Today we had a surprise visit from David Maidment O.B.E., founder of the Railway Children charity
The Railway Children
In Settle to receive a cheque, David - a railwayman to the core - could not resist seeing the place and pronounced himself delighted.
Picture shows David Maidment with his granddaughter Emma
Not only is David a thoroughly good egg, he actually has a Class 66 locomotive named after him:
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He speaks fondly of being invited to a locomotive naming ceremony in his then capacity as Chairman of the Railway Children. He was astonished to be invited out from the crowd to pull the cord, only to find that his was the name on the side. He says he was lost for words. I bet.
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