Cossey, Frank

Made:
2000-11-23 in Bourne

footplate, cleaner, fireman; Mutual Improvement Classes; Father's job, a railway guard, secretary of National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), Lincoln Branch; starting work, first job as a cinema operator; joining Great Northern Railway (GNR), Lincoln, as a cleaner; joining NUR; supporter of Mutual Improvement Classes; becoming a passed cleaner and fireman; recollections of various incidents; leaving railway to read History at Oxford University; continuing interest in railways; work on documenting Joint Line; work with County Archive; d.o.b. 1922-01-06, railway work 1938-1950. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2000-89
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 80 x 72 x 8 mm
type:
recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum