Alan George Garner (5 June 1929 – 1996) was a British
Labour Party activist and trade unionist.
Born and raised in
Wolverhampton, he was a member of
Wolverhampton Council, for the
Spring Vale and
Heath Town wards, from 1973 until his death, and vice-chair of the
West Midlands Passenger Transport Authority between 1992 and 1996, during which time he was a strong advocate of the
Midland Metro.
He received the
British Empire Medal
The British Empire Medal (BEM; formerly British Empire Medal for Meritorious Service) is a British and Commonwealth award for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the Crown. The current honour was created in 1922 to ...
in the
1990 Birthday Honours
The Birthday Honours 1990 for the Commonwealth realms were announced on 15 June 1990, to celebrate the Queen's Birthday of 1990.
The recipients of honours are displayed here as they were styled before their new honour, and arranged firstly by the ...
. Midland Metro named an
AnsaldoBreda T-69
The West Midlands Metro is a passenger light rail line in the West Midlands conurbation in England, which opened in 1999. Its rolling stock consists of 21 CAF Urbos 3 trams which came into service in 2014/15, replacing the older T-69 trams which ...
tram after him.
[Midland Metro]
British Trams Online
References
External links
Tram 06 at TheTrams.co.uk– includes picture of nameplate
1929 births
1996 deaths
Date of death missing
Place of death missing
People from Wolverhampton
West Midlands Metro
Labour Party (UK) councillors
History of the West Midlands (county)
Councillors in Wolverhampton
English trade unionists
Recipients of the British Empire Medal
20th-century British businesspeople
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