The End of the Line (eBook)

The Last Ten Years at Swindon Works

Ron Bateman (Autor)

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2020 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-9528-3 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.4.2020
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Schienenfahrzeuge
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Schlagworte: Great Western Railway • GWR • gwr, great western railway, swindon, swindon works, rail, railway, trains, locomotives, works training school, railway engineering, gwr Swindon works, railway enthusiasts, railway history, industry, steam engines, wiltshire • gwr Swindon works • Industry • Livelihoods • Local community • Locomotives • Rail • Railway • railway engineering • railway enthusiasts • railway history • Railway Industry • steam engines • Swindon • swindon works • the last ten years at swindon works, locomotives, local community, livelihoods, great western railway, GWR, works training school, railway industry, railway engineering • Trains • wiltshire|the last ten years at swindon works • works training school
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-9528-9 / 0750995289
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-9528-3 / 9780750995283