This is a book for everyone who loves Swansea, this rainswept place by the sea. The town has not always lived in the full glare of history but it is a place that has made its own contribution to the world, always looking outwards. As Swansea's industry developed, the rural poor moved into the town in search of employment in the copper works and mines, each trying to build a new life in a cramped town. Add to this the rest of the world that arrived via the docks and you get a heady and bewildering mix. From the Swansea social whirl of the Georgian Assembly Rooms to the bizarre story of Zeno, murderer and spy, Geoff Brookes takes you on an A–Z tour of Swansea's history. Fully illustrated with photographs from today and yesterday, this new A–Z history will show you the places and the people that have built the Swansea that is loved by both visitors and residents alike.
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HistoryTable of contents
- Cover
- The Assembly Rooms
- Thomas Bowdler
- Constitution Hill
- Dunvant Explosion
- Dear Editor
- Frederick Higginson
- Fforestfach Show of 1909
- Ghosts
- Peter Ham
- Ilston
- William Jernegan
- The Kardomah
- RMS Lusitania
- Llys Newydd
- The Women of Mumbles Head
- Richard ‘Beau’ Nash
- The Orange Peel Nuisance
- SS Polaria
- Quay Parade
- Richard Rees
- Ellen Sweeney
- Tank Bank
- The Uplands Cinema
- John Henry Vivian
- Wind Street
- Madame X
- ‘Swansea Youths Die in Sand Bin’
- Zeno
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