Volume Thirteen - Pre-Victorian to the Present Day - even more aspects - Articles from the Great Western Railway Magazine - 1922 - 1948 . . . .

The following was published within the June 1929 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Chief Mecanical Engineer's Department - Closing of Penarth Dock Shed - Staff removed to : Barry, Bullo Pill, Cardiff (Canton), Cardiff (East Dock), Cardiff (Cathays).

Retirements - Shed Staff - Penarth Dock - F. Richards.

Shed Staff - Penarth Dock - L. G. Griffiths, M. Grimshaw, and H. G. Hatter, to Cardiff (Canton.)

The following was published within the July 1929 edition of the Great Western Railway Magazine [1348] [1349] : -

Mr. N. Bastian, assistant dock master, Barry Dock, retired on May 31, after 42 years in the service of the Taff Vale, Barry, and Great Western Companies. He went to sea at the age of 14, and served in various capacities from ship’s boy to second mate. Mr. Bastian entered the service of the Taff Vale Railway Company as dockgateman at Penarth Dock in 1887, and two years later joined the service of the Barry Company as berthingmaster at Barry Docks. He rose to piermaster in 1898, assistant deputy dockmaster in 1921, and assistant dockmaster a little later, which position he held until his retirement. A presentation was made to Mr. Bastian by Captain D. Irving, dockmaster, on behalf of the staff, and he was also the recipient of a gold watch from the channel pilots of Barry Docks.