Swansea Collection

The Mumbles Train, Mumbles, Glamorgan
The Mumbles Train, Mumbles, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Swansea and Mumbles Railway Date: 1906

Billy Bancroft, Welsh international rugby player
William John Billy Bancroft (1871-1959), Welsh-born international rugby player who played for Swansea and Wales. He also played county cricket for Glamorgan. 1890s

Wales / Ystradgynlais
Ystradgynlais, in the Swansea Valley, Glamorgan, Wales. Date: 1950s

Gorseinon, street and railway, near Swansea, South Wales
View of the town of Gorseinon, near Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales, with the railway line running in parallel with the High Street

Swing Bridge, River Neath, Neath, Port Talbot, South Wales
View of the Swing Bridge over the River Neath, at Neath, Port Talbot, South Wales, a railway bridge, opened in 1892, which carried the former Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway near Skewen

Landore Viaduct construction, near Swansea, South Wales
View of construction work on the Landore Viaduct, over the Swansea valley and the River Tawe, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

Queens Dock, Swansea
Aerial view of the Queens Dock, Swansea, Wales. The Queens dock was opened in 1920 following the construction of oil handling/import facilities at the nearby BP oil refinery at Llandarcy

Cover design, Western Airways timetable
Cover design, Western Airways summer timetable, showing a map with destinations: Manchester, Birmingham, Swansea, Cardiff, Bristol, Weston, Barnstaple, Newquay and Penzance. 1939

Fireless Locomotives - Llandarcy, Wales. Oil storage depots and oil handling docks used fireless locomotives (steam was pumped in to a specially constructed usually dome-ended boiler)

Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales
The tank farm at the Llandarcy Oil Refinery, Swansea, Wales - built by British Petroleum Oil between 1918-22

Station Road, Llanelli, England
Station Road, Llanelli, near Swansea, Carmarthenshire, England. Date: 1911

GWR construction work at Pontlliw, South Wales
Construction work taking place on the Great Western Railway near the village of Pontlliw, near Swansea, Glamorgan, South Wales

Copper Works
The Bristol Company copper works, near Swansea, Wales

WELSH TRAM
The large double-decker tram of the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, Glamorgan, Wales. They were the largest trams in UK service

Exterior view of the Hafod Copper and Silver Works and Copper Mill in Swansea, Wales. Date: 1855

Cockle gathering at Penclawdd 1857
Eight miles from Swansea on the Loughor river, women gathering and preparing cockles for market. Date: 1857

Maudslay Vintage Car, Cwmllynfell, Swansea, England. Date: 1910s

Railway Station, Oystermouth, Glamorgan
Railway Station, Oystermouth, near Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Swansea and Mumbles Railway Date: 1920s

Map, South Wales coalfield. 1939

Zuyder Zee, a revue, Cardiff and Swansea, Wales
Zuyder Zee, a revue by R E Jones Ltd, in Cardiff and Swansea, Wales -- None but the Brave Deserve the fair. early 20th century

Swansea Rugby Team in the 1890s

A Rugby Match, Torquay v Swansea, Victorian period

W J Bancroft

W Mccutcheon

A M Jenkin

F Mills

Swansea St. Helen's Road early 1900s

Helens Road, Swansea

Trams leaving Swansea for Mumbles

Swansea Trams leaving for Mumbles early 1900s

High Street, Swansea

Swansea High Street probably 1930s

Swansea Fish Wharf

Swansea Fish Wharf early 1900s

Swansea Docks early 1900s

Swansea Docks

Swansea and South Wales Institution for the Blind
Girls knitting and sewing at the Swansea and South Wales Institution for the Blind

Victorian women playing water polo
The Ravensbourne Ladies water polo cup, the teams that competed were Jersey and Swansea, playing at the Westminster Baths in Great Smith Street. The Swansea ladies won by four goals to two

Nazareth House, Bishopston, Swansea
The Nazareth House at Murton Grange, Bishopston, Swansea, was opened in 1933 as a home for Roman Catholic boys. Date: Date unknown

T. U. C. demonstration in Swansea, Wales
A demonstration organised by the Welsh Trades Union Congress in Swansea, south Wales, including representatives of the Labour Party of Wales and the Labour Party Young Socialists Date: 19 July 1980

Swansea Boys Camp Band, Oxwich
In 1906, the boys of the Swansea Union Cottage Homes and the Swansea Industrial School camped together for several weeks by the sea at Oxwich. Here, the entire camp is lined with some of their tents

Swansea Rugby Union Team: Poole, Jenkin, Grey, Williams, Jackson, Smith, Evans, Bowen, Gordon, Crocker, Oldham, Jenkin, Crocker, Thomas, Messer, Prescott, Rice, Morgans. 1890s

Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950

The Swansea electric fire, single bar, chrome-plated, price one guinea

Four nurses, Swansea Hospital. Reverse reads At Swansea Hosp 1920 Date: 1920

Sister Jenny and nurses, Talbot Ward, Swansea hospital. Reverse reads Sister Jenny in Talbot Ward, Swansea Hosp Date: 1915-25

Talbot Ward Swansea Hospital, nurses and patients. Reverse reads May 1918 Talbot Ward S. H. Date: 1918

The Duke and Duchess of York invested as bards - Eisteddfod
The Duke and Duchess of York invested as bards at the Welsh National Eisteddfog at Swansea in August, 1926. They were given the bardic names Albert o Efrog and Betsi o Efrog

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