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.