Railway scrap king dead

Ken Booth Junior, a director of C.F. Booth scrap metal dealers, has died.

He followed his father, ken Booth senior, and grandfather Clarence Frederick Booth, who founded the company in 1920, into the family business at just 13 years old.

Although most well known for scrapping railway rolling stock, it processed many buses too, both at the central Rotherham yard and an overflow yard in nearby Aston.

A large variety of railway rolling stock was scrapped by the firm, including class 03s, class 31s, class 47s, MGR wagons, London Underground trains and APT vehicles. The company also sold a number of locomotives into preservation and was helpful towards enthusiasts in acquiring spares.

Ken Booth senior died in 2013.

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