On March 8 in SVR history.
- 1969 GWR Banana Van 82554 arrived on the SVR from Worcester.[1]
- 1991 BR 891054 Cattle Van arrived on the SVR from Sheffield.
- 1994 Michael Draper ceased to be a SVR(H) Director.
- 1997 Stanier Mogul 42968 hauled the Mogul Mountaineer rail tour from Crewe to York including a climb of Copy Pit.[2]
- 2019 Ron Gardner died aged 84. He was a former Chairman of the Severn Valley Railway Association and SVR(H) Director.