50 YEARS ago

Extracts from the Barry & District News of February 3, 1967:

The annual dinner of the Barry Male Voice Choir took place on Saturday week at the Windsor Hotel, Barry. It was attended by about 60 choir members, relatives and friends.

After the dinner an evening of entertainment, including bingo, dancing, choral items, a 'Mr and Mrs' competition and a mock choral competition, was put on.

The 10th annual general meeting of the Penarth and Barry branch of the Commercial Travellers' Association was held on Friday at the Barry Hotel, when a large number of members, wives and friends attended.

Cwmbran, one of the strongest sides in second-class Welsh rugby, were held to a three point lead for over half this match by Barry, but the effort eventually proved too much for the home team who slumped to a heavy defeat in the closing stages.

The championship of the Barry YMCA Budokan was held in the YMCA gymnasium watched by an enthusiastic crowd on Saturday evening. The club had already held eliminations and so it was only the semi-finals and finals to be decided, supported by demonstrations and presentations.

British Railways announce that during the weekend of Saturday, Sunday and Monday, February 11, 12 and 13, further modernisation of the signalling in Cardiff, Penarth and Barry areas will be introduced.

Four shops are to be included in the first phase of the Council's housing development at Gibbonsdown, members of the Public Works and Planning Committee recommended at their meeting on Monday week.

Over-night rains of last week, led to the Barry Youth League games at the Barry Sports Centre being postponed on Saturday morning because of the state of the pitches.

Nevertheless, some of the teams were not cheated of a morning's valuable "sports-time." These teams organised some rigorous exercise sessions on any convenient spot in various parts of the town.