History of Mumbles and Gower
Anew web site called "A History of Mumbles" is being developed by John and Carol Powell, well known local historian of Mumbles.
used this link to see the site
A History of Mumbles
From the story of Mumbles by Gerald Gabb,1986
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Famous People
Alfred Sisley - Impressionist
The Sisley in England and Wales exhibition
which has been on display in the National Gallery in
London is now on at the National Museum of Wales
in Cardiff until 14th June 2009.
This is a great exhibition with some superb
examples of Sisley’s work. Sisley painted at
Penarth and Rotherslade when he stayed at the
Osborne Hotel during his honeymoon in 1897.
For exhibition details follow the link below.
http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/whatson/?event_id=3365
There are four of his five paintings of Rotherslade
in this exhibition, plus views of Penarth and Cardiff
roads and others from an earlier visit to England.
His fifth view of Rotherslade was painted from the
cliff path to the east of Rotherslade and looks
across Langland Bay to the farmland behind, now
Langland Bay Golf Club. This painting is on display
in the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.
Rothertor and Rothers Skerr, (known locally as the
Donkey Rock and Crab Island) are both named on
the 1st issue of the Ordinance Survey maps for
Oystermouth Parish published in 1870, nearly thirty
years before Sisley painted there. However, one of
the reasons these paintings are not so easy to
identify is because in his three views of the rock he
called it Storr's Rock and in all five of his paintings,
Rotherslade Bay is called Lady’s Cove.
It is thought that Storris simply Sisley’s mistake for
RotherTOR and Ladies Cove could have been the
name given to Rotherslade Bay by Osborne Hotel
staff. In those days of segregated bathing,
Rotherslade Bay would perhaps have been
reserved for the ladies while the men presumably
would have been advised to swim in Langland.
If you have any other interesting tales of bygone days, please send them to the editor for publication.
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