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There are many places in and around Swansea to visit and spend time at. But for me growing up in Swansea, Singleton has to be one of my favourites.
Especially the dogs home and B.I.S.R.A."British Iron and Steel Assosiation" Now Sketty Hall.
Bill Dean was incharge of the home and I along with my brother and some friends would spend all day around the dogs home.
Unfortunately it's no longer a dogs home. But it still holds many memories for me, and has changed very little in over 40 yrs or more.
As these pictures show.
This pond still remains outside the doors to dogs home.
Along with this well with it's celtic cross ??
Never understood why it has a cross.
I am told that in 1919 Swansea Council bought the whole area known to most people as Singleton park.
Which was Farmland and had no less than 8 Farms within it's walls.
Looking at some of these buildings the farm must have been stunning.
Check out the surrounding buildings with what looks like a chapel or church.
The one place we always made for was what we called the den.
It was no more than a barn which had a large wooden half door.
Inside the barn was just full of hay, from floor to roof.
"It's a good job I didn't suffer from hay fever"
This barn was to me as an 11 year old, another world.
Now don't get me wrong, we didn't go down there to play all the time. Like climbing the trees and walls looking for birds nests and the eggs inside. Or to crawl through the tunnels that we found all around the outside walls of the dogs home. One of which ran from the dogs home through the park and straight to what is now Sketty hall grounds.
We did have another reason to spend lots of time there. Bill Dean who ran the dogs home used to let use walk the dogs around the park. Those of you who have walked your dogs there will know what it's like. But me I would walk a different dog everyday. I just loved it.
I have deliberately left the best for last. This for me has been a dream of mine since I first set eyes on it. A dream that will always remain just that, unless my 6 numbers came up. Even then can't ever see this house going on the market.
Imagine living in such a beautiful house in Singleton park.
Mind you the swiss cottage runs a very close second.
