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Interview
3091, TR/009
Tracking Our Heritage

Speaker: Sheila E Rayson, 1936 - 0, Interviewee, Female,
Speaker: Lathrope D, Interviewer, Male

Summary of interview item: Talks about her long service as a volunteer and former director of Peak Rail. Explains how she and her husband got into Peak Rail through their interest in photography. Talks about involvement in the Mansfiled Branch and volunteer staffing of Matlock Peak Rail Shop in the 1970s. Describes the Buxton site in 1980. First scrap steam locomotive arringing in February 1981. Describes the shift in focus to Darley Dale in 1982 and the difficulties facing the Buxton site. Describes the first train running at Darley in December 1991. Talks about how she became involved in retail activities in 1992 and a director of Peak Rail from 1994-99 and her continuing involvement in photographic recording of developments on the railway. Describes all the volunteering jobs she has been involved and highlights of her photographic work.
Place of birth: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
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Marital Status: Widowed, Children:
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Location: County: Derbyshire
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Periods Covered: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Language: English

Recording Date: 23/10/2018
Playing time: 29 mins 22 secs
Access Restrictions: Item Copyright: Derwent & Wye Valley Railway Trust
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Transcription: No
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