Autobiography

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 11

I become Associate Director of the BBC Songs of Praise for a John Wesley Anniversary Programme and tell the Germans how to run their trains on time!

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 10 / 3

Reorganisations, train accidents (and safety management) and reliability - all issues I faced and had to manage in this role...
Cherry

Summer Pudding

"No...this isn’t a poem, it’s just a three-day old loaf..."

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 10 / 2

Steam Specials and Royal Trains - as Officer in charge of both I had some enjoyable and sometimes hair-raising experiences...

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 10 / 1

Back to running trains again - taking charge of operations on the West Coast Main Line (pre Virgin). A few interesting tests we instituted...
Cherry

Business

The hotness of the peppers. The business of love.

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 9 / 2

I move to the BR Headquarters and get involved in departmental politics and significant trade union negotiations that hit the headlines in the 1980s.

The Artists' Muse

Choosing to become sedentary laying alone my mind wanders...

'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 9 / 1

I become Head of the dreaded department whose role was to increase produuctivity, but first I was sent on a high level 3 month management course involving a week on Swiss railways.