The Barry War Museum (run by the Barry at War Group) aims to research, preserve and promote the wartime history of the town and surrounding area. Their aim is to support schools and groups researching the local war history of Barry and surrounding area, by exhibiting at heritage events and holding exhibitions about the topic, with the aim of ...

2011年4月9日 · HIGHLIGHT of the recent Barry at War Group 'Snapshots of Barry during WW2' exhibition at Victoria Park was the ‘Meet the people of the past’ day. It brought history to life and bridged the generation gap as living historians and the older visitors to the event explained to the younger generation what life was like in Barry during the dark ...

My first memory of the war would be the German planes coming over and the bombs….and sitting under the stairs as the planes were going over. And up the top of our street in Barry they were...

2014年2月7日 · An oral history of Barry, focusing on life during the Second World War. Includes interesting memories of bombing, smoke screens, segregation within the army, and a grapefruit in the docks. Part 7/9 of "All Change to Barry" (1990), a documentary on the history of Barry which includes interviews and photographs of the area.

WW2 Siren Test, Nells Point 2017; V E Day Celebration - 2015; Soldier in the Sand - Nov 1918; Barry War Museum 4th Anniversary 2016; FLICKR AND FACEBOOK; ... Tragedy at Barry Railway Station; WAR MEMORIALS; LEST WE FORGET. January 1917; February 1917; March 1917; April 1917; May 1917; June 1917; July 1917; August 1917; September 1917; October 1917;

On October 5th, 1917, SS Forestmoor, on a voyage from Huelva to Dublin with a cargo of copper ore, was sunk by the German submarine UB-51 (Ernst Krafft), 54 miles WxN3/4N Cape Spartel. 22 persons were lost including two men from Barry: Sailor Thomas Jeremiah Haley, Mercantile Marine. Aged 20, the son of the late Michael and Annie Haley.

2021年3月12日 · During World War II (1939 – 1945), the docks at Barry were used to import war materials. A ring of barrage balloons protected the docks. One was located on the Mole and one was beside Barry Island Station. The very first air raid in Barry was in April 1941. German bombs fell and hit houses at the West End of Barry and Barry Road areas.

2009年9月30日 · There will be an exhibition/display, arranged by local military historian Dr Jonathan Hicks, looking at various aspects of Barry in the Second World War. It will be in the Arts Central hall of the town library during September, from the 12th to the 26th.

Step back in time at Barry War Museum, for an authentic wartime experience including a trench to simulate the reality of the life on the Western Front, a genuine WW2 air raid shelter and an authentic kitchen containing items from the 1940s.

I try to explain to my Mother that as the Germans are always bombing cities like Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea and as Barry is only a little seaside town with no big ships there,the German spy ...