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Order Code

Author

Title & Details

Price

BB801A

Barfield, T.

When There Was STEAM
Memories of a Western Region Fireman

BB, 19 pp. 116, with 20 illus on 16 plates, map & plan.
Locomotive working centred on Kidderminster depot, 1950s.

£6.50

BB801B

Barfield, T.

PANNIERS AND PRAIRIES
More Memories of a Western Region Fireman

BB, 1981 pp. 108, 13 illus.
Based at Kidderminster shed. (sl tired)

£6.00

BB802

Gwillam, R.

A LOCOMOTIVE FIREMAN LOOKS BACK
BB, [1979] pp. 151, with 10 illus.
Period, from 1951.

SOLD

BB803

Fleming, D.J.

ST PHILIPS MARSH
memories of an engine shed

BB, [1980] pp. 114, with 30 illus on 16 plates.
Period 1956 until closure in 1964.

£5.00

BB804

Jacks, L.C.

DRAWN BY STEAM memories of a Tyseley locoman
BB, [UND] pp. 164.

SOLD

BB805

Jacks, L.C.

DIESELS a driver's reminiscences
BB, [1982] pp. 112. 22 photos.
Work in the Birmingham area during 1960s.

SOLD

BB806

Drayton, J.

ON THE FOOTPLATE
memories of a GWR engineman

BB, 1976 pp. 111, with frontis, 20 illus & a map.
Over 50 years on the GWR and BR(WR) from 1923, based mostly on Welsh depots. Illustrated by photographs, mainly by the author.

£5.00

BB807

Mountford, E.R.

SWINDON GWR REMINISCENCES
BB, [1982] pp. 112. 17 photos.
Author was a works apprentice in 1930s.

£5.00

BB808A

Bushell, G.

LMS LOCOMAN
Wellingborough Footplate memories

BB, [1982] pp. 112. 14 photos.
Reminiscences of a fireman, 1933-40.

£5.00

BB80B

Bushell, G.

LMS LOCOMAN
Willesden Footplate Memories

BB, [1982] pp. 112. 14 photos.
Reminiscences 1940-8.

£5.00

BB808C

Bushell, G.

L.M.S. LOCOS from the footplate
BB, [1984] pp. 128.
Further reminiscences 1933-48.

SOLD

BB809A

Essery, T.

FIRING DAYS at SALTLEY
BB, [1980] pp. 174, with frontis (portrait) & 13 illus on 8 plates (pp. 81-88).
Locomotive work centred upon Saltley motive power depot, Birmingham, 1950-59.

£5.00

BB809B

Essery, T.

More FIRING DAYS at SALTLEY
BB, [1981?] pp. 163, with frontis (portrait) & 14 illus on 7 plates.

Locomotive work centred upon Saltley motive power depot, Birmingham, 1950-59.

SOLD

BB810A

Johnson, P.G.

THROUGH THE LINKS AT CREWE
Top Link Footplate Memories [Vol 1]

BB, [1980] pp. 123.
Reminiscences of a fireman in 1940s/50s.

SOLD

BB810B

Johnson, P.G.

THROUGH THE LINKS AT CREWE
More Top Link Footplate Memories Vol 2

BB, [1981] pp. 124.

£6.00

BB811

Stokes, K.

BOTH SIDES of the FOOTPLATE
BB, [1984] pp. 111.
Reminiscences of work on the LMSR in Yorkshire, 1924 to the end of steam.

SOLD

BB812

Burgess

WORKING WITH LMS STEAM
BB, 1983 pp. 143. 14 illus.
Reminiscences of a shed fitter, 1932-60s.

£5.00

BB813

Bonnett, H.

SMOKE AND STEAM!
GN and LNER footplate memories

BB, 1981 pp. 109. 15 illus.

SOLD

BB814

Dixon, N.

YORKSHIRE LOCOMAN
LNER memories

BB, 1983 pp. 112. 17 photos.

SOLD

BB815

Semmens, P.

NORTH EASTERN ENGINEMAN
[Driver Syd Midgley and fifty years of Steam]

BB, 1980 pp. 119, with 23 illus on 16 plates (pp. 53-60, 77-84).
Period, 1914-1963, NER-LNER-BR.

£5.00

BB816

Potts, G.C.

BANKERS and PILOTS
Footplate Memories

BB, [1984] pp. 136. 17 photos.
Reminiscences of Mexborough, 1922-52.

SOLD

BB817

Hill, J.

BUCKJUMPERS GOBBLERS AND CLAUDS
A lifetime on the Great Eastern and LNER footplates.

BB, 1981 pp. 112. 13 photos.
Period 1913-1960. Includes WWI service in the Railway Operating Department (ROD) of the Royal Engineers.

SOLD

BB818A

Meacher, C.

LNER FOOTPLATE MEMORIES
The story of twenty-five years on and off shed

BB, 1978 pp. 150, with 22 illus, 2 maps & 2 plans.
Centred upon Haymarket and St Margaret's locomotive depots, Edinburgh.

£6.00

BB818B

Meacher, C.

LIVING WITH LOCOS
BB, [1980] pp. 108, with 9 illus & a map.
A sequel to his LNER FOOTPLATE MEMORIES (1978). Memoirs based on Thornton motive power depot, Fife; steam locos, LNER & BR(ScR).

£5.50

BB819

McGregor, J.A.

All Stations to MALLAIG!
the West Highland line since Nationalisation

BB, 1982 pp. 112, with 20 photos, 2 maps.
A history 1948-80.

SOLD

BB820

Stephen, R.D.

STEAM SUPREME recollections of Scottish railways in the 1920s
BB, [1980] pp. 151, with 48 illus on 24 plates.

SOLD

BB821

Dunbar, A.G. &
Glen, I.A.

fifty years with SCOTTISH STEAM
BB, [1982] pp. 112. 15 photos.
Dunbar's recollections of Scottish steam locomotives from 1912, including his experiences as a fitter with Caledonian Railway, editede by Glen, partly from previously published articles.

£4.50

BB822

Hooker, A.E.

NINE ELMS ENGINEMAN
BB, [1984] pp. 124.
Reminiscences of a fireman 1940-48, including participation in the Locomotive Exchange Trials, 1948.

SOLD

BB823

Hollands, G.

SOUTHERN LOCOMAN
BB, [1982] pp. 110.
Reminiscences of work, primarily as a fireman at Tunbridge Wells West, 1940s-50s.

SOLD

BB824

Jackman, M.

ENGINEMAN S.R.
BB, [1982] pp. 112. 18 photos.
Memoirs of a footplateman based at Bricklayers Arms, 1947 to the end of steam traction.

£4.50

BB825

Norman, H.

FOOTPLATE DAYS on the SOUTHERN
BB, 1983 pp. 112. 15 illus.
Reminiscences of a fireman at Stewarts Lane, 1948-50s.

£5.00

BB826

Aynsley, B.W.

NOTHING LIKE STEAM!
footplate work on Southern Region

BB, [1980] pp. 112, with 12 illus.

SOLD

BB827 Burke, M. SIGNALMAN
BB, [1982] pp. 112.
Reminiscences of work in the north-west of England since 1953.
SOLD

BB828

Fawcett, D.

GANGER GUARD and SIGNAL-MAN
Working memories of the Settle & Carlisle

BB, 1981 pp. 112.

SOLD

BB829

Kalla-Bishop, P.M.

LOCOMOTIVES AT WAR
army railway reminiscences of the Second World War

BB, [1980] pp. 151, with 16 illus on 8 plates.
Depots in GB: Martin Mill, Longmoor, Melbourne, the Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Rly, and military railways in Northern Ireland and at bases abroad.

SOLD


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