My Husband Could Out-Drink Dylan and Caitlin Could Drink Them All Under the Table
Western Mail › October 13, 2005
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Dylan thomas's hard- drinking image has been shattered by a close friend, who says he was actually a bit of a lightweight when it came to alcohol. Gwen Watkins, 81, first met Dylan and wife Caitlin more than 60 years ago. Her late husband, Vernon, was Dylan's close friend before he achieved transatlantic fame as a poet.
Now Gwen, from Mumbles, Swansea, says she knew the real Dylan and hopes her new book, Dylan Thomas: Portrait of a Friend, will help alter the public's perception.See the full content of this document
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My Husband Could Out-Drink Dylan and Caitlin Could Drink Them All Under the Table
The author said, 'Dylan could only drink a little, but he could become more drunk than people who had drunk 10 pints. What he liked to do was to drink three or four pints of beer in an evening. He drank very slowly because he liked to talk a lot.
'The trou...See the full content of this document
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