This is extremely well done. My entire family's history is bound up with this port. My great-grandparents (immigrants from Somerset - like most Barry-people of that generation) opened up a 'Wine & Spirits' shop in Thompson Street. Thrived, more or less. My grandfather opened up a fruiterers and subsequently an electrical shop in Broad Street (D.B. Thomas). That's where you went to buy your 78 rpm records and tennis rackets. But there was always a sleazy side to Barry. It was nothing for a sailor from God-knows-where to throw a brick through the shop window! And said street was crammed with prostitutes etc. This was an international port, for Gods' sake! But all this gave 'Barry people' an international outlook; they were never provincial. Barry's last 'revival' was during WW2, when my father, for example, got busy patching up the damaged naval ships. My courting parents used to walk to the top of that Barry Dock hill and watch Cardiff burning, thanks to the Luftwaffe. They were young. The war seemed fun to them, especially when the sexy US GIs arrived en masse. High times! Not for a single moment did they imagine Great Britain could lose that war. Unimaginable. Almost on the last day of the war a friend of my Dad's was killed by some errant bomb being chucked out on the entrance to Porthkerry woods. A seriously unlucky man.
This was an interesting read. Part of my family on my dad's side are from Somerset, and i always felt a link/,pull to Barry,i did find connections but there seemed to be other feelings of a link,and my dad and his family used to holiday there when he was a kid,which he did mention to me,and im pretty sure i recognise the spot they are in on the beach in photos,so that was an interesting read. Nice to hear about other fellow people from Somerset. :)
Barry Island was my Disney land as a child..and still is..😍 Henry Danter has made the fairground amazing again..and put the beat back into the heart of it all♥️🥰👌
No. Historically wrong. Barry. Nothing to do with St Baruc. The whole of South Wales was heavily Normanized . I came across a village in the south-west of France named Barry. It's a French-derived name. Barry is an extraordinary town and had its heyday in the early part of the 20th C when my grandmother was a girl. The town was booming, and a lot of money was being made. It declined when oil replaced coal, and has been declining ever since. Pathetic local councils have hastened that decline by failing to take advantage of its natural assets (great beaches etc.!). They deliberately destroyed one of the best outdoor swimming pools in the whole of the UK. The once handsome main streets - Broad Street and Holton Road - are now bargain-basement horrors. Almost everything about it is 'nasty'. To be fair, they have 'tried' with the old docks and Barry Island, but they are yet to succeed. My great-grandparents and grandparents and parents would be horrified by the way in which the town they loved has declined. We MADE Barry! What happened to the foremost Grammar Schools in Wales? Gone. Barry produced one to our greatest 20th C composers: Grace Williams; one of our best tenors: Robert Tear. Amusing that 'Gavin & Stacey' should have revived interest. But that, in itself, is a kind of shabby claim to fame. There is one hell of a lot of nice people living in Barry, but, sadly, they are not committed to the town and know little of its distinguished history. I write as Barrian 'born & bred'.
If it were northern Wales, I would tend to think it was Ap Hari or Mab Hari, which becomes Barry, but yes, the French influence makes sense to the South. Heddwch
On my list of places to visit. I live in the US of A. From NY, but I now live in SC. Most enjoyable video. Thanks for posting. I enjoyed Mr Butler immensely.
Barry people always remain Barry people. I've lived most of my life in Scotland and abroad, but I am still 'from' Barry. We tend to be a 'good-looking' lot, and others recognise this. We are such a mix. A good mix.
Loved every minute working in butlins 76 till82 worked in the staff canteen and played football for barry island great memories we played at jenner Park one year in the final
When we - the old Barry families - saw them building Butlins', we were horrified. You were building on a lovely point on the Bristol Channel. That would never have been allowed anywhere else in the UK. They did it, and now it is gone, Thank God. It was never a great asset to the town of Barry, and most locals never went there.
I live on Coldbrook Road opposite one of the oldest churches in Barry - an elderly fellow who walks his dog the same time as me in the morning told me this church is around 1200 years old! I thought it was a few hundred but it is apparently much older. Most of my family live around Barry too. It has some great places and history that most of us don't even see despite it being right in front of us every day! I really enjoyed watching this documentary
Barry was a nice little town back in the day, wasn't overpopulated plenty of independent shops, decent public transport,a hospital, 3 or 4 cinemas,high rate of employment it really was very nice! . Sad shadow of it's former self now though!, Delapidated , Run down, dirty semi ghost town nowadays, benefits, drugs, crime and squalor.... shame.😣
I remember the Knap in the 70s with its hotel, Glan y mor, little parade of shops, the Bridge cafe, lake with boats for hire, lido, two beaches and long promenade. The place was in decline even then but almost deserted now even in mid summer. At least it's easy to park though.
