Event: Local History and Heritage Fair
National Waterfront Museum
A full day of expertise, information and talks to help you find out more about local and family history.
In partnership with the Historical Association, Swansea Branch and Swansea Museum, RISW.
Talks:-
AT SWANSEA MUSEUM (Education Room)
- 10.00 Gerald Gabb: the new Swansea History Journal / Minerva
- 10.20 Stuart Batcup “Thistleboon House: Why, When and How?” author of a 2022 book on this theme
- 11.30 Robert Smith: “David Grenfell M.P. 1881-1968” a Swansea man who deserves to be better known
AT THE NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM (Ocean Room)
- 2.00 Catrin Stevens: “The Women's Peace Petition 1923-24 with particular reference to Swansea” the petition has recently been recovered from the Smithsonian Institute, Washington, USA.
- 2.50 Gary Gregor: “Swansea’s Historic Mile” an indoor stroll around what used to be Swansea's town centre