Barry Island was one of the most cherished leisure spaces in twentieth-century south Wales, the playground of generations of working-class day-trippers. This bo

Casts a revealing light on Wales’s contribution to coastal tourism in the nineteenth century. Argues that visitors had a powerful role in setting a resort’s

This is a collection of unpredictable stories about love and cruelty, crimes, desperation, and hope from the man Irvine Welsh has described as 'the most arresti

Explore Barry Island secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.