The Lakeside Railway Society is made up of over 300 members. Membership of the LRS allows people to work as volunteers on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. All members of the LRS automatically become members of the Furness Railway Trust.
The affairs of the society are decided a Committee which is elected at the Annual General Meeting each March.
The
Chairman of the Society is Alan Middleton.
The full Committee is:
| President | Vacant, following death of Jim Kay Senior in June 2006. The Committee was going to propose Vice President Norman Gard for the post at the 2007 Annual General Meeting, but he passed away before he could be given this honorary position. |
| Vice Presidents | John Houghton |
| Tim Owen - also Chairman, Furness Railway Trust | |
| Vice President and Chairman | Alan Middleton |
| General Secretary | Linda Weldon |
|
Vice President & Treasurer |
David Rimmer |
| Membership Secretary | Vacant |
| Editor, The Iron Horse magazine | Vacant |
| Rostering Officer | Stuart Harrison |
| Sales Officer and Museum Curator | Jim Kay Jnr |
| Publicity Officer | Neil Smith |
| Furness Branch Organiser | Derek Milby |
| Preston Branch Organiser | Keith Brewer |
The Lakeside Railway Society is a full member of the Heritage Railways Association.
The LRS holds shares in the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Company Ltd, and in Steamtown Railway Museum Ltd.
You can contact us direct from this website, or via post or the phone.
The Society paid tributes to its President, Jim Kay Senior, Vice President Norman Gard, member Cyril Smith, and the Chairman of the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Austin Maher in a minutes silence at the Annual General Meeting in 2007.
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