Fountain Seating - Cwndonkin Park - Swansea, Wales.
N 51° 37.309 W 003° 58.162
30U E 432893 N 5719422
Cwmdonkin Park - A beautiful park situated in the heart of the city of Swansea, with unique features & various tributes to Dylan Thomas, including memorial seating near the old cast iron drinking fountain, that Dylan used as a child.
Waymark Code: WMMFDF
Location: South Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/12/2014
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A new memorial plaza with seating near the old cast iron drinking fountain, that Dylan used & sailed his toy boat in as a child.
Most people miss the discreet writing along the front edges of the plaza seating. The text is from 'The Hunchback in the Park' and reads: "Drinking water from the chained cup - That the children filled with gravel - In the fountain basin where I sailed my ship - Dylan Thomas."
"Although some of the Park's features have gone, notably the reservoir and bandstand, and although 'Old Smalley', the bearded park-keeper who Dylan terrorised is long dead, much of what inspired him still remains, and the whole place is celebrated in poems like 'Once it was the colour of saying', and of course in 'The Hunchback in the Park'.
Dylan's deeply nostalgic radio piece 'Return Journey' comes to its dramatic climax in the park, and his radio piece 'Reminiscences of Childhood' the significance of this park is stated emphatically.
The cast-iron drinking fountain, sadly no longer with a tin drinking cup.
Drinking water from the chained cup
That the children filled with gravel
In the fountain basin where I sailed my ship
The Hunchback in the Park" Text Source: (
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