Fleetwood, John Edward

Made:
2000-09-19 in Swindon

apprentice moulder; foundry; trade union; foreman; family; machine shop, Swindon Works; apprentice moulder, iron foundry; brass foundry; foundry ventilation, heating; end of steam era, introduction of aluminium; electric furnaces, machine moulding; foundry sands; new techniques; trade union activities; improvements in ventilation; accidents; prehistoric creature found beneath floor; promotion, foreman, supervising fifty men; d.o.b. 1922-07-16, railway work 1937-1984, Swindon Works;

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2000-62
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 80 x 72 8 mm
type:
recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum