50 YEARS AGO

EXTRACTS from the Barry and District News of February 5, 1953:

THE SECOND annual Burns' Supper of the Barry and District Scottish Association brought exiles and Sassenachs together in homage to Scotland's national bard at Rowe's Cafe, Barry Island on Friday evening.

"GAZOOKA", the play by the Barry Grammar School master Gwyn Thomas, which deals with the creation of the now famous jazz bands of the Welsh mining valleys during the 1926 dispute, has already been broadcast three times.

BARRY'S championship hopes were revived when they beat Hereford by 4-0 in a Southern League match at Jenner Park. There was no doubt about Barry's superiority, and Hereford were kept on the defensive for long periods.

A RESOLUTION was passed at a meeting of the Finance Committee that the Town Hall be decorated by the Committee and that £500 be provided for this purpose.

THE FIRST social venture of the Barry Automobile Club was held on Friday evening at the Memorial Hall, when roughly 100 members and their friends danced to music supplied by Terry Wood and his Band.

25 YEARS AGO:

EXTRACTS from the Barry and District News of February 9, 1978:

THE VALE of Glamorgan Borough Council have decided to sell the freehold interest in their 8.84 acres of land at Ty Verlons to a private company for the sum of £100,000.

THE ANNUAL general meeting of the Barry Male Voice Choir was held on Thursday week at Holy Trinity Schoolroom and was presided over by the chairman, Mr John Jones, who reviewed the previous year's work and reminded the choir that in every case where an independent review of the choir's engagements had been made it was complimentary.

THE WHITMORE Concert Party from Barry Island held their second anniversary dinner at the "Talk of The Town" on Wednesday week.

FOLLOWING representations by Barry county councillors in the South Glamorgan County Council's Environment and Planning Committee, a major proportion of the county's £70,000 street lighting programme for next year has been allocated to Barry.

THREE schemes involving the pedestrianisation of Holton Road have been discussed by representatives of South Glamorgan County Council, the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council and the Barry Chamber of Trade and the public are now going to be asked for their views.

THE BARRY firm of Hamard Catering have appointed Terry Jones as executive director responsible for personnel and training throughout the group.