Mr. Haydn Holmes RIP.

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Former Mayor Haydn Holmes.
"Crossed the bar on 25th December 2006.

A former Mayor of Barry died on Christmas Day, 2006.
Haydn Holmes, 83, died at Llandough Hospital at about 10am, following a series of strokes.

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Former Vale of Glamorgan Mayor, Haydn Holmes.

Mr Holmes, a former Labour member for the Castleland ward of Barry, died at Llandough Hospital on Christmas Day.

Mr Holmes, of Morgan Street, Barry, was Mayor in the 1980s. He was also chairman of his local Constituency Labour Party and a long-term member of the Amicus trades union.

His wife, Margaret, died several years ago. He leaves two children.

[Administrator]

Service :

Confirmed

1.45

St. Mary’s Church

Holton Road

Barry

10th January 2007

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Theo Strenstrom, former Barry mayor and now leader of Barry Town Council, described Mr Holmes as a "mentor", and a "sincere, caring person who was very, very strong-willed".

Mr Holmes, who lived in Morgan Street in the Castleland ward, was a long-term member of the Amicus trade union.

He was also chairman for his local Constituency Labour Party and was described by the CLP's secretary Gill Davies as a "stalwart".

Mr Holmes' wife, Margaret, died several years ago. He had two daughters, Shelagh and Lynne, and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

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Canon David Williams
Kinsale.


To all at Barry Branch

I have been away since Christmas Day and have just received your message.

Please convey my condolences to the family

Yours sincerely

Canon David Williams
Kinsale.


D. Williams

[Administrator]

BARRIAN CROSSED THE BAR

SO SAD TO HEAR ABOUT HAYDEN'S PASSING.

HE WAS A VERY ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORTER OF THE BARRY-KINSALE LINK AND REALLY ENJOYED MEETING UP ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CELTIC SEA.

I WILL NOTIFY BILLY LYNCH AND HAVE PASSED DETAILS ON TO OUR KINSALE NOTES CORRESPONDENT AND FORMER COUNCILLOR DERMOT RYAN.

PLEASE PASS ON MY SYMPATHY TO FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

HOPE WE CAN ALL MEET UP IN 2007. HOPING TO VISIT MY NATIVE WORCESTER NEXT SUMMER AND IF I BRING THE CAR, WILL DEFINITELY STOP OVER IN BARRY

REGARDS TO ALL AND BEST WISHES FOR THE YEAR

LEO - SOUTHERN STAR, CORK

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To All The Members of the Barry Branch of the Merchant Navy Association

It was with great sadness that we here in Kinsale, learned of the death of our great Barry friend,

Haydn Holmes.

He will be remembered with great fondness from everybody that knew him, from all the visits he made here, especially at our Sea Sunday events.

We will pray for him, and light candles, to buoy the channel on his last voyage, to that great Harbour that is God's Arms, outstretched in welcoming him home.

Please pass on our condolence to Hayden's family & Friends.

Capt. Phil Devitt
Harbour Master
Kinsale.



Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.

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A FRIEND OF KINSALE, BARRIAN

Haydn Holmes

HAS CROSSED THE BAR.

PLEASE RELATE THIS MESSAGE TO ALL HIS FRIENDS IN KINSALE.

What is dying

A ship sails and I stand
Watching till she fades on the horizon,
and someone at my side says
“she is gone”. Gone where ?
Gone from my sight, that is all.
She is just as large as when I saw her
The diminished size and total loss of sight is in me, not her,
and just at that moment when
Someone at my side says “she is gone”
there are others who are watching her coming,
and other voices take up a glad shout
“there she comes”
and that is dying.

Bishop Brent.