Places to see in ( Laugharne - UK )
Places to see in ( Laugharne - UK )
Laugharne is a town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the estuary of the River Tâf. It is known for having been the home of Dylan Thomas from 1949 until his death in 1953, and is thought to have been an inspiration for the fictional town of Llareggub in Under Milk Wood.
A castle, known originally as the Castle of Abercorran, existed in Laugharne before the Norman Conquest and belonged to the princes of South Wales. Henry II visited it in 1172 on his return from Ireland and made peace with Prince Rhys of Dinefwr. Through the marriage of Prince Rhys' daughter, the castle passed to Sir Guy de Brian, who had been Lord High Admiral of England. His daughter Elizabeth inherited the castle and married Owen Laugharne of St. Bride's who gave his name to the castle.
Laugharne Corporation is an almost unique institution, and, together with the City of London Corporation, the last surviving mediæval corporation in the United Kingdom. The Corporation was established in 1291 by Sir Guy de Brian (Gui de Brienne), a Marcher Lord. The Corporation is presided over by the Portreeve, wearing his traditional chain of gold cockle shells, (one added by each portreeve, with his name and date of tenure on the reverse), the Aldermen, and the body of Burgesses.
The famous Charter of Laugharne, which the corporation was founded by, came about during a tempestuous time in local Welsh history. Henry II (Plantagenet) held a parley with Rhys ap Gruffydd at Laugharne Castle in 1172. After Henry’s death, Rhys seized St. Clears, Llanstephan and Laugharne, and then lost them again to the crown.
Attractions in the town include the 12th-century Laugharne Castle, the town hall and the birdlife of the estuary. Architecturally, Laugharne contains many fine examples of Georgian townhouses, including Great House and Castle House, both grade II* listed buildings, with a scattering of earlier vernacular cottages. There are a number of landmarks in Laugharne connected with the poet and writer Dylan Thomas. These include the Dylan Thomas Birthday Walk, which was the setting for the work Poem in October, and The Boathouse, where he lived with his family from 1949 to 1953; it is now a museum.
Each year in the spring, Laugharne hosts a three-day arts festival, the Laugharne Weekend. The festival's was inaugurated in 2007 featuring writers such as Niall Griffiths and Patrick McCabe. Headline performers since then have included Ray Davies, Will Self, Howard Marks and Patti Smith. Although the town's Millennium Hall was used as the main venue, smaller events were hosted by local venues including Dylan Thomas's Boathouse.
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Dylan Thomas 30th Birthday Walk - Poem in October
Dylan Thomas, the Bard of Wales was born on the 27th October 1914. His magic 'Poem in October' imagines a walk on his 30th birthday though Laugharne in West Wales, where he once lived at The Boathouse. The poem, spoken here by Dylan, takes him through the town, past the castle, and up onto St John's Hill, and is also a spiritual journey through nature the woods with the Sun and back to his childhood dreams walking with his mother.
THE BOAT HOUSE WALES LAUGHARNE UK
THE ORIGINAL HOME OF DYLAN THOMAS THE POET FROM WALES, UK
LAUGHARNE, SOUTH WEST WALES
Funeral Of Dylan Thomas (1953)
Wales
FUNERAL OF DYLAN THOMAS
Various shots, of the funeral of the famous Welsh poet. The coffin is lead up a country lane with a long stream of mourners followers. Cemetery scenes and a Celtic cross in the village.
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Poem On His Birthday
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Poem On His Birthday · Dylan Thomas
Reading His Complete Recorded Poetry
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Weatherman Walking, Dylan's Walks, New Quay and Laugharne, New Quay
Weatherman Walking, Dylan's Walks, New Quay and Laugharne, New Quay
Weatherman Walking 26/1/11 Part 1
Pen Pych walk,
Wales has Some of the most Beautiful Walking Countryside in the UK so come visit you know you want to
A tour of Laugharne
Join journalist, Johnathan Piper-Pringle in his insightful tour of Laugharne, South Wales, where he investigates poetry, castles and dyslexia. Written by and starring Tom Hoy
Words from Wales: Clive Woosnam recites Poem in October by Dylan Thomas
The son of a coalminer, Clive Woosnam was born and raised in the Rhondda Valley of South Wales, and loved poetry and choral music from an early age. When schoolteachers replaced coal as the Rhondda’s main export, Clive migrated to Sydney to teach at one of its best-known schools, Newington College, for 35 years. He is a founder member of the Dylan Thomas Society of Australia (DTSA) and has been its president for thirteen years.
