Penarth Dock, South Wales - the heritage and legacy

Volume Twelve - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - further aspects - Even More Moments Captured in Time - [vintage photo and postcard album] . . .

c.1915 - Swanbridge - A 'Valentine's Series' postcard, with colourised version, of the beach road with the farmhouses distant and the public house beyond. Another heritage postcard record held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20230520]

Swanbridge Beach North, Nr. Penarth - A pre-WWI postcard, with colourised version, published by Murrell's, Wholesale & Retail Stationers of Penarth and held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20230603]

The Beach, Swanbridge - A view across to Sully Island with that infamous causeway to the island just out of view to the right! So many people have misjudged the tide and current over the years and lost their lives! I would date this Firth's Postcard as the early to mid-1950's as it is precisely as I recall the view as a child. Another heritage image held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001] [20230603]

The Beach, Swanbridge - A great postcard view with a local gentleman relaxing on the steps down to the beach which leads onto the Sully Island causeway. This photograph dates from just after the end of WWI. [000] [002]

The Beach - Swanbridge was very popular in the 1920's when rail excursions brought people here from all over south Wales. - A lovely photograph owned by the Dinas Powis History Society and uploaded to the People's Collection Wales. [Publisher Reference : VOG00959] [048]

Swanbridge Beach, South, Nr. Penarth - A postcard view dating from just prior to WWI and published by Murrell's, Wholesale & Retail Stationers, of the Royal Buildings, Penarth. Dated July 1916 it was addressed to a Mrs. Marsh at "Woodbine," Flixton, Cheshire and was from Phyllis who was staying at number 10 Station Road, Penarth. She comments 'We arrived here about 9 o'clock last evening. The train was nearly an hour late.' - Now, does that sound familiar over a 100 years later? Another heritage image held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]