http://boakes.org nice of you to drop by. tea? Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:50:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://boakes.org/killay-house/ http://boakes.org/killay-house/#comments Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:21:55 +0000 Rich Swansea NCH killay history killay house wimmerfield heol glasnant hendrefoilan school google earth http://boakes.org/killay-house Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/killayhouse/gate' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
The recent demolition of Killay House left a lot of memories without an anchor. It was a familiar shape to the thousands of people who travel on Gower Road daily, and it had been so for over 120 years. Growing up in Heol Glasnant (where the houses are tall), and going to school [...]]]> http://boakes.org/killay-house/feed/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/ http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:50:19 +0000 Rich lloyds bank killay dunvant road gower road killay house killay sketty wimmerfield sketty lane swansea cine video 1975 http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975 Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/fastrun/title' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Thirty one years ago, my grandfather, thought it might be interesting to fix his cine camera to the outside of his car, and go for a drive from his home in Wimmerfield Crescent, down to Sketty and back. Cine film at the time was not expensive, but still far from cheap, and also suffered from the [...]]]> http://boakes.org/fast-run-round-sketty-and-killay-july-1975/feed/ http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/ http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/#comments Mon, 14 Aug 2006 21:09:15 +0000 Rich 1978 1979 1980 cine hendrefoilan school sports day killay dunvant swansea http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/school-sports/teachers' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
This cine was taken at the Hendrefoilan School Sports Day, sometime between June 1978 and June 1980… ish. I’m guessing it’s between these dates because (a) I look quite young (b) I think I can see Kath Williams before she went to Australia [confirmed, thanks Kath!] and (c) there was a distinct turnover in teachers around [...]]]> http://boakes.org/hendrefoilan-school-sports-day/feed/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/ http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/#comments Wed, 09 Aug 2006 06:14:12 +0000 Rich silver jubilee queen elisabeth II street party killay swansea heol glasnant wimmerfield crescent cine 1977 http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party Warning: apache_lookup_uri() [function.apache-lookup-uri]: Unable to include '/pics/2006/jubilee/hat' - error finding URI in /home/www/boakes.org/htdocs/mods/plugins/boakes-depicticon.php on line 65
Wimmerfield Crescent is a residential street located in Killay, Swansea. It feeds three small residential cul-de-sac roads, one of which is called Heol Glasnant where I used to live. Heol Glasnant has the unusual property (in Wales) of being flat, and the lack of throroughfare made it an ideal venue for street parties. In [...]]]> http://boakes.org/silver-jubilee-street-party/feed/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/ http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/#comments Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:22:03 +0000 Rich wimmerfield crescent wimmerfield cine killay swansea breeze http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party http://boakes.org/wimmerfield-crescent-garden-party/feed/