Thomas Roe Thompson:

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Thomas Roe Thompson:

Thomas Roe Thompson (d.1919) a native of Sunderland who was a director of the Barry Dock & Railway Company. Demolished 1972, it's heyday was prior to the Great War"

LINK: trthompson.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/thompson-street-barry-docks.html

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THOMPSON STREET, BARRY DOCK:

In the early 1900's its reputation was on a par with Cardiff's Tiger Bay. A great number of people who did not live in the area and seldom visited it or mixed with its residents had preconceived ideas about it.

The street and its immediate surroundings had much to commend it. It had a community spirit that is sadly lacking nowadays, and although it had a reputation, was one of the safest places for youngsters who lived there to be brought up in. They and their families knew practically every grown-up in the area, neighbours were considered to be extended family members and were usually addressed by the children as Auntie or Uncle.

LINK: www.barrywales.co.uk/tomclemett/thompsonstreet.asp