A presentation by John Powell about the story of the American GI presence on Gower, particularly Port Eynon as plans and training for the D-Day landings were carried out here between 1943 and 1944.Click the image below to view the presentation [opens in a new tab]
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A radio play produced in the village about the Port Eynon lifeboat disaster on New Year’s Day, January 1, 1916, when the lifeboat Janet capsized twice in storm-force winds. The crew was responding to the SS Dunvegan in Oxwich Bay, but the mission turned fatal while returning to shore.Click the image below to view the
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There is an unobtrusive plaque on the wall above the church pulpit, the only really old one in the church. It bears the initials RM and worn and nearly indecipherable dates and a coat of arms, attributed by some to Sir Rice Mansel of Oxwich and Margam; further research reveals this to be unlikely, as
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As the Pandemic started to take hold in January and February of 2020 we spotted that one or two distilleries had hit the UK news, particularly in Scotland, for making hand sanitiser based on ethanol. As a distillery with a trade warehouse (where we can hold alcohol in duty suspense) we regularly order in high
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There was a d in the day, so the Boys were in the pub, sitting around their usual table. It hadn’t occurred to them to change their nom de guerre when Edna joined the gang, so she was now one of the boys. Nobody noticed. The place had been quiet since the visitors returned to
Ben heard the sound of horses and turned to look back up the hill. A coach pulled by a team of two fine black stallions was approaching fast and taking up most of the road. For a moment he thought about standing his ground and forcing the driver to stop, but only for a moment.
Evan looked up and saw the Salt House off their starboard bow, then returned to hauling the last of the oysters into the boat. That he could see the coast so clearly meant they were returning early, but it would be a short visit. The wind hummed in the rigging as he and the skipper
Megan dropped the carving knife and stared at the tiny kitchen window. The storm had arrived with all its fury, but that wasn’t why she was trembling, it was the icy fingers touching her spine. She’d felt this overwhelming dread before and knew what it meant. Her father and brother were in trouble. The wind
On Thursday January 23, 1822, Reverend William Buckland, Professor of Geology at Oxford University, and Theresa Talbot of Penrice Castle made an astounding discovery in the Paviland Caves between Port Eynon and Rhossili. He wrote that he had found the skeleton of a woman still wear- ing the shells and carved ivory she had worn
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At 5:31pm on a cold January day in 1888, the 1,049 ton schooner-rigged steamship the Milan, bound for Bristol from Alexandria with a cargo of 500 tons of cottonseed, ran aground on the rocks of Slade’s Foot, Overton, in thick fog. The official inquiry found that the captain, Frederick Lowery, was to blame for mistaking
