Oral history recording; Expanding National Archive of Railway Oral History; Ernst Birchler; daytrips/outings; work culture and relationships; anecdotes from the workplace; working on electric; depots; changes in the railway industry; fireman and driver training; engineer; British Rail; privatisation; Second World War; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Stratford; Oerlikon; Chadwell Heath; Liverpool Street; Eastleigh; London; Manchester; Liverpool; Colchester; Clacton; Southend; Shenfield; Sheffield; Wath; Fenchurch Street; Glasgow; Epping; Ongar; Ilford; Rayleigh; Gidea Park Birchler, Ernst 2005-03-22
parcels office clerk; railway horses; parcels traffic; staff clerk; Second World War; railway clearing house; school; junior clerk (1937); Southern Railway; Hastings, parcels office, left luggage; gas lighting; Hastings Station, telephones, tickets, St. Leonards-Edmundson; goods depot; Bexhill, horses, cartage, railway clearing house; Second World War, zeppelins; parcel office; Charing Cross Station (1938); traffic, fruit, vegetables, Second World War, London Blitz; hop pickers, Kent; timetables; alterations; timetables; weather, fog; double-decker trains; information and travel centre; staff clerk; Area Manager's office; d.o.b. 1920-06-19. railway work 1937-1984. Hastings; St Leonards; Bexhill; Charing Cross; London Bridge Bartlett, Kenneth 2000-07-04