The crowds came out to support 157 (Welsh) Regiment of the Royal Logistic Corps on Saturday as they were granted honorary freedom of the city, marking their long association with Swansea. It certainly was an honour to inspect the troops and address them before driving ahead of their march through the City Centre to take the salute with the Lord Lieutenant and Major General Swift in Oxford Street.
It is not just the city of Swansea celebrating a milestone this year. 2019 is a year of anniversaries, and on Saturday night I was at the Dylan Thomas Theatre celebrating 40 years of its existence, under the auspices of Swansea Little Theatre.
Swansea Little Theatre has been continuously performing plays since 1924 but finally found their permanent home in the unlikely disused (and rather dilapidated) Oscar Chess garage and showroom in what was then a rather run down part of the docks area – no Waterfront Museum, no Tram Museum, no lovely apartments and the river wasn’t too clean either.
A tremendous amount of work was put in to turn the garage (with inspection pits and sumps) into a workable theatre. 40 years later, the building is a prized jewel in the Artists’ Quarter of the Marina.
On Sunday the Deputy Lord Mayor will be unveiling a centenary panel at the Singleton Park Botanical gardens. In 1919 the Swansea Corporation acquired Singleton Abbey and the surrounding land from the Vivian family who owned Hafod Copperworks. Kew-trained horticulturalist Daniel Bliss used his expertise and vision to create the park and to develop the gardens.
The volunteers at the Friends of the City of Swansea Botanical Gardens Complex do some fantastic work in supporting the park. Descendants of the Vivian family will be there to mark this milestone with them.
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