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Step 3: select the appropriate payment - bottom of this page - to complete your payment for membership (through our FNRM shop)
Telephone: 01904 636874
Email: nrm.friends@sciencemuseum.ac.uk
NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM
LEEMAN ROAD
YORK
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National Archive of Railway Oral History (NAROH), contains well over a thousand hours of recordings of the whole life stories of a very wide range of men and women who worked on Britains Railways during the 20th century. The project was initiated in 2000 by the Friends of the National Railway Museum who, with generous support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, developed and managed a team of volunteer interviewers to produce the largest industrial focused oral history project in the UK. Find out more here
South of England Group of the Friends of the National Railway Museum (NRM)
We support the development of the Museum by assisting and promoting its activities through raising funds for the acquisition of historically-important items and for the restoration, preservation and exhibition of the National Collection of heritage railway locomotives and rolling stock, especially those with a South of England link.
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promoting the Museum’s sites and collections at York and Shildon
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voluntary effort
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raising funds for the acquisition of historically-important items and for the restoration, preservation and exhibition of the National Collection of heritage railway locomotives and rolling stock, especially those with a South of England
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promoting the Museum’s sites and collections at York and Shildon
FRIENDS SOUTH OF ENGLAND GROUP
BRAC - Privatisation Oral History. The human dimension
Background
Between 1994 and 1996 Britains’ Railways moved from a single state owned entity to over 100 privately owned companies. This transferred nearly 120,000 employees, 11,300 miles of railway track, 2355 passenger stations, thousands of freight and passenger rolling stock from the state to the private sector. The changes were designed implemented and managed by individuals who were concurrently responsible for the provision of all existing rail services. It was a period of unprecedented pressure on the people involved. Careers were at stake, future prospects uncertain, marriages broke down and health suffered. The significant changes were accomplished, to an ambitious timetable dictated by government and introduced without serious disruption to rail users.
The Project
The BRAC Oral History Project was launched in 2017 to add a human dimension to rail privatisation and establish how it was achieved by recording the personal stories of many of the key people involved. It was initiated and managed by the Friends of the National Railway Museum in partnership with the Retired Railway Officers Society and funded by the Friends and generous donations from individual members of RROS. The interviews have been recorded and processed to meet standards stipulated by the Science Museum Group .
The Friends of the NRM (FNRM) helps the National Railway Museum in York and Locomotion in Shildon to conserve and operate railway exhibits. Our members support the development of the museums and their exhibits with volunteer and financial help. The National Archive of Railway Oral History is one example of how we have added to the Museums' attraction. FNRM always welcomes new members to take part in a variety of railway heritage projects.
Find out more about FARSAP here
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