I was in Waterstone’s on Swansea signing copies of Bloody Welsh History – Swansea, the first signing for this title. I sold a few books and talked to some really interesting people. The staff in the bookshop were jolly and helpful in spite of the over-amplified street “entertainer” outside who assaults their eardrums most weekends!…
Author: gbadmin
Rotten Rabbit
Here is another small item from the pages of the Cambrian newspaper published in Swansea throughout most of the nineteenth century July 1875 You will be pleased to learn that the Inspectors of Nuisances for the Swansea urban Sanitary Authority buried the creature in the rubbish heaps near the Old Infirmary. It was a rabbit…
The Extraordinary Child
Let us consider the great Monsieur Chouville. A showman without a doubt, determined to bring thrills to the eager public of Swansea, starved as they had been of top-quality and spectacular entertainment. This was June 1858. There was no need for a large and grainy TV screen displaying inaccurate weather forecasts to the discerning crowds in Castle…
Book signing
I am in Waterstone’s Bookshop in the old Carlton Cinema on Oxford Street on Saturday 18 August 2012. I shall be signing copies of my book Bloody Welsh History – Swansea between 11.00 am and 1.00 pm.
Bloody Welsh History – Swansea now available!
I am pleased to be able to announce that my latest volume, Bloody Welsh History – Swansea is now available. It is a fine looking book – for which I take no responsibility whatsoever. It is available in bookshops and of course from Amazon where you can get a Kindle version too. Or you can…
Bloody Welsh History – Swansea
I am reliably informed that my next book, Bloody Welsh History – Swansea will hit the shops on 15 July 2012. In fact you can even pre order it from Amazon and from the publishers The History Press now. Apparently you can even order it as a Kindle download. How exciting. I need to get…
A new blog has been added!
I thought it was about time. I have added a new piece to the Blog. I have been busy researching for my next book – Murder and Crime in Swansea – and I keep coming across interesting and unusual stories so I thought that it was abou ttime that I started to collect them together. Eventually…
Go Home. You know you want to.
This is a story from September 1866 and it concerns an incident on Wind Street. Nothing unusual there you might think. But wait. Catherine Williams, the wife of Lewis Williams, was standing at the bottom of Wind Street minding her own business entirely. She was with a pal of hers and it was ten minutes to midnight. Time…
April 2012
It looks as if the websites are finally taking shape. The Stories in Welsh Stone website has now been re presented as a Word Press site and the new sites to promote the two new books will soon be ready to be published. Both books – Bloody Welsh History – Swansea, and Swansea Then and Now…
February 2012
We have had a very pleasant morning. I was invited to speak to the University of the Third Age in Brecon. It was a lovely bright morning and the views in the snow covered hills were beautiful. We had a very warm welcome from our hosts in the Theatre who were concerned to ensure our…