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Title: Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. Post by: JayMac on April 04, 2025, 21:47:17 A blue plaque has been unveiled in Swindon's railway village honouring James Hurst, the first locomotive driver for the original Great Western Railway.
Unveiled by staff from the modern GWR as part of 2025's Railway 200 celebrations. https://youtube.com/shorts/rwHMgPerexM Title: Re: Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. Post by: bobm on April 04, 2025, 22:01:01 A couple of photos from the event
(https://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/unveil1.jpg) (https://www.mbob.co.uk/rforum/unveil2.jpg) Title: Re: Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. Post by: Chris from Nailsea on April 04, 2025, 22:25:45 Thanks for posting that, bobm. :)
Purely for the record, who were the other dignitaries present (reading left to right from Mark Hopwood, obviously!)? Title: Re: Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. Post by: bobm on April 05, 2025, 09:06:02 GWR MD Mark Hopwood, Jim Robbins – leader of Swindon Borough Council, Heidi Alexander – Swindon South MP and Secretary of State for Transport, Tim Bryan – historian and Bogdan Lupu from Network Rail.
Title: Re: Blue plaque for GWR's first locomotive driver. Post by: TaplowGreen on April 05, 2025, 11:22:03 GWR MD Mark Hopwood, Jim Robbins – leader of Swindon Borough Council, Heidi Alexander – Swindon South MP and Secretary of State for Transport, Tim Bryan – historian and Bogdan Lupu from Network Rail. A shame the Leader of the Council couldn't find a tie that morning. What a scruff he looks. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |