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Claire Hooper (one of the Dance twins) Woking
Mumbles was ours when it WASN'T summer. I remember on the beach at Southend, trying to stand on the same rock for as long as possible while the tide came in - that always ended up with wet feet! Using gloves full of coins to crack the ice in the dinghies up on the prom by the yacht club, and the sound of the wind clattering the stays of the masts. On the beach at Bracelet as the sun was getting low, playing on the penny falls in the Tivoli. Magic. Nowhere else comes close.
Fri Jun 12 17:01:14 2009
Ken Attwell
The round house on the West side of Plunch Lane was a small bungalow made mostly from corrugated sheets. My father and mother used to borrow it in 1934. They later had a caravan in Plunch Lane in the 1940's and 1950's. The smell was awful because it was sited next to the farm's pig sty.
I loved living in 442 Mumbles road during the war years, when the bay was full of ships prior to the D-day landings, and the view of the blitz of poor old Swansea town lasted three nights and created huge Guy Faulks nights.
I attended Oystermouth school and my teacher was a Miss Legg. I spent many hours on the beach and picked and ate many cockles, and perrywinkles from the beach opposite our home and never had any tummy bugs.
The ride on the old Mumbles train into town was a great treat. The train has long gone now, so has Jones's dairy, the corner Fortes Ice cream parlour with its blue painted chairs, so has the narrow street through Oystermouth, but despite so called improvements, Mumbles still retains it's wonderful charm.
In the late 1950's my wife and I sailed and raced in Swansea Bay with wonderful characters such as Clark Thomas, Tony Martin, Bunny Evans, Dr Peter Harry, John Trebble, Bob Bursey, and many other wonderful people. Mumbles has been a great place to spend most of my life, thanks to the people - it is still the best place to live.
Mon Nov 3 12:49:54 2008
Deborah Ferrier {Scotland}
I was born in Swansea and moved to Scotland. I miss the walks and cycling along the Promenade from Swansea Bay to Mumbles. The scenary is breathtaking. Having a Joes ice cream at Mumbles and taking a walk to the shops on Newton Road.
Fri Aug 15 16:04:20 2008
Allan Wyn Davies, Barrie, Ont. Canada
My Mam was born in a round house in Plunch Lane and my Grandfather operated the first pleasure boat trip in Mumbles. Does any one remember the Slee or Gammon families that lived on Plunch Lane?
Tue Jul 22 10:59:45 2008
martyn saprano, London
I first went to Mumbles 30 years ago when I was nine...Then I used to go every August to play in the Swansea tennis tournament at Langland with varying degrees of success. What I love about Mumbles is the sense of intimacy and community, combinded with wide sweeping views and the smell of the ocean.....the view is always different yet reassuringly familiar....Langland Bay brings back many happy memories.
Mon Oct 15 11:00:13 2007
Hilary Wheatley (nee Chalk) Nottingham
My father was born in Southend to a Port Eynon family of mariners traced back to 1715 and my mother Clydach, but when they married they moved to Nottingham for work.
I have wonderful childhood memories of holidays every year from a baby travelling by coach and then the Mumbles train to Southend, staying with my aunts. Collecting cockles at West Cross beach with my father, and seaweed for my aunts to make lavabread. Playing in the sound pool Bracelet with my brother and cousins. Hanging out the bedroom window to watch the lifeboat launch down the slipway after the maroons went off.I am now 60 and still visit every year. Not missed many years and hope to continue. No better place.
Tue Aug 28 11:31:56 2007
christine Amoss Germany
Travelling on the Mumbles train to school in Swansea every day and being able to just run across the road in my "cossie" for a swim whenever I wanted - these are my lasting memories of Mumbles! What a place!
Tue Aug 28 10:53:18 2007
Carl from Canada
I remember cycling from Swansea (Page St) with my friends Derek Pope and Ken Gabriel in the late 40s. The Mumbles tram was in service at that time and it's too bad that it's not running now. It had a great tourist function. Cymru am byth.
Thu Aug 23 15:56:54 2007
Helen Nelson, Mumbles
I have lived in the Mumbles for the past year, and really love it. These are some of my highlights! Looking out of my windows over Swansea Bay watching the tide - it's always a stunning view whatever the weather. Eating chips from Dick Bartons, overlooking Limeslade Bay by the Apple, especially when the sea is stormy. Having a hot chocolate in the cafe on the beach in Caswell Bay reading my book. Pottering around the shops on Newton Rd on a Saturday morning. Mumbles is a fantastic place to live and I feel very lucky.
Wed Aug 22 09:06:38 2007
geraldine jackson (nee Lloyd) sw France
I was born there and it was the very best place to be as a young child. On the beach all day, with condensed milk sandwiches, playing on the wrecks, washing in "sailors soap". Another world. If we had a 3p Fortes ice cream cornet! Anyone remember the icecream eating competition, I WASNT ALLOWED TO ENTER.
Mon Aug 20 09:33:27 2007
Anne Gall
I really love Mumbles years ago as a child my parents use to hire a caravan in Plunch Lane. We would travel there from Swansea on the Mumbles Tram that used to run along the seafront, from what is now Swansea's leisure centre, got off at the Mumbles Pier - sometimes certain trams actually went to Limeslade Bay, the next bay along from Braclet where the lighthouse still stands and works, then we would walk up the lane to where the holiday home was.
I spent many a happy day on both beaches. The pier, its amusement arcades, where we used to try and win our pennies back, but somehow the bandits always won. Then our favourite little shop is The Apple, just above Bracelet Bay, where its icecream was delicious. I still go there on the odd occasion - that's when one of the family take me out for a ride in their car on a really nice summer evening and boy does it bring the memories flowing back of the happy times I spent there, and yes it still looks the same the only thing missing are the trams.
Mon Aug 20 09:31:39 2007
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