The Ugly and the lovely was a childhood view – not through the eyes of his parents, but through their bedroom windows. Through their bedroom windows Dylan would have seen two views; on the left the urban industrial and on the right the scenic coastal view. From the comfort of his parents’ bedroom he could take these two sides in.
In the winter of 1941 long after Dylan left home, the bombing of Swansea made 7000 people homeless and 230 people died. The window with the lovely view was blown out and bricked up, and Dylan said; “Our Swansea is dead”. His view of ships sailing over rooftops was lost to memory and a storage place in the attic, until recently Geoff (the current owner and custodian), uncovered this secret window and restored this lovely view.
For a peep at one of your windows contact Lindsay to arrange a free consultation in Swansea
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