@@andrewgibbon-williams7974 my mum was born in 1931 and brought up at 59 The Parade which occupies a commanding corner spot on the Knap. Dad was from Jenner Road, they met in summer 1958 in Bindles, the premier pick-up spot over looking pebbly beach and their first marital home was 13 Colcott Road which cost just under 2 grand. Her dad owned butcher shops on Holton Rd and Barry Rd,the latter now Spar opposite the College Arms. He owned the flat above too, which his useless son Chris lived in rent free for many years. Gramps eventually threw him out a let the flat to an unmarried mother he took pity on, for cornfeed. When we dissolved his estate in 1994 we found she was still only paying £13 a week! Mum got her evicted after MONTHS of legalities then flogged it. I don't think they kept in touch.
@@andrewgibbon-williams7974 I don’t know much about them. When I met Richard, he was already an ex patriot living in Spain. I also learned recently that the last two surviving brothers passed away since I posted my original comment 3 years ago.
This video brought back good memories and sad ones. I always felt that the fairground should've been built under a dome. This is to encourage people come visit in the winter time as well.
So much has been promised for Barry but it never arrives
very true
This is extremely well done. My entire family's history is bound up with this port. My great-grandparents (immigrants from Somerset - like most Barry-people of that generation) opened up a 'Wine & Spirits' shop in Thompson Street. Thrived, more or less. My grandfather opened up a fruiterers and subsequently an electrical shop in Broad Street (D.B. Thomas). That's where you went to buy your 78 rpm records and tennis rackets. But there was always a sleazy side to Barry. It was nothing for a sailor from God-knows-where to throw a brick through the shop window! And said street was crammed with prostitutes etc. This was an international port, for Gods' sake! But all this gave 'Barry people' an international outlook; they were never provincial. Barry's last 'revival' was during WW2, when my father, for example, got busy patching up the damaged naval ships. My courting parents used to walk to the top of that Barry Dock hill and watch Cardiff burning, thanks to the Luftwaffe. They were young. The war seemed fun to them, especially when the sexy US GIs arrived en masse. High times! Not for a single moment did they imagine Great Britain could lose that war. Unimaginable. Almost on the last day of the war a friend of my Dad's was killed by some errant bomb being chucked out on the entrance to Porthkerry woods. A seriously unlucky man.
This was an interesting read. Part of my family on my dad's side are from Somerset, and i always felt a link/,pull to Barry,i did find connections but there seemed to be other feelings of a link,and my dad and his family used to holiday there when he was a kid,which he did mention to me,and im pretty sure i recognise the spot they are in on the beach in photos,so that was an interesting read. Nice to hear about other fellow people from Somerset. :)
Barry Island was my Disney land as a child..and still is..😍 Henry Danter has made the fairground amazing again..and put the beat back into the heart of it all♥️🥰👌
I'm jealous - what a cool place.
No. Historically wrong. Barry. Nothing to do with St Baruc. The whole of South Wales was heavily Normanized . I came across a village in the south-west of France named Barry. It's a French-derived name. Barry is an extraordinary town and had its heyday in the early part of the 20th C when my grandmother was a girl. The town was booming, and a lot of money was being made. It declined when oil replaced coal, and has been declining ever since. Pathetic local councils have hastened that decline by failing to take advantage of its natural assets (great beaches etc.!). They deliberately destroyed one of the best outdoor swimming pools in the whole of the UK. The once handsome main streets - Broad Street and Holton Road - are now bargain-basement horrors. Almost everything about it is 'nasty'. To be fair, they have 'tried' with the old docks and Barry Island, but they are yet to succeed. My great-grandparents and grandparents and parents would be horrified by the way in which the town they loved has declined. We MADE Barry! What happened to the foremost Grammar Schools in Wales? Gone. Barry produced one to our greatest 20th C composers: Grace Williams; one of our best tenors: Robert Tear. Amusing that 'Gavin & Stacey' should have revived interest. But that, in itself, is a kind of shabby claim to fame. There is one hell of a lot of nice people living in Barry, but, sadly, they are not committed to the town and know little of its distinguished history. I write as Barrian 'born & bred'.
If it were northern Wales, I would tend to think it was Ap Hari or Mab Hari, which becomes Barry, but yes, the French influence makes sense to the South. Heddwch
On my list of places to visit. I live in the US of A. From NY, but I now live in SC. Most enjoyable video. Thanks for posting. I enjoyed Mr Butler immensely.
Don't come here stay in SC man
I go there at least once a week...its a very special place 😊 I have some videos on my channel. Hope you get to come along one day.
Thank you. This brought tears to my eyes. My wonderful Dad was a hardworking Docker.
