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Western Thunderer
Many years before taking up the ministry in the village of Titfield, the Rev Weech once took a month sabbatical to Barry Island.
A favourite location for many during "miners fortnight", at Whitmore Bay and the vast beach, he found it heaving with excursionists, many having arrived by special train.
With a craving for lava bread, cockles and whelks, young Weech was soon enchanted by all that Barry Island had to offer..
Local whelk seller Myfanwy Pilchard was well known on the beach and promenade.
She had a certain aura about her and many a visitor to Butlins or one of the many bustling B&Bs would spend more on her fresh whelks in one day than they would in the penny arcades in a week; shameful as that sounds..
.. To be continued..
A favourite location for many during "miners fortnight", at Whitmore Bay and the vast beach, he found it heaving with excursionists, many having arrived by special train.
With a craving for lava bread, cockles and whelks, young Weech was soon enchanted by all that Barry Island had to offer..
Local whelk seller Myfanwy Pilchard was well known on the beach and promenade.
She had a certain aura about her and many a visitor to Butlins or one of the many bustling B&Bs would spend more on her fresh whelks in one day than they would in the penny arcades in a week; shameful as that sounds..
.. To be continued..