Download or read book Barry Island written by Andy Croll and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2020-07-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Author’s Note Introduction Chapter 1 ‘Much Frequented During the Bathing Season’: Barry Island and Welsh Coastal Tourism, c. 1780-c. 1860 Chapter 2 ‘That Favourite Place’: Cardiff’s Bathing Resort, c. 1860-1877 Chapter 3 Visitors ‘Mercilessly’ Turned Away: The Island Closed, 1878-1884 Chapter 4 Reclaimed, 1884-c.1890 Chapter 5 An ‘El Dorado Where Soft Winds Blow’: Resort Boosterism Flourishes in the 1890s Chapter 6 ‘Awake ye Sluggards!’ Resort Development Flounders, c. 1900-1914 Chapter 7 ‘They Sweep Down on the Place and Take Possession of It’: Trippers Triumphant, c. 1890-c. 1910 Chapter 8 Barry-on-Sea? The Tripper Resort Consolidated, 1914-c.1965 Conclusion Bibliography