PRESENTATION OF SILVER MODEL OF "CHANNEL PACKET" TO NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

23 January 2018 I was delighted to be instrumental in finding a new home for a model of the Merchant Navy class "Channel Packet" presented to the grandfather of Lord Brabazon of Tara. The image shows the presentation in the Lords on 23 January with Andrew McLean (curator and deputy director of the National Railway Museum) receiving from Lord Brabazon the silver model of the Merchant Navy class “Channel Packet” which was presented by the Southern Railway at Eastleigh works to Lord Brabazon’s grandfather in 1941. The Rt Hon John Moore-Brabazon was minister of transport in the wartime coalition. The presentation came about as a result of the present Lord Brabazon asking me if I could suggest a permanent new home, as he and his wife have moved into a smaller house. The National Railway Museum were more than happy to accept it.

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