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@welshbabe1949 Ай бұрын
The sound of the Police Station clock at the beginning….
@patricialangley5143 Ай бұрын
Thankyou for this. I grew up in the 60s and knew that Swansea had been bombed and much of it was new but its quite sobering and very interesting to see what went before .
@craigj.davies1983 Ай бұрын
I know that boy with the bike, Owen his name was Owen Williams, I used to be in school with him.
@davidwilson7305 2 ай бұрын
The promised land Top of the World ❤️❤️
@michaelsmyth5658 3 ай бұрын
So called home's built for hero's . Whilst the rich and their familie's lived in luxury. And didn't realise the war war was going on .
@anthonymichaelwilson8401 4 ай бұрын
One of my friends told me how he lost his dad and brother in this blitz of Swansea 😢
@issimondias 5 ай бұрын
That is absolutely brilliant. Thanks so much for sharing this.
@waynekieft4952 6 ай бұрын
What staggers me most is how busy it was! Now its like a ghost town!
@Doasthouwilt69 8 күн бұрын
Oh I don't know about that mucka, Swansea as a whole and Swansea City centre is never quiet, not a ghost town by any stretch of the imagination. I was in our beloved Swansea Market today and it was choca absolutely busy with locals and visitors...
@waynekieft4952 8 күн бұрын
@Doasthouwilt69 Put it this way it's definitely not what it was like when I was a manager of a sports shop 35 years ago!
@carlmurphy2416 7 ай бұрын
You'll be hard pressed to find an 'asbestos depot' these days!
@paulgoode5245 Жыл бұрын
Ceri foxy Farrel top man
@bryanevans350 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant thank you
@jzw2195 Жыл бұрын
Who built all these amazing buildings ?
@hanifabibi177 Жыл бұрын
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@angelicupstart1977 2 жыл бұрын
Let there be white. The shining light, of Swansea.
@livinghere1972 2 жыл бұрын
looked so clean.
@paulmartin39 2 жыл бұрын
My late mother would tell us kids all about the blitz , she was only 12. With 5 brothers to take care of.
@zoomforceconsulting3889 Ай бұрын
My mother was 11 yrs old during the blitz...she passed away in 2014.
@seankh16 2 жыл бұрын
It's weird to think but everyone in the world then are all dead that's mad the whole planet died
@iaw7406 2 жыл бұрын
Lol and they all wore silly hats !
@robertcolema 2 жыл бұрын
Yep we have gone backwards Swansea shops boarded up
@Doasthouwilt69 8 күн бұрын
Not anymore Mucka, times move on, lots of developments being had....
@burnieplace 2 жыл бұрын
From my time in Swansea 1982-1994 two memories of Townhill stand out: 1. driving lessons. It was ideal for practising hill-starts 2. Playing football at Paradise Park on a windy day
@thomasbrannigan9319 2 жыл бұрын
Looks way better over 100 years ago than it does now, looks absolutely beautiful and sometimes I'm sure I was born in the wrong era.
@davep2323 2 жыл бұрын
You might not have lived to the age you are now if you were.......think yourself lucky you didn't die of an infected tooth or something! lol
@thomasbrannigan9319 2 жыл бұрын
@Dave Parvin I've nearly died of an infected tooth recently so not much difference 😆
@davep2323 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasbrannigan9319 hahahaha, Jesus. Firstly, I'm glad you're ok! Secondly, thats some bloody coincidence isn't it?? Damn lol Finally, I think you got my gist!
@davep2323 2 жыл бұрын
@@thomasbrannigan9319Thats being said. I would give anything to spend a few days walking around Swansea as it was back then!
@thomasbrannigan9319 2 жыл бұрын
@Dave Parvin what are the odds? 😆 and thanks buddy I'm all good now 👍
@davidc.williams-swanseauk3623 2 жыл бұрын
A wonderful compilation. The only disappointment is the fact that there are no images of Ben Evans store. It is advertised on several shots of trams but not shown in all its glory. However, overall, a great compilation. Sadly, the architects from the German Luftwaffe redesigned Swansea during the 3 night blitz and now we are left with too many 4 storey Corbussian rectangles. In or near the town centre, the Mond Building, the old Carlton Cinema building and Mount Pleasant Baptist chapel, and the old police station are still extant. They give us some indication of how grand Swansea was in the late Victorian and Edwardian era.
@tallyn2903 2 жыл бұрын
Looking at these makes me a bit sad :/
@Zulu415 3 жыл бұрын
Looked so much better then, it’s like Syria here now, thanks Swansea council 🖕
@davep2323 2 жыл бұрын
Hahaha. You have clearly never been to such a country!
