Wybrew, Arthur George

Made:
2000-10-17 in Tollerton

lad labourer; assistant technician, signalling & telegraph dept; automatic warning system; resignalling schemes; signalling & telecommunication department; management drawing office Railway family; father, a driver; first job as a cabinet maker; joined railway as a lad labourer; promoted as assistant technician, signalling & telegraph department; promoted to professional and telegraph grades, Derby Drawing Office; testing assistant; Section Leader, Drawing Office, Derby; work on early resignalling schemes; work on early Automatic Warning System (AWS); work with contractors developing resignalling schemes; responsible for signing off following installation; preparing book "A Railway Life", based on own and father's diaries. d.o.b. 1927-07-26, railway work 1941-1984, Derby. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2000-74
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 80 x 72 x 8 mm
type:
recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum