Extracts from the Barry and District News from 50 anf 25 years ago (From Barry And District News)

Extracts from the Barry and District News from 50 anf 25 years ago

50 YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of March 18, 1954:

One of the outstanding religious figures in the country, Dr Martin Lloyd-Jones is visiting Barry on Tuesday next, addressing meetings at the Tabernacle Church, Barry Dock.

Miss P Thomas, of Broad Street, Barry has won a £750 first prize cheque for her entry in a recent "John Bull" bullets competition.

Persistent rumours have been circulating in the town recently that Marks & Spencer have acquired premises in the town.

25 YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of March 22, 1979:

The family home ownership scheme, initiated some two years ago by the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council, reached a record making peak recently when sales of council houses in the Vale topped the £1m.

A 20-year-old Barry girl, Deborah Daniels, of Kingsland Crescent, has been acclaimed student of the year for 1978 at Bridgend Technical College.

Another of Barry's bright sporting prospects is 16-year-old Simon Allen, of Melrose Street who has been selected to represent Wales in Dublin this coming Saturday.

The High Sheriff of South Glamorgan C M Brain, of Peterston-super-Ely, paid a courtesy call on the Mayor of the Vale, Cllr Gwyn Thomas, last week.