He was president of the Sydney Welsh Choir (SWC) for 23 years, and has been awarded an Order of Australia Medal for his contribution to education and the Arts. His play-for-voices, ‘Good Night, Dylan’, dealing with the tempestuous life and controversial death of Dylan Thomas, was performed in Sydney in 2012 and 2014. In late 2014 Clive led a joint DTSA/SWC concert tour to Wales, Ireland and England to enjoy the Dylan Thomas Centenary Festival.
The 13 tracks on this CD include 5 poems and 4 prose pieces by Dylan Thomas. The remaining items are a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins, two stories by Clive himself, plus his adaptation of a story by Richard Burton. All but the Hopkins poem are recited not read.
Poem in October
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Poem in October · Dylan Thomas
Poems On the Radio
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A Poem in October
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A Poem in October · Dylan Thomas
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night : Dylan Thomas Reads His Complete Recorded Poetry 1949-1953
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Weatherman Walking - Tenby
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Dylan Thomas Festival 2010 - New Quay, Ceredigion
Dylan Thomas Festival, Friday 10th September 2010
New Quay, Ceredigion
Majoda on the Dylan Thomas Trail - Between Newquay and Aberaeron
I'm by the sign for Aberaeron 4 1/2 miles on the Wales Coast Path and about 1 - 2 miles from Newquay. I've been past the house where Dylan Thomas conceived the idea (perhaps) of Under Milkwood. It's called Majoda and is part of the local Dylan Thomas Trail.
I used to come to Newquay in my teens. I haven't been here for nearly 40 years. It's changed a bit but it's still a very pretty little port, stopped and had a coffee and looked at the harbour. It's a bit like a Welsh St Ives, smaller, about as many chip shops...?! It has a lovely feel to it.
Disappointingly the Wales Coast Path comes right inland away from the coast between Newquay and Cei Bach so I'm hoping this part of the trail takes you back to the coast again. You can walk along the beach when it's low tide, but it was high tide when I came through.
Each time the path comes away from the coast it's a little bit disappointing, but it does mean you look forward to getting back to it and I guess over time there will be more and more of the path that is on the coast.
In Pembrokeshire I was spoiled because it's nearly all on the coast, but that part of the path has been available for a long time, whereas in Ceredigion there are still negotiations to happen.
But it's all good. It's a lovely walk. I'm looking forward to getting to Aberaeron where I used to work in the Harbourmaster Hotel nearly 40 years ago and we're going there for dinner tonight.
It's the first place i ever heard of a burger with salad in the bun! On the menu it was called an AnnaBurger, because a staff member, Anna had been to the States and came back raving about burgers!
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Weatherman Walking in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire
Derek Brockway takes a gentle stroll from the pretty seaside village of St Dogmaels in Pembrokeshire. Starting in the village they visit the 12th-century priory before heading along the Teifi estuary and climbing the stunning clifftop path above Cemaes Head.
The Selected Poems of Dylan Thomas | The Folio Society
Produced for the centenary year of his birth, this Folio edition pays tribute to the greatest Welsh poet of the 20th century – illustrated with photographs of Thomas’s life and the landscape that inspired him.
Spanning Thomas’s entire career, and containing well-known works such as ‘Fern Hill’, ‘And death shall have no dominion’ and ‘Do not go gentle into that good night’, this Folio edition features endpapers showing his handwritten notes for ‘Prologue’. This elliptical poem originally formed the introduction to his 1952 Collected Poems. Black and white photographs of Thomas’s life and the landscape that inspired him accompany the text.
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Salt Marsh Sheep
Sheep crossing near Mont St Michel, France.
Exploring the Salt Marsh
Final Project for EDIT 640
DGJ 'Hardly A Threat' Says Max Boyce
Welsh comedy legend, Max Boyce, breaks his silence on wannabe legend David Garland Jones.