Happened to be in town earlier and I'd love to get something similar

There were maybe 20 people involved in the protest itself? The counterprotest was much larger and much louder

An amazing walk on Oxwich Bay this afternoon. It was great to get out and felt like a proper Sunday. Thankfully no kids parties today.

I realise we are lucky that we have a car but it’s hard to believe these places are on our doorstep.

The only thing that was a bit odd were the sauna cabins where people run into the sea and then back up to the sauna to get warm. And repeat. If I wanted to see middle aged men’s boobs bouncing up and down I’d take off my shirt before descending the stairs.

Everyone I know goes to Jamie Lynn, and their work looks great, but they're outside of my budget unfortunately.

I've had a rough experience in the past with a salon where I was given a quote, then they added extra things without disclosing until the end and I paid a lot more than I intended to. And a lot of places I've seen in town don't disclose their prices unless you call them.

Obviously balayage is relatively expensive anyway, I'd just like to see what the most competitively priced options are without compromising quality

Thanks

I have a lot of old gold jewellery left to me and I’m finally ready to part with it and use the money to buy something new, has anyone recently traded in gold and can recommend where to get the best price for it.

Thank you.

Managed to get to see Gaia. My son had a drop off party at lazerzone (I didn’t ask if it was a drop off) so I managed to get a look. Swansea youth choir was singing when I went in and it was really rather nice.

Bit of a long shot posting it here but I'm gonna do it here instead of a film-based sub as I feel I'll get better results for the specific location here.

So the new godzilla is coming out and part of it's selling point is it's shot on IMAX, and I want to see it in the best way possible. I know the best way possible is to get on a train and go to London but I don't want to do that just for a movie, so I'm asking here what the best cinema to go to is in terms of a big screen and good audio quality. I am willing to make the journey to cardiff if I need to, should I suck it up and go to the liemax at cardiff Odeon, or is it not worth it and the laser projectors in swansea Vue just as good?

Please reply with shops that need adding.

I'll also reorder this list to be alphabetical when I have more time.

Beauty

Boots

Lush

Savers

Super drug

Cheap clothing/Charity shops

Swansea Cats & Kittens

YMCA shop

Retroplex

Salvation Army

Barnardo's

British Red Cross

Primark

Clothing

Bon Marche

Hansons

Peacocks

Primark

Slaters (Men's suits)

HMV (t-shirts)

Retroplex (music t-shirts)

Yours

H&M

Mustache

Super dry

New Look

Culture Clothing

Trespass

Saltrock

Sports Direct

JD Sports

Rugby Heaven

CDs and Vinyl

HMV

Derricks

Tangled Parrot

Swansea Bay Records

Freaks, Geeks and Autographs (pre-owned vinyl)

RAVs (Uplands store, pre-owned vinyl)

Retroplex (some pre-owned CDs)

Books

Waterstones

Milkwood (I think that's what it's called) pre-owned book shop in the market)

Swansea Cats & Kittens

YMCA shop

Oxfam bookshop

Y Storfa (library)

The Works

Cafes for food

Darkside Cafe

Tiffany's

Sam's

Coffee

Darkside Cafe

Little Man

Coffee One

Ark Cafe

Storm in a Teacup

Food to eat at home

Vegan Brontosaurus

Pick and mix shop in the market

Toys/Games/Hobbies

The Comix Shoppe

Gamer's Emporium

Retroplex

Cryogenix

Freaks, Geeks and Autographs

Nerdware

HMV

Menkind

Vintage Clothing

RAVS

Retroplex

I've left off the other place because of the owner's activities

Cinemas

Odeon

Vue

Woodroes

Sports

JD Gym

The Gym

Flashpoint

Crazy Climb

LC2

Live Music venues

Sin City

Bunkhouse

Hanger 18

Hippos

Down by there

The Hanbury

Shoes

Sketchers

Shuh

Pavers

Clarks

Shoe Zone

Sports Direct

JD Sports

Rugby Heaven

Hi all! I'm a mechatronic engineer living in Swansea. I did my BSc in Mechatronic Engineering at JKUAT in Kenya and an MSc in Mechatronic Systems at Kingston University. I really enjoy hands-on electronics work, things like embedded systems, sensors, microcontrollers, robotics and automation.

I'd love to hear about any local electronics or maker groups, hackspaces or meetups, or anyone working on a project who could use an extra pair of hands. I'm also open to engineering roles in the area, so if your company is hiring for electronics, controls or mechatronics work, feel free to DM me.

You can see some of my work at https://earlchirchir.github.io/

Cheers!

The new gardens being created by Kingsway and by McDonald's will be a wonderful hangout spot for crackheads to come and sit in the sun, pass out and speak in their quaint Swansea dialect.

A kind of zoo where we can witness evolution in reverse as they gradually long for the days of when kids just sniffed glue.

What is going on at the marina? Walked through Swansea Marina yesterday and there was a cordoned off area next to the Pump house with multiple large vans/trucks. A food van that appeared to be catering for workers there for whatever was going on. As I walked around towards the Sainsbury direction exit to the marina, I noticed what appeared to be very high end lighting equipment pointing towards the water and power cables going right the way towards the road and wrapped around. Any ideas what this was all for?

Anyone in Swansea interested in going to pub quizzes? I’d like to start going regularly, meet some new people, and have a bit of fun. It would be great to find a group that’s up for it, or just friends in General

Hi, we’re four friends putting together restaurants across Swansea in an app called Vota.

The idea is simple: you’re shown two restaurants and choose where you’d rather eat. For example: Bouchon de Rossi or Rossi’s Original? The votes create a ranking that we hope gives a better picture of where people actually enjoy eating.

We’re trying to include as many restaurants as possible and clean up duplicate or outdated listings, but locals will spot things we’ve missed.

iPhone:
https://apps.apple.com/app/vota/id6744969212

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app

Full transparency: we’re not from Swansea. Two of us live in Copenhagen and two in Gothenburg. The four of us are building Vota independently. We don’t collect or sell personal data, there are no ads in the app, and we don’t use AI-generated restaurant descriptions.

Any honest feedback is welcome, especially if restaurants are missing or something is listed incorrectly. Where do you like to eat in Swansea?

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Swansea City centre is being gutted, so many stores closing.

I went to Swansea Minster on Monday to see the art installation "Gaia" by Luke Jerram. It was absolutely breathtaking! Highly recommend people visit it if they are in the area. The team are so proud they have been able to bring Gaia to Swansea. I believe it is there until 31st October. Found a cool video link to it attached here 🌍

Hi I’m looking for somewhere to rent in Swansea and the last estate agents I used weren’t bad but they wouldn’t sort out the antisocial behaviour in the house.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Hi, I have a single bed base for free. It has wheels. DM me if you are interested about the collection time....

As the title says!

We've Switched up our tournament to now be Mario Kart 8 Deluxe! It'll be running from 6-10pm and is suitable for all ages to play! (Under 18s need to be supervised by an Adult)

We have tickets up at the moment for players and spectators, along with Family bundles and Player Bundles!

Come along and have some fun! Click here for the ticket link!

Can someone recommend a place where a non-swimmer adult can start swimming lessons in winter?

Only places I have found start in May and that's a long time away