Fred Gilbert
| Fred Gilbert | |
| FR Soc. Director | 1954 - 1964 |
| FR Soc. Post | 1954 - 1954 |
In September 1951 Fred Gilbert attended the Bristol meeting, which had been called by Leonard Heath Humphrys. From this meeting gradually evolved the embryo Society of which he became secretary. He worked diligently at finding ways in which control of the then moribund railway could be achieved, holding meetings with the then Company secretary Cynon Evan Davies and, at his own expense commissioning his solicitors to trace and start negotiations with the principal shareholders. He made no secret of his dissapointment that in the event the Society itself did not gain control of the Company. Upon the incorporation of the Society as a Company Limited by Guarantee at the end of 1954 he relinquished the post of secretary, but became a director, a position which he held until 1964. He died in March of the following year.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Ffestiniog Railway Magazine - Society House Magazine Issue No: 029 , page(s): 020 , Obituary
