🦇 “Forget Whitby. Count Orlok’s seen the Golden Stairs and he’s not going back.” #Barry #Nosferatu #CountOrlok #BarryIsland #Halloween #WelshWhitby #VampireHoliday #SpookySeason #GoldenStairs

🎭 Join me this Wednesday for a dive into Early Entertainment in Barry — stories, songs, and local legends. Favourite lyric: “FATHERS IN THE PIGSTY. YOU'LL KNOW HIM BY HIS HAT.” #BarryHistory #LocalLegends #Talk

#Button from #Barry #Railway uniform

#Barry Railway

I love a special "committee" badge.

May 1900 #Barry celebrating the Relief of Mafeking with roasting an ox on #Barryisland.

Mrs Hall, Henry Street #Barry with her #cat

Merthyr Dyfan Cemetery #Barry

#BarryIsland 1981

#Barry #BarryDock

1970's #barry

Moving home in 1902 #barry

Check out "Slaughterhouse Allotments History Walk" on Eventbrite! Date: Sun, 18 May, 14:00 Location: Next to Jenner Park Football stadium www.eventbrite.com/e/slaughterh...

Thompson Street #Barry

#political #politicians #history

1902, a woman at the local Barry police court pleaded GUILTY to being "accidentally" drunk. FINED 5 shillings. #Barry Has this happened to you? 😮

#BarryIsland #Barry

Title: The Docks of Cardiff Author: Lionel Walden Year: 1894 Location: Musée d’Orsay (oil on canvas, 127 cm x 193 cm)

#BarryIsland 1970s

#BarryIsland in the 1970s

1892, Alderman William Thomas made a daring bid for immortality by suggesting Holton Road be renamed "Thomas Street" at a Local Board meeting. A local estate agent when first elected Mr Thomas was described as "short tempered, impatient and blind to the rules of debate." Photo from #Barry Dock News

#BarryIsland #Butlins

Holton Road #Barry

#Barry Teachers

#internationalwomensday the first women to get elected in #Barry 1919

#Barry #BarryDock #Docks

#BarryIsland 1940s

#Barry #pancakeday