AQ02 - you'll know the name but can you place the face?

[whole diary]

[TaplowGreen]

First face on the last row is former Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Byers.

.....famously described himself as a "cab for hire" and was banned from Parliament, as was Geoff Hoon.........what is it about Labour Transport Secretaries that sees so many of them leaving under a cloud?

[grahame]

I was looking at 4D and thinking he does look familiar, when it struck me - it's Colin Rosenstiel, isn't it?

No, it isn't.  Both of the remaining gentlemen are names that I (and many members here) are and will be familiar with, but where the cause is / was so much more than the person, and it strikes me from a quick read that Colin was along similar lines - though before I became quite the activist I am these days.

[ChrisB]

or even Stephen Joseph?

[grahame]

or even Stephen Joseph?

Yes - correct.

[grahame]

All correctly identified except the extreme bottom right - which is LTC Rolt, Author of "Narrow Boat" and pioneer of the Talyllyn preservation too.



In order reading along from top left:

     1   George Stevenson
     2   Isambard Kingdom Brunel
     3   Oliver Bullied
     4   Heidi Alexander
     5   Mark Hopwood
     6   Werner von Seimens
     7   Nigel Gresley
     8   Richard Trevithick
     9   Daniel Gooch
    10   Jane Jones
    11   Andrew Adonis
    12   Fred H Stephens
    13   Tom Hanks
    14   Richard Beeching
    15   David Shepherd
    16   Magnus Volk
    17   Thomas Tank Engine
    18   Wilbert Vere Awdry
    19   Stephen Joseph
    20   Christian Wolmar
    21   Stephen Byers
    22   Peter Hendy
    23   Richard Branson
    24   Jenny Agutter
    25   Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt

[Chris from Nailsea]

1C Oliver Bulleid
3B Sir Nigel Gresley

Slight typo in one of those?  But impressive knowledge of some of the historic faces

No, 1C is actually Oliver Bulleid - a common misspelling of his surname.