Retaining heritage skills for the future
AT THE age of 30, Richard Davis is a good few years older than the Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) other apprentices, but he believes this training opportunity came at just the right time. In our latest update from the SVR, we visit Richard in Kidderminster, where he’s worked 18 months of his apprenticeship in the railway’s carriage & wagon mechanical workshop.
“I joined the SVR as a 17-year-old carriage cleaner,
