Swansea City legends honoured in unveiling of new Alice Street artwork
Swansea City Supporters' Trust has unveiled further commemorative street cabinet artwork in tribute to the five footballers who grew up on Alice Street.
As part of the Trust’s commitment to preserving and celebrating the heritage of Swansea City (and Swansea Town), they have been commissioning the painting of specially-designed street cabinets around the city which mark the achievements of some of the greats who hailed from Swansea and played international football for Wales.
One of the most remarkable grassroots football stories – not just in Swansea, but across Europe – is that over a period of 13 years in the 1950s and 60s, a single street in Cwmbwrla produced five Welsh international footballers including one of Wales’ best ever in John Charles.
On August 4, members of the Trust, club and family of the players unveiled the beautiful tribute, which sits opposite the run of seven houses on Alice Street that provided the setting for the childhoods of Mel Nurse, Mel and John Charles, Jackie Roberts, and Ernie Jones.
The artwork was unveiled by families of the players.
Trust Supporter Director, Paul Meller, said: "A key objective for the Trust is to celebrate the club and city’s footballing history and heritage.
"Through painting street cabinets with artwork of former Swans and Wales internationals close to where they lived, or were associated, we hope that it will act as a source of pride in the local community and be an inspiration to future generations of footballers.
"We have more in the pipeline and will be announcing more details of these in the coming weeks"
Swansea City CEO, Tom Gorringe, added: “The work being done by the Supporters’ Trust, alongside David Brayley, in order to celebrate the history of Swansea City is admirable.
“The former players being honoured through this project played their part in shaping the club’s identity, and we are so grateful to the Trust for their work in celebrating these remarkable stories.
“We look forward to seeing the rest of the street cabinets when they are unveiled and to seeing what’s next from the Trust and their heritage work.”