temporary junior clerk; goods clerk, office supervisor, class 4; second world war; dock goods; delivery traffic; no training; conditions; effect of war; blitz; work in passenger coaches, office damaged; salary; hours of work; efficiency exam; D2 T1-11 shorthand and typing; shipping office; invoices, rating and charging; american servicemen; problems; facilites for women, docks offices; goods agent; confusion of wagon numbers; grading structure, equal pay; national insurance stamp; trade union; strike action, views; suspension; civil service exam; d.o.b. 1923-12-15, railway work 1940-1961, West Kirby; Isle of MAn; Douglas; Hunt's Bank; Waterloo Dock Goods; Canada Dock; Southport; Liverpool; Edge Hill; Aintree station; Austria, Italy; London Midland & Scottish (LMS); British Railways (BR);