Download or read book Swansea Travel Guide written by Daniel Windsor and published by Interactive Media Licensing. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea, a vibrant coastal city in South Wales, is a place of rich history, stunning natural beauty, and a thriving cultural scene. Known as "Abertawe" in Welsh, Swansea is the second-largest city in Wales and offers a unique blend of urban living and seaside tranquility. Situated on the picturesque Swansea Bay, the city boasts a diverse range of attractions, from historical landmarks and scenic parks to bustling markets and modern entertainment venues. Whether you're a history buff, a nature lover, or someone looking for a new adventure, Swansea has something to offer everyone. Swansea's charm lies in its ability to blend the old with the new seamlessly. The city has a storied past that dates back to medieval times, yet it remains forward-looking, with ongoing developments aimed at enhancing the quality of life for its residents and visitors. The friendly and welcoming atmosphere of Swansea is reflected in its people, who are known for their warmth and hospitality. This preface aims to give you a glimpse of what makes Swansea special and why it should be on your list of must-visit destinations.
Download or read book Swansea s Frontline Kids 1939 45 written by Jim Owen and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Second World War in Swansea, as witnessed by the city’s children.
Download or read book The Little History of Swansea written by David Gwynn and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much has changed in Swansea over the years and this short but comprehensive history chronicles the development of the city from the earliest times to today. The Little History of Swansea traces the growth of the medieval town, the rise of the Port of Swansea, the industrial heritage of the area and the fate that befell the town during the Second World War. Here you can read about the odd and unusual happenings, as well as the more traditional history that has made the city what it is today.
Download or read book Swansea Copper written by Chris Evans and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to detail the global impact of copper production in Swansea, Wales, and how a major technological shift transformed the British Isles into the world's most dynamic center of copper smelting. Eighteenth-century Swansea, Wales, was to copper what nineteenth-century Manchester was to cotton or twentieth-century Detroit to the automobile. Beginning around 1700, Swansea became the place where a revolutionary new method of smelting copper, later christened the Welsh Process, flourished. Using mineral coal as a source of energy, Swansea's smelters were able to produce copper in volumes that were quite unthinkable in the old, established smelting centers of central Europe and Scandinavia. After some tentative first steps, the Swansea district became a smelting center of European, then global, importance. Between the 1770s and the 1840s, the Swansea district routinely produced one-third of the world's smelted copper, sometimes more. In Swansea Copper, Chris Evans and Louise Miskell trace the history of copper making in Britain from the late seventeenth century, when the Welsh Process transformed Britain's copper industry, to the 1890s, when Swansea's reign as the dominant player in the world copper trade entered an absolute decline. Moving backward and forward in time, Evans and Miskell begin by examining the place of copper in baroque Europe, surveying the productive landscape into which Swansea Copper erupted and detailing the means by which it did so. They explain how Swansea copper achieved global dominance in the years between the Seven Years' War and Waterloo, explore new commercial regulations that allowed the importation to Britain of copper ore from around the world, and connect the rise of the copper trade to the rise of the transatlantic slave trade. They also examine the competing rise of the post–Civil War US copper industry. Whereas many contributions to global history focus on high-end consumer goods—Chinese ceramics, Indian cottons, and the like—Swansea Copper examines a producer good, a metal that played a key role in supporting new technologies of the industrial age, like steam power and electricity. Deftly showing how deeply mineral history is ingrained in the history of the modern world, Evans and Miskell present new research not just on Swansea itself but on the places its copper industry affected: mining towns in Cuba, Chile, southern Africa, and South Australia. This insightful book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the historical roots of globalization and the Industrial Revolution as a global phenomenon.
Download or read book Copperopolis Landscapes of the Early Industrial Period in Swansea written by Stephen Hughes and published by Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. This book was released on 2008-12-18 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dadansoddiad darluniadol o dirlun diwydiannol ardal Abertawe yn adlewyrchu dylanwad hanes a datblygiad y diwydiant copr ar fywyd cymdeithasol ac economaidd, addysgol a chrefyddol y fro yn ystod y 18fed a'r 19eg ganrif. Dros 300 o luniau du-a-gwyn. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Download or read book Swansea in the Great War written by Bernard Lewis and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great War left an indelible mark on almost every town and village in Britain and this extensively researched book looks in detail at how that war affected the town of Swansea and its people.Themes covered in the book include recruitment and the treatment of conscientious objectors, how Belgian refugees were cared for, and what happened to foreign nationals who were living in Swansea at the outbreak of war. How the war affected the trade of the town, especially the docks, is examined, as well as the fate of numerous Swansea ships that became targets for the German U-Boat campaign. The organisation of medical aid for wounded servicemen and the effect of food shortages, and its subsequent rationing in Swansea, are covered. The new roles performed by women and the efforts made in the town to provide support for those left at home, or serving at the front, are also examined. Away from the Home Front, the actions of both of the Swansea Victoria Cross winners are recounted, as are the stories of some of those who served on land, on sea, or in the air. These include a Swansea airman who was downed by the famous Red Baron, another who flew again after losing a leg in combat, a Swansea sailor who was lost in an encounter with a German U-Boat, the Swansea officer who twice escaped from a POW camp, and several former Swansea men who returned with Canadian, Australian or South African units to fight the common foe, with often tragic results. There are also stories of a Swansea nurse captured by the Austrians in Serbia, and a Swansea doctor at Gallipoli.Swansea in the Great War is a welcome and long overdue look at how the Great War affected the town and its people. How did the experience of war affect Swansea and the surrounding area? - From the initial enthusiasm, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Swansea were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years. A record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. The Great War affected everyone. At home there were wounded soldiers in military hospitals, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling. The role of women changed dramatically and they undertook a variety of work undreamed of in peacetime. Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions, including the disastrous first day at the Somme for the Swansea Pals.
