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<![CDATA[Oystermouth Radio - Focus on Mumbles and Gower]]>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 20:29:39 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[April 2013]]>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:40:02 GMThttp://www.oystermouthradio.com/focus-on-mumbles-and-gower/april-2013

Focus on Valerie Brent
with Paul Stephens

Valerie Brent

Listen as Paul chats to Valerie Brent about her life. From her youth in the Swansea Valley and visiting Swansea and Mumbles as a girl to becoming a nurse at Craig-y-nos Castle, the children's sanatorium at the age of 15.

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Focus on David Evans
with
Grant Eden

NCI

Grant James catches up with a local seafarer, Royal Navy retired Commander David Evans and discusses his life from growing up in the Swansea Valley, away to sea with the Royal Navy - time aboard submarines around the globe and back again to Swansea Marina and his volunteer work undertaken at the RNLI and NCI.

David Evans

Focus on The Pilot Inn
with Peter Tremewan

Peter visits the newly re-opened Pilot Inn, Mumbles and chats to mine hosts, Richard and Jo Bennett about their decision to run a pub, and in fact run The Pilot, their future plans for a micro brewery and the history of the building

Richard Bennett

Focus on NCI Worms Head
Grant updates Peter's original Coastwatch interview with a chat to Audrey Frank - Station Manager

Grant Eden updates last year's Oystermouth Radio visit to NCI - Coastwach at Worms Head. Peter Tremewan's interview with Alan Richards is updated by Grant's chat with New Station Manager Audrey Frank. The trials and tribulations of the lookout post at Rhossili, overlooking Worms Head. The volunteers that maintain the watch from the station and events that have occurred over the last year, they're all here. Should you want to discover more, visit their website :- http://www.nciwormshead.org.uk/

Audrey Frank NCI Worms Head Station Manager

Alan Richards NCI National Chairman

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Focus with Deb on Art
With Debbie Evans giving a great Deb-on-Air show

Debbie is talking to a number of artists and gallery owners, brought into Mumbles and Swansea from further afield to exhibit at Swansea Met. and the local galleries. Another one from deep in the Oystermouth Radio Archive Vaults.

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Focus with Amy on Jazz
Amy Sinha catches up with four Jazz musicians at the Taliesin Centre

Amy Sinha visits the Taliesin Arts Centre at the heart of Swansea University's Singleton Campus. Hosting a broad programme of events including a great variety of live performances, from dance and drama to jazz and world music. Amy spoke with a number of Jazz musicians, including Buddie Greco. Taliesin is named after the 6th century Celtic bard of the same name, as is my grandson.

Buddie Greco

Focus with Joel at the Galleries
Joel Bennett drops in on the Old Masters Gallery and then visits the Oriel Bach Gallery

Oriel Bach Gallery

Joel's takes a trip to Mumbles and visits two of our fabulous Galleries. The interviews are exhumed from our Oystermouth Radio Archive Department and dusted off for another airing. Our current W12P presenter is looking at and discussing 'all things art' in his trips to the Old Masters and to the Oriel Bach Galleries

Leezan

Focus on
Ray Phillips
Mike Kennedy chats to Ray from the Welsh Hard Rock band Budgie

Mike Kennedy has 'Castaway' Ray Phillips in the studio - or was it an island- and talks through his musical life and plays some of his castaway songs. A look back at the life and times of one of the seminal Welsh rockbands through the eyes of it's drummer, Ray Phillips

Ray Phillips

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Focus on Craig-y-Nos
School

Peter Tremewan visits Craig-y-Nos school and talks with the Headmaster Gareth Fursland

Craig-y-Nos School is one of the longest established independent schools in Wales. Originally founded in 1920 it moved to it's current position in 1983, the delightful setting on Clyne Common at the entrance to Gower. Peter talks to Gareth Fursland who explains details about the school's history and achievements that it has recorded over the years.

Focus on the Gower Wildflower Centre
Peter Tremewan reports back from his visit earlier in the year to the Wildflower Centre in Blackhills

Peter Tremewan chats to Greg Sandles is the General Manager of the newly opened Gower Wildflower & Local Produce Centre in Blackhills:
The Centre opened on July 11th and there was a steep learning curve for all involved. Listen how the long hours are starting to pay off the excellent feedback so far from customers, the visitor numbers have been better than initially expected.

Focus on Coastwatch
Peter Tremewans' visit to the NCI Coastwatch station at Worms Head

Listen to Peter Tremewan when he goes on an outside broadcast from the Watch Station of the NCI Coastwatch at Worms Head Rhossili where he meets National NCI Chairman Alan Richards and Station Manager Geoff Leamon

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Focus on ArcAngel Andreas
Grant Eden interviews local poet Andreas - with readings of some of his work

Listen to ArcAngel Andreas talk of his life, his inspiration and his books. Books, set in a world of magic, written in Rhyme.
Billions of years ago, even before our earth was born.
Hundreds of thousands of stars were formed throughout space.
Giving the universe life and light, to a never ending scale.
Only a few of these stars were extra special.
They created inner power and the essence of true magic.
For those that were chosen, would carry the mark of the star.
Right now, in an alternative time, through a forsaken portal.
There exists an amazing place, where anything is possible…
Fantasforia !

Focus on the Chai Deli
Peter Tremewan talks with the Chai Deli owner, Andy Rees

A new comer to the Swansea deli world is Andy Rees at Chai Delicatessen in Newton Rd Mumbles is a self taught turophile, listen to him explain to Peter how he personally selects his cheeses, shares his knowledge to help improve the quality of your own cheeseboard.
Good cheese is live, you arrest its development when you refrigerate it. Follow the tips Andy gives to Peter to do justice to the quality cheeses you purchase.

Focus on Port Eynon YHA
Grant Eden visits the YHA in Port Eynon and talks to Dianne the Hostel Manager

Once a lifeboat station, YHA Port Eynon is situated right on the award-winning Port Eynon beach and is available for family holidays and activity breaks, with bodyboarding, kayaking, rockpooling and swimming. Listen to Dianne and Martin discussing the YHA and Gower with Grant Eden. The Gower Peninsula, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, has 34 miles of breathtaking coastal routes great for walking holidays and stunning beaches to explore on your family holiday in Wales. The hostel has spectactular views from the lounge and a log fire to keep you cosy in the winter

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Focus on Darren Protheroe
Grant interviews the director of the Welsh Film : WHY

Darren Protheroe, the director of the Welsh Horror Film : WHY talks to Grant about his recent film. Four students take a camping trip but things go wrong - Filmed across various locations on Gower - The Film premiered at the Taliesin Art Centre in early November 2012

Focus on the Anthony Nolan Trust
Grant Eden talks with David Ball from the Anthony Nolan Trust organisation

Anthony Nolan is a UK charity that focuses on leukaemia and Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. It manages and recruits donors to the Anthony Nolan Register, one of the three bone marrow registers in the United Kingdom. The other registries are the British Bone Marrow Registry run by the National Blood Service and the Welsh Bone Marrow Donor Registry run by the Welsh Blood Service. It also carries out research to help make bone marrow transplants more effective

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