Keith Catchpole
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Keith Catchpole's most notable contribution to the Ffestiniog Railway was in the organising and leadership of the working parties of schoolboys from Chace School, Enfield to help with the restoration work. These parties, always referred to as the "tadpoles" started in 1955, and in 1975 recorded their thousandth participant.
In many ways these parties were the forerunners of today's Kids Training Weeks. For many years Keith was also the Company's offical lecturer.[1][2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ Ffestiniog Railway Magazine - Society House Magazine Issue No: 069 , page(s): 021 , Personal Portrait
- ^ Ffestiniog Railway Magazine - Society House Magazine Issue No: 121 , page(s): 033 , Personal Portrait
- ^ Ffestiniog Railway Magazine - Society House Magazine Issue No: 205 , page(s): 020 , Obituary
