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    Simon Marsh appointed KESR chairman – 50 years after first role as a volunteer

    Feb 12, 2019 2 minutes
    By Geoff Courtney
    PAUL WOODMAN

    RETIRED civil servant Simon Marsh has been appointed chairman of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KESR) , nearly 50 years after he started volunteering in the railway’s souvenir shop.

    The 61-year-old, who lives in Sandwich with his wife Sandra, a priest, has had an interest in railways since his earliest days. “I am told that as a baby

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