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St Martin’s Church in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

Bells on Sunday, comes from St Martin’s Church in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire.

Bells on Sunday, comes from St Martin’s Church in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire. The famous Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas lived for a while in Laugharne and based his play β€œUnder Milk Wood” partly on the village. Born this day in 1914 he is buried in St Martin’s churchyard. There are six bells, the oldest four bells were cast by Abraham Rudhall of Gloucester in 1729. The Tenor weighs seven and three quarter hundredweight and is tuned to B flat. We hear the ringers of the St Davids Diocesan Guild ringing Cambridge Surprise Minor.

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