Premium Apprentice at Doncaster Works 1949 to 1953; Doncaster locomotive Drawing Office 1956 to 1957; M&EE BRB HQ, Derby 1067 to 1993; 1970 joined Braking Section as Deputy to Brake Engineer BRB; became Brake Engineer BRB HQ in 1983; d.o.b 1932-12-05. railway work 1949 to 1994. BR; BSI; RIA; ORE; UIC; Class 40; Class 86; Class 25; EP brakes; cab ventilation; air conditioning; composition brake blocks; HST Power cars; EQ Brake; HST braking; Westinghouse; Davies and Metcalfe; Class 508; Private Owner Wagons; Class 313; air brake systems and condensation; blue spotting; pressure vessel design; BR modification procedure; Class 123; Doncaster works; Doncaster Carr Depot; Perth; Inverness; Bottesford; Darlington; Railway Technical Centre, Derby; Vienna Arsenal; Barry; Merseyside; Tyne and Wear; Motherwell; Sheffield; Copyhold Junction; Colwich; Walton on the Naze; Hull Dairycoates; Stourbridge Town; Stafford; Tunstead; Beattock; Paddington; Nicholas, Brian 2003 and 2004
Served 4 year apprenticeship as a bricklayer with Henry Boot and Son; joined LNER as a bricklayer in 1939 and worked in this trade throughout his career as a tradesman, chargehand andfrom time to time as a supervisor in the Sheffield area; Army service 1942 to 1946;clearing River culverts under Sheffield Station; work on buildings, Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield, Wicker Arch, Neepsend Locomotive Shed; Aerocem pointing in Tunnels; colliery subsidence; reminiscences of Bosses, Albert Johnson, Brian Davis. Linley, William Henry 2001-05-31
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Douglas Harrison; housing; railway community; memories of individuals; management grades; pre-grouping; Big Four; British Rail; National Service; First World War; Second World War; retirement activity; charity work; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Dr Beeching; Newcastle; Gosforth; Birtley; Middlesbrough; York; Leeds; Derby; Doncaster; Londonderry; Darlington; Hull; Hornsea; Shildon Harrison, Douglas 2006-11-16
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Nick Alexander; religion; changes in the community; changes in the railway industry; marshalling yards; engineer; British Rail; retirement activity; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Cambridge; Tinsley; Leeds; Liberia; Mozambique; Swaziland; Greece; Potters Bar Alexander, Nick 2006-01-26
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; George Saville; childhood; sport; railway community; memories of individuals; anecdotes from the workplace; changes in the railway industry; unions; strikes; Ernest Marples; Dr Beeching; Stratford; Devons Road; Tilbury; Rotterdam; West Ham; Moscow; Felixstowe; Billingsgate; Thurrock Saville, George 2005-11-29
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Donald Reasbeck; childhood; family life; sport; religion; pubs/drinking; railway community; changes in the community; changes in the railway industry; charity work; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Doncaster; Hexthorpe; Bridlington; Rhyl; Armthorpe Reasbeck, Donald 2005-02-01
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Richard Hardy; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; conditions at work; working on steam; working on diesel; working on electric; change from steam to diesel; depots; works; changes in the railway industry; unions; tension at work; management grades; British Rail; 1950s; 1960s; Stratford Hardy, Richard 2005-08-10
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Audrey Wright; railway community; memories of individuals; retirement activity; charity work; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Doncaster; Sheffield; Worksop; Derby; Albania; Italy; Poland; Filey Wright, Audrey 2005-11-10
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Gordon Hull; childhood; family life; sport; Railway Institute; railway community; changes in the community; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; conditions ar work; depots; marshalling yards; changes in the railway industry; wages and overtime; signalman; management grades; British Rail; other industries; retirement activity; charity work; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Leeds; Sunderland; Durham; Dunston; Staithes; Derwenthaugh; York; Newcastle; Pickburn; Brodsworth; Nottingham; Cudworth; Guiseley; Ripley; Otley; Ilkley; Bradford; Healey Mills; Selby; Drax; Hull Hull, Gordon 2006-03-30
