My article in the March 2020 edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about the Garden Pit Disaster in Pembrokeshire in 1844. The memorial you can see here is on the backs of the Cleddau Estuary and carried the names of 40 victims who drowned in the mine when water burst in. The seam was only…
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Swansea in the 1950s – additional stock received
I have received new stock! Swansea in the 1950s is available once again and there are more copies of Swansea in 50 Buildings availableSelect the How to Buy page in the menu at the top of the screen. Post and Packing are free on all titles
The Bleeding Stone of Adulam – Text
There has been a lot of interest recently in the tragic story of the Phillips sisters who drowned whilst collecting mussels. The piece was published in Welsh Country Magazine in January 2018 but has not appeared anywhere else. In order to allow more people to read it I have placed it below – The Bleeding…
Swansea and District Writers Circle
I have been invited to attend the Swansea and District Writers Circle on 4 March 2020. I have been asked to speak about the relationship between the research I do for my local history writing and my fiction. 7.15pm in the Civic Centre on Oystermouth Road.Could be a few gravestones involved then… I am looking…
Amelia Earhart
In the January 2020 edition of Welsh Country Magazine, my Story in Stone is about Amelia Earhart, the American aviator. Why? Well she was the first woman to cross the Atlantic in a plane. The seaplane, in which she was merely a passenger, got lost and landed at Burry Port on 18 June 1928, believing…
Our Lady of Mumbles – Now available
My second novel in the Rumsey Bucke series – Our Lady of Mumbles is now available to purchase as a PDF file. If you click on this link you will be taken to a page which will tell you all about it! The file is available for £8.00 and it will be emailed straight to…
Stock Levels December 2019
Post updated 08 DECEMBER 2019 I thought I better put up details of the number of books I have in stock ready for sale. These figures were accurate at 5.00 pm on Wednesday 11 December 2019. I will not be able to replenish my stock before Christmas. I have sufficient copies of these three titles:In…
Christmas Sales
There are plenty of opportunities on the website to solve your Christmas present needs! There are a number of books available, all at bargain prices. Black Friday? Cyber Monday? We are always here and my books are regarded as original interesting and lasting gifts.All our prices include free delivery and recycled packaging. If you live…
Dolgarrog Disaster 1925
The terrible Dolgarrog Reservoir disaster of November 1925 in the Conwy Valley is the subject of my latest article in Welsh Country Magazine ( November 2019).Two dams, built to provide hydro-electric power for industrial purposes failed due to inadequate construction techniques. On a cold November evening 70 billion gallons of water poured down the hillside,…
Local History Book Fair 2019
The annual Local History Book Fair will be held on Saturday 26 October 2019 in Swansea Museum. I will be there all day with my books and I will be giving a short talk about my novel In Knives We Trust at 11.50 am. Co-incidentally it is the 141 anniversary of Daniel Guy’s failure to…