A modern black and white silver gelatin photograph taken from original nitrate film entitled "Redcar, c. 1910", taken by Alfred Hind Robinson in c. 1910. From the Impressions Gallery exhibition 'The Wide World' 28 February - 5 April 1986 Redcar, c. 1910 circa 1910
permanent way, lengthman, patrolman, sub-ganger, ganger, track chargeman; Railway Housing Association; Father, a collier; mother, a member of the Stephenson family; first job as a butcher's lad; assistant driller at a steel works; father worked for railway as a porter; missionary work as a Jehovah's Witness; joined railway as a lengthman, 1947; promoted to patrolman, Castle Eden Branch, Eaglescliffe; promoted to sub-ganger, Croft Yard, Darlington; promoted to ganger, Fighting Cocks Branch; ganger at North Road and Shildon; track chargeman at Darlington; "near miss" incident; weather, experience of fogging duties; "During fog or falling snow, into the cabin you must go"; nicknamed "Pontoon" after working 21 hour shifts; awarded £10 for averting a costly disaster; lives in Railway Housing Association property. d.o.b. 1921-04-24, railway work 1947-1985, Darlington, Castle Eden, Croft Yard, Fighting Cocks, North Road, Shildon. 3.1496 x 2.8346 x .315 in. Hodgson, Henry 2000-10-24