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Life in a Railway Factory By Alfred Williams. Originally published in 1915. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Obscure Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents include : - Labour Unrest - The Stamping - The Shunters - The Old Canal - The Field - The Smithy - Fitters - Getting to Work - First Operations in the Shed - Stamping - Forging and Smithing - First Quarter at the Forge - The Night Shift - Inferiority of Work Made by the Night Shift - Sickness and Accidents - Cold and Heat - Getting a Start - Short Time and Overtime - Table of Wages Paid at the Works.
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About the Author:
Known as 'The Hammerman Poet' and 'The Wiltshire Poet' Alfred Williams was born in 1877 in South Marston, near Swindon. Family poverty forced him to begin working for a farmer at the age of eight. While still a teenager he joined two of his elder brothers at the GWR works at Swindon. Throughout his life he was a prolific writer of both prose and poetry and his thirst for knowledge was immense -he even taught himself Sanskrit. The shock of receiving news of his beloved wife, Mary's, terminal illness proved fatal to him and he died just before her in 1930.
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- PublisherHome Farm Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1443738867
- ISBN 13 9781443738866
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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