Former
Secretary steps down as Guard
One of the instigators’ of The Terrier
Trust, and its inaugural Secretary,
Dr Gerald Siviour, has wet his whistle and waved his flag for
the last time as a guard on Bluebell due to Anno Domini and
distance to travel from his home in Norfolk
Appropriately the locomotive rostered with
the A-set; the 11.00am, 1.00pm and 3.00pm round trips via Kingscote
plus the 4.47pm Sheffield Park to Horsted Keynes and back was
none other than West Country 21C123 “Blackmoor Vale”,
which put up a stirring and scintillating performance on the
Up journey for Gerry’s last full round trip.
It is understood that Gerry has not quite finished
with railways in a voluntary capacity. He severed his
direct connections with Tenterden when he moved from St Michaels;