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Cubbington Action Group Against HS2 White Elephant Model

Cubbington Action Group Against HS2 White Elephant Model

2011
Post mortem set, cased, by Mappin, English

Post mortem set, cased, by Mappin, English

Oral history interview with Robert Goundry, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew on 4 April 2018 (session 1) at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire. Duration: 52 mins. 25 sec. Career until privatisation; setting up Provincial sector; process of creating train operating company (TOC); personal views on privatisation; difficulties of process; management buyout (MBO) process

Robert Goundry interviewed by Christopher Mew (session 1 of 2)

2018-04-04
Six skeins and one spool of artificial silk made at Wolston, near Coventry, between 1896 and 1900.

Viscose rayon (artificial silk), 1896-1900.

1896-1900
Oral history interview with Robert Goundry, conducted and recorded by Christopher Mew on 15 January 2019 (session 2) at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire. Duration: 25 min. 53 sec. Implementation of privatisation; privatisation unsuccessful in North West; lack of real competition post-privatisation; separation of track and trains; effect of privatisation on station staff service; personal feelings about privatisation; overview of privatisation

Robert Goundry interviewed by Christopher Mew (session 2 of 2)

2019-01-15
Oral history interview with Peter Middleton, conducted and recorded by Richard Goldson at the interviewee's home in Warwickshire on 11 April 2018. Duration: 51 min. 20 sec. Start of footplate career; impact of management on drivers; union representation at Harrogate; start of organisational change; traction types; Class 14x Pacers; union representatives’ action on persistent faults; nationalisation; 1992 election; formation of separate company; looming impact of privatisation; possibility of management buyout (MBO); communications from management; impact of new franchisee announcement; new management; fragmentation; Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (ASLEF) attitude to privatisation

Peter Middleton interviewed by Richard Goldson

2018-04-11
Short section of Coventry Very Light Rail (CVLR) track. This innovative slab track has been designed to lower the installation cost of urban light rail in Coventry and other medium to smaller-sized cities. This means more places could be able to provide light rail tram systems, providing better public transport.

Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR) Track

2025
Portable heat sensor (housed in a 240mm. long torch)

Portable heat sensor

1900-1982
Cibachrome colour print by Mark Hamblin 'Barn Owl with Prey' Warwickshire, undated

Barn Owl with Prey

British Railways (Western Region) holiday guide "Shakespeare Country," 1949. Cover art by Lander. 8.9764 x 3.9764 in.

Shakespeare Country

1949