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; BRSA; pubs/drinking; railway community; work culture and relationships; conditions at work; open days; working on diesel; depots; changes in the railway industry; wages and overtime; engineer; ethnic minorities; British Rail; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; Stratford; Liverpool Street; Norwich; Colchester; Doncaster; Temple Mills; Barking; Brentwood; York; Harwich and Parkeston Quay; Felixstowe Johns, Mike 2005-05-09
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Scott Hellewell; childhood; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; unions; management grades; British Rail; other industries; Second World War; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Bradford; Blandford; Morecambe; Darlington; York; Athens; Hamburg; Bonn; Wakefield; Hull; Settle; Carlisle; Manchester; Sheffield; Toronto Hellewell, Scott 2005-03-03
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Peter Cookson; childhood; family life; sport; religion; changes in the community; Big Four; ethnic minorities; other industries; retirement activity; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Pontefract; Leeds; Bridlington; Ferrybridge; Bradford; Halifax; Castleford; Knottingley; Normanton; Featherstone; Wakefield; Doncaster; Goole; Sheffield; York; South Elmsall; Moorthorpe Cookson, Peter 2006-03-07
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Lew Adams; childhood; Railway Institute; railway community; work culture and relationships; anecdotes from the workplace; memories of individuals; canteens; working on steam; working on diesel; change from steam to diesel; depots; changes in the railway industry; wages and overtime; seniority; hostels; Mutual Improvement Class; fireman and driver training; firemen and driver examinations; unions; strikes; tension at work; cleaner; fireman; driver; secondman; local government; national politics; British Rail; other industries; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Margaret Thatcher; Dr Beeching; Harold Wilson; Barbara Castle; Shirley Williams; Stratford; Bletchley; Yarmouth; Peterborough; Chelmsford; March; Ispwich; Ely; Dagenham; Wickford; Romford; Bishopsgate; Gidea Park; Ilford; King's Cross; Bexley; Newham; Hertford; Paddington; Moscow; Milton Keynes Adams, Lew 2004-07-12; 2004-07-13
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Arthur Heaven; childhood; railway community; changes in the community; unions; local government; Big Four; BRSA; sport; other industries; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Doncaster; Sheffield; Hexthorpe; Balby; Hyde Park Heaven, Arthur 2004-10-28
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; George Saville; childhood; world war one; world war two; sport; railway community; changes in the community; work culture and relationships; anecdotes from the workplace; memories of individuals; working on steam; working on diesel; change from steam to diesel; depots; wages and overtime; seniority; hostels; Mutual Improvement Class; fireman and driver training; unions; strikes; cleaner; fireman; secondman; driver; national politics; British Rail; ethnic minorities; retirement activity; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Margaret Thatcher; Joan Littlewood; Dr Beeching; Stratford; Leyton; Malden; Witham; Chelmsford; Brentwood; Liverpool Street; Epping; Ongar; Temple Mills; Victoria; Silverton; Woolwich; Billingsgate; Romford; Dagenham; Angel Lane; Harlow; Basildon; Loughton; Ilford; Devons Road; Ripple Lane; Barking; London; Tilbury; Southend; Bishopsgate Saville, George 2004-09-17; 2004-09-20
footplate; cleaner; passed cleaner; fireman; passed fireman; driver; d.o.b. 1917-12-25, railway work 1936-1976, Hellifield; Garsdale; Dent; Blackburn; Long Preston; Northampton; Willesden; William Chaffer 2001-03-12; 2001-03-29;
clerk; Royal Engineers; station master; goods agent; d.o.b. 1918-05-06, d. 2002-10-02, railway work 1936-1974, Albrighton; Gobowen; Lechlade; Chirk; Shrewsbury; Longmoor; Horbury; Thornliebank; Barton Stacey; Auchinwraith; Sudbury; Bombay; Calcutta Docks; Jalunda; New Delhi; Corwen; Longbridge; Newquay; Birmingham Snow Hill; Paddington; Bristol Temple Meads. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Windsor, Reginald George Wynn 2001-01-16; 2001-01-24
special traffic; freight; management training; management; industrial relations; legislation; reorganisation; incidents, Clapham; electrification; public relations; general manager (SR); d.o.b. 1934 railway work 1950-1992, Knebworth; King's Cross; Sheffield; Scunthorpe; York; Derby School of Transport; Woking Staff College; Dagenham; Cardiff; Liverpool Street; Southend; Stratford; Hertford; Broad Street; Stansted airport; Anglia; Ipswich; Clapham; Purley; Tonbridge-Hastings; East Grinstead; Farringdon; Blackfriars; Snow Hill; Bournemouth-Weymouth; Gatwick; Victoria; Edinburgh-Glasgow; Heathrow; St Pancras. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Pettitt, Gordon 2000-09-13; 2000-10-02; 2000-10-03; 2001-12-03; 2001-12-04
