Welcome to The Swansea Chronicler. This is a small local history site for Swansea, Gower and the surrounding area. The aim is simple: take old stories, forgotten places, useful sources and public images, then turn them into readable articles people can share.
The Facebook page is still important because that is where quick posts, old photographs and short local-history notes can travel quickly. This website gives the project a more permanent home. It means longer stories can be organised, linked together and checked against sources rather than disappearing down a social feed.
The style here is meant to feel like a local news archive rather than an academic journal. Articles should be clear, readable and interesting, but still show where the information came from. When a claim needs checking, the article should point readers towards museums, council pages, Cadw, Coflein, Wikimedia Commons, official venue pages or other useful records.
Images are used carefully. Where possible, the site uses Creative Commons, public-domain or openly licensed material and links back to the file page or source page. If an image is not suitable to reuse, the article should still be useful without stealing or hiding the source.
The archive will grow over time. Some stories will be about famous places like Swansea Castle, the Mumbles Railway or the Blitz. Others will be smaller: a building people walk past, a local legend, a museum object, an old entertainment venue or a piece of industry that helped shape the area.
If you enjoy the site, the best thing you can do is share an article, send it to someone who likes Swansea history, or like the Facebook page. A local history project only really works when people recognise places, add memories and help good stories travel.
Sources and extra reading
Sources are included so readers can check names, dates, image credits and background reading.