Penrice
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Map of West Glamorgan
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Penrice books (1 available)
Did You Know? Swansea - A Miscellany
Hardback
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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 days they were.
A memory of Parkmill contributed by Julia Cousins
My Mom's little Dog
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.
A memory of Pennard contributed by Susie Somerville-Franz
Living at East Cwm Ivy
Lived at East Cwm Ivy as a child from 1973 to 1980. This photo does not show our house but the view from it to the houses you go past to go to the beach.
A memory of Llanmadoc contributed by Kathy dudley
Mumbles Memories
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 resided.
A memory of Oystermouth contributed by Nicholas Johns
Extracts From Penrice & West Glamorgan books
Penrice castle stands on the site of an earthwork and timber fortification; the present structure was built over a period of some fifty years, with work beginning in c1250. The castle comprised a gatehouse, round keep, curtain wall, two round turrets and five small turrets.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".
We can see the corner of the 13th-century castle in the top right of this photograph. The house dominating the picture was built by Thomas Mansel-Talbot in the 1770s. Additions were built in the 19th century: a stone-faced wing designed by William Powell was added between 1812 and 1817, and the last addition was made between 1893 and 1896. The front of the house once boasted an ornate iron and glass conservatory constructed by Macfarlane's of Glasgow, but this was removed after the Second World War.
An extract from from"South Wales Photographic Memories".