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Dawsons Valentines Day Competition
Competition

Valentines Day Competition

The team at Dawsons are offering 2 FREE meals for 2 people, just in time for this year’s Valentines Day!

Love in Swansea with Dawsons Property

Two MEALS at two VENUES in The Uplands, Swansea are on offer and to enter you just need to LIKE & FOLLOW our

Dawsons Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/DawsonsPropertySwansea/

https://www.facebook.com/DawsonsPropertySwansea/

AND / OR

FINE & COUNTRY, SWANSEA FACEBOOK PAGE

Facebook PAGE FOR FINE & COUNTRY SWANSEA

https://www.facebook.com/fineandcountryswansea/

(If you like & follow both pages, you will get 2 entries)

and

please SHARE the Valentine’s Day Competition Post, pinned to the top of our newsfeed on both pages.

So PRIZE ONE:

Maisies Gin Bar & Restaurant

2 MAIN COURSES (to the cost of £35) plus gin and tonic for 2 with the meal at

Maisies Gin Bar & Restaurant, 39 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0NP

DAWSONS VALUENTINES DAY COMPETITION

MAISIES GIN & TONIC

T&C’s for Maisie’s Voucher

  • Voucher must be used within one month of purchase.
  • If the meal exceeds the price of £35, the additional spend must be settled.
  • If less than £35 is spent there is no change given.
  • The voucher can only be redeemed against the cost of 2 main meals plus 2 gin & tonics.
  • Reservations are subject to availability. Please call the
    restaurant as per the contact details. Purchase of the voucher is
    not a guarantee of a reservation at the time of your choice.
  • Vouchers are not transferable, refundable in cash or
    replaceable if lost, destroyed or stolen.
  • Voucher queries relating to the menus, restaurants or bookings
    please call 01792 518768 or contact Maisies Gin Bar & Restaurant, 39 Uplands Crescent, Swansea, SA2 0NP

So PRIZE TWO:

Meal for 2 people at The Bookshop in Uplands Swansea

2 MAIN COURSES (to the cost of £30) at

The Bookshop Cocktail Bar, 27 Uplands Crescent, Swansea SA2 0NX

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 T&C’s for The Bookshop Voucher

  • The BookShop voucher is valid for two people to order off the
    main menu – 2 guests will dine from 1 course each for a total
    of £30. Starters and Desserts not included.
  • The validity period of The BookShop voucher cannot, under any
    circumstances, be extended or altered to a different period.
    Must be used within 3 months after purchase.
  • Please note that The BookShop vouchers are not valid on any
    Bank Holidays or any evenings where events are being held.
  • To redeem your BookShop voucher, a booking must be made in
    advance, directly with the restaurant.
  • Reservations are subject to availability. Please call the
    restaurant as per the contact details. Purchase of the voucher is
    not a guarantee of a reservation at the time of your choice.
  • The voucher must be presented (printed or smartphone) by the
    bearer on arrival.
  • Vouchers can be used as full or part payment on goods and
    services The BookShop Bar.
  • Vouchers are not transferable, refundable in cash or
    replaceable if lost, destroyed or stolen.
  • Vouchers can only be used for a single transaction; any
    of the remaining amount is not exchangeable for cash or another
    voucher and will be automatically forfeited.
  • Vouchers cannot be used in conjunction with any other offers.
  • The company reserves the right to amend these terms and
    conditions without prior notice.
  • Voucher queries relating to the menus, restaurants or bookings
    please call 01792 463445 or email; info@bookshopbar.com
Kingsley Amis's old house in The Grove, Uplands
Dawsons, Kingsley Amis, Sales, Uplands

Dawsons to put Kingsley Amis’s blue plaque house on the market

The Swansea house where writer Kingsley Amis wrote his world-renowned novel Lucky Jim is going up for sale.

The house, which has a blue plaque outside with Amis’s name on, is in The Grove in Uplands and is due to go on the market for £259,999 with Dawsons Property.

Amis lived in the house between 1951 and 1956 during which time he was a lecturer at Swansea University. Lucky Jim was published in 1954. In total Amis was a lecturer at the University for 12 years until 1961.

Amis said that his days in Swansea were among his happiest and referred to Swansea as: “a place of earth I know best, better than any part of London and the place I feel most at home in.”

The blue plaque on The Grove, Uplands
The blue plaque on The Grove, Uplands

The house is currently owned by retired teacher Paul Thomas and his head teacher wife Kerry.

Mr Thomas said: “The fact that Kingsley Amis once lived in here was definitely one of the selling points.”

The blue plaque was unveiled at the front of the house, commemorating Amis’s time there in 2015. Amis also wrote That Uncertain Feeling while at The Grove which was turned into a Swansea-set movie starring Peter Sellers.

The property comprises of three reception rooms, kitchen and utility room with WC to the ground floor. To the first and second floors there are five bedrooms and a family bathroom.

Dawsons’ Senior Partner Chris Hope said: “This is an exceptional chance to own a house with a lot of history. It’s not very often that properties come on the market adorning a blue plaque. I expect it to be a sought-after property.

“Kingsley Amis is one of the UK’s literary giants and the fact that the house is in Uplands, not far from where Dylan Thomas was born in Cwmdonkin Drive, just goes to show the cultural history Swansea has to offer.”