5th October 1850 - Cardiff & Merthyr Guardian. CONSECRATION OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, SKETTY. ‘The ceremony of consecrating the above church took place on Friday last.’ The church was built as a memorial to Jesse Vivian, the wife of Henry Hussey Vivian, who died following childbirth.

26th September 1895. Evening Express. SILVER ORE FROM SWANSEA - Stolen Outside St Pancras Station ‘Five boxes containing 31 silver ingots, were stolen from a van belonging to the Midland Railway. The silver was conveyed being consigned by Messrs. Vivian and Co., Swansea.

23rd September 1859 - Opening of South Docks - Swansea and Glamorgan Herald . OPENING OF THE NEW DOCKS. ‘The extensive system of quays and docks which have been growing up, since 1852, on the west side of the port of Swansea were inaugurated on Sept. 23, with great ceremony.

17th September 1909. The Cambrian. CAMBRO-AMERICAN MINE AGENT MR. GEORGE MITCHELL " I am creating a new city in Arizona, called Swansea, and I am having a railroad linked up with the California and Arizona line.” Born in Swansea, Mitchell migrated to the USA in 1888.

15th September 1865 Cardiff & Merthyr Guardian. COPPER SMOKE. ‘Sir, the valuation of hundreds of acres in the neighbourhood of Swansea had to be reduced by one-half, as young stock cannot be reared at all, and cows and horses kept upon the grass soon die of salivation.’

14th September 1906. The Cambrian. A GIANT PLATE IN SWANSEA. The largest yellow metal plate ever rolled by Messrs. Vivian and Sons was successfully completed at the Hafod Works. The plate is for the condensers of the Cunard steamship Mauretania, one of the world’s largest ships

9 September 1865, Swansea - The sailing barque 'Hecla' tied up at Swansea’s North Dock with an cargo of copper ore. Three hours after going ashore one of its crew died of yellow fever. In the next 25 days, at least 27 inhabitants of Swansea were infected and 15 of them died.

STARTING TOMORROW We will be introducing those individuals and organisations who are attending this year's History & Heritage Fair at the National Waterfront Museum which will take place on the 26th and 27th September.

19th August 1865. Monmouthshire Merlin. SWANSEA The Copper Smoke. ‘We announce that Messrs. Vivian and Sons, the copper ore smelters, are erecting gigantic works and furnaces for giving practical effect to the discoveries of a German chemist for the consumption of copper smokes.’

Our next free talk is this Saturday, 15th August, at 11:00 am, in Swansea’s Waterfront Museum, when Peter Rees will be speaking on “Queen Elizabeth I and the Origins of the Swansea Copper Industry”. Also on sale at the talk will be Peter’s publication ’From Field to Furnace’.

13th August 1886. The Cambrian. VISIT TO SIEMEN'S STEEL WORKS. The members of the Swansea Scientific Society visited the Landore Siemen's Steel Works. Leaving High-street Station, the party reached Landore, and following the course of the Viaduct, were conducted to the new Works.