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« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2024, 21:01:44 »
Today, 17th July 2024, is also Sir Kenneth Grange's 95th birthday. Designer of the iconic Class 43 power car.

Happy birthday Mr HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)).
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« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2024, 19:44:01 »
Quote from: JayMac on July 17, 2024, 21:01:44
Today, 17th July 2024, is also Sir Kenneth Grange's 95th birthday. Designer of the iconic Class 43 power car.

Happy birthday Mr HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)).

Happy belated birthday, Sir Ken.    I have made a decision to have very, very few birthdays "On this day" but  I expect we can make an exception  Wink or two.
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« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2024, 17:24:15 »
I can't find this anywhere else on the internet, but sadly.....

R.I.P. Sir Kenneth
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« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2024, 17:27:11 »
Quote from: PhilWakely on July 22, 2024, 17:24:15
I can't find this anywhere else on the internet, but sadly.....

R.I.P. Sir Kenneth

Thank you for sharing that.  A know some of our members had met Sir Kenneth and perhaps they would like to share their memories.
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« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2024, 19:42:10 »
A truly excellent industrial designer and a nice chap to boot. I had an all too brief chat with him on board the final GWR▸ (Great Western Railway) scheduled HST▸ (High Speed Train (Inter City class 43 125 units)) service from Paddington. We talked about Finn and dogs mostly! A brief excerpt of our chat:

https://youtube.com/shorts/IZkf5Kf4-tQ?si=2Y78HIwvGxYOQaoY

I also saw him, at distance, in St Phillips Marsh depot on their open day in 2016, when power car 43002 was unveiled by GWR having been returned to the original BR▸ (British Rail(ways)) interCity 125 livery and named 'Sir Kenneth Grange'.

He met Finn too.

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« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2024, 06:14:51 »
He passed away 21st July 2024 https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/07/high-speed-train-designer-sir-kenneth-grange-passes-away.html
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« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2024, 20:56:54 »
Effusive obituary from The Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jul/26/sir-kenneth-grange-obituary
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« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2024, 21:02:19 »
Written by someone who died four years before him.
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« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2024, 21:20:14 »
But Finn met him.  Wink
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