Comments for Dylan Thomas Birth House at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea, Wales, UK

Comment on Bob Zimmerman, Dylan and John Lennon – what’s in a name? by Marc

Marc — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:28:09 +0000

Dylan Thomas was not living when Sergeant Pepper was published!! Thomas died in ’53 it was published in ’67.

Comment on World Book Night succes at Dylan’s by dylanthomashouse

dylanthomashouse — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 07:32:58 +0000

We gave away Fingersmith by Sarah Waters which is a great book with a twist at the end.

Most people we gave to turned up at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive and there was a great party atmosphere – cups of tea in china cups. There were others who were housebound who we went and delivered the books

Comment on World Book Night succes at Dylan’s by Siobhan

Siobhan — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:41:17 +0000

That’s great! Which book did you give away?

Comment on Under 30? Written any published work? Want £30,000? by dylanthomashouse

dylanthomashouse — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:53:22 +0000

Keep an eye on the Dylan Thomas Prize website and if you are unpublished and living in the UK then the Sony eReader Prize could be for you. At Dylan Thomas House we will be running writing and poetry courses in partnership with our sister company Clyne Farm Centre during 2011

Comment on Under 30? Written any published work? Want £30,000? by Kolade Habeeb

Kolade Habeeb — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:10:53 +0000

I’m a young writer,17, an undergraduate and wish to be notified on literary prizes I can apply for.(I have no published work yet)

Comment on £40m Mumbles Pier redevelopment gives new hope for Dylan’s Mumbles by Heather

Heather — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:23:05 +0000

Well I’m a “NIMBY” and thank goodness for people like me. This MONSTROCITY will do nothing for tourism or local jobs, there will be no hotel, I repeat, THERE WILL BE NO HOTEL. This is a residential development which will target afluent buyers only, and will turn the village into a building site.

So the above commentary is both biased and inaccruate.

Comment on £40m Mumbles Pier redevelopment gives new hope for Dylan’s Mumbles by dylanthomashouse

dylanthomashouse — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:37:20 +0000

I’m not marketing the merits of this developemt in any way having no contact commercial interest with the owners. By chance I met Stan Bollom many years ago.

I do have a strong interest in seeing Mumbles as a thriving suburb of a thriving Swansea.

The Bollom family have kept the pier going when so many others around the country have disappeared (over half the Victorian piers have disappeared). They have also developed the shore side areas and have taken considerable trouble to meet with people nationally and locally (do a search on the Evening Post website and you will see what I mean) to explain their plans.

I agree that the road through the cutting is dangerous – that is something for the City Council to consider – try the Chief Executive – Paul Smith and something might get done

What I was saying is that if Dylan made a Return Journey today he would be horrified – Mumbles is down at heel and has failed miserably to address what it needs to survive as a vibrant and successful village for both local residents and the tourists who will bring money in to keep shops open (how many have closed in the past two years?). The pier development would be the start of the renaissance

Comment on £40m Mumbles Pier redevelopment gives new hope for Dylan’s Mumbles by Heather

Heather — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:08:32 +0000

What RUBBISH. This development will be detrimental to Mumbles and to market it under the guise of Dylan Thomas is to blatantly lie.

A Residential complex is planned for the Pier, along with the loss of the Headland and the common land at the back.

SO if, like me, you enjoyed walking up the steep steps from the Pier and onto the Headland car park, you won’t be able to do that anymore because that car park will be for RESIDENTS ONLY – to this monstrocity might mean that we will have to walk along that pavement-less cut-through road to reach Bracelet Bay.

Ummm I wonder what Dylan would have to say about that?

Comment on What’s new at Dylan Thomas Birthplace by Minerva

Minerva — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:48:43 +0000

This house is a LIVING house! Not old and fusty, you can really imagine that you are in 1914. I have stayed there twice and find it peaceful and homely. Everywhere has the feeling of my grandparents’ similar home. The living room is homely, the kitchen is sparse but functional, the study has a calm manly quietude, and the comfortable front room is the forbidden pleasure of childhood Christmases. The bedrooms have traditional bedsteads – but modern mattresses, (thank goodness!) There are freshly laundered bedlinen and woollen blankets to cuddle you to sleep. There are also an upstairs bathroom and toilet – very novel for the time! Annie Haden makes everyone very welcome indeed and has become a special friend – her daily tours and hospitality make Dylan’s a never-to-be-forgotten experience! So, whether you are an historian, a Dylan Thomas devotee, or just curious, you really shouldn’t miss this amazing experience.

Comment on Bob Zimmerman, Dylan and John Lennon – what’s in a name? by Gaabi

Gaabi — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:49:13 +0000

And anyone who’s really interested in the truth of this, read Bob Dylan’s autobiography, “Chronicles,” in which he discusses Dylan Thomas, what influence Thomas’ writing had on him and why he decided to use Thomas’ name in his own stage name. No really literate person has any question about who Dylan Thomas was.