Loughborough's Bill Ford releases first book

Wednesday, 2 May 2018 10:21

Bill Ford was involved with the Great Central Railway for more than 40 years.

Former Loughborough Businessman Bill Ford has launched his new book.

Bill ran the Great Central Railway for a decade and retired in 2016 after securing the funding and commencement of building the bridge to the future joining up the north and south sections of the old GCR Main Line. He also ran a successful family business locally.

Here are some of the photographs from the event at Rothley Court Hotel.

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