The Boathouse in Laugharne where poet Dylan Thomas lived with his family between 1949 and 1953 for the last four years of his life may to close to the public.
A local who declined to be named told Welsh Icons:
“It is an iconic building but the cutbacks imposed on the Council have forced their hand. Also, the lack of car parking spaces and conference facilities mean it doesn’t fulfil the ‘dual-purpose’ brief the Council now demands from its recreation and leisure property portfolio.
“There’s also the issue of the steps down the cliff which, to be honest, are a health and safety disaster waiting to happen. If someone fell they’d be sued and that would leave them deeper in the financial doodaa than they are at the moment.
“Added to that is the fact that Dylan Thomas spurned the Welsh language which violates their mandate for promoting Welsh whenever possible, even if means employing Welsh speaking half-wits over better qualified non-Welsh speaking candidates. And let’s be honest, who reads poetry anymore anyway?! It’s for bed-wetters, poofs and old maids.”
We asked for a statement but Carmarthenshire County Council had no one available to comment.
We also tried to speak to Alun Ffred Jones, the Welsh Assembly Government Minister for Heritage, and Member for Caernarfon but we were told he was busy trying to slot another ‘f’ into his name.
A spokesperson for Jeremy Hunt, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport told us:
“The Minister is unavailable at the moment, he had a very busy night involving some barrels and the BBC Board of Trustees”.
