Glasgow - East Kilbride Railway Development Association

• Reference:GB 3143 5
• Dates of Creation:1973 - 1990
• Name of Creator:
  Helen Broadbent
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  papers in seven box files 0.8 l.m.. loose papers and papers in folders, bound volumes

• Scope and Content

  Committee papers, correspondence, and other papers of the Glasgow - East Kilbride Railway Development Association; railway and transportation related publications, transportation and planning papers from local authorities, newspaper clippings.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Glasgow - East Kilbride Railway Development Association was formed in November 1963 in response to the proposed closure of the line by Lord Beeching. The organisation continued to promote the line, and to campaign against later proposals to close Giffnock and Thornliebank stations. By 1984 the Association claimed to be the "oldest continuously active railway association in Scotland".

  An early leading light in the Society (initially called the East Kilbride Railway Development Association) was Jack Broadbent, who served as Hon. Sec. until his death in 1982. Thereafter, the Secretary was Mrs. Helen Broadbent.

• Arrangement

  The papers were neatly, but entirely randomly, stored in seven large box files. The following order has been imposed:

  1 Minutes

  2 Secretary's folders (these contains minutes, correspondence, agendas, press clippings and other records, relating to a defined date range)

  3 Newsletters

  4 Annual Accounts

  5 Loose correspondence

  6 Subject files

  7 Newspaper clippings

  8 Transport, etc. publications

  9 Timetables

• Access Information

  There are no restrictions on access

• Acquisition Information

  The material was transferred to the Archives along with other records as part of accession 2007/01 by Amanda Robb, Local Studies Librarian, on 5th February 2007.

• Note

  This description was based on the General International Standard for Archival Description and East Renfrewshire Council's Manual of Listing and Archival Description.

• Other Finding Aids

  An item level list has been prepared and is searchable on the archives database.

• Archivist's Note

  Description prepared by Craig Geddes, Council Records Manager. 31st October 2007 - 6th May 2008

• Conditions Governing Use

  Contact Records Manager

• Appraisal Information

  some ephemera and duplicate publications disposed of.

• Custodial History

  This archive was acquired by Eastwood District Libraries or East Renfrewshire Council's Community and Leisure Department some time prior to 2006. It was latterly stored in "the Bothy" at Eastwood Park. No further information on the archival history of this material is available.

• Accruals

  none expected

• Related Material

  there is reference in the collection to some 11 boxes of "Papers of J. Broadbent, Secretary of the Glasgow - East Kilbride Railway Development Association" having been deposited in East Kilbride Central Library, 1982.