clerk; stationmaster's wife; Travelling Post Office; d.o.b. 1936, railway work 1955-1963, Helmsdale; Sinclair, Anne Holmes 2001-03-28
footplate; engine cleaner; fireman; driver; shift foreman; area depot manager; train crew manager; motive power officer; assistant traction & train crew manager; exhibition trains; d.o.b. 1921-12-07, railway work 1921-1984, Weymouth; Bristol St Philips Marsh; Templecombe; Salisbury; Woking; Reading; Old Oak; Beckenham; Waterloo; Hither Green; London Victoria; Perry, Ken A. 2001-03-13
permanent way; lengthman; ganger; d.o.b. 1935, railway work 1963-1995, Scotscalder; Altnabreac; Georgemas Junction; Wick; Sinclair, Lewis 2001-03-28
traffic apprentice; Royal Engineers; assistant yard master; station master; chief trains clerk; area manager; marketing officer; passenger sales planning; passenger fares; chief passenger manager; retail manager; d.o.b. 1935-07-12, railway work 1958-1990, Barnsley; Wath Marshalling Yard; Darnall; Peterborough; Rotherham Yard; Spalding; Newcastle; Dundee; BRB Headquarters London; Chamberlain, Alan 2001-04-17
clerk; invoices, goods; passenger refunds; claims work; travelling ticket bureau; efficiency commissions; d.o.b. 1929-10-15, railway work 1929-1973, Nine Elms Goods Depot; Wimbledon Goods; Kingston Goods; Waterloo; Woking; Marylebone. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Greenfield, Harry Thomas (Tom) 2001-06-26
Joined BR 1st Jan 1990 as part time Board Member; Full tiome Chairman of BRB October 1990; Oil Industry UK and Overseas; introduction of recommendations of the Hidden Report following the accident at Clapham; Organisation for Quality; linking of Safety to the Quality Initiative; preparations for the introduction of International rail services via the Channel Tunnel; comments on the plans for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link; Rail Privatisation; meetings with Secretary of State for Transport; concerns about proposals; formation of Railtrack; personal views on time as Chairman; d.o.b Railway work 1990-01-01 to April 1995. Sir Bob Reid 2003-03-31
apprentice; electrical and mechanical engineering; locomotives; family; school; Cambridge University; English Electric Company; apprenticeship, piecework; apprenticeship, hours; Edge Hill Depot, Liverpool; locomotives; shedmasters; dieselisation; attitude; Sudan; conditions, weather; locomotive maintenance; illness; Kenya 1961-1963, load testing; diesel locomotives; conditions, high altitude; 1963, London, Finsbury Park and Stratford depots; EEC representative; locomotives Class 1-5, Deltic locomotives; manufacturer representatives; Crewe 100 AR6 locomotives; Roy Kelly; commissioning AR6s; Crewe electric traction depot; working practice; Doncaster Works staff; Walter Jarrett, engineer; Mr S.B. Warder, BRB Electrical Engineer; demonstrating electric locomotives; Shugborough Tunnel; attitude; test runs; incident in Sudan; repairs to AR6 locomotives; marriage; nose-suspended traction motors; electrification stock; attitude; marriage; Crewe; West Coast mainline; success of A6 locomotives; EEC-BR locomotive development collaboration; sales; contracts; 1968-1969 GEC, EEC, AEI; voluntary redundancy; SKF, different work practices; producing water jet boats; Westinghouse Co. 1974; Jubilee Line experimental tube train; Luke Marsden-Smedley, move to Hong Kong, 1977; house market, reaction of wife to move abroad; Hong Kong Mass Transit Corporation; rolling stock standards, Electric Multiple Units (EMU); Electrical Engineer; Design manager; GEC Traction, 1983; Singapore Metro, Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer; redundancy; wife's reaction; Stuart Scott, project director; responsibilities; comparison with Hong Kong; platform edge doors; energy conservation; railway architecture; London Underground, 1989; demise of engineering role; innovation; privatisation; retirement; Vintage Engineering Ltd; railway preservation. d.o.b. 1934-08-27, railway work 1950-1990s, Edge Hill; Sudan; Kenya; London; Stratford; Crewe; Hong Kong; Singapore; West Coast Mainline. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Vint, John 2000-06-01
premium apprentice; drawing office; Motive Power Superintendent's training; signal department; Brakes Engineer; UIC; d.o.b. 1920-07-12, railway career 1936-1983, Swindon Works; London Underground. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Roberts, H. Peter 2001-06-25
