railway family; messenger lad, goods depot; conditions, hours, uniform; railway horses; Railway Home Guard; royal train; staff mess facilities; relief van/lorry driver; nationalisation; parcels; trade union branch secretary; parcels concentration; redundant; motor driver; National Freight Corporation, NFC; trade union militancy; training; safety; depot merger; decline of parcel business; warehouse manager; d.o.b. 1925-01-19, railway work: 1939-1990, National Freight Corporation, NFC; London Marylebone; London King's Cross; Bowes Park bridge; Bayford tunnel; New Southgate; Hatfield; Finsbury Park; St Pancras; Somers Town; London Paddington; Great Northern warehouse;