Tuesday, October 28, 2008

News at Eleven (Back Page): As a boy, [Dylan] Thomas would look out

of his bedroom window at the sweep of Swansea Bay and play in the nearby Cwmdonkin Park.

"It was in his formative years that he wrote everything that was eventually published because he regurgitated in later life, so this is where it all started," said Mr [Geoff] Haden.

He and his wife Anne have spent a labour of love restoring the house which had been used as bedsit accommodation.

from BBC News: Poet's restored birthplace opens
also BBC News: Dylan Thomas' home opens

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