Footplate, cleaner, fireman, driver; sectional council; women engine cleaners; third man on engine; army service; weather, pea souper fog; reductions in depot; nationalisation; d.o.b. 1928-10-30, railway work 1944-1993, Nine Elms; Clapham Junction; Southern Region. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Lifford, Ronald Albert 2000-05-30
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; childhood; work culture and relationships; unions; strikes; tension at work; local government; national politics; shipping; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Samuel Pepys; Margaret Thatcher; Jimmy Knap; Harwich and Parkeston Quay; Felixstowe; Dover; Weymouth; Bathside Bay; Clacton-on-Sea Henderson, Ivan 2004-11-18
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Fred Sizeland; childhood; family life; railway clubs; pubs/drinking; work culture and relationships; memories of individuals; anecdotes from the workplace; conditions at work; working on steam; depots; changes in the railway industry; hostels; fireman and driver training; unions; strikes; fireman; driver; pre-grouping; Big Four; Second World War; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Straford; Southminster; Leyton; Parkeston; Saxmundham; Yarmouth; Lowestoft; March; Doncaster; Peterborough; King's Lynn; Wisbech; Great Chesterford; Chelmsford; Temple Mills; Woolwich; Victoria Park; Liverpool Street; Epping; Ongar; Norwich; Brentwood; Malden; Hatfield; King's Cross Sizeland, Fred 2004-08-16
Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Jim Evans; childhood; work culture and relationships; conditions at work; changes in the railway industry; signalman; station master; management grades; British Rail; privatisation; other industries; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Waterloo; Victoria; Ramsgate; Charing Cross; Reading; New York; Woking; London; Southampton; Bristol; Derby; Leeds; Mombassa; Uganda; France; Denmark; Germany; Brussels; Ostend; Calais; Northern Ireland; Hong Kong; Australia; Thailand; Malaysia; Canada; Egypt Evans, Jim 2005-11-28
goods, junior clerk, class 4; inspecting officer; public relations; releif booking clerk; commercial department; travel centre; interview; entrance exam; medical centre; horse drawn traffic; number taking; outward truck section; cartage; British Transport Police; self-improvement; railway culture; incident; conditions; uniforms; APTIS; TRIBUTE machine, introduction; disciplinary procedures; staff recalled; murder; demotivation; d.o.b. 1946-02-26, railway work 1961-1996, Ipswich goods station; Norwich general offices; Liverpool Street; Bishopsgate offices; Harold Wood; Southend Line; York; North Eastern Region; Eastern Region; Anglia Railways. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Feakes, David Mervyn 2000-08-11; 2000-08-18
signalling; box lad; telegraph lad; signalman; area inspector; royal train inspector; Transmark; father's work on railways; learning single needle telegraph as a schoolboy; starting work with a shipbuilding firm; first job on railway, box lad, Boothferry Road; transfer to Doncaster, telegraph lad; different systems between GNR and GCR; National Service, two years in RAF; first job as a signalman; relief signalman; conditions (shifts, weekends); marriage; working conditions; travelling between jobs; Acting Temporary Divisional Inspector; Area Inspector; involvement in derailments and incidents; Signalbox Supervisor; experience of handling fatalities; Chief Divisional Signalling Inspector; involvement in resignalling schemes; Area Relief Manager; experience of Miners' Strike; Chief Regional Signalling Inspector; signalling schemes, OCS, NX, IECC; Royal Train Inspector; Great Storm, 1987; secondment to Malaysia with Transmark; d.o.b. 1933-01-21, railway work 1948-1994, Doncaster; Malaysia. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Briggs, Geoffrey 2000-11-16; 2000-11-30
apprentice; carriage and wagon works; foreman; wagon shops, apprentice; Hush Hush locomotive; first aid; leisure; Annesley; wagon repairer, Second World War; private owner wagons; pay; promotion; evening classes, examinations; Assist District C&W Foreman; District C&W Foreman, 1958, training; cripple wagons; diesel railcars; regional policy differences; brake and heater problems; derailments; redundancy; special wagons; d.o.b. 1922-02-09, railway work 1937-1984, Lincoln; Doncaster; Gorton Works; Grimsby; Immingham; Attenborough, George 2001-01-31
