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FRIENDS OF THE CITY OF SWANSEA BOTANICAL GARDEN APPEAL FOR NEW ENTRANCE GATES Last month we told you about the appeal to raise funds for new gates to the Botanical Gardens in Singleton Park. The appeal is getting a good
Read MoreTHURSDAY CLUB DIARY DATES The club welcomes men and women to come and listen to entertaining and very often amusing talks on a variety of subjects, with discussions with the speaker afterwards. The venue is the hall of Tycoch Community
Read MoreSWANSEA – SALUTE TO A CITY SANTA SMILES! Jingle bells, jingle bells . . . yes Christmas is coming at us at a terrific rate of knots. It seems like only yesterday that we were wishing one another a Happy
Read MorePAUL POPHAM WEAR WALLY The Paul Popham Fund, Renal Support Wales charity’s Wear Wally running event is back again this year with a few changes. Taking place on Sunday 24 November, they are changing to a 10k distance and a
Read MoreSWANSEA – SALUTE TO A CITY SEATOWN SAVIOURS! As Swansea’s celebrations of 50 years as a city continue the latest compilation of pictures from David Roberts brings a real nostalgic flavour to the party. Swansea – Salute to a city,
Read MoreCOVER TO COVER AMERICA, AERONWY AND ME In April 2008, Swansea poet Peter Thabit Jones and Aeronwy Thomas (right), the daughter of Dylan Thomas, crossed America, from New York to California,on the Dylan Thomas Tribute Tour of America. The tour
Read MoreTHE OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR The Ocean Film Festival returns to Porthcawl on Wednesday 11 September bringing with it a night of captivating ocean films. From wild Arctic waters to Mexico’s spectacular sink-holes, this collection of brand-new ocean-themed films will
Read MoreLAW AND ORDER 50 YEARS OF CITY STATUS Gaining city status wasn’t the only talking point around the bay back in 1969. That was also the year that the sea town’s police force, which had endured for around a century
Read MoreGOWER SHOW COMPETITION TIME This year the annual Gower Agricultural Show, will be held on Sunday, 4 August in the stunning parkland of Penrice Castle Estate near Oxwich Bay. If you enjoy the countryside, or are looking for a different,
Read MoreSWANSEA PHILHARMONIC CHOIR KIDS CANCER CHARITY Swansea Philharmonic Choir: ‘Come and Sing’ Haydn’s Nelson Mass featuring soloists from Gower College Swansea in aid of Kids Cancer Charity. Saturday 1 June 2019 at All Saints, Oystermouth. Open rehearsal 14.00. Concert performance
Read MoreSWANSEA BOWLING CLUB NEW MEMBERS WELCOME Swansea Bowling Club welcomes new members at any time – they are a friendly mixed club with a licensed club house in Bryn Road. It doesn’t matter if you have never bowled before, you
Read MoreSECRET SWANSEA LISA TIPPINGS The history of Swansea stretches back to the establishment of a Viking trading post at the mouth of the River Tawe and the settlement was granted a charter following the Norman conquest. In the 18th and
Read MoreSWANSEA MALE CHOIR CHARITY CONCERT Swansea Male Choir is thrilled to be appearing at a Charity Concert in aid of Cancer Research, at the Princess Royal Theatre, Civic Centre, Port Talbot, on 4 March at 19.00. Appearing with the choir
Read MoreLOCAL INTEREST BOOKS This month we feature several local interest books that have been brought to my attention. The first two are published by Amberley Publishing and available from local bookshops or direct from www.amberley-books.com MUMBLES AND GOWER PUBS BRIAN
Read MoreSWANSEA – THE TIME OF OUR LIVES HARVEST HOME Travelling back in time is something that no doubt many of us have wished for. Former Swansea journalist and latterly publisher David Roberts has been doing just that for the past
Read MoreUPLANDS ARTS GILBERT & SULLIVAN As this year marks the centenary of women gaining the vote, it’s appropriate that Uplands Arts’ 2018 Gilbert & Sullivan production is “Iolanthe”. The plot deals with a group of women intervening in the political
Read MoreMARKET AT THE MILL FOOD AND DRINK The first market will be held on Thursday 12 July at the Heritage Centre, Parkmill SA3 2EH. This is the first of a new initiative to create a social occasion based on Gower’s
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