Archer, Arthur

Made:
2002-02-26 in Interviewee's home
maker:
Nick Alexander

engine cleaner; fireman; Second World War; sweeper up; Swindon Works, foundry, wagon shop; guard; shunter; local departmental committee; freight; sectional council; Sprinter trains; trade union; councillor; railway town; railway housing; nationalisation; dieselisation; safety systems; lodging; social impact of railway work; wagons; TOPS; regional differences; ethnic and women staff; d.o.b. 1926-09-07, railway work: 1939-1990, Southern Region; Great Western Railway; Swindon; Cardiff; Horsham; Acton;

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2002-28
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
: 72 x 80 x 8 mm
type:
oral history recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum

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