Ernest Marples: The Shadow Behind Beeching

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Beeching, R. (1963b). The Reshaping of British Railways (PDF). Vol.2 (Maps). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The top catholic exorcist Dom Robert Petit-Pierre claimed the exorcisms he had to perform at the Astors huge estate and Wards cottage, contained the most potent satanic entities he had ever come across, including the spirits of several murdered boys. The following year he became chairman of Associated Electrical Industries, a role he also held with Redland from 1970 to 1977, Furness Withy from 1973 to 1975 and the Economic Insurance Company. [19] In 1968 he was invited to deliver the MacMillan Memorial Lecture to the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland. He chose the subject "Organisation". [20] By the end of the war, Marples’ business ventures were also looking up and by the late 1940’s he was the director of the construction company, Kirk and Kirk. In 1948, he met like-minded civil engineer, Reginald Ridgway, and the two formed “Marples Rigdway”. This new civil partnership had contracts that included the construction of several power stations and dams across the UK, roads in Ethiopia, and ports in Sudan and Jamaica.Many of their [the Livingstone brothers'] early developments were financed by JACOB ROTHSCHILD'S merchant bank Dawnay Day ..>" In 1953 he went to Canada as vice-president of ICI (Canada) Ltd, and was given overall responsibility for a terylene plant in Ontario. He returned after two years to become chairman of ICI Metals Division on the recommendation of Sir Ewart Smith. In 1957 he was appointed to the ICI board as technical director, and for a short time also served as development director. [6] Stedeford Committee [ edit ] Garry Keenor. "The Reshaping of British Railways – Part 1: Report". The Railways Archive . Retrieved 25 July 2010. In early 1965 Beeching unveiled the new brand for the railways – British Rail – and its 'double arrow' symbol, which is still in use as the symbol of National Rail now. The legal name of the British Railways Board did not change. On 16 February Beeching introduced the second stage of his reorganisation of the railways. [13] his second report set out his conclusion that of the 7,500 miles (12,100km) of trunk railway throughout Britain, only 3,000 miles (4,800km) "should be selected for future development" and invested in. This policy would result in traffic through Britain being routed through nine selected lines. Traffic to Coventry, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Scotland would be routed through the West Coast Main Line running to Carlisle and Glasgow; traffic to the north-east would be concentrated through the East Coast Main Line which was to be closed north of Newcastle; and traffic to Wales and the West Country would go on the Great Western Main Line, then to Swansea and Plymouth. Underpinning Beeching's proposals was his belief that there was still too much duplication in the railway network. Of the 7,500 miles (12,100km) of trunk route, 3,700 miles (6,000km) involves a choice between two routes, 700 miles (1,100km) a choice of three, and over a further 700 miles (1,100km) a choice of four. [14] Matthew Freud is the son of Clement Freud (who has also been linked to the Madeleine McCann abduction), and the nephew of Geordie Greig's deceased friend, Lucian Freud. Clement Freud and Lucian Freud were reportedly serial paedophiles.

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New safety precautions for drivers and pedestrians were introduced as Britain’s roads became busier. The Beeching Report remains controversial. Critics have accused Beeching of ignoring the social consequences of his proposals (there is little doubt that rail replacement bus services were rarely a success [22]); encouraging car use; ignoring possible economies that might have saved lines; and, getting the figures wrong. Sir Richard Greenbury -- who became the chairman and chief executive of Marks & Spencer in 1991 -- was Chairman of the Board of Governors (from 1995/96) and subsequently Emeritus Governor of the OXFORD CENTRE FOR HEBREW AND JEWISH STUDIES. There is useful work in progress on spurs and by-passes at Ross-on-Wye, Maidstone, Maidenhead, Doncaster, Stretford, and a few other places. But at the present rate of roadbuilding it will be another generation before these spurs and by-passes lead to a coherent road system. And given motorways, what is to be done with the traffic in the towns to which they lead? Here there are not even many plans.

Early in 1975 he suddenly fled to Monte Carlo just before the end of the tax year, fearing that he would otherwise be liable for a substantial tax bill. He was eventually able to return to London in 1977 but continued to live in the south of France and died in Monte Carlo in 1978 [1]. East Grinstead, where Beeching lived, was formerly served by a railway line from Tunbridge Wells (West) to Three Bridges, most of which was closed. [1] To the east of the current East Grinstead station, the line passed through a deep cutting. This cutting currently forms part of the A22 relief road through East Grinstead. Due to the depth of the cutting, locals wanted to call the road Beeching Cut, but it was decided to call it Beeching Way. [30] Marples company, Ridgway and Partners, was a Westminster-based civil engineering contractor founded, and majority-owned, by Marples, who was transport minister from 1959 to 1964. In 1975, Marples, who had by then been made a baron, fled the country in rather a hurry, not because of his hushed-up proclivity for prostitutes, his introduction of double yellow lines and traffic wardens, or the conflict of interest in building motorways at the same time as cutting Britain’s rail network (the infamous Beeching cuts were his work) but because of tax evasion. He killed off the railways and promoted, instead, the use of his motorways. As well as commissioning Beeching’s infamous report. In the early 20th century, anyone could drive a vehicle. The minimum driving age of 17 was not introduced until 1930. Faulkner, R.; Austin, C. (2012). Holding the line: How Britain's Railways were saved. Shepperton: Oxford Publishing Company. ISBN 978-0-86093-647-3. OCLC 805015184.Labour came to power at the general election in October 1964. On 23 December 1964, Transport Minister Tom Fraser informed the House of Commons that Beeching was to return to ICI in June 1965. [12] Second Beeching Report and creation of British Rail [ edit ] The Times, "Beeching Report Proposes Closing Nearly a Third of Britain's 7,000 Railway Stations", 28 March 1963, p. 8. Yet revisionists say Beeching is unfairly maligned. He did, after all, recommend that withdrawn rail services should be replaced by buses and warned of the upheaval to come. He noted that “changes of the magnitude of those proposed will inevitably give rise to many difficulties affecting railway staff, the travelling public, and industry”.

In 2015 Natalie Livingstone, the wife of Ian Livingstone, published The Mistresses of Cliveden, a history of some of the female occupants of the house."Beeching, R. (1963a). The Reshaping of British Railways (PDF). Vol.1 (Report). London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office. They Shall Grow Not Old - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (223a - Kenneth Beeching)". Irish Brigade . Retrieved 14 June 2021. a b c d e Hardy, R.H.N. (1989). Beeching: Champion of the Railway?. London: Ian Allan Ltd. pp.44–48. ISBN 978-0-7110-1855-6. The closure of the Severn Valley Branch began before the creation of the BRB and the appointment of Beeching. BTC officials surveyed passenger numbers in autumn 1961, after which BR British Rail or British Railways(W) announced in January 1962 that the Branch was under review as potentially uneconomic. [6] In June 1962 they announced that passenger services would be completely withdrawn between Shrewsbury and Bewdley (and also reduced south of Bewdley). [7]