Changes

The Fund began as '''The Bewdley Turntable Fund''' which was launched in autumn 1979 with the intention of acquiring a 70ft vacuum operated turntable. Initial contributions included £2,000 from members and £2,000 from the SVRA.<ref>SVR News 53, article by John Giles</ref> The turntable was purchased later that year,<ref>SVR News 54, article by John Giles</ref> arriving in June 1980. At that stage the intention was to install the turntable at Bewdley, probably in the Stourport Triangle, as the extension of the Railway through to Kidderminster was then only a possibility.<ref name=SVR99>SVR News 99, article by [[Paul Fathers]]</ref> A second smaller turntable ex-Whitchurch had already been acquired by the SVR Company which at that stage was intended for Bridgnorth.<ref>SVR News 56</ref>