Barry Docks - General View of the Docks - A Milton Postcard from the "Artlette-Gazette" series. It was written aboard the s.s. 'Queensgarth' at Penarth Dock but posted from Birkenhead during March 1910. In the days before mobile phones, merchant seamen used the postcard and letters to contact their loved ones. The gentleman writes to Mary  c/o Rees Draper at 26 Windsor Road, Penarth. Dear Mary, I am sorry I was not on board the ship when your letter came but I hope to get a nice letter to you in Liverpool. From your ever true  . . .  Posted from the West Float, Birkenhead. Another heritage postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]

New Dock, Barry Dock - No. 2 dock, the new dock, was opened during September 1898 being eleven years later than the main No. 1 dock. The Atlantic Mills, of J. Arthur Rank which opened in 1906 are seen distant with a large three-masted ship moored alongside. At the nearside tips, coal is being loaded into steamers. It was estimated that about 10,000 were employed at Barry docks throughout the first decade of the twentieth century and newspaper reports suggest that the local police courts were kept rather busy with the locals plus the maritime visitors from around the world! A heritage postcard held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]