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Wales Online
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Molly Dowrick

The historic Mumbles pub linked to Dylan Thomas and Anthony Hopkins that's rotting away and an eyesore

One of Dylan Thomas's favourite Mumbles pubs is in such a bad way the local council has stepped in and asked the owners of the building to do something about its dilapidated state. The Antelope, in Mumbles Road, once welcomed visitors from across the city and beyond every week.

But in recent years it's fallen into a state of disrepair and is now an eyesore in an otherwise vibrant street full of independent restaurants and other local businesses.

The pub, which dates back to the 1860s, is renowned locally as one of the original watering holes in the "Mumbles Mile" - arguably Wales' most famous pub crawl - which once took punters on an epic tour of 26 pubs and clubs. It remained a popular haunt for locals to drink and socialise at into the 2000s, right up until its shock closure in 2006.

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