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(WWOC)<br />
By early 1957 the bus was taken away<br />
by a London dealer for dismantling but<br />
not before the “Duck” panel had been<br />
removed and put into store at Ely<br />
Works. In July 1957, at a ceremony at<br />
City Hall, Cardiff, a framed picture <strong>of</strong> the<br />
bus was presented to the American<br />
Consul by the head <strong>of</strong> Western Welsh<br />
and representatives <strong>of</strong> the Omnibus<br />
Society. This was later sent on to the<br />
American Motor Bus Society in<br />
Washington DC.<br />
The cartoon panel came to a sad end as<br />
some 30 years ago the writer had a<br />
conversation with the former panel shop<br />
foreman at Ely and was told that during<br />
one <strong>of</strong> their clear outs the<br />
“Duck” panel had inadvertently been put<br />
in a scrap bin. “Quack!”<br />
There is now nothing left <strong>of</strong> “The<br />
Ruptured Duck”, except perhaps the<br />
framed picture in America and <strong>of</strong> course<br />
in the memories <strong>of</strong> a generation <strong>of</strong> older<br />
residents <strong>of</strong> Barry.<br />
WARTIME WEEKEND<br />
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BARRY WATERFRONT AND BARRY ISLAND STATION<br />
16 AND 17 JUNE <strong>2012</strong><br />
The Barry at War Heritage Group has joined forces with Cardiff Transport<br />
Preservation Group, Barry Heritage Railway and a number <strong>of</strong> other interested parties,<br />
to plan a unique event for June <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
This summer sees the 70 th anniversary <strong>of</strong> the arrival <strong>of</strong> the first American troops in the<br />
Vale <strong>of</strong> Glamorgan during WW2. They were stationed in places such as St Donat’s<br />
Castle (once owned by American newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst), the local<br />
towns <strong>of</strong> Wenvoe and Penarth, as well as on several sites in the county town <strong>of</strong> Barry.<br />
To commemorate this anniversary, a group <strong>of</strong> local re-enactors and historians intend to<br />
dedicate a memorial to these men in a civic ceremony in Barry on Friday 15 June <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
The American Embassy in London has been contacted and the First Minister for Wales<br />
has been invited to attend, along with various representatives <strong>of</strong> the Welsh Government,<br />
and the event has the support <strong>of</strong> the two local Assembly Members, Jane Hutt and<br />
Vaughan Gething.<br />
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