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Jubilee telephone with external bell box, 1977

Jubilee telephone with external bell box, 1977

1977
Jubilee telephone wall mounting, 1977

Jubilee telephone wall mounting, 1977

1977
BT portable computer

BT portable computer

1983
footplate, cleaner, fireman; General Strike, 1926; family; railway work; father's work as a driver on GWR - top link driver; light engine trip through Severn Tunnel; Ebbw Junction, Newport, South Wales school; First World War; teachers, arithmetic; joining police force; first jobs errand boy, horse & cart milk deliveries; iron foundry; manufacture of railway iron chairs; railway work; ambitions - express driver; railway job interview; cleaner, Newport; conditions pay; conditions shifts); tasks - cleaning, coaling the engines, time office; seniority; cleaning engines; foreman; disciplinary offences - driving an engine; black leg workers; cleaner - opportunities for advancement; fireman duties; training; workmates; pranks - callboy duties; attitude to work; interests as a young man - cycling; schoolfriend; holidays, Devon, Cornwall; steamer from Newport to Ilfracombe; passenger travel; engine cleaning, length of experience; reason for leaving, 1923 amalgamation; decision to join police force; height requirement; continuing interest in police; railway ambitions; career in police force; marriage and family; railway work; companionship; father's work on railway; railway museums; Mallard; City of Truro locomotive; d.o.b. 1908-06-13; railway work 1925-1931. Ebbw Junction, Newport; Devon and Cornwall. Great Western Railway (GWR). 2.8346 x 3.1496 x .315 in.

Parfitt, Sidney

2000-07-24