The End of the Line
the last ten years at swindon works
$45.97
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2020
Summary
1977 was a good year for the former GWR Works in Swindon. Against all expectation it won an order to build new locomotives for the first time since 1965. Within ten years of winning that order, Swindon Works had closed, resulting in 3,500 job losses. Ronald Bateman first entered the Works Training School in August 1977, before continuing his apprenticeship’inside’ Swindon Works a year later. As a skilled coach-painter, Ronald witnessed the fight to save the works and the crushing blow of clos…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750993128 |
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| ISBN-10: | 075099312X |
| Author: | Ron Bateman |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 370g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Ron Bateman
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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