50 YEARS ago

Extracts from the Barry & District News of September 23, 1966:

Because of the volume of traffic which used the Colcot Road, the South-East Glamorgan Education Executive decided at its meeting on Wednesday to ask the County Road Safety Committee, to consider the introduction of a school crossing patrol there.

Members of the Barry Steering Committee, which successfully paved the way for the Welsh National Eisteddfod to come to Barry in 1968, were entertained by the mayor and mayoress accompanied by the deputy mayor and mayoress in the mayor's parlour on Thursday, before the public meeting at the Memorial Hall at which the preliminary steps were taken in the organisation of the Eisteddfod.

Six doctors are associated with a group surgery which has been established in Barry, thus responding to a plea made by the ministry of health some time ago for schemes of this nature to be established.

The number of persons registered as unemployed at Barry employment exchange on September 12 was 450 men and 64 women.

This shows an increase of 54 men and a decrease of two women over the figures of August 8.

A course of some 30 miles has been set for the Barry Road Safety Rally which is due to take place on Sunday afternoon, starting from the Memorial Hall.

One of the oldest sporting events in South Wales, the Yardley Cup summer skittles competition at the RAOB Club, Thompson Street, is still going as strong as ever, and this year attracted a record entry of 150 teams.

An eight-year-old boy has won an award for his exhibit at the National Exhibition of Children's Art at the Royal Institute Galleries, London.

All amateur leagues, such as the Barry and District League, will benefit from the decision of the Football Association of Wales to allow boys between the ages of 15-18 to become "apprentice" soccer referees.