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

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

50 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of September 9, 1954:

Members of the Barry ladies skittles team, the Happy Wanderers, reached the semi-final of the Yardley Cup Competition.

Barry Town travel to Ton Pentre in the first round of the Welsh League Cup.

Garfield Davies, former Barry headmaster and formerly a member of the Barry Town Council and the Glamorgan County Council now of Bulawayo is on holiday at Barry.

The Barry and District Table Tennis League is looking forward to another good season, with the teams making another strong bid in the Welsh League.

25 YEARS AGO EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of September 13, 1979:

The Secretary of State for Wales, Nicholas Edwards, has agreed to the listing of the Barry Town Hall and library as a building of special or architectural interest.

Despite the Government call for a cutback of five per cent in local authority spending, the Vale Council Housing Committee has decided against increasing council house rents at the present time.

A local florist, Hilary West of Bayfield Nurseries, Colcot Road, Barry, has recently gained the highest accolade in floristry in this country.