Oral history recording; Expandind National Archive of Railway Oral History; Michael Reeder; childhood; pubs/drinking; changes in the community; work culture and relationships; changes in the railway industry; Mutual Improvement Classes; signalling school; signalman; management grades; British Rail; shipping; ethnic minorities; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s; Harwich and Parkeston Quay; Bunwell; Beccles; Norwich; Yarmouth; London; Derby; Luton; Birmingham; Hatfield; Potters Bar; Peterborough; King's Cross; Ilford; Liverpool Street; Dunkirk; Zeebrugge; Felixstowe; Dovercourt; Bathside Bay