True stories

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]

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

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

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