| Swansea History Question 10:25 - Nov 11 with 4600 views | squarebear |
Once upon a time I read that one of the beaches in Swansea was formed by waste product from local clay mining.
Does that sound familiar to anyone? I've googled but haven't been able to verify it.
(I'm involved in a light-hearted bit of "who's home town is best" banter with mates from Leeds and Swindon, but I've not been here that long, so my historical knowledge is pretty sparse). [Post edited 11 Nov 2019 11:11]
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| Swansea History Question on 10:49 - Nov 11 with 4560 views | theloneranger |
Swansea bay used to be mud flats.
A bit of trivia ... Over 300,000 tons of sand were removed from Swansea to make Blackpool beach look good!! (1950's ??) |  |
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| Swansea History Question on 12:00 - Nov 11 with 4454 views | Swanjaxs |
Best hometown between Swansea, Leeds and Swindon...
That must be a close call 🤔
Hasn't Swindon got the most roundabouts or something? |  |
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| Swansea History Question on 07:08 - Nov 12 with 4229 views | N_T_J |
| Swansea History Question on 12:00 - Nov 11 by Swanjaxs |
Best hometown between Swansea, Leeds and Swindon...
That must be a close call 🤔
Hasn't Swindon got the most roundabouts or something? |
Ain't that Milton Keynes? They even put fake cows on them to make them look different, I remember the Swans playing at their old stadium and there was a few fake cows in on corner of their stadium. [Post edited 12 Nov 2019 7:09]
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| Swansea History Question on 10:09 - Nov 12 with 4138 views | oldcob |
| Swansea History Question on 07:08 - Nov 12 by N_T_J |
Ain't that Milton Keynes? They even put fake cows on them to make them look different, I remember the Swans playing at their old stadium and there was a few fake cows in on corner of their stadium. [Post edited 12 Nov 2019 7:09]
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Swindon has about thirteen roundabouts in a cluster. I negotiated them once. Luckily for me it was before seven in the morning and here was no other traffic on the road. I swear I saw the back of my neck at least twice. | | | |
| Swansea History Question on 10:14 - Nov 12 with 4131 views | 3swan |
| Swansea History Question on 10:09 - Nov 12 by oldcob |
Swindon has about thirteen roundabouts in a cluster. I negotiated them once. Luckily for me it was before seven in the morning and here was no other traffic on the road. I swear I saw the back of my neck at least twice. |
Yes close to the football ground, very strange to see traffic coming at what seems the wrong way, but then correcting around another island.
As already posted Milton Keynes has many many roundabouts but Swindon is in a confined area. (nicknamed magic roundabout I think) | | | |
| Swansea History Question on 10:44 - Nov 12 with 4106 views | taffpop |
I don’t think pwll ddu beach is a natural feature. That whole stone beach was apparently brought over bit by bit from Devon as ballast in the ships exporting the mountains of our local limestone. Sailed over full of rocks. Dumped them on the beach then filled up on limestone and offski. | | | |
| Swansea History Question on 10:58 - Nov 12 with 4094 views | Joe_bradshaw |
| Swansea History Question on 10:09 - Nov 12 by oldcob |
Swindon has about thirteen roundabouts in a cluster. I negotiated them once. Luckily for me it was before seven in the morning and here was no other traffic on the road. I swear I saw the back of my neck at least twice. |
Is that crazy system still there? I believe locals call it the magic roundabout. You need magic mushrooms to negotiate it safety. |  |
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| Swansea History Question on 20:52 - Nov 12 with 3909 views | jack2jack |
I think the clay deposits you mention, were possibly deposits brought down, when the ice flow came down the valley.Check out this link:
https://www.geolsoc.org.uk/GowerTour1
Here's an extract:-
The retreat of the ice resulted in the deposition of many different kinds of glacial sediment in the region. The actual bedrock of Swansea Bay, for example, is some 600 feet below the present seabed. In the area of the town, however, the most common deposit is boulder clay (also called glacial till), which is a mixture of clay and massive boulders dumped by the melting glaciers. Singleton Park, lying behind the University campus and which deserves a visit, displays well the hummocky topography typical of this kind of glacial deposit. |  | | |
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