apprentice; signal and telegraph engineering; signal inspector; childhood; apprenticeship, training, graduate training; Technical College; lineside work; lineside work, Yorkshire; lineside work, Manchester; Assist Signal Inspector, lineside work, Second World War; Assist Inspector, end of war; company rivalry, electrical & mechanical signalling; Wigan resignalling; Area Assist, Glasgow; Stirling, dual inspector; Head Office signal engineer; vandalism; inspections; d.o.b. 1918-10-, railway work 1935-1982, Warrington, Wigan, Glasgow James, Ron 2001-01-24
control; traffic apprentice; dieselisation; freight; terminals; operating; royal train; reorganisations; travel centre; childhood; family; school; holidays; church; starting work; Rotherham Masborough; Rotherham Westgate; Rotherham Control; Rotherham Control; office training; workplace atmosphere; Derby; regional boundary changes; Control folklore; weather, 1947; Second World War; nationalisation; traffic apprenticeship exam; Leicester Control; promotion, Passenger Controller; family; lodging family; promotion, Trains Office, Leicester, 1960; dieselisation; record-keeping; reorganisations; trade unions, LDC; Control Nottingham, Freight Planning Passenger Assistant; Area Terminals Manager; freight planning, passenger work; staffing; responsibilities; Area Terminals Manager; responsibilities; staff relations; VIPs; Royal Train; Silver Jubilee; training, Derby; home life, Nottingham; church; Freight Operating Assistant, Sheffield; closure of regional office; differences between regions; threat of Sheffield closure; consultation; promotion, Passenger Assistant Manager; passenger section; workload; closure of divisions; restructuring; impact of National Union of Mineworkers' strike on closure; Operations Manager, Doncaster; Doncaster Power Box; train recording; level crossings; transfer of divisional controls; role of Inspectorate; criticism of new headquarters and area organisations; relationships with area managers; businesses; house move; redundancy; York headquarters; retirement; reflections on career; achievements; Nottingham Travel Centre; regional differences; retirement; d.o.b. 1931-01-20, railway work 1947-1988, Rotherham; Derby; Leicester; Nottingham; Sheffield; Doncaster; York. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Baker, Ken 2000-11-29;2000-11-30
signalling and telegraph department; electrification; different signalling and control systems; telegraph office messenger; telegraph & electrical installation squad, Carlisle, Stranraer; telephone switchboard; duties, wages; telegraph lineman, Edinburgh; key token; Leclanche cells; intermediate block signal maintenance; Second World War; block controls installation; loyalites between CR and GSWR; Quintinshill incident; WCML electrification; single line working; pole route maintenance; Cairn Valley signalling system; area reorganisation; equipment; interlocking signals; resignalling, Dumfires, 1956; royal train duties, 1946-54; domestic life; seasonal jobs; tablet working equipment; maintenance; experience; different signalling systems; naming signal boxes; safety improvements; nationalisation; water troughs; track circuits; training, electrical signalling; tablet failure; maintenance and installation experience; motor operated points; weather problems; cables; automatic half-barrier installation; level crossing; electrification; WCML; staffing; Sykes signalling; long section working; block circuit; electrification; work study; maintenance; anecdotes; rules; anecdotes; redundancy; d.o.b. 1912-12, railway work 1927-1977, Scotland. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Veevers, James Wannop 2001-01-10
footplate, cleaner-driver; trade union official; Beeching closures; electrification;family, father, a cavalry officer, First World War; three sisters and a brother; death of brother, aged five; father, rejoined Army, Second World War; mother's job, a medical glass blower; leaving school, 1940; first job, a cleaner, King's Cross; Second World War, London Blitz; trade union, joining NUR; transfer to Neesden; active union member at branch level, NUR; one year's leave from British Rail, NUR studies; declined position with London School of Economics; interest in industrial trade unionism; LDC representative, depot level; joined Labour League of Youth Politics; National Executive member, NUR, 1962-64; involvement in Beeching rationalisation; fireman and driver, Neesden, London Marylebone; experience of steam electric traction; leaving railway to be full-time NUR official; involvement in Miners' Strike; Chairman, TUC Regional Committee; member of Economic Planning Council; preparing paper on railway electrification (MML); member of industrial tribunals; attending inquests on railway deaths; attending Ministry of Transport Inquiries; d.o.b. 1925-01-11, railway work 1941-1988, Kings Cross; Neesden. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Trench, Roy Henry 2000-11-20
