Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice (eBook)

The Memoirs of Alfred Plumley 1880-1892

David Wilkins (Herausgeber)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
160 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8333-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by 'going on the railway' and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes to love his new life and, undeterred by an unhappy temporary posting to the grim and chaotic engine yards of Bristol, ends up spending forty-five years as a GWR employee. Alfred writes charmingly, and always with the authentic voice of a West Country lad. His memoir has been edited by David Wilkins who adds just the right amount of detail to place the story in its proper historical context.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.6.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Schlagworte: alfred plumley • alfred plumley, great western railway, mendip hills, somerset, railway memoir, rail memoir, bristol engine yard, railway, serving boy, railway station, engines, engine yards, GWR, west country, the memoirs of alfred plumley 1880-1892 • bristol engine yard • Engines • engine yards • Great Western Railway • GWR • Mendip Hills • rail memoir • Railway • railway memoir • Railway Station • serving boy • Somerset • the memoirs of alfred plumley 1880-1892 • West Country
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8333-7 / 0750983337
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8333-4 / 9780750983334