BARRY DOCK AT WAR:

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‘Wartime Weekend’ living history and commemorative event in Barry this weekend

There is no charge for admission and the gates open at 10am.

Barry at War Group, in partnership with Barry Tourist Railway and the Vale of Glamorgan Council is holding a ‘Barry Wartime Weekend’ living history and commemorative event in Barry, on June 15-17 2012. The event will commemorate the 70th anniversary of US troops coming to the town as part of the build up for the liberation of Europe.

LINK 1: barryatwar.info/our-next-event/

LINK 2: www.barryatwar.info/

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LINK 3: www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/latestnews/9759566.___Wartime_Weekend____living_history_and_commemorative_event_in_Barry_this_weekend/

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living history and commorative event in Barry, on June 15-17 2012.

Staff and students from St Cyres School have produced a radio advert to promote the Wartime Weekend at Barry Tourist Railway, 16-17th June.

You can hear the advert here: LINK 1: www.barryatwar.info/downloads/radioadvert.mp3

LINK 2: barryatwar.info/2012/04/st-cyres-school-produce-wartime-weekend-radio-advert/

LINK 3: barryatwar.info/

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The BBC and Barry / Barry Dock remembers pre-D-Day GIs' arrival:

Barry Wartime Weekend:

Over the weekend re-enactors will turn back the clock with air raids, trains evacuating local schoolchildren and military memorabilia on show.

LINK 1: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-18469962

LINK 2: www.barryatwar.info/downloads/radioadvert.mp3


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Barry Wartime Weekend remembers pre-D-Day GIs' arrival 2012:

Barry and Barry Dock commemorative plaque tributing a Wartime Weekend marking 70 years since the US Army were stationed near the town in preparation for the second wave of the D-Day invasion of Normandy during 1944.

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Barry at War Group, in partnership with Barry Tourist Railway and the Vale of Glamorgan Council is holding a 'Barry Wartime Weekend' living history and commorative event in Barry, on June 15-17 2012.

LINK: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3-_4g_VU9o

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Barry Wartime Weekend Video:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgE5i9SLbRQ


www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-zRcUU9bFs