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Jamaica Planter
I have been told some information about the Jamaica Planter which was sunk off the Port of Barry, but cannot remember all the details. Is anyone able to help me? My father-in-law was aboard her on the two occasions she came in to the Port to be repaired. He was discharged from her company before she was holed the third time, thus surviving to marry and father five children, four of whom survive him!
Sincerely,
Caroline Scott.
Contributed by Caroline Scott
South Glamorgan memories
Jamaica Planter
I have been told some information about the Jamaica Planter which was sunk off the Port of Barry, but cannot remember all the details. Is anyone able to help me? My father-in-law was aboard her on the two occasions she came in to the Port to be repaired. He was discharged from her company before she was holed the third time, thus surviving to marry and father five children, four of whom survive him!
Sincerely,
Caroline Scott.
A memory of Barry Docks contributed by Caroline Scott
granny
I remember going to school, 1st. St. Barucs, then Romilly school, and
then high street.
We my sister and had a little group of friends, Diane Williams, Gillian
Dennis, Janet Dunkley we did lots of things together.
On Sundays we used to go to All Saints Church as a family.
My father george John, Marjorie and Granny, grandpa used
to read the lessons and my father was a sides-man.
A memory of Barry contributed by wendy john
Inspector William Hole
Does anybody remember my Great-grandfather on my Father's sdie of the family, Police Inspector William Hole? He had a few children, one being my grandfather Walter Trevor Hole, another being Police Sergeant Harry Hole. I know William Hole was in the Tonypandy Riots as a Policeman and Harry Hole was a Policeman in Tonypandy sometime after 1935, as my father remembers him.
I would be greatful for any memories people are prepared to share with me.
Sincerely,
Caroline Scott.
A memory of Barry contributed by Caroline Scott
Extracts From Barry Docks & South Glamorgan books
Situated eight miles south-west of Cardiff, Barry was the last of the great
Welsh coal ports to be developed. No 1 Dock, covering 73 acres of deep
water, opened in 1889 and was equipped with nineteen coal hoists. No 2
Dock, covering 34 acres of deep water, opened in 1898; the north side for
coal, the south side for general cargo, and the eastern end for timber, with
timber ponds covering 34 acres and six acres respectively. No 3 Dock, or
the Basin, was the tidal entrance, but could accommodate some general
cargo. The ship nearest the camera is Turnbull, Scott & Co’s ‘Eastgate’,
which was built in their family-owned shipyard at of Thomas Turnbull &
Son, Whitby. The yard was opened in 1840 to build wooden ships, but in
1871 production was switched to building iron tramps. A total of 113 were
built between then and the yard’s closure in 1902. Of these, sixty were
built for the Turnbull family themselves for their fleets at Whitby, Cardiff
and London. The reason for the yard’s closure was that Whitby bridge
restricted dimensions to a maximum beam of 44ft.
An extract from from"Victorian and Edwardian Maritime Album".
Beyond the happy
holidaymakers the
distinctively striped rock
face, vividly illustrated here,
is a signature feature of the
cliff face between Barry and Penarth.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
How sad – this is the end of our photographic journey around this part of the Vale of Glamorgan. Built for Peter Birt in the 1770s to a design by Robert Adam, this grand residence was for many years renowned for its beautiful interiors, their opulence virtually unparalleled in South Wales. From its pink and green dining room, a 19th-century visitor could wander throughout the castle enthralled by its vast and remarkable collection of stuffed animals on display.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Initially commissioned to honour those of the parish who fell in the First World War, the simple Celtic cross of the war memorial was to be sadly amended in the aftermath of the Second World War with the loss of four local men. Corporal Cyril Channon died as a Japanese POW, Gunner Alec Collins was lost at sea with Captain John Duncan, and Lieutenant Rhys Thomas was killed in action.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".
Seemingly indifferent to its position beside the busy thoroughfare connecting Cardiff and Cowbridge, Church Hall House (pictured) stands testament to a romanticised Victorian vision of a pre-industrial Britain. Built in 1898 in a William Morris-inspired Arts and Crafts style, the house boasts a distinctive stone, brick and render façade topped by terracotta tiles and an exaggerated turret.
An extract from from"Around Penarth Photographic Memories".