I used to go to Butlin's holiday camp in Barry Island every year for about five years with my parents, and it was brilliant, I loved every minute of it.
The camp was excellent with great sports facilities, cinema, entertainment, fairground rides, everything you could need for a good time.
We only left the camp a couple of times to have a look round Barry itself and visit the excellent fair there, look round the shops and so on.
Since Butlin's closed there, I have been to Barry Island twice and it is sad to see how it has gone downhill. It has become dull, drab and tarnished. It is now only a cold, depressing seaside town, with shops full of tacky souvenirs in the Summer and quite eerily quiet out of season.
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I love Barry Island! But must be said the Log Flume looks like a load of rubbish! Shellie XxX
merv83 07.06.2003 22:26
A very dated op with no relevant information, must have been when you started seems as you are silver now! Its a 10 mins walk from my house, so was interested to see what you said! Martyn, :-)
bridgendboy 16.07.2002 16:58
They are pumping a lot of money into the area now, with some expensive houses being built on the headland where the chalets used to stand. It is a bit drab in the winter, but it still livens up in the summer. That is if you like sticks of rock and T-shirts that cost a quid!
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