footplate, cleaner, fireman; General Strike, 1926; family; railway work; father's work as a driver on GWR - top link driver; light engine trip through Severn Tunnel; Ebbw Junction, Newport, South Wales school; First World War; teachers, arithmetic; joining police force; first jobs errand boy, horse & cart milk deliveries; iron foundry; manufacture of railway iron chairs; railway work; ambitions - express driver; railway job interview; cleaner, Newport; conditions pay; conditions shifts); tasks - cleaning, coaling the engines, time office; seniority; cleaning engines; foreman; disciplinary offences - driving an engine; black leg workers; cleaner - opportunities for advancement; fireman duties; training; workmates; pranks - callboy duties; attitude to work; interests as a young man - cycling; schoolfriend; holidays, Devon, Cornwall; steamer from Newport to Ilfracombe; passenger travel; engine cleaning, length of experience; reason for leaving, 1923 amalgamation; decision to join police force; height requirement; continuing interest in police; railway ambitions; career in police force; marriage and family; railway work; companionship; father's work on railway; railway museums; Mallard; City of Truro locomotive; d.o.b. 1908-06-13; railway work 1925-1931. Ebbw Junction, Newport; Devon and Cornwall. Great Western Railway (GWR). 2.8346 x 3.1496 x .315 in.