SWANSEA JACK....no, not THAT one....the OTHER one!! lol!
When he heard cries for help, he would dive into the water and pull the victim to safety. That's him below pictured with his owner, William Thomas.
When he died in October 1937 after eating rat poison, townsfolk built a monument to him, located on the Promenade in Swansea near St. Helen's Rugby/Cricket Ground.
Swansea Jack in 1936 received the "Bravest Dog of the Year" award from the London Star newspaper. He received a silver cup from the Lord Mayor of London and he is still the only dog to have been awarded two bronze medals by the National Canine Defence League (now known as Dogs Trust). In 2000,he was named 'Dog of the Century'
The memorial is still there and is well looked after. It is at the start of the lovely promenade from Swansea City centre to The Mulmbles for all to see.
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Comment by Lyn Mackay on April 16, 2011 at 5:07pm -
Thank you both! Just watched vid-very evocative! I'd definitely be up for doing something together. Have added you as friend so wil inbox you my contact details....IF you accept me lol!
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Comment by Dylan Thomas Birthplace on April 16, 2011 at 3:14pm -
Enjoyed your video - 1940s before my time for the Mumbles Mile - more like 70s and Langland Bay where the sun shone every day - except when it rained!!!
Take a look at this video about Dylan Thomas Birth Place - haunting music Breakfast at Dylan's
Come and see us - perhaps we could do some musical events?
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Comment by Lyn Mackay on April 16, 2011 at 6:36am
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Totally agree! Have alook at this link to an excerpt from my musical 'Swansea Women' set during WW2.....ff to 5mins in...you'll hear 'The Mumbles MIle' which mentions every single pub that was in the 'mile' in 1941 x
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Comment by Dylan Thomas Birthplace on April 16, 2011 at 5:49am
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Good tosee that Google managed to take a photograph of the Swansea Jack and Tesco on a day when there were no roadworks on the Mumbles Road!
Agree about the Uplands Tav but get along to Dylan thomas Birth Place at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive for a real Dylan experience.
Another thriving pub is the King Arthur at Reynoldston but most Mumbles pub are looking a bit sorry for themselves - Dylan's old haunt - The Antelope - is closed
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Comment by Lyn Mackay on April 15, 2011 at 1:43am
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Good call, SJ...current photo really shows the pubs' isolation. The rhyddings still going strong...and as for the Uplands Inn...nowcall the Uplands Tavern...or more commonly...'The Tav'..well it's gone mega!!! Massively successful pub-hundreds there inside and outside (since the smoking ban lol) every night. Live music there most nights too-a really buzzing, popular pub. Plus..of course...it has 'The Dylan Thomas Snug' there too. Here's a current photo, showing how it's grown into a sprawling pub x
UPLANDS TAVERN, SWANSEA
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Comment by Margo Lloyd Beckham on April 14, 2011 at 2:09pm -
Lyn, is that akin to having a Costco or Super WalMart across the street? OMG, the traffic!!
As for the real hero Swansea Jack, I can't help but think of our "Sadie". They could have been twins!
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Comment by Lyn Mackay on April 14, 2011 at 12:31pm
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lol...careful...my mother is a Sandfields girl! To be honest, I don't think it's that. Since the council rearranged that part of Swansea to accomodate the giant Tesco's (don't even start me on that!) that is now located across the road, nobody can get there easily. It sticks out like a sore thumb on the end of a terrace of houses, facing the busiest road in Swansea with lorrie and buses thundering past...so it's purely the people living around the back of it who maybe go there these days...and not as many as it now needs to become a 'good' pub.
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Comment by Lyn Mackay on April 14, 2011 at 9:35am
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yeah...it's not good :( Got very run-down....sort of place you wipe your feet on the way OUT of!! And then they closed it....then after a couple of years it re-opened and becamse a real pit of a place. Seems to be ok at the moment...but not a popular place at all. I always feel it's let Swansea Jack down and is certainly NOT a good ad for Swansea.
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Comment by mona everett on April 13, 2011 at 2:26pm -
Not to be confused with the pub by the same name in Swansea, either. I got dropped off by the bus at the pub, when what I wanted was the memorial and had to walk a long ways to find it!
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Comment by Ceri Shaw on April 13, 2011 at 1:52pm -
Not to be confused with AmeriCymru's very own SwanseaJack(al)
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