I now have books ready for dispatch. The cover price is £14.99 but I am selling copies for £10.50 which includes postage and packing (cheaper than Amazon) and of course mine will be signed and dedicated if required. It is a full colour book – 96 pages, with 76 pictures including original art work by…
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Swansea in the 1950s – Out Now!
I am pleased to report that my latest book Swansea in the 1950s is now available! You can buy them from me here on the website – just go to the How To Buy page by clicking on this link. They are available at the discounted price of £10.50 to include postage and packing.
Jason O’Brien – Artist and Illustrator
Jason is an artist and illustrator based in Swansea and I am very pleased to say that he provided three fantastic illustrations which appear in my new book Swansea in the 1950s which will be published at the end of September 2015. Jason has done portraits of three notable figures from Swansea’s artistic heritage who…
Friends of Cathays Cemetery Update September 2015 – Update
I had a very enjoyable visit to Cardiff University to speak to the Friends of Cathays Cemetery. They are a nice bunch of people, dedicated to preserving (and promoting) the important and very interesting Cathays Cemetery to the north of the city centre. Here is a link to their own very website full of fascinating…
Robert Owen – Welsh Country Magazine
My piece in the latest edition of Welsh Country Magazine (September 2015) examines the life of Robert Owen, for many the greatest Welshman of them all. Socialist, philanthropist, inspiration of the Co-operative movement – he is buried in St Mary’s in the middle of Newtown. “A grave is too cold and damp for a soul…
Swansea Then and Now – in Paperback
I have received today copies of my book Swansea Then and Now which has been re-printed in paperback by History Press. The original hardback edition was published in 2012. There are no major changes to the text – other than the addition of Matilda to the list of our grandchildren to whom the book has…
Friends of Cathays Cemetery 08 Sept 2015
I shall be speaking at a meeting of a group called “Friends of Cathays Cemetery” at 7.00 pm in Room 0.31 in the John Percival Building (Humanities) at Cardiff University on Tuesday 08 September 2015. The talk is called Stories in Stone – Tales from Welsh Tombstones. Admission is free
Swansea in the 1950s
I have finally received the proofs for my next book, Swansea in the 1950s, to be released by Amberley Publishing in September. Everything has been checked and returned for printing and it looks very good. Here is what the cover looks like. It is an image of the Mayflower Restaurant, built by the Rabiaotti family to…
The Last of the Teddy Girls
When I was researching for my next book – Swansea in the Fifties – I came across some fantastic photographs which I was unable to use. In 1955 the film director Ken Russell took a series of photographs of a group of Teddy Girls. They were published at the time but were subsequently lost, considered…
Daniel Thomas
My piece in the July Edition of Welsh Country Magazine is about Daniel Thomas a mine owner from Porth. He was renowned for his bravery as a rescue worker in colliery accidents – of which of course there were many. He died in 1880 in a rescue attempt following an explosion at the Naval Steam Coal Colliery…