Download or read book A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of the Swansea Region written by Stephen Hughes and published by RCAHMW. This book was released on 1989 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales has a leading national role in developing and promoting understanding of the archaeological, built and maritime heritage of Wales, as the originator, curator and supplier of authoritative information for individual, corporate and governmental decision makers, researchers, and the general public.
Download or read book Report written by National Union of Teachers and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Swansea Massachusetts 1667 1917 written by Otis Olney Wright and published by Dalcassian Publishing Company. This book was released on 1917-01-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Swansea University written by Sam Blaxland and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea University: Campus and Community in a Post-War World, 1945–2020 marks Swansea University’s centenary. It is a study of post- Second World War academic and social change in Britain and its universities, as well as an exploration of shifts in youth culture and the way in which higher education institutions have interacted with people and organisations in their regions. It covers a range of important themes and topics, including architectural developments, international scholars, the changing behaviours of students, protest and politics, and the multi-layered relationships that are formed between academics, young people and the wider communities of which they are a part. Unlike most institutional histories, it takes a ‘bottom-up’ approach and focuses on the thoughts, feelings and behaviours of people like students and non-academic staff who are normally sidelined in such accounts. As it does so, it utilises a large collection of oral history testimonies collected specifically for this book; and, throughout, it explores how formative, paradoxical and unexpected university life can be.
Download or read book Swansea History Tour written by David Gwynn and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 73 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guided tour of this historic town of Swansea, showing how the areas you know and love have changed over the centuries.
Download or read book Swansea Pottery Transferware from 1811 to its closure in 1870 written by A & G Tanner and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dylan Thomas s Swansea Gower and Laugharne written by James A Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Dylan Thomas died in 1953, his work has never been out of print and his notorious life continues to fascinate. To mark the centenary of Thomas’s birth, Dylan Thomas’s Swansea, Gower and Laugharne is being reprinted. This popular publication provides a detailed account of the relationship between Thomas’s life, work and the three places that were most important to him. Illustrated throughout with photographs, this book takes the reader on a tour of the locations intimately connected with the poet, outlining the history and literary history of each area as well as Thomas’s links with these places and his use of them in his work. The result is a unique literary guide for all those who are interested in Dylan Thomas and the places that shaped him, whether they are visitors to Swansea, Gower or Laugharne, or armchair travellers who would like to know more about the geographical and cultural associations of Thomas’s writing.
Download or read book Proud to be a Swan The History of Swansea City FC written by Geraint H Jenkins and published by Y Lolfa. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swansea City Football Club celebrates its centenary in 2012. This book traces the history of the club and gives details of momentous events on and off the pitch since 1912.
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Download or read book Whites On Green A history of cricket at St Helen s Swansea written by Andrew Hignell and published by Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the only county cricket ground in the United Kingdom where you can both see the sea and feel the breeze coming off the adjoining estuary – the St Helen’s ground in Swansea where some memorable days in cricket history have thrilled the crowds shoe-horned into the tiered enclosures lining the boundaries at one of county cricket’s most idiosyncratic venues. It was at the Swansea ground where Glamorgan secured a dramatic two-day victory over the 1951 South Africans; where the guile and spin of Johnnie Clay confounded and becalmed Australian batting legend Don Bradman; where during the late 1940s, John Arlott sat in the BBC radio commentary box, alongside Swansea’s favourite son, the famed poet Dylan Thomas; where in 1976 West Indian legend Clive Lloyd struck the world’s fastest double-hundred; where Matthew Maynard struck an astonishing hundred on first-class debut in 1985; where Glamorgan defeated the Australians on successive tours in 1964 and 1968; and where – during the latter season – Garry Sobers became the first man in cricket history to hit six sixes in an over. This book is the fifth in the highly acclaimed Cricket Witness series and its publication, during the summer of 2018, celebrates the 50th anniversary of Sobers’ feat at the Swansea ground against the occasional spin of Malcolm Nash. Besides recounting all of these feats, and a number of other memorable occasions in cricket history at St Helen’s, this book also traces the creation during the second half of the 19th century of the ground – used by Swansea’s cricket and rugby teams – and its integral place in Welsh sporting history. Lavishly illustrated with many hitherto unpublished photographs, this book will appeal to local historians as well as aficionados of the summer game, besides showing how popular outgrounds and cricket festivals have been in the county cricket calendar.
Download or read book Report written by Commonwealth Shipping Committee and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
