A new Tramway Museum Society President has been inaugurated at the National Tramway Museum in Crich, Derbyshire. Jason Hardy (pictured here) has taken over the role from former President, Sue Whiteley.

Jason works as a fire alarm engineer, servicing fire alarms around South Yorkshire, and has been a Tramway Museum Society (TMS) member since around 2018. Starting as a conductor after being shown an advert in one of the bus preservation magazines, Jason went on to join the driving school and became a driver, then finally became a Duty Inspector at Crich. Jason’s grandad was also influential in his interest in trams, as he explains: “My grandad was a bus conductor and was the person who started my obsession with transport.”

In addition, Jason heads up the Care Team at Crich Tramway Village, who are all volunteers who carry out a lot of work, such as cleaning, painting and gardening at the museum during the winter, preparing for the next season.

For details about Crich Tramway Village and its events, visit www.tramway.co.uk, call 01773 854321 or email enquiry@tramway.co.uk