Memories from the Barry & District News of 50 and 25 years ago (From Barry And District News)

Memories from the Barry & District News of 50 and 25 years ago

9:00am Thursday 21st May 2009

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EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of May 21, 1959: *A warning to the public to look out for adders who have been found at the Knap Terrace Car Park, Barry, was given by Mr R H Thomas, geography master at Romilly Secondary School to the Barry & District News on Friday.

*Pupils at the Barry County Grammar Schools for boys and girls have threatened to stage a walk-out in protest against the abolition of the traditional Wednesday afternoon holiday.

*On a fine and sunny bank holiday afternoon, Jimmy and Keith Selby, aged nine and seven, were in bed by 3.30 mid afternoon. But it was the end of an exciting 30 hours in which they made use for the first time of a wigwam tent given to them as a Christmas present - and started a full-scale search for them by the Glamorgan Police from Barry. EXTRACTS from the Barry & District News of May 17, 1984: *Last week brought the "shocking" revelation that Barry Town Council have not yet considered - let alone approved - the Town Hall proposals that are said to be the joint work of the town and county councils. It came during a furious debate in which the Labour Mayor of Barry publicly denied an allegation by his party boss - that a top Vale Tory had privately insisted that only a certain type of redevelopment scheme would be permitted on King Square.

*The first junior crime prevention panel in Wales has been set up at Barry's Bryn Hafren Girls' School - and already its young members have come up with some useful findings for the adults on the Vale of Glamorgan Crime Prevention Panel.

*Former Barry Town soccer manager Emrys Evans was this week sacked by Welsh League Ton Pentre after four seasons back in charge at Ynys Park.

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