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The End of the Line: The Last Ten Years at Swindon Works - Softcover

Bateman, Ron

 
9780750993128: The End of the Line: The Last Ten Years at Swindon Works
Softcover
ISBN 10: 075099312X ISBN 13: 9780750993128
Verlag: The History Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

In 1977, the iconic Swindon Works was building locomotives.By 1986, it was shut down.In The End of the Line, Ron Bateman recounts the fight to save Swindon Works, its 3,500 jobs and the livelihood of the entire community it represented. Initially joining through the Works Training School in 1977, Ron witnessed this tragic struggle and the crushing blow dealt to the industry that had defined Swindon for generations.Combining personal recollections with information and interviews from many other insiders and railmen, this book provides the only comprehensive chronicle on the final decade of 147 years of railway engineering and a fateful milestone in the history of Swindon.

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RON BATEMAN embarked on an apprenticeship with British Rail Engineering Ltd, Swindon, in 1977, where he continued to work as a skilled coach-painter until the works closed. Thereafter, he worked in engineering for an orthopaedic manufacturing company, before retiring in 2016. He was one of the founding members of the Orwell Society and was editor of the Society Journal. He splits his time between Umbria, Italy, and South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

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Verlag
The History Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
075099312X
ISBN 13 
9780750993128
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
224
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