Hello all,
Thank you to everyone who has offered supportive messages for my attempt to raise awareness of Sir Daniel in his home town of Bedlington, Northumberland and about him more generally both in the U.K. & possibly more internationally.
I unfortunately can’t continue on my own trying to research then publish information on this blog, on the Gooch 200 website, and also on the ABTRA Gooch page, due to other commitments on my time. However, I would like to enquire if any local people in Bedlington and its surrounding area, or perhaps more widely would like to become involved and help me through ABTRA (the Ashington, Blyth and Tyne Railway Association) then please do!
I suggested that the Daniel Gooch project be brought under the ABTRA fold as not only was he born in the area, but he has a strong family connection to the Longridges of Ironwork and Enginework fame in Bedlington, and became a well known Locomotive engineer in his own right. In addition, joining with ABTRA also means that we have the potential to raise funds to carry out small projects, and both projects I feel would mutually benefit one another.
Any help would be very welcome, even if just to send through useful website links or read a bit about him and his family to pull together the knowledge about him. As Chairman of ABTRA, I’ll be raising this at our next Committee meeting, to see if we can form a Sub-Committee dedicated to Sir Daniel and hopefully begin to make a headway in publicising him in time for his 201st birthday!
If you are in any way interested, please email: abtra.membership@outlook.com
More news to come shortly so please keep visiting!
Thanks, RH.
Sir Daniel Gooch 