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[[File:Kidderminster MRC.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Gerald Nabarro at Kidderminster MRC in 1960]]
Sir Gerald David Nunes Nabarro (1913-1973) was a British businessman and latterly Conservative Party politician. He served as Member of Parliament for Kidderminster between 1950 and 1960, before retiring on health grounds. He returned to Parliament as MP for South Worcestershire in the 1966 General Election.
Having local connections, business experience and an interest in railways, including being elected president of Kidderminster Model Railway Club in 1959<ref>[http://www.meccanoindex.co.uk/MMpage.php?I_page=60030147&Mline=1729&id=1482434389 Meccano Magazine, March 1960 on www.meccanoindex.co.uk]</ref>, Nabarro became involved with the SVR soon after the Railway’s formal opening in [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1970 | 1970]]. The SVR did not have the funds necessary to purchase the southern section of the line between Alveley Colliery and Foley Park, for which BR was asking the prince price of £74,000. In addition, the issue of the Bridgnorth By-pass potentially severing the line was also not resolved; the possible bill for a bridge being more than £60,000.
Nabarro suggested raising money through the flotation of a public company, to be named Severn Valley Holdings Limited. The flotation began in early [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972 | 1972]] with Nabarro duly appointed Chairman and [[Viscount Cobham]] as President.
Matters came to a head in early [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1973 | 1973]], following Nabarro’s dismissal of the Operating Superintendent from his paid position. The deteriorating relationship with the volunteers led to the very real threat of a strike by the workforce. In the event, Nabarro agreed to step down in March 1973. He was suffering from ill health at that time, having recently suffered two strokes. Having announced a decision to retire from the Commons on health grounds, he died on 18 November 1973.
==See also==
[[The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]<br>
[[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979]]
==References==
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Article in 2015 SVR Souvenir Special (MNA Media Production), "Santa Claus, Steam and the Abominable Showman"<br>
SVR News (various)
==Links==
Gerald Nabarro on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Nabarro Wikipedia]<br>
