Re: Dr Beeching

[Graeme Wall <Graeme@greywall.demon.co.uk>]

In message <1dl9orj.6wh1g5c0baleN@s9.pool.pm3-tele-2.cix.co.uk>
          hoagy@cix.co.uk (David Stevenson) wrote:

> "E.D. Wivens" <news@largeprefer.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > I feel sorry for him sometimes, but that's probably heresy :)
> 
> Is he still alive?
> 
No, he died a few years ago.  I did an interview with him once, and his
arguement for recommending so many closures was that as the economy was
booming at the time (cf you`ve never had it so good) the railwaymen made
redundant would easily find other work.

-- 
Graeme Wall