@rehabwales 5 ай бұрын
Don't you think the Luftwaffe had a lot to do with it.
@missmessi 3 жыл бұрын
wish i could see how my street locked back in the days. the closets picture i saw was st helens road only
@bobjelf4928 3 жыл бұрын
Brought back many memories. I lived in Powys Gardens from Nov 1956 to Feb 1965 when I joined the Army aged 17.
@eirugsiongriffiths8563 3 жыл бұрын
Mistake the ever made was closing the Swansea and Mumbles railway. It would have made a brilliant tourist attraction today, and perhaps even expanded.
@mariabatlles7032 3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Thanks for sharing!
@keithdyer5453 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing photos of our past in Swansea,recognise their modern areas,
@sharonowen 3 жыл бұрын
I have lived in Swansea my whole life it was so pretty in these pictures not anymore we must have the worst council in Britain they really are rubbish
@jjonjjoe 2 жыл бұрын
these are just a few snapshots and don't provide the full picture whatsoever
@swanvictor887 2 жыл бұрын
try to find some of those old post-cards from the 60s and 70s (I used to collect them as a kid) and you will see Swansea in a whole new light: it WAS a very, very pretty town, especially around the Castle in the town centre. While I try not to indulge in Council-bashing too much, it has to be said, Swansea has had a lot of bad luck with the decisions made by its councils over the last 50 odd years. Remember however: Swansea Council is Elected by its populace...so...you know...a society gets the government it deserves...!
@rehabwales 5 ай бұрын
Utter nonsense. All your comment tells me is that you haven't traveled much
@nigelwilliams4800 3 жыл бұрын
I think people then were hard has nails..
@dylantheop8392 3 жыл бұрын
Looks like an absolute shithole now.,.
@ezioauditore3128 3 жыл бұрын
Some very recognisable places here and it's the 80th anniversary in a few days, in fact. But we are still living with some of that awful 1950s architecture, sadly.
@alanjjames46 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing
@stellajaynecussons5054 3 жыл бұрын
Fyi that's not just Townhill its Mayhill as well !
@stuartjamieson2427 3 жыл бұрын
Swansea looked a lovely place some lovely buildings. Not no more.
@rehabwales 3 жыл бұрын
Oddly most of the main building depicted are still here.
@kgryjb1767 3 жыл бұрын
We lost a lot of nice buildings in ww2
@TS-bn7zt 3 жыл бұрын
I walked through there today, it’s dirty and looks desperate. A shadow of its former self. Swansea City Council should hold there heads in shame.
@TheTenaciousEunuch Жыл бұрын
It's sadly true. I lived there for 33 years and saw it change from 'an ugly lovely town into a pretty shitty city'. Its nice to frequent from time to time but only to see loved ones and go to the Gower
@rehabwales Жыл бұрын
@@TS-bn7zt It looks dirty in these pictures too. I'm pretty sure the air was toxic back then as well. The rose tinted glasses can't change the fact that there was so much heavy industry in the lower swansea valley that life expecancy was very much lower than now.
@ezioauditore3128 3 жыл бұрын
As a local I can still recognise these places. Some changed beyond recognition but others hardly at all.
@gailehughes 3 жыл бұрын
My grandfather had a shop in Townhill - he was offered to buy houses on Graiglwyd Rd for £400 each when they first went up
@stardust-hr8wh 2 жыл бұрын
Can't get a door for that kind of money these days
@poppymarenge8131 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely glimpse into the past.
@andrewwilliams1788 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, I didn't realise the houses at Townhill were so old. Thought they were built in the 50's or 60's for some reason. Great film.
@priyawilshere214 4 жыл бұрын
i was born in june 2011 2 but my school was here in 1924
@charlie27203 3 жыл бұрын
I went to The Gregg in townhill
@priyawilshere214 3 жыл бұрын
@@charlie27203 my schools name is townhill community school
@TS-bn7zt 5 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the video very much. Had to turn the volume off as the piano was quite annoying. The music was to powerful for the video. Many thanks .
@veilbreak5867 6 жыл бұрын
That was great, thanks. I live on Pantycelyn road, right by the college (training center). Ive noticed many of the houses have a carved stone, on the gable, or between the top windows. Mainly celtic knots that seem to be coiled snakes, and weird columns with a rising sun on top. Freemason symbols I think
@hardlyart 11 жыл бұрын
A great film - very well put together. Do you have any photo's of Cockett/Cockett Wood park and the surrounding estate?
@rhodrijm 11 жыл бұрын
If only Swansea looked like that today :(