This is a book for everyone who loves Swansea, this rainswept. Dillon Brooks did not rule out coming back. The story of how Swansea played its own part in the big news of the era â€“ the Coronation, the Atom Bomb, Rock Around the Clock, the Korean War, Sputnik, the Suez Crisis and television, â€“ and how it managed its own triumphs and disasters. Read A-Z of Swansea Places-People-History by Geoff Brookes available from Rakuten Kobo. Brooks turned heads when he had a back-and-forth with LeBron James during Game 2 of that series. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. The future was so brightâ€¦Swansea in the 1950s follows the development of Swansea through this momentous decade. Swansea Murders - Kindle edition by Brookes, Geoff. In March 2020 we were joined by Geoff Brookes who talked to us about researching local history and traditions.After an early life in Sheffield and the. Local author Geoff Brookes takes the reader through each case in vivid. And is it really true? Had we 'never had it so good', as Prime Minister Macmillan said?This book is the story of Swansea in those years, when post-war austerity moved towards the indulgence of the sixties.Ī period of affluence and full employment, a time of increased confidence and optimism.Ī time when Swansea began to rebuild itself after terrible wartime devastation and looked to a bright future, despite an exhausted valley where the trains crept slowly between the twisted slag heaps alongside a poisoned river.Įverything would soon be so much better. The grim and bloody events in this book reveal the dark heart of Swanseas history. When those born in the nineteenth century met their grandchildren who would live in the twenty-first.Ī pivotal moment, certainly. Come and join prolific local author and Swansea history expert Geoff Brookes for the launch of his first.

Swansea by Geoff Brookes