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Rhys Owain Williams
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Writer of poetry, fiction and other things | That Lone Ship (Parthian Books) | Hay Festival Writer At Work | He/Him | rhysowainwilliams.com
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Always been quite fond of St. David’s myself, even though growing up in the 1990s/2000s I only ever remember it being a bit of a ghost town on the edge of the city centre. Like Parc Tawe, it’s a 1980s pre-Internet vision of what shopping should look like in the 21st century.

One of the entrances to the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea. The second ‘s’ is missing from the sign that says ‘St. David’s’ above the entrance.
A closed-down shop in the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea. The sign says ‘Mane Attraction’.
A covered walkway in the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea.
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Covered walkways & bridges leading to units either too big or too small, & that weird half-hidden piss-stained climb to an S4C studio. Took these photos of St. David’s back in 2021 when work began on the new Arena-adjacent square – I’m guessing we will eventually lose all traces.

The tired red-brick multi-storey car park at the edge of St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea. The sign says ‘St. David’s Shoppers Car Park’.
The closed-down Cranes music shop in the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea. Signs in the window say ‘Closing Down Sale, Everything Must Go’ and ‘Final Reductions’.
A closed-down shop in the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea. The sign says ‘Closing Down Sale’.
A covered walkway in the red-brick open-air St. David’s Shopping Centre in Swansea.
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Rhys Owain Williams
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Writer of poetry, fiction and other things | That Lone Ship (Parthian Books) | Hay Festival Writer At Work | He/Him | rhysowainwilliams.com
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