ISBN: 9780711029644 - All in a Day's Work: Life on the Gwr. (15 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Couple short tears to jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. hardback, quarto measuring 10" x 8", a very good tightly bound copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper, text clean and unmarked, b&w photographic plates, 160pp.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. hardback, quarto measuring 10" x 8", a very good tightly bound copy in a very good pictorial dust wrapper, text clean and unmarked, b&w photographic plates, 160pp.

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 160 pages. 800g. Green cloth boards FINE, in a FINE d/w. Illustrated with b/w photographs. A portrait of life as a railway worker during the age of steam.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. "Drawing on the extensive Archives of the Great Western Railway.a Portrait of Life as a Railway Worker in the Age of Steam." Well illustrated with many Monochrome Archive Photos. Green cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 160 Pages, 800g, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 160pp Ills. hardback, internally fine, edges of dustwrapper creased.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. No markings or inscriptions; looks unread.

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Hardback. Condition: Mint. Dust Jacket Condition: Mint. First Edition. This copy is in mint, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dustwrapper is in mint condition International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. At the height of the railway age, the railway industry provided employment for over one million workers in Britain. Although the top-link driver on the great named expresses of the age of steam may have been the pinnacle in terms of popular perception, these individuals could only have got there with the assistance of myriad other trades and after years of progressing through the more junior grades of footplate staff. From the humble junior porter through to the chairman of the board, the railways employed a vast array of different trades, all of whom were essential to the smooth running of the industry. Some of these trades, such as the track gangs, are still an important part of the maintenance of the modern railway, but others, such as blacksmiths, have now disappeared. Even if a trade still exists, its day-to-day operations are likely to have been radically changed in the 180 years' of main line railway operation in Britain. Drawing upon the extensive archives of the Great Western Railway, now housed in Steam: Museum of the Great Western at Swindon, Tim Bryan provides in All in a Day's Work: Life on the GWR a portrait of life as a railway worker during the age of steam. Whilst to the outsider, particularly to the aspiring engine driver, life on the railways may have appeared glamorous, the reality, particularly for those in the more manual jobs, was often harsh, dirty and dangerous. This was an era before 'hi-vis' jackets and Health & Safety legislation, before much of the labour-saving machinery of the late 20th century was developed, an age when pay was often poor and expectations for promotion limited. In examining the role of the disparate trades involved in the railway industry, the author provides both an evocative portrait of a long-lost era and also a social history that will have a resonance for all those countless families with relatives who once worked in the railway industry. Ref NNN 1.…