Graham WatkinsJul 10, 20208 min readSwansea and the SeaWhen Captain Dan Nicholas wrote his diaries, describing forty years at sea, he recorded that his father was a boy of ten when the French...
Graham WatkinsApr 5, 20204 min readThe Cockle Women of PenclawddIt was early, before the sun’s warming rays touched the land. A group of women waited with their donkeys for the tide to turn. Their feet...
Graham WatkinsOct 8, 20187 min readThe Press Gangs of SwanseaIn 1803 a Royal Naval Officer named William Harries visited the tiny hamlet of Llangynnwr in Carmarthenshire. With him were several burly...
Graham WatkinsMar 4, 20172 min readThe Murder of Elizabeth JonesThe sad case of Elisabeth Jones of Gwynfe, her baby and her lover.