Constructed sometime in the late 18th Century withing the grounds of the castle keep, this landmark building in Castle Street at the top of Temple Street was very much a landmark until late into the 20th Century. It was at various times Civic Offices, A Labour Exchange and Offices for a local newspaper – the South Wales Evening Post.
Theatre Royal (extreme left) 1860, note the Police station to the right in Goat Street
Civic Office / Labour Exchange / Evening Post Offices Castle bailey street
From the foot of a pedestrianised Temple Street in the 1960s
1930s Temple Street before the Blitz
1941
Bomb damaged Labour Exchange in Castle street before redelopment into the offices of the Evening Post
Turn of the 20th Century road widening
Early Castle Gardens
The Building is to the left
outside looking towards Wind Street
Viewed from Worcester Place
pre ww2 Temple street Swansea
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