{"id":39327,"date":"2020-01-31T14:58:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=39327"},"modified":"2020-01-31T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:58:18","slug":"barry-war-museum-one-of-the-islands-best-kept-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/01\/31\/barry-war-museum-one-of-the-islands-best-kept-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Barry War Museum, one of the island&#039;s best kept secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exhibition is open two days a week&nbsp;to&nbsp;celebrate&nbsp;heroic figures of the past<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/helmets-gee-top.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39330\" 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have a war group&#8217;,&nbsp;but we&nbsp;do- we are a very harmonious group.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>He told the audience at its last meeting that the&nbsp;war&nbsp;group does not glorify war. \u201cOur mission is to remind ourselves of the suffering, sacrifices and services of other people,\u201d he said.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Last night, volunteers from the Barry War Group held three presentations about different aspects of the two World Wars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The turn-out was small, but it was clear the audience was a tight-knit community that comes together to celebrate the heroic figures of the past.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/forgotten-conscript-gee-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39332\" 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&#8216;The Forgotten Conscripts&#8217;<\/a>, where you can find all the information you need about The Bevin Boys.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;most notable&nbsp;presentation was from Jackie Swift, 59, an expert in the Bevin Boys,&nbsp;young British men who were conscripted to work in the coalmines&nbsp;across the UK&nbsp;during World War II.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It was the fourth time&nbsp;Mrs&nbsp;Swift has presented, after taking over from her late friend, Warwick Taylor, the&nbsp;former vice-president of The Bevin Boys Association.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mrs&nbsp;Swift has interviewed&nbsp;many Bevin Boys and written a seven-part TV drama called, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theforgottenconscript.co.uk\/who-were-the-bevin-boys\/\">The Forgotten Conscripts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p>A trailer has been filmed for the period drama, but production&nbsp;of the series&nbsp;is yet to take place.&nbsp;Mrs Swift&nbsp;also&nbsp;hopes to write a novel&nbsp;on the same theme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Rosemary Chaloner,&nbsp;a volunteer at the museum,&nbsp;also presented and&nbsp;spoke about the history of holidays entrepreneur Billy&nbsp;Butlin who was a&nbsp;soldier in World War I.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Billy&nbsp;Butlin&nbsp;is famous for&nbsp;his holiday camps, one of which he created in Barry Island, the first permanent place for his travelling fair.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bevin-boy-gee-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/bevin-boy-gee-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/01\/bevin-boy-gee-225x300.jpg 225w, 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