lad porter; senior porter; guard; shift patterns and conditions; transfers; railway cottage; impact of war, blackout, bombing of 'Khyber Pass', duties; station run by women; one of the first women guards, preparation; trains, workings; fish cargoes; small arms factory; hours of duty; reasons for leaving railway; railway's expression of thanks for work; careless moment; training and employment 1950; underground duties, shifts; d.o.b. 1922-07-16., railway work 1940 to 1949., London; Barnby Dun; Stainforth; Finchley; Wood Green; Bounds Green; Bowes Park; Grange Park; Enfield; King's Cross station; Palmer's Green; Gordon Hill; Finsbury Park; Royal Engineers; London North Eastern Railway (LNER); London Undergroud Ltd (LUL); V2 Rocket, 1944;