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About the CTPG The CTPG lease the former Western Welsh Depot on Broad Street, Barry from the Vale of Glamorgan Council. The CTPG organises two vehicle rallies each year and holds a monthly meeting on the third Wednesday of each month. Members receive a quarterly newsletter and if they wish they can help to restore the Group’s buses, ride on them and travel to rallies. The Group aims to preserve representative samples of the buses that ran in South East Wales and the Valleys, as well as memorabilia and records of the operating companies. Annual membership of the Group is £15, which runs from the date of joining. Joint membership is also available for £25. CTPG Committee Chairman Deputy Chairman Secretary Treasurer Membership Secretary Mike Taylor, 10 Ger Nant Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed CF82 7FE Phone;: 01443 862144 email: mikeystrad73@btinternet.com Chris Taylor, 31 Heol Wen, Rhiwbina Cardiff CF14 6EG Phone; 029 20693734 Gayle Alder, 16 Carter Place, Fairwater, Cardiff CF5 3NP Paul Hamley email: squash33@btinternet.com Derek Perry, 11 Countess Place, Penarth CF64 3UJ Other Non Committee Post Holders Editor Viv Corbin email: viv.corbin@ntlworld.com Webmaster CTPG Mac Winfield email: postmaster@ctpg.co.uk Webmaster Bus Depot Matt Turner email: tmatt95@gmail.com Publicity Officer Nicky Reason email: nickyreason@hotmail.com www.ctpg.co.uk & www.the-busdepot-barry.org Published by the Cardiff Transport Preservation Group (Registered as a Charity No. 1063157) The opinions and views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Group, its Committee or the Editor. Every effort is made to give due credit for all photographs and material used in this newsletter. Should there be any unintended breach of copyright; the Editor must be informed to enable a correcting acknowledgement to be made. 22
A SLICE OF THE CAKE (2) Swansea based 2 Travel’s fleet of blue & white buses brought competition again to several routes in Cardiff during 2004-5. Retaliation tactics by Cardiff Bus brought criticism from the O.F.T. On the 250 Llanrumney service are Lynx J629 LHF and Volvo B6 L836 CDG. (C. Parker) 23
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