Volunteer Voxpops

Name: Martyn de Young
Age: 47 From: Kent
Department: Local Support Group

I first discovered the joys of the L&B, almost by chance, in about 1988, and have been involved since then. Personal circumstances limit the time I can spend in Devon, but I have been able to help with several generations of the official L&B Web site, and I am Secretary of the Kent Support Group

Name: Steven Armitage
Age: 14 From: Oxfordshire
Department: Permanent Way

I was first interested in volunteering when I became a member because I like doing practical work. I have worked on many areas of the railway, but track laying was certainly the most fun.

Name: Bernie Dobson
Age: 53 From: Sussex
Department: Ops (Trainee Guard)

Railways have always been in my blood, as my late father was a signalman, but narrow gauge has been my favourite. Very early in my life I was captivated by the story of the L&B, and a return to Minehead in 1997 gave me the chance to follow the course of the line in a sort of pilgrimage.

Name: Graham Bendell
Age: 54 From: North Dorset
Department: Permanent Way

I have been a member, apart from a break in the mid - late 80s, for 25 years and participated in the first working parties at Cricket Field Lane, Parracombe in the early 80s.