Rt. Revd. Eric Treacy MBR LLD

[rogerfarnworth]

Flicking through a number of old magazines passed to me by a friend here in Telford, I came across a supplement published by The Railway Magazine in December 1990, “Eric Treacy: The Classic Years.”

Treacy’s photographs are now in the National Archive collection at Kew They are ©Crown Copyright and covered by an Open Government Licence which permits copying of images in the collection for non-commercial use. This covers the photographs from the collection which were reproduced in the 1990 supplement.

The Rt. Revd. Eric Treacy MBE, LLD, Lord Bishop of Wakefield from 1968 until 1976, died on Appleby Station on 13th May 1978. He left behind a large collection of railway photographs, taken over more than four decades.

Rt. Revd. Eric Treacy MBE LLD

Flicking through a number of old magazines passed to me by a friend here in Telford, I came across a supplement published by The Railway Magazine in December 1990, “Eric Treacy: The Classic Y…

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In 1932, Treacy was ordained deacon in the Church of England and priest a year later, serving as curate at Liverpool parish church from 1932 to 1934. Wikipedia tells that "he took up railway photography, being inspired by visiting Liverpool Lime Street and getting to know his parishioners who worked on the railway. His photographic work appeared in various magazines during the 1930s."

 

[Cheshire Scot]

As a committee member of Loughborough University Railway Society I had the privilege of writing to The hon Bishop Eric Treacy who was our President and although unfortunately there was never an opportunity to meet he did judge our photographic competition by post (no internet in the 1970s) although sadly my entry was unplaced.

Maybe @Peterthegreat can recall the winner, I think it was DAW.