Mumbles Community Radio: Jonathan Isaac, author of SWT - History of South Wales Transport (first 100 years) Interviewed by Clive Saddington at the launch of the book at Swansea Bus Museum.

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[00:00:01] Personal Details: Jonathan Isaacs, author of Return Ticket: The Story of South Wales Transport, interviewed by Clive Suddington, Radio Mumbles. [00:00:29] Transport: SWT: 1914-99. [00:00:48] Historiography: Methodology, Evening Post work of author, written & oral sources. [00:02:41] Transport: SWT's Magnet Social Club - sports, social activities. [00:03:05] Transport: SWT: "family company". [00:03:32] Transport: Early 1970s nationalisation, ethos lost. [00:03:52] Transport: SWT takes over United Welsh(UW), 1971. [00:04:03] Transport: SWT-UW competition & co-operation. [00:04:27] Transport: SWT peak period mid-1940s to mid-1950s: 1954-55 97m passengers. [00:05:10] Transport: First Cymru: 2012-13 20m passengers, in larger area. [00:05:46] Transport: SWT heavy investment pre-war. [00:06:33] Transport: Late 1940s new bus orders: AEC Regent 3 models, later Regent 5s. [00:07:00] Historiography: Photo research - public, archives. [00:09:00] Transport: SWT owned Mumbles Railway for two years, closed it 5/1/60. [00:09:30] Transport: Swansea Bus Museum. [00:10:15] Transport: Bus preservation: little before mid-60s. [00:11:22] Transport: Peter Neddin[?], UW & SWT, later First Cymru. [00:12:21] Transport: Staff badges, SWT: conductors green, drivers red. [00:12:50] Transport: Longevity of staff, "family company"

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Recordings made and broadcast by Mumbles Community RadioT 38

Recording of an oral history interview by an unidentified interviewer with Harry Libby, at his home in Mumbles, when he was in his 70s. This is a look back into the history of Mumbles, its lifeboat, with reference to the 1884 lifeboat disaster and the poem by Clement Scott. Originally on reel-to-reel tape, later transferred to cassette, then digitised in MP3 format.T 38/1a

Podcast by Mumbles Community Radio featuring material from the oral history interview with Harry Libby, 1962T 38/1b

Mumbles Community Radio: interview by Clive Saddington with Dave Cottle, former GPO/BT engineer and well-known Swansea jazz musician, he is a Mumbles boy who comes from a family of musicians and entertainers and runs the Swansea Jazzland Club, St. James Crescent, booking musicians weekly. He tells his story, interviewed in Oystermouth Library.T 38/2

Interviews by Clive Saddington for a feature on Mumbles Community Radio entitled Mumbles Memories. The interviews are with Judie Knight, Peter Williamson and Brian E. Davies, conducted at Oystermouth Library. Judie Knight is head librarian at Oystermouth Library, chats about what the library can offer; Brian E Davies is an author, who talks about his book on Swansea and Gower pubs and their history; Peter is an old school friend of the interviewer and a Mumbles boy who joined the Merchant Navy. He tells stories about his Mumbles life.T 38/3

Mumbles Community Radio interview with Charles Everest, photographer, aged in his 80s and living in Swansea. He was interviewed by Clive Saddington at his photographic exhibition at Swansea Museum in September 2011 displaying photographs of the classic 1970 Isle of Wight music festival. He tells his memories of rock stars including Joanie Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix and The Who.T 38/4

Mumbles Community Radio interview with Colin Scott, author of Red, cream and a touch of Gray, a history of the Western Welsh bus company. Interviewed in the Radio Mumbles studio by Clive Saddington regarding his book.T 38/5

Mumbles Community Radio interview by Clive Saddington with Steven H. Jones, author of Fallen Flyers: tragedy in the skies over wartime Gower, regarding German and allied airmen who crashed on Gower during the Second World War.T 38/6

Mumbles Community Radio interview by Clive Saddington with John Adams, PR and webmaster for Swansea Bus MuseumT 38/7

Mumbles Community Radio: Bill Barrington, MBE, interviewed by Clive Saddington in the studio. Bill is in his 90s; he tells his life story living in Mumbles and Swansea, and his extraordinary memories of the Second World War.T 38/8

Mumbles Community Radio: Bernard Lewis, author, interviewed by Chris Bickford as part of a live show. Bernard is a historian and author of books on The Swansea Workhouse, Swansea Solders of the First World WarT 38/9

Mumbles Community Radio: Ron Griffiths interviewed by Clive Saddington. Ron was former member of the Swansea 1960s-1970s pop group The Ivies, which were renamed Badfinger and signed to the Beatles label, Apple. This short interview was made at Ivy Place (Swansea High Street Station) on the occasion of the unveiling of a blue plaque on 27 April 2013 in honour of Pete Ham (it would have been his birthday) and other members of the group.T 38/10

Mumbles Community Radio interview by Clive Saddington with Alun John Richards, an octogenarian and author of A Swansea Boy, interviewed at his home in Sketty. He talks about his memories of Swansea and the industrial heritage of Wales, about which he has written a book.T 38/11

Mumbles Community Radio: Ioan Jenkins, Director of The Swansea Lagoon, interviewed by Chris Bickford at The Ostreme Hall, Mumbles. The Swansea Lagoon company held an open day for local residents to view and ask any questions regarding the proposals.T 38/12

Mumbles Community Radio: Jonathan Isaac, author of SWT - History of South Wales Transport (first 100 years) Interviewed by Clive Saddington at the launch of the book at Swansea Bus Museum.T 38/13

Mumbles Community Radio: interview entitled And the next record is Les Seville, Plastic Sam, Roy Shears and Tony Wynn-Jones are interviewed by Clive Saddington. These four were Swanseas pioneering DJs. They tell of their experiences working as DJs all over South Wales, the music, the clubs and pubs they worked.T 38/14