Barry Island - photos, history, railway and memories

[editor]

I love these videos. Must take the guy ages. It features the breakwater at the end.

 

[editor]

Yesterday was about the busiest I've seen Barry Island since I was a kid:

Hundreds travel to Barry Island as the Welsh lockdown eases, Weds 22nd July 2020 – in photos -

Barry Island was the busiest I've seen it for a very long time yesterday, as hundreds of people took advantage of the glorious weather, and filled the beach and promenade. Such were the crowds that extra staff needed to be employed at Barry Island railway station, as social distancing...

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[editor]

Look at his amazing photo of Barry Island station from Sept 1962



MRS Collection, © John Livsey

 

[editor]

Just seen this archive photo of Barry Island station from Sept 1962 witrh local DMUs and a Castle class loco heading to Paddington. There's barely anything left now.



(© John Livsey/ Monmouthshire Railway Society collection)

 

[shambler]

For anyone who finds themselves in Barry on a Saturday or a Tuesday, a great way to spend an hour is to check out the old bus station opposite the Savoy. The people there will show you round all the old buses that are being preserved or renovated. It's great. I learnt that Cardiff had electric powered double deckers in the 50s!

 

[1927]

For anyone who finds themselves in Barry on a Saturday or a Tuesday, a great way to spend an hour is to check out the old bus station opposite the Savoy. The people there will show you round all the old buses that are being preserved or renovated. It's great. I learnt that Cardiff had electric powered double deckers in the 50s!

I pity anyone who finds themselves in Barry at any time.

 

[ddraig]

a video on here

Tales from Wales' legendary 'locomotives graveyard'

Graham Loveluck-Edwards You often hear people (of a certain age) reminiscing about lost institutions they used to know and love. Maybe it’s the chapel their nana used to go to that’s flats now. Or the local cinema that they used to queue up outside every Saturday that today is just a car park...

nation.cymru

 

[1927]

a video on here

Tales from Wales' legendary 'locomotives graveyard'

Graham Loveluck-Edwards You often hear people (of a certain age) reminiscing about lost institutions they used to know and love. Maybe it’s the chapel their nana used to go to that’s flats now. Or the local cinema that they used to queue up outside every Saturday that today is just a car park...

nation.cymru

watched the first 2 minutes and the load of shit spouted was enough to turn me off the rest.

 

[editor]

Archive Barry Island photo

 

[albionism]

School friends and I at Butlins, Barry Island, 1983. Our school took us there in the off season for a
week of activities and shit. There were several other schools there at the time, plus a rather large group
of older Mods in their late teens/early twenties roaming about. Suffice to say, it was a week of fighting
the other schools, avoiding a kicking from the Mods, and just generally wreaking the place as best we could.
Our school was banned from ever going back there again.

 

[1927]

School friends and I at Butlins, Barry Island, 1983. Our school took us there in the off season for a
week of activities and shit. There were several other schools there at the time, plus a rather large group
of older Mods in their late teens/early twenties roaming about. Suffice to say, it was a week of fighting
the other schools, avoiding a kicking from the Mods, and just generally wreaking the place as best we could.
Our school was banned from ever going back there again.

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Thanks for doing your best to wreck my home town.

 

[albionism]

Sorry, we were just stupid kids let loose from our families for the very first time in our lives.
We went a bit feral. And it wasn't the town we wreaked, just Butlins.

Thanks for doing your best to wreck my home town.