Peter Thomas Hay

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Peter Hay
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Peter Hay, April 2008
BornPeter Thomas Hay
(1932-08-31)31 August 1932
Brighton, Sussex, England
Died7 June 2018(2018-06-07) (aged 85)
Pen namePeter Hay
OccupationWriter and Businessman
Nationality British
Period(1984-present)
SubjectSteam Railways
Industrial History
Website
www.middletonpress.co.uk/bcat_ser.php?cat=1&ser=11

Peter Thomas Hay (31 August 1932 – 7 June 2018) was an authority on British steam railways and author of numerous books and articles on the subject. His Steaming Through series of books is based on the archive of railway photographs taken by him in the 1950s and 60s. [1]

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Biography

Peter Hay was born in Brighton, Sussex to John Edward Hay (Mayor of Brighton 1953) and May Hollingdale. He is brother to the former Conservative MP John Albert Hay. Evacuated to Toronto, Canada during World War II, he was subsequently educated at Brighton, Hove and Sussex Grammar School and the London School of Economics, after which he carried out National Service in the Navy. Following his initial training, he served as Supply Officer in the rank of Lieutenant (S) RNVR in HMS Vernon. He continued in the Royal Naval Reserve (Sussex Division) as a Commander and was awarded the Reserve Decoration (RD). He worked on the railways including holding the position of Station Master at Pevensey. He then worked at the Ministry of Transport before leaving to concentrate on writing, lecturing and running the family business. He married Patricia Mary Sweeney, they had four children, Fionnuala (b. 1965), Lawrence (b. 1967), Daniel (b. 1969) and Teresa (b. 1972).

In 2011 at the age of 79 while conducting Industrial History research at the Minllyn slate mine in North Wales, Peter and his son Daniel both suffered a fall in the mine resulting in multiple bone fractures. They exited the mine with their injuries and were rescued by a Westland Sea King helicopter from C Flight of No. 22 Squadron RAF Air Sea Rescue in Anglesey and taken to Bangor hospital for treatment. The author subsequently appeared on "Episode 2" of the BBC Television programme 'Helicopter Rescue' broadcast on 22 February 2012.

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References

  1. "Peter Thomas HAY". The Times. Retrieved 14 January 2021.