I was born in Barry I was 28 when I moved away and oww boy I miss this place Barry will always be my home Bournemouth is just where I live
Barry people always remain Barry people. I've lived most of my life in Scotland and abroad, but I am still 'from' Barry. We tend to be a 'good-looking' lot, and others recognise this. We are such a mix. A good mix.
My Granddad lived there,He moved there from (Cardiff) Llandaff North.
Barry Island was the first seaside place ever I went to.x
Loved every minute working in butlins 76 till82 worked in the staff canteen and played football for barry island great memories we played at jenner Park one year in the final
When we - the old Barry families - saw them building Butlins', we were horrified. You were building on a lovely point on the Bristol Channel. That would never have been allowed anywhere else in the UK. They did it, and now it is gone, Thank God. It was never a great asset to the town of Barry, and most locals never went there.
I live on Coldbrook Road opposite one of the oldest churches in Barry - an elderly fellow who walks his dog the same time as me in the morning told me this church is around 1200 years old! I thought it was a few hundred but it is apparently much older.
Most of my family live around Barry too. It has some great places and history that most of us don't even see despite it being right in front of us every day! I really enjoyed watching this documentary
Barry was a nice little town back in the day, wasn't overpopulated plenty of independent shops, decent public transport,a hospital, 3 or 4 cinemas,high rate of employment it really was very nice! . Sad shadow of it's former self now though!, Delapidated , Run down, dirty semi ghost town nowadays, benefits, drugs, crime and squalor.... shame.😣
Exactly. I have home movies made by my grandfather in 1930s! Tree-lined Broad St with awnings. Great selection of shops both in Barry and Barry Dock.
I remember the Knap in the 70s with its hotel, Glan y mor, little parade of shops, the Bridge cafe, lake with boats for hire, lido, two beaches and long promenade. The place was in decline even then but almost deserted now even in mid summer. At least it's easy to park though.
Me too. But I go back further than you.
@@andrewgibbon-williams7974 my mum was born in 1931 and brought up at 59 The Parade which occupies a commanding corner spot on the Knap. Dad was from Jenner Road, they met in summer 1958 in Bindles, the premier pick-up spot over looking pebbly beach and their first marital home was 13 Colcott Road which cost just under 2 grand. Her dad owned butcher shops on Holton Rd and Barry Rd,the latter now Spar opposite the College Arms. He owned the flat above too, which his useless son Chris lived in rent free for many years. Gramps eventually threw him out a let the flat to an unmarried mother he took pity on, for cornfeed. When we dissolved his estate in 1994 we found she was still only paying £13 a week! Mum got her evicted after MONTHS of legalities then flogged it. I don't think they kept in touch.
My beloved darling Richard Champ was born in Barry in 1941. His father worked in the docks. If you know any of the Champ family, please message me.
I don't but I guess my parents would have. My Dad was never a docker, though most of my friends' Dads were. Locusts coming in with the bananas!
@@andrewgibbon-williams7974 I don’t know much about them. When I met Richard, he was already an ex patriot living in Spain. I also learned recently that the last two surviving brothers passed away since I posted my original comment 3 years ago.
My father was a docker, worked with the lads in the perway yard, I was born here
All this history and we haven't got a museum disgusting
we took the kids there 30+years ago we all had a great time
Bazra is a beautiful place if you dont go there..
I live in beryl road (the street where dominoes is and I front of Gladstone)
Brinley 04 I live near Buttrills hill, very near u
my dad was stormy normy who lived on the island for over 20 yrs
oh my god the two todlers running at the end the boy on the left is me ahhhhhhhhhh
My best friend always says. You can the girl out of Barry but you can't Barry out of the girl. And who am I to disagree with her 😒🤣🤣🤣
Once encountered a couple from Dinas Powis in Greece; she said 'Never trust a Barry boy!' I kind of got it. I'm one of 'em.
Cheers for the upload Kasper
Thanks for the hiraeth...! ;)
This video brought back good memories and sad ones. I always felt that the fairground should've been built under a dome. This is to encourage people come visit in the winter time as well.
My home town :D
it's a lovely part of South 🏴 wales
RIP Eddie
My home too
Thinking of buying a house in Cadoxton? Should that place be avoided??
Honestly yes
Yes a right dump
The birthplace of the failed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
I live here
Gaming and reacting hi charlie
Gaming and reacting don't blame Yourself, not Your fault.
Gaming and reacting I am from Leicester I work at passport to play rhoose and I can honestly say England is better
Carolmarie Larkin what do You mean.
I have read it's the birthplace of Chaka Khan famous singer
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O Shea`s best chippy
Fab tow
I'm only here because of being human
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FLATTEN THE PLACE! ITS DEAD.
Oh no its not......😄
Bazra is a beautiful place if you dont go there..