https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&feed=atom&action=historyAndrew Marsden-Smedley - Revision history2024-03-29T13:37:07ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.28.2https://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=26932&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Link added2022-06-24T22:52:04Z<p>Link added</p>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=26564&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Link added2022-04-01T13:28:26Z<p>Link added</p>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=20621&oldid=prevRobin: edit link2019-10-10T12:02:12Z<p>edit link</p>
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</table>Robinhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=19363&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Details added2019-05-03T16:11:52Z<p>Details added</p>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=19362&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Info added2019-05-02T21:34:27Z<p>Info added</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Guarantee Company AGM on 1 May 1971 [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] was elected to the Board of Directors, and the plans were announced to form the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|Public Company]]. The meeting was then adjourned until later in the year. Before the AGM resumed on 6 August 1971, Mr Marsden-Smedley wrote to the Members as Chairman, recommending that they support a resolution to alter the structure of the Railway Company to enable money to be raised by the issue of shares to enable the southern section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] to be purchased, and also to provide finance for the provision of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], should it be needed. The letter also noted that Mr Marsden-Smedley would be resigning as Company Chairman due to business commitments. The meeting approved the restructuring proposal, with Sir Gerald Nabarro being appointed Chairman at the next Directors' meeting.<ref>SVR News 20</ref></div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At the Guarantee Company AGM on 1 May 1971 [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] was elected to the Board of Directors, and the plans were announced to form the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|Public Company]]. The meeting was then adjourned until later in the year. Before the AGM resumed on 6 August 1971, Mr Marsden-Smedley wrote to the Members as Chairman, recommending that they support a resolution to alter the structure of the Railway Company to enable money to be raised by the issue of shares to enable the southern section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] to be purchased, and also to provide finance for the provision of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], should it be needed. The letter also noted that Mr Marsden-Smedley would be resigning as Company Chairman due to business commitments. The meeting approved the restructuring proposal, with Sir Gerald Nabarro being appointed Chairman at the next Directors' meeting.<ref>SVR News 20</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Patrick Hearnhttps://www.svrwiki.com/mediawiki-1.28.2/index.php?title=Andrew_Marsden-Smedley&diff=19361&oldid=prevPatrick Hearn: Details added2019-05-02T20:04:15Z<p>Details added</p>
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The Guarantee Company was incorporated in 1967 but became the main organisation of the Railway in December 1969 when the [[Severn Valley Railway Society]] was merged into it. Andrew Marsden Smedley was Guarantee Company Chairman at that time.<ref>SVR News 16</ref><br />
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At the Guarantee Company AGM on 1 May 1971 [[Sir Gerald Nabarro]] was elected to the Board of Directors, and the plans were announced to form the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC|Public Company]]. The meeting was then adjourned until later in the year. Before the AGM resumed on 6 August 1971, Mr Marsden-Smedley wrote to the Members as Chairman, recommending that they support a resolution to alter the structure of the Railway Company to enable money to be raised by the issue of shares to enable the southern section of the line from [[Alveley Sidings]] to [[Foley Park]] to be purchased, and also to provide finance for the provision of the [[Bridgnorth Bypass Bridge]], should it be needed. The letter also noted that Mr Marsden-Smedley would be resigning as Company Chairman due to business commitments. The meeting approved the restructuring proposal, with Sir Gerald Nabarro being appointed Chairman at the next Directors' meeting.<ref>SVR News 20</ref><br />
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*[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation#Chairmen|SVR Chairmen]]<br />
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