6/20/2023 0 Comments SOS! I Love You by Katina JonesThese days, the city is far removed from its grimy past.Located by the sweeping golden-sands of Swansea Bay it is now a popular base for visitors to the nearby Gower peninsula, which in 1956 became the first area in Britain to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Even when Thomas was born Swansea was still an industrial centre of busy docks and coal trains. Known as Copperopolis, the city was a hive of activity, bringing incredible wealth to the few and back-breaking toil and ill-health to many.Ī contemporary report written by a doctor describing the Swansea Valley speaks of a nightmare landscape, "literally burnt" where few plants would grow, dotted with lifeless pools, slag heaps. Katina has got something in common with Wales' famous poet,Dylan Thomas, in that they're both descendents of Swansea, which he famously referred to as his "ugly, lovely town".ĭuring the Industrial Revolution, Swansea became the copper-smelting capital of the world.
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