内容摘要：One woman, who did not want her name used, told BBC Wales she was “glad” to see the site close because of "all the dust we’ve been living with".

One woman, who did not want her name used, told BBC Wales she was “glad” to see the site close because of "all the dust we’ve been living with".

"Barry was a town only busy in the summer, now it brings people from all over all year round," she said."Even if locals don't like Gavin and Stacey there is a sense of respect for what it has done for the island."

Ellie Jones, a customer assistant at Marco's Cafe, has lived in Barry all her life and is a big fan of the sitcom.She said she enjoyed watching Gavin's Essex born-and-bred parents Pam and Mick slowly soften towards her home town."As the show went on they grew to love Barry, they wanted to come here," she said.

"They saw it as a place of beauty rather than somewhere dirty."Back in series one in 2007, Pam's reaction to Gavin and Stacey's plans to get married in Barry was visceral and her dislike for the town laid bare.

She ranted: "Where you going to have the wedding reception? On the log flumes? And what's on the menu for the wedding breakfast? Hot dogs and candy floss?"

By the time series three aired two years later she was enjoying the thrills of the fairground, squealing with joy on the very log flume and chomping on the very candy floss she had once mocked.Part of the message reads: "The German War is now over.

"At Rheims last night the instrument of surrender was signed which in effect is a surrender of all personnel of the German forces all equipment and shipping and all machinery in Germany."Reflecting on the message 80 years later, Mr Morgan, said: "I was so pleased to get it because, like all of us, we all wanted to get back home... but you can't do it overnight."

He met the Princess of Wales on Monday as part of VE Day commemorations at Buckingham Palace.John James Woodman was born on 1 July 1919 in the Aston area of Birmingham.