Oral History collection: Captain Mock (born 1897, Ilfracombe, sea pilot) interviewed by J. Mansel Thomas about Gower life

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 216 T 3/20a
  • Dates of Creation
      c. 1976
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      on cassette; also digital copy in MP3 format

Scope and Content

[00:04:00] Gower / Second World War: Taking in an evacuee during World War Two / Second World War at Port Eynon. [00:06:00] Gower / Second World War: Putting up the mother and father of an evacuee. [00:07:15] Gower: Holly Cottage, renting a cottage near The Ship Inn, Port Eynon. [00:08:35] Gower: Ship captains, boats, ships, schooners, lime stone, Port Eynon. [00:00:10] Gower / Second World War: World War Two / Second World War, rationing food, evacuees. [00:11:03] Gower: Mentioning of taking stone from Bideford to Lundy Island to build a church. [00:12:10] Gower: Rings in the rock to tie the ships / boats. Lime stone. [00:13:45] Gower: Story of buying china from Allerford, North Devon and bringing it back to Rhossili. [00:17:25] Gower: Story of travelling to Bude by schooner. [00:19:40] Gower: Ship traffic from North Devon to Gower / Swansea, lime stone. [00:21:20] Gower / Mumbles: Coal, schooner moored at the jetty at Blackpill / Clyne Valley. [00:21:55] Gower / Mumbles: Swansea bay chart, channel, sand hopper. [00:24:00] Gower: Sand hopper, sand carts at Brynmill, sucking sand. [00:26:15] Gower: Local stone, building Mumbles pier. Port Eynon stone. [00:29:00] Gower: Schooners, characters. [00:33:50] Gower: Visitors / holiday makers to Gower from North Devon & Bristol by boat. [00:35:25] Gower: Gower as a holiday attraction by boat, Devon. Lime stone. Trade. [00:37:00] Gower: Ships in Port Eynon from trade. [00:37:50] Gower: 1927 tug boats / schooners coming out of Swansea dock. [00:40:15] Gower: Life boats. [00:41:22] Gower: General Gower life, the changes. [00:43:05] Gower: Going to sea in 1912. Becoming an apprentice, travelling around Gower for deliveries. [00:44:55] Gower: Travelling around Gower, old roads.