Date: 16/10/2016

A blue plaque commemorating the man who designed the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive is to be placed at a Lancashire railway station. The tribute to Sir Nigel Gresley, who helped modernise the rail network in the early 20th Century, will be installed at St Annes Station. It celebrates his connection to the town in which he met and married his wife, Ethel Frances Fullagar in 1901. Sir Nigel had worked for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. He designed the Flying Scotsman and the Mallard steam locomotives Sir Nigel was an apprentice at The Horwich 'Loco' works and later became a locomotive foreman in Blackpool. He was knighted in 1936.

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A blue plaque is placed at a Lancashire railway station to commemorate Sir Nigel Gresley, who designed the Flying Scotsman steam locomotive.

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