Background
Ken Hoole was born in Doncaster in 1916.
Ken Hoole was born in Doncaster in 1916.
The Ken Hoole Study Centre at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, and the Ken Hoole Trust are named after him. A railway interest was kindled by daily journeys by train to school in Kingston upon Hull from his home in Bridlington, Yorkshire. He served in radio security during the Second World War.
In civilian life his interest led to him becoming a full-time writer on railway history, eventually authoring over 40 books
Latterly, Hoole lived at Scarborough, North Yorkshire. He died on 27 December 1988.