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| Safe home for iconic image of Bloody Sunday | Safe home for iconic image of Bloody Sunday |
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| By Freya McClements BBC News The handkerchief is now on display at the Museum of Free Derry | By Freya McClements BBC News The handkerchief is now on display at the Museum of Free Derry |
| It is an iconic images of the Troubles. | It is an iconic images of the Troubles. |
| The hunched figure of Father - now Bishop - Edward Daly waves a white handkerchief as he attempts to escort marchers carrying the fatally injured Jackie Duddy away from the gunfire during Bloody Sunday. | The hunched figure of Father - now Bishop - Edward Daly waves a white handkerchief as he attempts to escort marchers carrying the fatally injured Jackie Duddy away from the gunfire during Bloody Sunday. |
| The 17-year-old was the first person to die that day, and the handkerchief - which had been used to staunch his bleeding - was later returned to Jackie's family along with his clothes. | |
| Kept safe by his family for almost 40 years, it was presented to the Museum of Free Derry by his sister Kay on Friday. | Kept safe by his family for almost 40 years, it was presented to the Museum of Free Derry by his sister Kay on Friday. |
| "After Jackie's death it was given to my father, William, and he had it until he died in 1985. | "After Jackie's death it was given to my father, William, and he had it until he died in 1985. |
| "Since then I've had proud charge of it," said Kay. | "Since then I've had proud charge of it," said Kay. |
| For the last 20 years, Kay has carried the handkerchief everywhere with her in her handbag. | For the last 20 years, Kay has carried the handkerchief everywhere with her in her handbag. |
| "I always called it my comfort blanket," she said. | "I always called it my comfort blanket," she said. |
| "I had it with me during the Saville Inquiry, and it was reassuring to me to have it with me. | "I had it with me during the Saville Inquiry, and it was reassuring to me to have it with me. |
| "It was as if some of Jackie was still there." | "It was as if some of Jackie was still there." |
| It was as if some of Jackie was still there Kay Duddy | It was as if some of Jackie was still there Kay Duddy |
| Kay said she had always intended to donate the handkerchief to the museum once the Saville report was published. | Kay said she had always intended to donate the handkerchief to the museum once the Saville report was published. |
| "I always had it in the back of my mind that once we had the report, that was the time to do it. | "I always had it in the back of my mind that once we had the report, that was the time to do it. |
| "I was on my way to Mass just after Christmas, and someone tried to mug me. | "I was on my way to Mass just after Christmas, and someone tried to mug me. |
| "He pushed me, and made a grab for my bag, but I held onto it. | "He pushed me, and made a grab for my bag, but I held onto it. |
| "I was so shook up - it was the thought that if he had succeeded in taking my bag, the handkerchief would have been lost forever. | "I was so shook up - it was the thought that if he had succeeded in taking my bag, the handkerchief would have been lost forever. |
| "So that was kind of a wake-up call," she said. | "So that was kind of a wake-up call," she said. |
| "I had to balance out the feeling I would have of being without it, with the knowledge that it was in safekeeping and in its rightful place. | "I had to balance out the feeling I would have of being without it, with the knowledge that it was in safekeeping and in its rightful place. |
| "With hindsight, I probably should have done it years ago." | "With hindsight, I probably should have done it years ago." |
| The iconic image now forms one of the murals in Derry's Bogside | The iconic image now forms one of the murals in Derry's Bogside |
| The handkerchief was presented to the museum on Friday. | The handkerchief was presented to the museum on Friday. |
| "Bishop Daly was there, and he told me he had found it quite moving when he discovered I still had the handkerchief, that it was still in existence. | "Bishop Daly was there, and he told me he had found it quite moving when he discovered I still had the handkerchief, that it was still in existence. |
| "It still has his name on it, where his mother had embroidered it because they had a shared laundry in the seminary." | "It still has his name on it, where his mother had embroidered it because they had a shared laundry in the seminary." |
| "It's just such an iconic part of Bloody Sunday - it tells the story," said Kay. | "It's just such an iconic part of Bloody Sunday - it tells the story," said Kay. |
| The museum's manager, Adrian Kerr, said he was delighted to have the handkerchief on display. | The museum's manager, Adrian Kerr, said he was delighted to have the handkerchief on display. |
| "Everybody knows that image. | "Everybody knows that image. |
| "It's one of the most iconic images not just of Bloody Sunday, but of the last 40 years, and it is incredible to have something relating to it. | "It's one of the most iconic images not just of Bloody Sunday, but of the last 40 years, and it is incredible to have something relating to it. |
| "It is also one of the key artefacts in telling the story of Bloody Sunday," he said. | "It is also one of the key artefacts in telling the story of Bloody Sunday," he said. |
| "People are particularly surprised it's still in existence - I think they are surprised it's survived for so long. | "People are particularly surprised it's still in existence - I think they are surprised it's survived for so long. |
| "It's a strange set of coincidences that left it with the Duddy family, but I'm constantly surprised by what does survive. | "It's a strange set of coincidences that left it with the Duddy family, but I'm constantly surprised by what does survive. |
| "That's why it's so important to have a museum like the Museum of Free Derry. | "That's why it's so important to have a museum like the Museum of Free Derry. |
| "Our feet are well within the community, because we're using the community's own artefacts to tell their story," he said. | "Our feet are well within the community, because we're using the community's own artefacts to tell their story," he said. |
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| Last weekend marked the 37th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and Kay Duddy believes the handkerchief's place in the museum is something her brother would have approved of. | Last weekend marked the 37th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, and Kay Duddy believes the handkerchief's place in the museum is something her brother would have approved of. |
| "If he's watching up there, he'd say it's where it should be," she said. | "If he's watching up there, he'd say it's where it should be," she said. |
| "All we want now, what we're hoping against hope for, is truth and justice from the Saville Report. | "All we want now, what we're hoping against hope for, is truth and justice from the Saville Report. |
| "For the last 37 years Jackie has had the stigma that he was a petrol bomber attached to him. | "For the last 37 years Jackie has had the stigma that he was a petrol bomber attached to him. |
| "It's so important that's removed. As I always say, the world and his mother has to know, and that stigma has to be removed - for all the families," she said. | "It's so important that's removed. As I always say, the world and his mother has to know, and that stigma has to be removed - for all the families," she said. |
| "Jackie was buried 37 years ago, but he hasn't been laid to rest." | "Jackie was buried 37 years ago, but he hasn't been laid to rest." |