One of Dylan Thomas's Favourite Pubs Ready to Risefrom Dark Cellar of Disrepair

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Reports of the death of a colourful Swansea pub have been exaggerated. The seafront Antelope, which stands in Swansea's famous Mumbles Mile, has been boarded up for months. The ancient watering hole, complete with open fire and 1930s architecture, was a favourite haunt of poet Dylan Thomas.

Members of the Dylan Thomas Society and Dylan expert Jeff Towns had expressed concerns the pub may be lost, just like another of Dylan's Mumbles favourites, The Mermaid, which has become a restaurant.

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One of Dylan Thomas's Favourite Pubs Ready to Risefrom Dark Cellar of Disrepair

But yesterday it emerged The Antelope has a bright future after all.

A local businessman is due to take over the lease of t...

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