I'm 66 and I remember the old Swansea, and it was a much nicer place than it is today!
@970357ers
10 жыл бұрын
Swansea has suffered from the ongoing ineptitude of SCC. Swansea was built by doers. It's now run by talkers and it shows. It's heartbreaking to see such a beautiful City turn into a rotten core of the county.
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@mickbrown8249
3 жыл бұрын
Castle Gardens close to where my grandparents lived in Wine street went there often thankfully loved it very much ..
@CIRCLEOFTONE
10 жыл бұрын
I wrote a song regarding huge corporate stores like Asda (then owned by Walmart) were largely to blame for Swansea starting to look like every other city/losing it's identity. It's about how shocked I was after returning from the USA how Woodfield Street in Morriston is unrecognisable only a decade after Asda opened. It used to be local owned biz like fruit and veg, butchers, furniture stores etc etc. Now it's just shuttered windows, off licences, bookies and tanning salons. Such a shame.
@Trystan46
4 жыл бұрын
Christ ! It’s looks much better back then than it does now 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭 what have the council done !
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
It's what they haven't done and basically mismanaged for substantial period now
@ealing456
8 жыл бұрын
There needs to be a green space, like a park, in the city centre (other than the church grounds). Swansea used to look far more appealing
@iaw7406
Жыл бұрын
what about the many parks ? there is brynmill, victoria, cwmdonkin, singleton and others. also there is crymlyn bog and burrows and theres the gower peninsula
@ealing456
Жыл бұрын
@@iaw7406 Swansea has fantastic parks, agreed. I love walking in all those you mentioned. My point 7 years ago was that the city centre itself was devoid of green spaces. In 2022, this has been greatly improved with the greening of Kingsway and the area by the new bridge. There's also the new Marina Park.
@laurengullick1
5 жыл бұрын
The only reason they good rid of that lovely garden in castle was because they didn't want to pay gardeners I bet rubbish council
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
Apparently do...thoughtless not well considered in general
@lianie4606
Жыл бұрын
@@rogersweet3608 speak for your self.
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
Pardon me??
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
@@lianie4606 What???
@jackdavies8581
2 жыл бұрын
People going on about how nice Swansea used to be are looking back with rose tinted glasses, a lot of people remember the derelict copper works and the slag heaps which resembled WW2 Stalingrad, along with the river pollution and crumbling dockland, there is much more things to do in Swansea now, yes the city centre struggles with homeless and drug problems but so does every other city centre.
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
It's Castle Gardens demise especially which sticks in the throat..quite unbelievable actually Could bear the other changes then...perhaps
@iaw7406
Жыл бұрын
i just wish they kept the trams because the buses are FUCKING awful
@gilliandianeryan1493
Ай бұрын
How beautiful Castle Gardens looked back then ,not how it looks now .What have the Council done to Swansea .
@pamthomas5315
3 жыл бұрын
I remember years ago, reading on a placard by the castle, Swansea was named Syens Island by the vikings, I asked my mam and my auntie , but they hadn't heard that ..I have since found it in a book, How place names began!
@kenniththomas2167
11 ай бұрын
Remember the boat shaped swings on Swansea beach, used to be by the slip bridge,and remember the lovely park near the castle, they turned that into a concrete jungle with a fountain . The Swansea council have done a grand job of destroying the appeal of the city ,and wasting money,the bendy buses was a disaster. But they are learning from their mistakes
@MatlockJack
13 жыл бұрын
Is that the theme music from Out of Town'? Some nostalgic stills of old Swansea. I lived there from 1966-1996 and some of them surprised me quite a bit...
@rogersweet3608
Жыл бұрын
Spanish Romance..often on Classic FM composer name escapes me
@daviddavies2945
Жыл бұрын
A beautiful town ruined by commercial greed and continuously inept councils.
@doriannewton8440
Ай бұрын
Much nicer place back then. Not so friendly and pretty any more. It's depressing.
@Mike20216
Жыл бұрын
Wow just what did they do to castle gardens, it’s a concrete monstrosity now, planners are idiots
@daviddavies2945
Жыл бұрын
Can bring one to tears at what they've done to our lovely old town.
@daviddavies2945
Жыл бұрын
Can bring tears looking at what they've done to our lovely old town.
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