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  • Looking back...

    THIS photograph, taken in 1948(?) of High Street School Juniors following their match against Jenner Park, was submitted by Derek Brooks. Pictured are Mr Evans – sport (left) and Mr John headmaster (right), with the team Gareth Evans, Billy

  • U3A has a new venue

    DUE to increased membership Barry U3A has moved to larger premises for their monthly meetings. At the group meeting on Monday, July 2, the speaker will be Sharon Mullins with a talk titled ‘Cosmeston – wild life and history’ starting at 2pm in the New

  • Fury over decision

    TO say I and many other people are furious over the planning inspector’s decision to allow building on White Farm is an understatement. Just what did the planning inspector base his judgment on? Does he live in Barry? We already have a development being

  • Fantastic weekend

    IT was good to see living history re-enacted over the Wartime Weekend (June 15-17) to commemorate the arrival of American troops in Barry in 1942. Everyone who attended has said how good the event was at Barry Waterfront, as scores of re-enactors transformed

  • Tracks are not useful

    ROB Thomas, who is head of planning and transportation, must by now realise that people do not want ‘an alternative to the single occupancy car’ – and they won’t be ‘changing their travel behaviour by walking or cycling’ (Barry & District News, June

  • Error over stream

    I WAS interested to read the article regarding contamination in the stream which passes through Porthkerry Park (Barry & District News, June 21). Has there been a shift in the local geography? The comment from the Environment Agency Wales states that

  • Stop-start season for Barry's Tynewydd Inn Cricket Club

    STRANGE season this for Tynewydd Inn Cricket Club. John Gee has mustered a strong squad but the weather, notably the diluvian deluges, has put paid to much of the action. Obviously the packed fixture list was a harbinger of Jupiter Pluvius’ bountiful

  • Awesome weekend

    AWESOME! Truly, it was awesome, as our American friends might say! The Wartime Weekend on the Waterfront and at Barry Island station, I mean. As a participator I might be biased, but from the feedback we were receiving from visitors to the event I

  • Asbo teenager banned from Barry's High Street

    A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has been banned from one of Barry's main shopping streets for two years. Jack Richards is excluded from High Street after receiving an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo), which also prohibits him from consuming alcohol or being intoxicated

  • Astounded at decision

    I WAS astounded to hear that the refusal of planning permission over the number of homes planned for White Farm at Barry has now been overruled by the Inspectorate of the Welsh Assembly Government. What possible use to the Vale Council is a planning

  • Police appeal after man approaches young girl in Barry street

    POLICE in Barry are appealing for information after a young girl was followed and approached by a man on Milton Road. The girl was not harmed in the incident, which happened at around 6pm last Wednesday, June 20. The man is described as white with brown

  • Festival thank-you

    I WOULD like to express my gratitude to all the willing volunteers involved in the recent Cowbridge Book Festival. From the team who installed the equipment for the fun day to Dorne Harris and her band of helpers who were responsible for the wonderful

  • Riders are a danger

    DINAS Powys Common is the home of Dinas Powys Athletic Club and Dinas Powys Cricket Club. It is enjoyed by countless people, but abused by a thoughtless few. Once again we have been made aware of horse riders galloping across the common in a dangerous

  • Kick-off for celebration

    MEMBERS and friends are reminded that this Saturday (June 30) Barry Rugby Club are holding a fun evening barbecue and entertainment event as they start the build-up to their 125th anniversary season. This is a call to all players, members and friends

  • Seamen overlooked

    IT is pleasing that a plaque has been put up in King Square acknowledging the presence of American forces in Barry during the Second World War. However, the statement announcing it by Jonathan Hicks was, I feel, a little over the top. He remarked: “I

  • Worry over ambition

    IN 2010 Jocelyn Davies, then Plaid Cymru Minister for housing and regeneration, made Barry a Special Regeneration Area in Wales and gave £9m of funding to make improvements to the town. However, there was much criticism of how the previous Conservative-run