Prosser, Owen H.
- Made:
- 2000-10-17 in Rhyl
d.o.b. 1921- 09-28, railway work 1949-2000, Topics: railway preservation; Places: Festiniog; Talyllyn; Childhood and youth, GPO, Royal Navy, British Rail, Aston, engine cleaner, fireman, Ministry of Transport, Bristol; background to railway preservation; correspondence, DSM Barrie, S.H. Keys, Winston Churchill, Tom Rolt; Talyllyn Railway Preservation Society; Festiniog, Eskdale, Middleton; Bluebell, Welshpool, Llanfair; 1968 Transport Act; defeat of 1975 Somers Bill; current preservation situation; RDA formation; SRUBLUC; 1978 merger, formation of RDS. End. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.
Details
- Category:
- Oral Histories
- Collection:
- National Archive of Railway Oral History
- Object Number:
- NAROH2000-77
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 80 x 72 x 8 mm
- type:
- recording
- credit:
- Friends of the National Railway Museum
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