No wheels (From Barry And District News)

No wheels

LAST month I wrote that one of the reasons for the closure of the pool given by council officers was that the pool had become an unviable proposition.

It was only used in the summer months and cost council taxpayers at least £5 for every person using it. Since I wrote that letter, I have looked through local newspapers at the amount of money that the Heritage Railway have been given. To my surprise the total in grants etc amounts to over £4,000,000 and yet still more money is required to finish the line to Morrisons and to build a footbridge to the car park at Barry.

It seems very odd that the Knap Pool, which was at one time advertised as Barry's 'Jewel in the Crown' and used by locals and thousands of visitors to the town, was allowed to deteriorate and yet the Heritage Railway is given this amount of money.

A number of years ago, if I remember rightly, when Barry Motorcycle Club asked for permission to organise a rally on the Knap promenade, it was refused on the grounds that there were restrictive covenants on the land. These covenants on the Knap gardens and promenade prohibited wheeled vehicles, with the exception of maintenance and emergency vehicles, were agreed by the BUDC at the time the land was purchased.

If these covenants have not been lifted, who gave permission for the small fairground and burger bars etc to be allowed on the prom on the occasion of the raft race last week.

Tom Clemett Church Road Cadoxton Barry