Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Mumbles and Gower Pubs
Mumbles and Gower Pubs
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Taith hynod ddifyr o gwmpas tafarnau Mwmbwls a Phenrhyn Gŵyr, yn ystod canrifoedd cynt a chyfnod mwy diweddar.
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
A fascinating tour of Mumbles and Gower Peninsula's pub scene, charting the area's taverns, alehouses and watering holes, from past centuries to more recent times.
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9781445674186
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9781445674186
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Mumbles and Gower Pubs
- Awdur / Author
- Davies, Brian E.
- Current Price ex VAT
- £14.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £14.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Available
- Availability Status (CY)
- Ar gael
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2018-07-15
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 96 pages
- Size
- 165 × 234 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes Lleol (yn Saesneg) | EN: Local History (in English)
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Brian retired from the Electricity Supply Industry a number of years ago, after a career as an engineer and manager, working throughout South Wales. Originally from the Eastern Valley of Gwent, he now lives in Mumbles. He has always been a keen walker since his hiking days in the scouts and has ascended most of the main peaks in Wales and completed numerous long-distance trails. His interests include rugby and male-voice singing – he has sung all over the country and toured many times overseas with the Cwmbran, Morriston Orpheus and Phoenix Choirs.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Mumbles and the Gower peninsula occupy a very special corner of Wales that has much history and folklore. The peninsula was Britain’s first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and many visitors are attracted to its beautiful beaches and stunning landscape. This fascinating story of its inns and taverns encapsulates much of the area’s history and character. Mumbles is a village by the sea, once well-known for oyster fishing, limestone quarrying and the Mumbles Train. The ‘Mumbles Mile’ became famous as a pub crawl in the 1970s but it was in business a very long time before that. The Welsh Sunday Closing Act of 1881 resulted in so-called ‘travellers’ taking advantage of a loophole and flocking to Mumbles in their thousands on Sundays and doing their best to drink the pubs dry. The chapel-goers were up in arms! This and many other stories are related here, including the times when Dylan Thomas ‘communed with those two legendary creatures, the Antelope and the Mermaid’. Gower’s past includes many stories of shipwrecks and smuggling and its pubs played their part in this as well. The characters featured include Petty Officer Edgar Evans who accompanied Captain Scott on his ill-fated journey to the South Pole, and the folk singer Phil Tanner, known as the ‘Gower Nightingale’, who married the landlady of the ‘Welcome to Town’ in Llangennith over a century ago. In pictures and stories, this well-researched book relates the history of the area’s pubs, from back-street locals to smart hotels and will delight all lovers of ale and anecdote.
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