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  • 50 Years Ago: Prizegiving with a difference

    NURSES’ prize day went with a swing at Sully Hospital last week. For, breaking with tradition, the hospital invited folk group Keith Potger and the New Seekers along to present the prizes and certificates. It was the first time prize-giving had

  • 50 Years Ago: Butlin's club set to open

    THE long promised “fair deal” for the people of Barry, which was promised by Sir Billy Butlin when it was decided to install a Butlin’s Holiday Camp at Barry Island, seems to be materialising at last, with the opening at the end of this month, of a

  • From the Archive: When pedestrians had right of way

    FROM the Archive this week features a scene from Holton Road. Following the introduction of the motor car, shoppers in Holton Road still had the tendency to meander around in the middle of the road. Around the time this photograph was taken in