Clow, Bob

Made:
2004-10-14; 2004-11-02; 2004-11-09; 2004-11-16; 2004-11-30 in Harwich

Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Bob Clow; childhood; family life; railway club; railway community; changes in the community; housing; work culture and relationships; anecdotes from the workplace; memories of individuals; working on steam; working on diesel; working on electric; change from steam to diesel; depots; changes in the railway industry; seniority; hostels; Mutual Improvement Classes; fireman and driver training; firemen and driver examinations; unions; strikes; tension at work; cleaner; fireman; driver; instructor; pre-grouping; Big Four; British Rail; ethnic minorities; shipping; Second World War; retirement activity; pre-war; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Harwich and Parkeston Quay; Temple Mills; Stratford; Whitemoor; Dovercourt; Manchester; Bury St Edmunds; Colchester; Ilford; Bathside Bay; Ipswich; March; Healy Mills; Liverpool; Hornsey; Fenchurch Street; Shoeburyness; Derby; Welwyn; King's Cross; York; Hatfield; Norwich; King's Lynn; London; Tilbury; Southend; Liverpool Street; Gidea Park; Shenfield; Euston; Felixstowe; Mossend; Eastleigh

Details

Category:
Oral Histories
Collection:
National Archive of Railway Oral History
Object Number:
NAROH2007-12
Materials:
plastic (unidentified)
type:
oral history recording
credit:
Friends of the National Railway Museum