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damaged items, the opportunity was also taken to ensure 143 had afull set of matching seats in good condition.The original intention had been to T Cut the white paintwork butthe scorch damage prompted the decision to undertake a fullrepaint. Following many hours of preparatory work, 143 was resprayedall-over white by 6060’s painter during the course of aweekend. Gareth kindly allowed 143 to stay in the workshop overthe following week in order for me to apply the orange and brownpaint and to apply the orange and gold vinyl lining stripes togetherwith the original “Cardiff Clipper” vinyl lettering. Grateful thanksto Gareth and the staff at 6060 for their assistance and interest.Whilst awaiting transfer to Barry, 143 again came under threatwhen youths entered the premises at night and drove ex Cardiff134 around the yard and eventual through (or rather over!) thelocked gates and out on to the road severely damaging the vehicle.A van parked next to 143 was badly damaged and CCTV imagesshowed how near 143 came to being hit.143 is now safely housed in Barry Depot and will hopefully makeits first public appearance in restored Clipper livery very soon.------------------------------------A coachbuilders’ advertisement from 19316
FAREWELL TO NINIAN PARKNext season will see Cardiff City Football Club move to their new groundon Leckwith Road after nearly 100 years at Ninian Park. As this advertfrom some 80 years ago shows, public transport has always beenimportant to the success of the ‘Bluebirds’.7
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