Secombe
  • Mumbles 1950 Trades Directory
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    • MUMBLES -The Gateway to Gower
    • MUMBLES is a place and a very pretty one too by Stephen Yolland
  • Mumbles Baptist Church
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    • Mumbles Pier: Past and Present
    • Camera Obscura at Mumbles Pier, Swansea
    • Mumbles Pier - After the Fire
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  • 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
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  • Our village wants a new church- All Saint's Church
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  • 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
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      • In the Street where I lived, Woodville Road by Malcolm Snell
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      • Someone stole Grannie’s railings by Barbara Fisher
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      • 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
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      • 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
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        • 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
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      • 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
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        • Part Four - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
        • Part Five - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
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        • Part Seven - A Trek through old Mumbles Village by Stuart Batcup
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        • 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
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        • 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
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        • Book-Some Lost Places of Mumbles by Carol Powell M.A.
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        • 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.
      • 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
    • 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?
    • Contact Editors
      • Copyright
      • 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

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