The 2010 Transport Trust Awards ceremony was held on Monday 14th June in Torquil’s Bar of the Camden Roundhouse in London. Before the awards were presented, HRH Prince Michael of Kent, the Trust’s Patron, dedicated a Red Wheel plaque on the former railway engine shed, a plaque that will be seen by all who pass by on the busy street.
The awards ceremony was held in Torquil’s Bar of the Camden Roundhouse, named after Sir Torquil Norman CBE, a Transport Trust Vice President. who purchased the building in 1996 and then established a trust to run it as an arts venue. The Roundhouse is historic, having been built by the London & Birmingham Railway as an engine shed in 1847. However, as the size of locomotives quickly increased, they outgrew the turntable so the building became obsolete from 1855.
Preservationist of the Year was Derek Gransden for leadership of the VIC96 Trust who restored VIC96, a WW2 ‘Victualling Inshore Craft’, which was almost derelict in Maryport in Cumbria. Trust members restored the ship and steamed her all the way to a new home at Chatham in Kent.
Young Preservationist of the Year was Kevin Colley of the Isle of Wight Railway, for his work as an engineering apprentice on the railway.
Lifetime Achievement Award winners were Alan Moore for his outstanding long term contribution to transport preservation, mainly heritage railways, and especially at the Bodmin & Wenford and North Norfolk Railways; also Fred Howes for 40 years service as Head of the Permanent Way Dept of the Ffestiniog Railway.
Key Restoration Award winners were:
Peter Allen Award: Pam Page, electric launch Constance.
Ron Wilsden Award: Mike Fitch, Yorks Helicopter Preservation Group.
David Muirhead Award: Stephen Johnson, North Bay Railway, Scarborough.
Other Restoration Awards were made to assist in the completion of a wide variety of projects from all areas of transport preservation.
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