Keighley & District
Vintage train cash plea
Keighley train enthusiasts are appealing for money so they can afford leather upholstery for chairs in a vintage carriage they are restoring.
They only have enough money to buy the frames for 40 armchairs needed for the carriage, which is being restored by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society Trust.
It runs its carriages on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (K&WVR).
The latest carriage is set to have plush furnishings, carpeted saloons and ornate pictures.
Volunteers have almost rebuilt the coach body and are now focusing on the interior.
They have raised almost £6,000 for the chairs through donations from a member and the K&WVR Trust.
The cash is expected to cover only the £150-plus cost of building each armchair's frame.
The L&YR Trust is appealing for donations from other K&WVR members.
Trust member Robin Higgins said: "Naturally we would be very happy to have lots of small donations.
"But it may be that people would wish to fund a chair in memory of someone else."
Donations can be made through the website www.kwvr.co.uk or by writing to Trust Treasurer, c/o Haworth Station BD22 8NJ.
2:39am Thursday 1st May 2008
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