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[[File:7819_20180825.jpg|thumb|300px|right|7819 Hinton Manor, August 2018]]The Hinton Manor Fund was launched in spring 1972 with an appeal in SVR News, selling £1 shares to raise funds to acquire [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] from [[Barry Scrapyard]]. The first chairman of the Fund was the late Ray Tranter.<ref>SVR News 23</ref>  
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[[File:7819_20180825.jpg|thumb|300px|right|7819 Hinton Manor, August 2018]]
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The '''Hinton Manor Fund''' was launched in spring 1972 with an appeal in SVR News, selling £1 shares to raise funds to acquire [[7819|7819 Hinton Manor]] from [[Barry Scrapyard]]. The first chairman of the Fund was the late Ray Tranter.<ref>SVR News 23</ref>  
  
 
The locomotive arrived in January 1973 having been acquired by the Fund with SVR Company help. In summer 1973, SVR News reported that the Hinton Manor Fund had become part of the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.|Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref>SVR News 28</ref>.
 
The locomotive arrived in January 1973 having been acquired by the Fund with SVR Company help. In summer 1973, SVR News reported that the Hinton Manor Fund had become part of the [[Great Western (SVR) Assoc.|Great Western (SVR) Association]].<ref>SVR News 28</ref>.
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The [[SVRA|SVRA Wolverhampton Branch]] was the largest shareholder in the Hinton Manor Fund and was instrumental in the decision to transfer ownership of the locomotive to the [[Charitable Trust]] in April 2004<ref>[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/7819/to-trust.html SVR Wolverhampton Branch]</ref>.
 
The [[SVRA|SVRA Wolverhampton Branch]] was the largest shareholder in the Hinton Manor Fund and was instrumental in the decision to transfer ownership of the locomotive to the [[Charitable Trust]] in April 2004<ref>[http://www.svr-wolverhampton.org.uk/7819/to-trust.html SVR Wolverhampton Branch]</ref>.
  
==See also==
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== See also ==
[[List of preservation groups#Preservation groups formerly associated with the SVR|Preservation groups formerly associated with the SVR]]
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* [[List of preservation groups#Preservation groups formerly associated with the SVR|Preservation groups formerly associated with the SVR]]
  
==References==
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== References ==
 
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Revision as of 04:42, 11 June 2020

7819 Hinton Manor, August 2018

The Hinton Manor Fund was launched in spring 1972 with an appeal in SVRSevern Valley Railway News, selling £1 shares to raise funds to acquire 7819 Hinton Manor from Barry Scrapyard. The first chairman of the Fund was the late Ray Tranter.[1]

The locomotive arrived in January 1973 having been acquired by the Fund with SVRSevern Valley Railway Company help. In summer 1973, SVRSevern Valley Railway News reported that the Hinton Manor Fund had become part of the Great Western (SVR) Association.[2].

The SVRA Wolverhampton Branch was the largest shareholder in the Hinton Manor Fund and was instrumental in the decision to transfer ownership of the locomotive to the Charitable Trust in April 2004[3].

See also

References

  1. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 23
  2. SVRSevern Valley Railway News 28
  3. SVR Wolverhampton Branch