footplate, bar lad, cleaner, fireman; leaving school, aged 14; starting work at a baker's; joining railway, bar lad, Buxton; progression through cleaner, passed cleaner; fireman, Buxton; experience working heavy trains over steep gradients; National Service; severe weather conditions, 1947; involvement in many different incidents; fireman in exhibit in National Railway Museum; member of Midland Railway Preservation Society; father's job, a driver, his railway experiences; d.o.b. 1929-07-21, railway work 1944-1953, Buxton. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Palfreyman, Brian 2000-11-13
daughter of a fish merchant; Second World War railway recollections; traffic, loaded fish orders onto trains; school special trains to Lake District; elderly fishermen travelling to Dunkirk by train to assist in evacuation; d.o.b. 1928-04-01, railway work 1939-1945, Durham; Berwick; Leeds; Lake District; Evans, Maree 2001-01-23
station clerk; stationmaster; traffic apprentice; Assistant Yard Master; Head of Signalling & Accidents; Chief Trains Clerk & Controller; Section Manager; Area Manager; field organisation; royal trains; Operations Officer; freight; reorganisations; d.o.b. 1927-07-15, railway work 1942-1983, Marske; Thornaby; Sherburn-in-Elmet; Eaglescliffe; Darlington; Hawes; Moulton; Croft Spa; Hull; Scarborough; Leeds Hunslet; Settle-Carlisle; Lincoln; Middlesbrough; York; Bradford; Leeds; Sheffield; London North Eastern Railway (LNER); Appleby, Kenneth 2001-01-18; 2001-01-25
footplate, cleaner, fireman; Mutual Improvement Classes; Father's job, a railway guard, secretary of National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), Lincoln Branch; starting work, first job as a cinema operator; joining Great Northern Railway (GNR), Lincoln, as a cleaner; joining NUR; supporter of Mutual Improvement Classes; becoming a passed cleaner and fireman; recollections of various incidents; leaving railway to read History at Oxford University; continuing interest in railways; work on documenting Joint Line; work with County Archive; d.o.b. 1922-01-06, railway work 1938-1950. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Cossey, Frank 2000-11-23
office boy; erecting shop apprentice; ancillary industry, locomotive manufacturers; Royal Engineers; fitter; breakdown work; d.o.b. 1921, railway work 1936-1985, Darlington; Longmoor; Cairnryan; Thirsk. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Leng, Jack 2001-02-19
footplate; engine cleaner; fireman; driver; First World War; Second World War; General Strike; diesel training; LNW Provident & Pension Fund; trade union; running shift foreman; d.o.b. 1899-08-14, railway work 1914-1964, Tebay; Wigan Springs Branch; Carlisle; Perth; Crewe; Ingleton; Garston Dock; Salop; Penrith; London; Ince Moss; Windermere. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Wilson, Percy 2001-02-14
junior clerk; Royal Engineers; clerk; staff clerk; uniform stores; Revenue protection Section; conductor guards; Chief Ticket Inspector ER; Revenue Protection Officer; ticket machines; Terminals and Standards Manager; railway work 1952-1994, Middleton-in-Teesdale; Hull; Longmoor; Darlington; Middlesbrough; Tees Yard; Stooperdale; York; Leeds; Eastern Region; Kidd, Dennis 2001-06-21
railway clerk, works, stationmaster's office, motive power department, operating department; Railway Clerks' Association, TSSA; Swindon Works annual holidays; d.o.b. 1931-05-28, railway work 1948-1987, Swindon Works; Swindon Station; Paddington Regional Headquarters; Ellis, David Patrick 2001-10-02
clerk; British Transport Advertising; records clerk; site development; advertising; concourse advertising; d.o.b. 1930-01-26, railway work 1955-1979, London; Liverpool Street; Waterloo. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Smith, Peter Terence 2001-08-07
training; London Transport; mechanical engineering; design and development; Docklands Light Railway; d.o.b. 1927-07-07, railway work 1946-1989, London; Docklands; Ware, Denzil Keith 2001-11-08
apprentice; fitter; chargehand; 1919-11-05, railway work 1933-1981, Crewe; Crewe Works; 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Fortuna, Harry 2001-08-03
lad porter, porter, signalman; d.o.b. 1941-01-10, railway work 1960-1975, Challow, Uffington, Oxford, Hinksey, Witham Vaughan, Adrian 2001-05-20
