Hi Thank you again, John Patrick. All your News Items are extremely interesting and I read them with great pleasure. This one especially, because The Merrie Friar's Cafe at Barry Island was owned at some point by my Grandmother's brother Griffith Griffiths who built up a business known as The Pickwick. He went to Barry from Carnarvon as a young boy with his brother after his parents died and starting from nothing built up a business with 2 shops in Holton Road, one in High Street, also Ann's Pantry, as well as The Merrie Friar's. All this was a bit before my time! But my Grandmother lived with us and it is from her that I had a very good start to my knowledge of my family history. My mother, still alive at over 100 yrs of age, still remembers her Uncle Griff. All the family are well remembered and if anyone on this list may know of my mother I would be very pleased to hear from you. She had many friends in the Barry area and outskirts. She was in Barry Girls County School and I have photographs of netball teams taken during the relevant period. Her name at that time was Lillian Edwards and she had a sister Dorothy and a brother Lewellyn (known as "Loo"). Lillian has a first cousin who is also over 100, in fact she is more than 101 yrs of age. Her name is Sallie and until very recently has been living near Romilly Park. Does anyone know this family? I know there are people in the Barry area who must be "belonging". Griffith Griffiths and his brother Iorwerth came from Carnarvon, as I said, and as they were only in their early teens they were taken by their aunt Margaret who had married William Parry and I believe that the Parry family lived in Station Street in Barry for many years. Hoping to hear from someone, Best Wishes, Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "J GRIFFITHS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 3:40 PM Subject: [MON] News Items APRIL 1st to JUNE 30th 1926.Number One-Hundredthirty eight Western Mail Wednesday April 28th. 1926. THE MERRIE FRIAR'S CAFE= Barry Island. Recently erected, and fully equiped Electric Light and Lifts. American Soda Fountain. Dance Hall. Extensive Balconies Overlooking Sands and Channel. Entirely under new management. H. CRISPIN LEWIS, Manager. (Late of the LOUIS, Duke Street, Cardiff and Blackpool Pleasure Beach Casino, and The Lounge, Harrogate). Telephone Barry 49.