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==SVRA branches== | ==SVRA branches== | ||
The SVRA formed local branches from the early days of the railway which provide support to the SVR through their activities. Branches merged into the Guarantee Company in October 2015. | The SVRA formed local branches from the early days of the railway which provide support to the SVR through their activities. Branches merged into the Guarantee Company in October 2015. | ||
| − | *Extant branches are [[SVR Wolverhampton Branch| Wolverhampton]] | + | *Extant branches are: |
| − | * | + | **[[SVR Wolverhampton Branch| Wolverhampton]] |
| + | **Kidderminster | ||
| + | **Stourbridge | ||
| + | **Macclesfield. | ||
| + | *Other branches included: | ||
| + | **London (still active in 2009<ref name=SVR168>SVR News 168</ref>) | ||
| + | **Bristol (not active by 2009<ref name=SVR168/>) | ||
| + | **Bridgnorth (still active in 2009<ref name=SVR168/>) | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:01, 27 March 2019
The Severn Valley Railway Association (SVRA) website now carries the simple message
- 16 October 1971
- to
- 04 October 2015
In May 1971 Sir Gerald Nabarro proposed to establish a public company to finance the purchase of the southern section of the line. He also proposed to wind up the original Severn Valley Railway Company (the Guarantee Company) in which the individual members had a direct interest.
In response, the SVRASevern Valley Railway Association was formed at a meeting on 17 July 1971, and formally came into existence at a General Meeting on 16 October 1971. The SVRASevern Valley Railway Association was an unincorporated body, whose principal objects as agreed at the October meeting were:
- To safeguard the interests of the members of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited
- To do everything possible to promote the efficient organisation, financial standing and growth of the Severn Valley Railway.[1]
The SVRASevern Valley Railway Association successfully proposed resolutions in 1972 against actions that members saw as threatening the interests of the railway. The floatation of the public company proceeded, and that company is now SVR(H). However the Guarantee Company remained in existence, as it was not possible at the time to transfer the existing LROLight Railway Order to the new public company. Individual SVRSevern Valley Railway members therefore retained a say in the workings of the SVRSevern Valley Railway through the Guarantee Company.
Despite the continuation of the Guarantee Company, the SVRASevern Valley Railway Association also remained in existence and assumed a particular responsibility for representing the views of the working members. Representatives of both organisations sat on the Board of Directors of SVRSevern Valley Railway(H).
There was a growing overlap in the roles of the two organisations, and around 2014 proposals were put in hand to merge them. These proposals were agreed at the respective AGMs in 2015, following which the merger formally took place in October 2015.
SVRASevern Valley Railway Association raffles
The SVRASevern Valley Railway Association organised regular raffles to raise funds for projects on the railway. The proceeds from the first two raffles in 1972 were used to buy shares in the newly-launched SVR(H), in order to ensure SVRASevern Valley Railway Association members had adequate representation in the new organisation.[2]
An incomplete list of raffles organised by the SVRASevern Valley Railway Association is shown on the SVR fundraising lotteries page.
SVRASevern Valley Railway Association branches
The SVRASevern Valley Railway Association formed local branches from the early days of the railway which provide support to the SVRSevern Valley Railway through their activities. Branches merged into the Guarantee Company in October 2015.
- Extant branches are:
- Wolverhampton
- Kidderminster
- Stourbridge
- Macclesfield.
- Other branches included:
