Dylan Thomas's clifftop eyrie moved for repairs
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Your support makes all the difference.A decaying potting shed where the poet Dylan Thomas wrote some of his most acclaimed works was removed from its clifftop site in the west Wales village of Laugharne yesterday for a £20,000 facelift.
Thomas used the shed as a retreat from his stormy relationship with his wife, Caitlin. In recognition of its cultural importance, it was listed Grade II and is now part of a £100,000 renovation project that includes an adjacent boathouse.
Because of its precarious position, the shed has had to be dismantled and moved by road to a workshop 10 miles away in Llangain.
Surrounded by the chaos of discarded papers and cigarette packets, the writer found inspiration in the shed for characters from his best-known play Under Milk Wood.
It has since proved a popular attraction, drawing 25,000 tourists a year, including such famous admirers as Sir Mick Jagger and the former US president Jimmy Carter.
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