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Cwmdonkin Drive, SWANSEA, SA2 0RA

No 6 (right, with the Blue Plaque) was the house in which the poet Dylan Thomas grew up.

The road leads steeply down towards Uplands; Swansea Bay and the rocks beyond Mumbles in the distance.

A blue plaque on the wall of 5 Cwmdonkin Drive on the right marks the birthplace (on October 27th 1914) of Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas. Known for his hard-drinking, heavy smoking, unhealthy lifestyle in later life, less well known is that Dylan Thomas was a talented athlete in his youth. At the age of 14 he was the winner of the Swansea Mile during Swansea Grammar School's annual sports day in 1928. It may be that walking and running up the steep hills hereabouts, such as Cwmdonkin Drive, helped develop his leg muscles.

This shows the semi detached house where Dylan Thomas was born in and where he grew up. It is the second house from the left with the cream and green windows.

The rhyming address of the birthplace and childhood home of "the Rimbaud of Cwmdonkin Drive". The house has been restored to 1914 style.

There have been some changes here since the 2002 image. The house is now privately owned but can be rented; there are tours, evening meals and cultural activities on offer. See http://www.5cwmdonkindrive.com/index.php

This is still a quiet, 'tidy' residential street above Uplands that seems to have changed very little since Dylan Thomas lived here with his parents. [This image was used by Literature Wales in their 2014 Dylan Thomas centenary promotion brochure.]

A late autumn evening view towards Brynmill and Oystermouth. The North Devon coast is visible across the Bristol Channel in the far distance. The famous poet Dylan Thomas was born in and grew up in a house just off-camera to the left. He no doubt enjoyed the view from here many times.

Located opposite Hillside Crescent. The identifier of the Western Power Distribution electricity substation is CWMDONKIN DRIVE SWANSEA S/S 525383.

Located here, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4091844 on the corner of Cwmdonkin Terrace and Cwmdonkin Drive. The letters GR date the box to the reign of King George V (May 1910-January 1936). The postboxes of the reign of his son King George VI (December 1936-February 1952) have a more ornate style of lettering and the Roman numerals VI. http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3297590 Postboxes bearing the identifier of the uncrowned King Edward VIII http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3930838 are very rare.