Past history
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Joe is 100 not out and celebrates with friends in Barry
A VETERAN merchant seaman who has dedicated much of his life to serving both his country and the Barry community…
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For whom the (10) bells toll
He talked with a condensed 5,000 year history of bells, beginning with pottery hand bells found in China through to…
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The Vale’s (former) power station is being broken up
The demolition of the former Aberthaw Power Station site is now well underway, and the vast turbine hall was knocked…
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Aberthaw power station turbine gifted to local Aviation museum
THE South Wales Aviation Museum (SWAM) has received a significant piece of local industrial and aviation heritage, thanks to the…
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RAF St Athan apprentices meet up – 50 years on!
A GROUP of civilian aeronautical engineers who began their apprenticeships at RAF St Athan in 1975 have held a reunion…
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The secrets of the Ogmore stone
HERE in Wales, we have many ancient, engraved stones which capture something fascinating about our past.
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Swimming club’s appeal for moments from its past
BARRIANS – both past and present – are being asked to help Barry Amateur Swimming Club (BASC) find missing scrapbooks…
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Booklet tells the story of Barry’s coal ‘boom’
A BOOKLET packed full of facts and figures regarding Barry’s contribution to ‘King Coal’, written by Stephen K Jones, is…
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Llanwit Major church praised by TV historian needs TLC
READERS may recently have seen a very interesting item about St Illtud’s Church in Llantwit Major on the archaeological programme…
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How to spot a tsunami in Cardiff
AS regular readers of my column will know, I am all too absorbed with the history of our oldest and…
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