Swansea Canal 225 Oral History

Eleanor Greenwood

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HISTORY

Celebrating 225 years of the Swansea Canal, this podcast has collected memories of many generations who have lived and worked on and around the canal. Memories from the last barges used, childhood games, dangers of the waters, to the filling in of sections and the renovation and renewal of the canal for future generations. Project by Glandwr Cymru, Canal and River Trust Wales sponsored by the Heritage Trust.

OCT 13

01 Old Canal Memories

Last of the barges on the canal, memories of WWII, Carnival Queen and horses, local characters and homes.

19 min
OCT 13

02 Childhood Games

Growing up by the canal, games and imagination, playing in old barges, walking on the canal banks, fishing, local people and wildlife through the seasons.

20 min
OCT 13

03 School, Romance and Dangers

School life along the canal, dancing and romancing, dares and dangers and a close call and a tragedy.

13 min
OCT 13

04 Roads and Traffic

Section of the canal filled in to make a new road, traffic increasing in the valley, history hidden.

10 min
OCT 13

05 Revival

Restoration work to reveal and revive the canal, a new barge, art and history projects and a new Heritage Centre.

16 min
OCT 13

06 Future of the Canal

Hopes for the future, leisure and enjoyment, a place of tranquility and to connect to nature.

12 min

6 Episodes

Celebrating 225 years of the Swansea Canal, this podcast has collected memories of many generations who have lived and worked on and around the canal. Memories from the last barges used, childhood games, dangers of the waters, to the filling in of sections and the renovation and renewal of the canal for future generations. Project by Glandwr Cymru, Canal and River Trust Wales sponsored by the Heritage Trust.

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Eleanor Greenwood
Episodes

6

Swansea Canal 225 Oral History

Episodes

01 Old Canal Memories

02 Childhood Games

03 School, Romance and Dangers

04 Roads and Traffic

05 Revival

06 Future of the Canal

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