Swansea Blitz

Swansea bombing attack 27th June 1940

Three Night Blitz 19th-21st Feburary 1941.  

Swansea Docks

The History of Swansea Docks

Swansea Blitz (Update)

Personal story of Neville Rees, whose house was the first to be bombed in Swansea, 27th June 1940

Lloyds Registers and Emigration

What information do the Lloyd Registers about ships

RMS Titanic and the Swansea Connection

April 1921 saw the sinking of RMS Titanic.  Read the article on the Swansea connections

Its Good To Talk!

Oral History - The Importance of People's Histories

Criminal Records

Discovering ancestors who had Criminal Records

Reader Enquiry - Kurt Brand, German Second World War Pilot

Story of the German Second World War Pilot, Kurt Brand.

Crime and Punishment

Reporting Crime and Punishment in The Cambrian

Kurt Brand Update

Photograph of Kurt Brand's grave.

Reader Feedback

Swansea Blitz remembered

Churches of Swansea and Gower

Brief history of the different churches of Swansea and Gower.  There is a quiz at the end of the article

Last of the Smmer Wine

Brief history of the No Sign Wine Bar, Wind Street

Westminster Abbey Night Vigil

Remembering those who were killed on the First Day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916

Swansea Churches

How many did you name

Exploring Swansea's Graveyards

Instering history of Graveyards and Cemeteries

All the World's a Stage - Act 1

Early history of thretre in Swansea and opening of the Grand Threatre

Fanny Imlay

Fanny's sucide at Mackworth Arms Hotel, Wind Street, Swansea

A Mystery Resolved

St. Illtyd's Church, Oxwich

Reader Letter Received