footplate, cleaner, fireman; Mutual Improvement Classes; Father's job, a railway guard, secretary of National Union of Railwaymen (NUR), Lincoln Branch; starting work, first job as a cinema operator; joining Great Northern Railway (GNR), Lincoln, as a cleaner; joining NUR; supporter of Mutual Improvement Classes; becoming a passed cleaner and fireman; recollections of various incidents; leaving railway to read History at Oxford University; continuing interest in railways; work on documenting Joint Line; work with County Archive; d.o.b. 1922-01-06, railway work 1938-1950. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Cossey, Frank 2000-11-23
CDP Recording Amplifier & Disc Cutter (complete) by Bourne Instruments, Bourne, Lincolnshire, with modifications, spares, accessories and blank lacquer recording discs in boxes, 1940-1960 Bourne Instruments CDP Recording Amplifier & Disc Cutter, 1940-1960 1940-1960
Travelling Post Office; childhood; working as a boy messenger; sorter, inland section; Mount Pleasant Sorting Office; application to work on Travelling Post Office, acceptance; TPO route, Euston-Aberdeen; conditions; memories of railway engines; train formation, West Coast Postal Ltd; quantity of mail; description of sorting coach; staff and equipment for loading and unloading; experience of loading and unloading the mail while travelling; route knowledge; conditions, rest facilities, long shifts; lodging away from home, camaraderie; digs cont.; work rota, obtaining leave; different routes; incidents, fog, freezing weather; security arrangements; incidents, cream cakes, dropping mail in canal; the Irish Mail; d.o.b. 1917-04-03, railway work 1936-39; 1945-47. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Aberdour, Gilbert Victor Norman 2000-11-23