Six of the Best: A Grand Day Out in Swansea. JASGBI December 2012 - 38

David Rew

The Gower Peninsula, the Welsh Baritone Voice and well prepared Laverbread are among the true splendours of the Good Lord's creations. The City of Swansea is the gateway to the Gower. The grand sweep of Swansea Bay stretches from the grand sweep Mumbles Lifeboat station and Oystermouth, past West Cross, The Mayals, Singleton Hospital and the University of Swansea to the steep residential terraces around Brynmill, the Brangwyn Concert Hall, the City itself and the Docks. The latter are itself and the Docks The latter now delicately renamed the Maritime Quarter t0 appease the post-industrial sensibilities of a generation who were spared the toils and memories of the copper, coal, iron and slate trades of the 18th and 19th centuries, and the explosive ordnance of the Luftwaffe, which enlivened my parents' childhood in the town.

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