INTRODUCTION
For practically the whole of his life, Dudley lived in the Altrincham/Bowdon area of
the southern outskirts of Manchester. His main interest was Railways and the L.N.W.R.
without doubt his favourite with perhaps the CLC  and the MSJA coming equal
second.
He worked in the Manchester area for the LMS and then latterly for BR .
He served in the Parcels Department at Victoria, Central, London Road and Mayfield Stations.
Dudley was a founder member of the LNWR Society holding Membership Card number
Two. He was the Society’s first Treasurer and Membership Secretary, a post he held
for many years. When he eventually retired from office the committee unanimously
decided to invite him to become a Vice President of the LNWR Society. He
accepted this position with enthusiasm.
Dudley had many other interests, even embracing politics and standing for
election in the local council. In more recent times he and his wife Florence
purchased an ex-railway cottage at Low Gill on the LNWR mainline in Cumbria.
There on the edge of the Lake District they spent many happy holidays.
 He was a Member of several other
Societies including the Manchester Locomotive Society,
Stephenson Locomotive Society and Industrial Locomotive Society. In these he took an
active part, always describing himself as a ‘railway lover’ and
not really a ‘gricer’ or a ‘train timer’. He was a great
believer in railways as a means of transport and very much deplored their decline.
Dudley was of a friendly disposition and his most enduring quality was the way in
which he would share his unique knowledge of all things L.N.W.R. with anyone who
cared to approach him. He was a man of the highest integrity and moral character and
his death on 3rd July 1988 left a void in many peoples lives.
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