Archive

  • From the Archive: when church football was the religion

    FROM the Archive this week features a photograph of Bethel Baptist A.F.C. In 1912 Barry Bethel Baptist A.F.C. were runners up in the Second Division Cardiff and District League and runners up in the A. S.R.S (Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

  • 50 Years Ago: Library improvements must wait

    PLANS to improve the facilities at Penarth Library have had to be postponed for a year because Penarth Council is unable to obtain loan sanction for the £3,500 needed. In a letter to the Council the Department of Education and Science say that they

  • Animal cruelty woman banned from keeping dogs for five years

    A WOMAN has been banned from keeping animals for five years after she admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a black female crossbreed dog called Bella. Bridgette Patricia Alexander Gulley, 23, “failed to provide adequate veterinary care and

  • 50 Years Ago: Refuse petition signed at Barry Island

    ONE hundred and fifty-five residents of Phyllis Street and Clive Road, Barry Island, out of 170, has signed the petition against the new refuse system. The organisers of the petition – Messrs Roy Croydon, Frank Lester and Roy Walker – presented

  • Support package of mental health services for all in Wales

    HEALTH minister, Vaughan Gething, has announced additional mental health support that anyone in Wales can access when they need to. The package is supported by £1.3m Welsh Government funding and includes a new online cognitive behaviour therapy