signalling; box lad; telegraph lad; signalman; area inspector; royal train inspector; Transmark; father's work on railways; learning single needle telegraph as a schoolboy; starting work with a shipbuilding firm; first job on railway, box lad, Boothferry Road; transfer to Doncaster, telegraph lad; different systems between GNR and GCR; National Service, two years in RAF; first job as a signalman; relief signalman; conditions (shifts, weekends); marriage; working conditions; travelling between jobs; Acting Temporary Divisional Inspector; Area Inspector; involvement in derailments and incidents; Signalbox Supervisor; experience of handling fatalities; Chief Divisional Signalling Inspector; involvement in resignalling schemes; Area Relief Manager; experience of Miners' Strike; Chief Regional Signalling Inspector; signalling schemes, OCS, NX, IECC; Royal Train Inspector; Great Storm, 1987; secondment to Malaysia with Transmark; d.o.b. 1933-01-21, railway work 1948-1994, Doncaster; Malaysia. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.