Photograph of Stephen Joseph, Jonathan Bray, and other transport campaigners in London, 13 December 2001, during a New Orleans-style jazz funeral stunt to campaign for the end of a private railway

One colour print photograph (4 x 6 inches), photographer unknown, depicting a stunt on 13 December 2001 organised by Transport 2000 in collaboration with members of Friends of the Earth, the Association of Community Rail Partnerships, and others, with campaigners proceeding from Victoria Station to a meeting with the Secretary of State for Transport, Stephen Byers, at the offices of the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions in Bressenden Place. The image depicts Stephen Joseph, Director of Transport 2000 at the time, Jonathan Bray, former coordinator of Save Our Railway and coordinator of the Platform campaign at the time, and others, standing outside the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions, holding a coffin with the words "Private Rail R.I.P." written in white paint on the side. In the foreground, a drum major kneels behind a red parasol with the words "Put Passengers First" written on the canopy. Other transport campaigners stand in the frame, one holding a Friends of the Earth sign.

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CFBT/3/2/17/19
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