Last, William Edward John (Bill)
- Made:
- 2000-06-21
- maker:
- Lew Adams
footplate, fitter apprentice, boiler maintenance; cleaner, fireman, driver; royal trains; Beeching closures; nationalisation; father's work, traction engineer; school; fitter apprentice; locomotive repairs; safety valves; Westinghouse brakes; cleaning the inside of boilers; other duties; cleaner, royal engines; fireman, 1938 on mainline; Second World War, Soham Bomb; jam girls train; royal train engine 8783; footplate inspectors; nationalisation, 1947; students' luggage; d.o.b. 1918-04-27. railway work 1932-1982. Kings Lynn; Kings Cross; Chiver Jam.
Details
- Category:
- Oral Histories
- Collection:
- National Archive of Railway Oral History
- Object Number:
- NAROH2000-33
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
: 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.; 80 x 72 x 8 mm
- type:
- oral history recording
- credit:
- Friends of the National Railway Museum
