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'''Hugh McQuade''' was born in 1955. By occupation he is a Paintshop Superviser on the 'big railway'. He has had a lifetime of heritage railway experience, and more than 40 years as an SVR volunteer. He supervises the [[Carriage Repair Works|Carriage & Wagon paint shop at Kidderminster]] working closely with both volunteers and apprentices.<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=Trustees Charitable Trust Trustees page] (Retrieved 20 April 2019)</ref>His first "Bridgnorth Carriage Report" appeared in [[Severn Valley Railway News]] in spring 1981<ref>SVR News 59</ref> and since that time he has provided regular articles on activities at Bridgnorth and [[Carriage Repair Works|Kidderminster]].

*He was appointed Director of the then-SVR Rolling Stock Trust on 15 August 2003. He became Chairman in 2008 in succession to [[Chris Thomas]] and continued as Chairman of the [[Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd]] and resigned until resigning as Director on 8 April 2019.Under his chairmanship, the Trust contributed over £1.5 million to Railway projects, created a £1.3 million endowment fund and successfully bid for over £900,000 for [[Falling Sands Viaduct]] from [[:Category:Lottery funding|The National Lottery Heritage Fund]].<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/index.php?page=News 'Changes to our board of trustees', Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website, April 2018] (Retrieved 6 May 2019)</ref> In late October 2019 he was appointed as the Charitable Trust's first Vice President.<ref>[https://www.svrtrust.org.uk/News 'Hugh McQuade becomes first vice president of the Charitable Trust', Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust website, November 2019] (Retrieved 19 December 2019)</ref>