Vickers, Albert Edward "Dick"
- Made:
- 2001-06-01 in Peterborough
footplate; childhood, father a publican, former railway man; permit to leave school; moved to Stixwould, Lincolnshire as a farmworker; 1919 joined railway as a cleaner, New England; working as a cleaner and then fireman; medical exam at Marylebone; Second World War experiences of driving; introduction of colour light signals; diesel training, Deltics; types of locomotive, steam, diesel; Nene Valley (Preservation) Railway; driver signalman; witness of serious accident; last of the many (cutting from newspaper provided); NUR; clean sheet as a railwayman; special train to Newcastle; engine 60009 Union of South Africa; Stoke Bank, 112mph; d.o.b. 1905-06-12, railway work 1919-1970
Details
- Category:
- Oral Histories
- Collection:
- National Archive of Railway Oral History
- Object Number:
- NAROH2001-76
- Materials:
- plastic (unidentified)
- Measurements:
-
overall: 80 x 72 x 8 mm
- type:
- recording
- credit:
- Friends of the National Railway Museum