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==Origins at Bewdley==
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>
==Installation of Kidderminster turntable==
In Winter 2007-8 John Giles, "Chairman of the Turntable Fund", announced that "the trustees of '''The Kidderminster Turntable Fund'''" felt it would be in the best interests of both the turntable and the SVR to transfer ownership to the [[Charitable Trust|SVR Rolling Stock Trust]], should the Trust be willing to accept it. The announcement thanked "...all those who have supported the Turntable Funds over many years".<ref>SVR News 160, article by John Giles</ref>
The transfer of ownership was completed on 15 September 2009. The SVR News article noted that ownership was transferred from "the Turntable Fund", and that the Fund still owned the ex-Bristol Bath Road turntable<ref name=SVR168/>. Plans for installation of the latter turntable at Bridgnorth were included in the 2016 share issue.
==See also==
