White City, Swansea Greyhound Track

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White City, Swansea
Greyhound Track
Location Fforestfach, Swansea, Wales
Coordinates 51°38′28″N3°59′16″W / 51.64111°N 3.98778°W / 51.64111; -3.98778
Opened1928
Closed1946

White City, Swansea Greyhound Track was a greyhound racing track in Fforestfach, north-west of Swansea, Wales. It is not to be confused with the Fforestfach track on Ystrad Road that was built later and was called the Swansea Greyhound Stadium.

Greyhound racing dog sport

Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around a track. There are two forms of greyhound racing, track racing and coursing. Track racing uses an artificial lure that travels ahead of the dogs on a rail until the greyhounds cross the finish line. As with horse racing, greyhound races often allow the public to bet on the outcome.

Fforestfach Swansea district

Fforestfach is a suburban district of Swansea, Wales which developed during the Victorian era as part of the expansion of Swansea, and to service several collieries in the area. It lies within the Cockett ward, between the districts of Waunarlwydd and Cwmbwrla, and contains the areas of Cadle and Ravenhill.

Swansea City & County in Wales

Swansea is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea in Wales. Swansea lies within the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan and the ancient Welsh commote of Gŵyr on the southwest coast. The county area includes Swansea Bay and the Gower Peninsula. Swansea is the second largest city in Wales and the twenty-fifth largest city in the United Kingdom. According to its local council, the City and County of Swansea had a population of 241,300 in 2014. The last official census stated that the city, metropolitan and urban areas combined concluded to be a total of 462,000 in 2011; the second most populous local authority area in Wales after Cardiff.

Greyhound Racing started near Pen-llwyn-eithin Farm on 7 July 1928 when over 5,000 attended the race meeting. The first winner was Paddy Braun at 3-1 over 525 yards and the racing was held under National Greyhound Racing Club rules. [1]

The National Greyhound Racing Club was a former organisation that governed Greyhound racing in the United Kingdom.

The track has been referenced as Pen-llwyn-eithin, Penllenddan and Penwyneiddan [2] which is probably why it gained the nickname White City. The track was located on the east side of Pen-llwyn-eithin Farm and was west of the Crockett Rail Goods Yard Railway. [3] The track is named as Penllenddan Farm, Swansea on the 1946 betting licence lists and is shown as having a capacity of 2,500 people [4] but the track is believed to have closed around the same time and did not appear on the 1947 lists.

The Mettoy (Toys) factory was built in 1948 and covered what was the south part of the greyhound track.

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References

  1. ↑ Barnes, Julia (1988). Daily Mirror Greyhound Fact File. Ringpress Books. p. 302. ISBN   0-948955-15-5.
  2. ↑ "Farms-Penll.eithin". The Fforestfach History Website.
  3. ↑ "OS County Series Glamorganshire 1936-1940". old-maps.co.uk.
  4. ↑ Particulars of Licensed tracks, table 1 Licensed Dog Racecourses. Licensing Authorities. 1946.
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