I’d sit nervously waiting for him to comment. Leave feedback. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. If you’re lucky enough to have heard their eponymous debut album (reviewed here for Über Röck by Ross Welford), you’ll know where I’m coming from – classic rock meets pop punk perfection across ten tracks that blend aggression, humour, emotion and melody as effortlessly as you like. In the last week of July and first week of August, miners flocked to Barry and Porthcawl for Miners Fortnight. I've cut my foot, It's bleedin My cousin says, "You'll die" And we'll bury you in Barry Island on the last week in July. He would read us passages from various texts, highlight common or recurring lines or phrases, and just lay them out side by side. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. The pictures showing the glory days of Barry Island's Butlins camp: He added: “It is difficult to put into words but we came together from all areas of life to form a team who ensured that working class people who worked for 11 months of the year could come to Butlins at Barry Island and have the holiday of a lifetime.”. Add a video, Do you know any background info about this track? 4Ever. It’s a great track, and, believe it or not, it always puts me in mind of Welsh comedian Max Boyce. Sometimes you saw what he was getting at, sometimes you didn’t. Two very different artists, nearly 40 years apart, singing about different parts of the country, singing from different perspectives but combining to enhance our understanding. He thinks his parents will be able to pick up the colours he needs at the local shop, but he learns quickly that the real colour of the valley can only be seen in the faces of the old men who’ve put their lives into mining coal: It’s a colour you can’t buy, lad I've brought Mamgu a present and I'd wave the sea goodbye My mother's found my plastic mac and the weather's nice and dry Aye, that's how I remember Miner's Fortnight, when I was just a lad I went to Barry Island and the weather always bad. Add a video, Do you know any background info about this track? It’s a sort of Rhondda Grey. Ode to Barry Island More by Max Boyce Blodeugerdd: Song of the Flowers - An Anthology of Welsh Music and Song Perlau Ddoe (Pigion Cambrian A Welsh Teldisc) Holidaymakers pack Barry Island's Whitmore Bay in 1938, When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Max often sang about industrial South Wales, an area, like the industrial north of England, which has a proud working class history; a history that tells of hardness and struggle as well as community, and a history that has left communities bereft and deprived since the decline of the heavy industries that were both their lifeblood and the cause of so many health problems. Years ago, that would have been the end of the matter, and I’d have gone away to think about what he’d just read to me (and why). I'm on the beach, It's Sunday I've got a friend called Russ I'll 'ave to buy another bucket, Left mine on the bus. So be honest, what do you think about when someone mentions the place Barry? “Over 30 years it brought thousands of visitors to Barry Island. At the plaque unveiling former Redcoat Elizabeth Walsh reader her Ode to Barry Island, which includes the passage: “There’s not a single day goes by / … Seeing the sights! He notes”the quiet sadness of the people in the north” that’s “reflected in the rainskimmed slate grey, battleship grey, hardship grey” around them. Listen to Ode to Barry Island from Max Boyce's The Very Best Of Max Boyce for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Hugh was astonishingly well read and quite unlike any other teacher I have ever known. It was a “piece of heaven” for visitors and staff alike. Billy Butlin’s inspiration for his holiday empire came from a less than happy holiday to Barry Island in his youth after he was locked out of his bed and breakfast accommodation all day by his landlady. If Hugh were still with us, I’d rush around to his house and play him everything I’ve mentioned above. The BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey? explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. For generations, miners and their families had left the Valleys to spend time at Barry Island, enjoying a spell on the beach or a donkey ride before taking a charabanc or train home. Max Boyce's Ode to Barry Island: I remember Miner's Fortnight when I was just a lad We'd go to Barry Island, the weather always bad In a brand new … It's been described as Wales’ mini Blackpool, when the annual “Miners ’ Fortnight” filled every seafront guesthouse and caravan space. Max Boyce - Pandora. But even now, that's nothing to the two resorts' heady days of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, and even later, as these pictures show. His approach didn’t help you write exam essays, but it taught you to look and think, and it taught you the value of drawing together different perspectives. Again, two artists, nearly 40 years apart, using the same subtle chord changes to achieve a similar musical effect. Ode to Barry Island, by Max Boyce. And we'd drag the cases over and we didn't have the key. The BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey? Leave feedback. Hot on the heels (well, almost) of said album, the band are back with a new single ‘Stronger’. Do you know a YouTube video for this track? Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Ode To Barry Island. A new version of Last.fm is available, to keep everything running smoothly, please reload the site. The run down pleasure park? It included all the tried and trusted favourites like the dining hall, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and ballroom as well as a boating lake, tennis courts, the three-legged and egg and spoon races, an amusement arcade and theatre, arcades of shops and the Pig and Whistle show bar. 6. You can unsubscribe at any time. 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Seeing the sights! The Man In Black: The Definitive Collection. Random. Add lyrics on Musixmatch. Go directly to shout page. Max Boyce’s ‘Ode to Barry Island’? They'd put me by the drivers seat for me to 'ave some air And my mother'd say "He's never this way" She'd come and comb my hair Then I'd see the sea and I'd want to pee And if I couldn't I'd cry When we went to Barry Island on that last week in July. The holiday camp was demolished a long time ago and various attempts to replace it with something similar have come to nothing, although planners have not given up hope of have some kind of leisure attraction there. RELATED: Watch: Captivating aerial video of Barry Island Pleasure Park from earlier this year. At the peak of its success, families looking for good value accommodation, and plenty of entertainment, flocked to the Butlins camp overlooking the golden sands of Whitmore Bay. Speaking at the event, Tony Collier, who was a senior Redcoat at the Barry camp, said: “We became a family and we are still a family today. Barry at night. Girls & Boys. Prince & The Revolution. 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