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WHERE I LIVE by Ken Lewis (From top to bottom): Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4. Being the first Director of The Royal Philatelic Society of Canada to reside outside continental North America, I thought that the other members would like to learn a little more about where I live along with a tinge of the history of the area illustrated by contemporary picture postcards. My home is in the Gower Peninsular, South Wales, United Kingdom, and Wales is the area of land that separates England from Ireland. The whole of the Gower Peninsular has been designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. My life began in a little village called Reynoldston (Figure 1) at the centre of the Gower Peninsular. Even though there was a maternity hospital 100 yards away, my mother chose to give birth at home. Within 18 months of my birth, the family moved to Parkmill, and lived in Stonemill Cottage (Figure 2), which was next door to the post office. One year later, our last move was to West Cross, which is situated on Swansea Bay. All locations of our moves are shown on the map (Figure 3). West Cross has clear views of both the Mumbles Pier (Figure 4) and Lighthouse (Figure 5). Figure 4, showing Mumbles Pier, includes the view across the bay that shows the industrialised landscape from Swansea to Port Talbot. On the left are Swansea docks, moving to the right we can see the storage tanks of the local oil refinery and on the extreme right we see the two cooling towers of the Port Talbot Steel Works. It was at this Steel Works where I became a mechanical engineer. The road system is reasonable, but what most people do not know is that the world’s first public passenger railway, the Swansea & Mumbles Railway inaugurated by an Act of Parliament, (known as the Mumbles Train) ran between Swansea and Mumbles Pier. Figure 6 shows the history and the various modes of locomotion used during its lifetime. The popularity of the Mumbles Train (Figure 7) is shown with not a spare seat in sight. Even King George V and Queen Mary, when they visited Swansea on 9 th July 1920, had their own Royal Coach (Figure 8) from which to view the natural beauty of the area while travelling on the Mumbles Train. 94 • the CP / le PC • MA06
The nearest village to West Cross is Oystermouth, colloquially referred to as The Mumbles but this is a misnomer. It has a castle (Figure 9) built by the Norman Conquerors during the 12 th century. In fact, The Mumbles are the two islands at Mumbles head with one housing the lighthouse; the other is uninhabited. Swansea was an industrial centre, during the mid 19 th and early 20 th centuries, supplying copper, coal, iron, and tinplate to the world. Over the years a variety of ships have used Swansea Docks, some of these are illustrated in Figure 10. The copper used to line the hulls of all the wooden ships in the world, at the time, originated in Swansea. Figure 11 gives a bird’s eye view of Swansea from one of the many surrounding hills. The large building in the foreground contains the police station at the left, the library in the centre, and an art college on its right. In the background we see the busy docks area. Local government offices are located in the Civic Centre (Figure 12) together with one of the many parks that are located throughout the city. Education is a major part of Swansea’s economy and the original university building of the ABOVE (from top to bottom): Figure 5, Figure 6. ABOVE (from top to bottom): Figure 7, Figure 8, Figure 9, Figure 10. MA06 • the CP / le PC • 95
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