1980s Archives - Then Was

Barry Island Beach And Fair In Old Postcards – Part 3

It’s been almost a year since my last Barry Island postcards post, and all that time I’ve been picking up […]

As I’m in back-to-school mode and recalling those long gone days of carefree youth, I thought now would be an

I was fortunate (or unfortunate depending on your viewpoint) to have attended Willows High School in Tremorfa for the entirety

Carrying on with my occasional reminiscences of the VHS shops of my youth, I’m stretching the net wider, beyond Broadway

The first post of 2018, and I’d like to wish you a Happy New Year! Being as last night was

We’re back on Barry Island one last time (for the time being) with the last batch of my collected vintage

Keeping it Barry Island I wanted to feature a video of the place shot in 1989 by Roger Middleton. Thanks

Following my first post sharing some of my collected vintage Barry Island postcards, it’s time to return to the Island

Childhood in the UK today is a very different beast to the childhood many of us older folk had. Certainly

The transformation of Cardiff Docks to Cardiff Bay is remarkable. In the last 30 years it has changed from a

Broadway was my main place for renting videos, and during the 1980s there were a number of great shops along

I was fortunate to have been able to do Photography in my time at Willows High, thanks to the effort