Oystermouth, West Glamorgan
Oystermouth maps
Historic maps of Oystermouth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Oystermouth maps
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Oystermouth books
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Swansea Photographic Memories
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3 Oystermouth photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Oystermouth
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My Great, Great, Grandfather planted these trees which you can see running down the middle of the photo in 1883 when the cemetery was opened and they are still present to this day.
His name was Henry Harris (1827-1911). He died at 84yrs old. His wife Elizabeth Harris passed away in 1920 aged 88yrs at the Cemetery Lodge where they both... [more]
Shared on 05 April 2007
West Glamorgan memories
Whenever I heard the words "The Mumbles" as a child, it conjured up a very romantic image in my mind. According to family history, my Great-grandfather Thomas Stokes proposed to my Great-grandmother Matilda Thomas there. I can just imagine them enjoying the lovely view and sea air and planning their future. They left Wales for America in 1908, never to return... [more]
Shared on 08 March 2008
I have many happy memories of Mumbles Pier from the 1950s onwards. It was a place of Penny Slot Machines and there were lots of opportunities to spend your pocket money and have fun! I can remember the Laughing Policeman exhibit - a penny in the slot started a unusual and rather scary model of a Policeman, complete with helmet, swaying... [more]
Shared on 27 February 2008
Childhood memories in the Mumbles
I was born in London, but my Mother came from the Mumbles, so several times a year we took the train from Paddington on our journey to Swansea. With a large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, the sea, the beaches and the freedom, I thought I was in heaven! This photo of the Mumbles in 1954 was just as... [more]
Shared on 27 February 2008
I recall my father Gerry Richards of West Cross telling me that when the building was no longer being used( he was then an acting security man having formerly tended the gardens and the boiler system) that he and his colleague were in the kitchen when they heard footsteps(the clicking of high heels) coming from the internal corridor towards the closed... [more]
Shared on 04 February 2008
Mom was born in Swansea in 1924. She adopted a dog from our local Animal Care and Control in Michigan 1998 - she fell in love with her. She named her Pennard after this place. She loved it here.
Shared on 05 November 2006
On our way to Three Cliffs Bay
For my sister, Carol, and I, Parkmill meant only one thing - Shepherd's Shop.
The only place to buy ice cream and sweets and even the new 'Coca Cola'. We always stopped here on our way to and my aunt's wooden bungalow almost on the beach at Three Cliffs Bay where we spent many, many happy summers. What wonderful... [more]
Shared on 17 November 2007
107 Walter Road,Swansea was the scene of many happy school holidays.It is still there, butis now a business address. My Bampie and Nanny Price lived there, with Nan's mum Nanny Rees occupying the back downstairs room as a bedroom-come-sitting room,she had French doors out to the garden and the outside toilet. Upstairs lived my Dad's sister and her husband and daughter, my Aunty... [more]
Shared on 20 November 2009
Extracts From Oystermouth & West Glamorgan books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Oystermouth, inspired by Frith photos.
Following its destruction during the rising of 1287, Oystermouth was rebuilt as a courtyard castle. At one end was a three-storey gatehouse whose top floor was occupied by a large chapel. At the other end was the rectangular tower, the remains of which are the subject of photograph No 32739. These two structures were linked together by high curtain walls. Remodelling... [more]
This is an extract from Welsh Castles.
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Situated four miles south-west of Swansea overlooking Swansea Bay, Oystermouth derives its name from a Norman/English corruption of Ystmllwynarth. The first stronghold on the site was probably built by Henry Beaumont, Earl of Warwick, following his being made Lord of Gower by Henry I. Oystermouth was captured by the Lord Rhys, but was later handed over to John de Braose... [more]
This is an extract from Welsh Castles.
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In July 1905, the National Lifeboat Association held a demonstration on the lake. Good Friday and Easter Monday would see a miniature fair—stalls for refreshments, model yacht racing on the reservoir, rowing boats for hire, bowls and so on. Here we see the 'tropical island' with its giant Gunnera and the half-timbered lodge.
This is an extract from Swansea Pocket Album.
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