Barry Wales UK
Barry-Wales is where I was born and grew up. It will always hold a special place in my heart, although these days I feel sad thinking about it
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‘Barry’ is a tag used on our blog Megan Publishing Services https://meganpublishingservices.com to identify posts relating to Barry, South Wales
Street Problems in Barry
We had only been back in Barry, my home town for six months, but it didn't take that long to realise that there were street problems that were unusual. At least, I wasn't used to them, but then of the previous fifteen years,
Francis Page – Frank the Poet
Francis Page, also known locally as Frank the Poet, is originally from Birmingham, but now resides in Barry, South Wales. You can read some of his poems on this blog
The First Jukebox in Barry
When I was a young man, in the Seventies, I used to sing in pubs on a Thursday or Friday night and I remember the first jukebox in Barry well...
Boots Pharmacy Barry
Boots Pharmacy is right in the heart of Barry and has been there all my life. In more ways than one, but nowadays it is a sad reflection of what once was...
Saga of My Bus Pass part one
In Wales, everybody receives a free bus pass at the age of sixty. However, I didn't apply for mine until I was sixty-four, and it wasn't as easy as I'd imagined
O’Brien’s – The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry
O'Brien's - The Community Pub in the Centre of Barry - has a terrible reputation among people who don't use it, but is it unjustified? People who don't use O'Brien's seem to have a dreadful fear of the place!
Arrival in the UK
Arrival in the UK was far simpler than we had anticipated. Immigration was confused by our documentation but could not fault it. However, things did not work out as we had expected...