{"id":12022,"date":"2017-08-03T13:02:47","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T13:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?p=12022&#038;langswitch_lang=en"},"modified":"2017-10-10T10:23:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T10:23:57","slug":"2017-locws-schools-year-of-legends-flag-installation-now-at-oystermouth-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/?p=12022","title":{"rendered":"2017 Locws Schools: Year of Legends Flag Installation at Oystermouth Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?attachment_id=12042\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12042 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Castle-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Castle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Castle-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?attachment_id=12043\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12043\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12043 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_1-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?attachment_id=12046\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12046\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12046 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_5-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_3-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?attachment_id=12045\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12045\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12045\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4-1568x1041.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Year-of-Legends-Flags_Oystermouth-Castle_LOCWS-International_22.09.17_4.jpg 1608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <strong>Swansea County Council<\/strong> and the <strong>Friends of Oystermouth Castle<\/strong> visitors can now find more colourful flags from our Year of Legends: Swansea Bay Legends themed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?page_id=7486\">Locws schools<\/a> project at the castle. More will be appearing on the castle walls and on the flagpole over the coming weeks in addition to the eight flags that are already currently situated at the castle.<\/p>\n<p>As the current public art installation featuring the flags at 360 on Oystermouth Road will be coming to an end, more flags will be joining the current installation at the castle.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/?attachment_id=12047\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12047\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/YearOfLegends2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/YearOfLegends2.jpg 1181w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/YearOfLegends2-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/YearOfLegends2-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/YearOfLegends2-1024x645.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12034 size-medium alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller-300x200.png\" alt=\"Locws International's Locws Schools Swansea Bay Legends Flag by Penyrheol School depicting an animal and flowers in a forest\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Penyrheol-School-3-smaller.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The collaborative project between\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyswanseabay.com\/spotted-colourful-flags-oystermouth-castle\/\"><strong>Swansea County Council\u2019s Education Department<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyswanseabay.com\/spotted-colourful-flags-oystermouth-castle\/\"><strong>Oystermouth Castle&#8217;s Community Officer<\/strong><\/a> and Locws International saw 8 schools throughout the city visit the castle and receive guided tours with\u00a0the castle\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyswanseabay.com\/spotted-colourful-flags-oystermouth-castle\/\"><strong>Community\u00a0Officer, Erika Kluge<\/strong><\/a> and Locws International\u2019s Artist in Residence, Dave Marchant.<\/p>\n<p>Schools were provided with opportunities to learn about the heritage and history of the castle and imagine the castle\u2019s inhabitants, visitors and goings on through the ages. Following on from their time at the castle the children returned to the classrooms to begin the creative process of interpreting all they had learned in to drawings and flag designs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12036 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller-1024x682.png\" alt=\"Locws International's Locws Schools Swansea Bay Legends Flag by Penyrheol School depicting a dragon swirling on the flag\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-2-smaller.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The project saw incredible work produced by each of the schools and the resultant public art installation has been widely talked about by people across the city who commented on what a fabulous and colourful addition it made to the sea front this summer.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-12037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller-1024x682.png\" alt=\"Locws International's Locws Schools Swansea Bay Legends Flag by Penyrheol School depicting a king in his crown and a soldier in his armour\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Plasmarl-Primary-School-smaller.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small.jpg\">.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"locws international art across the city swansea bay year of legends colourful flag installation in Swansea Bay\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/locwsinternational.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Flags-with-Mumbles-Head-6x4-shot-Small.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Swansea County Council and the Friends of Oystermouth Castle visitors can now find 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