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Monday, March 31, 2008

Mumbles mammaries

Nick asked where the name Mumbles comes from. One story is that when the Normans - or possibly the Romans - came here, the two islands that make the headland at the entrance to Swansea Bay, reminded them of breasts, mamelles, which led to the name of Mumbles.

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