Friday 29 August 2025
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Join us for this free talk with Gwilym Games!
A look at some fascinating historic links between Swansea and India such as how a scholar of Hinduism played a significant role in bringing public libraries to Swansea in this the 150th anniversary of the founding of Swansea Public Libraries in 1875. As well as looking at the visits to Victorian Swansea by members of the Indian National Congress and tales of the Swansea Captain John Jones of the East India Company.
Gwilym Games, Librarian: Local Studies, Swansea Libraries
Free, booking essential. Limited spaces available
Call 01792 516900 or book online
Book Now – Talk – Tigers, Dragons and Libraries – connections between Swansea and India.
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