Graham, Frederick Roy

Made:
2002-06-24 in Interviewee's home

emigrated from Barbados to UK, 1956; footplate; engine cleaner; passed cleaner; fireman; passed fireman; driver; living conditions; racism; camaraderie between Afro-Caribbean immigrants working on railway; lodgings; social activities; route learning; permissive working; safety; discipline; d.o.b. 1926-10-28, railway work: 1956-1991, Greens Village, Bridgetown, Barbados; London King's Cross; Hull; Newcastle; Edinburgh; Thirsk;

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2002-92
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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