Swansea, Mumbles & the Gower CoastOfficial album guide . each of amber-coloured sands. .\ splendid road follows the graceful curve ofthe bay for five miles to the Pier at Mumbles, and alongside the road runs theSwansea and Mumbles Railway, with its double-decked carriages, claiming to bethe oldest line in existence. It was opened in icSoy and remained a horse-drawnrailway until i<S77, when steam power displaced the horses. The line has nowbeen electrified by the South Wales Transport Company in conjunction withSwansea Corporation. The scenery between Swansea and the Mumbles is of great beau
Swansea, Mumbles & the Gower CoastOfficial album guide . each of amber-coloured sands. .\ splendid road follows the graceful curve ofthe bay for five miles to the Pier at Mumbles, and alongside the road runs theSwansea and Mumbles Railway, with its double-decked carriages, claiming to bethe oldest line in existence. It was opened in icSoy and remained a horse-drawnrailway until i<S77, when steam power displaced the horses. The line has nowbeen electrified by the South Wales Transport Company in conjunction withSwansea Corporation. The scenery between Swansea and the Mumbles is of great beauty. There isa practically unbroken line of beach, unsurpassed for safe bathing, edging thecoast-line for five miles. Tree-embowered houses dot the cliff sides. Above thecliff stretches a glorious gorse-and-heather-clothed common, while inland thereare miles of delectable country untouched by the railway and offering to thejaded city-dweller a romantic haven of peace and seclusion which will bearcomparison with any other beauty spot in England or A Glimpse of the Educational Garden, Singleton Park Copyyiglit . Swansea Corforauon P.\GE TEN
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