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Membership Secretary - Graham Crawshaw
A native of Huddersfield I have lived in Ripon, North Yorkshire for most of the last 44 years so am the most northerly member of MYAM. Having seen the Harrogate Group caravan in Ripon in 1997 I decided that as I was doing up to 50,000 miles a year that I need someone to let me know my driving was up to standard.
Having left the University of Leeds in 1975 with a degree in Chemistry I joined British Steel on Teesside eventually moving into the role of Technical Training Officer before leaving in 1979 to join GEC Traction in Trafford Park, only spending one year there before joining Tilcon Ltd. in Harrogate in 1980 in the Extractives and Mineral Processing (including road surfacing) industry initially as a Training Officer and then Customer Services Manager for concrete operations in Stockport for eight months before returning to work in Harrogate.
After acquisition by Anglo American plc in 1996 I became Personnel Manager for the north of England and then Training Manager for the north of England and Scotland. I was made redundant in 2005 but quickly joined the Mineral Products Qualification Council (MPQC), the equivalent of the City and Guilds organisation in other industries, where I was responsible for writing the standards for mobile plant and fixed plant operators in the industry as well as writing the guidance books on blasting operations in quarries in close association with the Quarries Inspectorate of the HSE.
Made redundant (again!) in 2015 I set up my own business (Comtrass Limited - Competence through Training and Assessment) and currently undertake blasting audits for two companies in the UK and also assess technicians testing construction materials such as aggregate, asphalt and concrete for their Vocational Qualifications but I am due to fully retire in November 2024.
I have always been interested in road transport for as long as I can remember, particularly in the period 1945 to 1975. Having already given two talks on Routemaster buses to the Group with the final part due in 2025 I give talks on other bus and coach related subjects to other organisations. I am a Committee Member of the Omnibus Society - North Western and Yorkshire Group as well as a member of the PSV Circle and the Harrogate Transport Touring Group as well as being the Membership Secretary of MYAM since 2021. I have co-authored and proof read a book on Huddersfield Corporation buses, trams and trolleybuses due to be published in July 2024.
Having left the University of Leeds in 1975 with a degree in Chemistry I joined British Steel on Teesside eventually moving into the role of Technical Training Officer before leaving in 1979 to join GEC Traction in Trafford Park, only spending one year there before joining Tilcon Ltd. in Harrogate in 1980 in the Extractives and Mineral Processing (including road surfacing) industry initially as a Training Officer and then Customer Services Manager for concrete operations in Stockport for eight months before returning to work in Harrogate.
After acquisition by Anglo American plc in 1996 I became Personnel Manager for the north of England and then Training Manager for the north of England and Scotland. I was made redundant in 2005 but quickly joined the Mineral Products Qualification Council (MPQC), the equivalent of the City and Guilds organisation in other industries, where I was responsible for writing the standards for mobile plant and fixed plant operators in the industry as well as writing the guidance books on blasting operations in quarries in close association with the Quarries Inspectorate of the HSE.
Made redundant (again!) in 2015 I set up my own business (Comtrass Limited - Competence through Training and Assessment) and currently undertake blasting audits for two companies in the UK and also assess technicians testing construction materials such as aggregate, asphalt and concrete for their Vocational Qualifications but I am due to fully retire in November 2024.
I have always been interested in road transport for as long as I can remember, particularly in the period 1945 to 1975. Having already given two talks on Routemaster buses to the Group with the final part due in 2025 I give talks on other bus and coach related subjects to other organisations. I am a Committee Member of the Omnibus Society - North Western and Yorkshire Group as well as a member of the PSV Circle and the Harrogate Transport Touring Group as well as being the Membership Secretary of MYAM since 2021. I have co-authored and proof read a book on Huddersfield Corporation buses, trams and trolleybuses due to be published in July 2024.
