Extracts from the Penarth Times from 25 years ago (From Penarth Times)

Extracts from the Penarth Times from 25 years ago

EXTRACTS from the Penarth Times of July 28 1978:

A massive Welsh Development Agency grant of £126,000 for land reclamation means that the whole of the Cosmeston Country Park on the outskirts of Penarth will now be open to the public earlier than originally planned.

The £500 prize in the Vale Council's third lottery has again gone to a Penarth winner, Mrs Mona Brazier of Hewell Street, Cogan.

Residents in the Highfields/Powys Close area of Dinas Powis are asking the Vale Council to change the siting of the proposed tennis courts at Seel Park.

Vandals hurled a stone through a stained glass window at St Augustine's Church, during the evening service on Sunday, July 16.

The weekly meeting of Penarth Old Age Pensioners was held in the Rest Centre last Saturday with Mrs Gwen Cook in the chair, supported by Mrs G Thomas, secretary.

Crowds lined the Esplanade and Cliff Hill right up to Cliff Walk to see the free 20-minute firework display from the Pier on a day night last Saturday.