Osman, Lawrence Jack

Made:
2001-08-23 in St Albans

footplate; cleaner; fireman; driver; train crew supervisor; d.o.b. 1921-09-01, railway work 1939- ,St Albans; Cricklewood; St Pancras; Kentish Town. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in.

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2001-122
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 80 x 72 x 8 mm
type:
recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum

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