Reminiscences as office boy and apprentice at Swindon Railway Works, 1944-1951: The sights, sounds, smells, personalities, and jobs remembered with nostalgia and affection from steam days
Language: English
Published by Oxford Pub. Co, Oxford, 1986
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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A like new hardback copy, with no discernible faults to book and only some gentle fading to the otherwise excellent dust jacket. All in all a very good copy indeed. 1st edition. 1986, Oxford Publishing Company. A5 portrait format hardback with dustjacket. 192pp plus an additional 16pp on glossy paper with black and white photographs. Green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, facsimiles and plans. Track layout of Swindon Works to end-papers. The Author's memories of Swindon Works 1944 - 1951, as an office boy and apprentice - much detail on the engineering techniques practised at Swindon Railway Works after the second world war. The sights, sounds, smells, personalities and jobs remembered with nostalgia and affection from steam days. Renowned throughout the world as a centre for engineering excellence, the Swindon Works of the former Great Western Railway, hold a special place in the affections of rail enthusiasts. With its untimely passing in 1986, the famous phrase 'built at Swindon' will no longer adorn new rolling stock. However, the reminiscences of former Swindon apprentice, Ken Gibbs, rekindle the days of Great Western steam and the hustle and bustle of a unique institution. From fitting and turning to locomotive erection, the working practices and craftsmen of Swindon Works are recalled with great nostalgia and affection. We pack our books properly and ship daily from the UK, using recycled materials where we can.…
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- Title
- Reminiscences as office boy and apprentice at Swindon Railway Works, 1944-1951: The sights, sounds, smells, personalities, and jobs remembered with nostalgia and affection from steam days
- Author
- Gibbs, Ken
- Publisher
- Oxford Pub. Co, Oxford
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- As new
- Dust jacket
- As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0860933806
- ISBN 13
- 9780860933809
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
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