Autobiography
'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 6 / 1
'The coin is tossed' and I become stationmaster Aberbeeg, an operating post with 70 staff in the Western Valley above Newport. And this influenced the rest of my career...
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We have to keep the country going second draft
The reality of my on-going situation hit me hard earlier today.
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The misty mirrors of childhood
“The land of Song within thee lies, Watered by living springs; “Holy thoughts, like stars, arise, Its clouds are angels' wings.”
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I Almost Died By My Own Hand
I almost died by my own hand. By the bottle of shame and fear I held tightly, Clutched between shaky fingers, As I knotted a rope of words unsaid, Looped it ‘round my bare neck,
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 5
'Sitting next to Nellie' in the London Offices and a final fling to practise my management skills in Devon and Dorset before getting my first permanentjob as a Stationmaster.
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That Morning
In this dream I never told, I ran away.
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 4
Becoming a lodger in Swansea, a stationmaster in Pontardawe, designing car space allocation for the new roll-on/roll-off ferry to Ireland and Welsh Vally wanderings
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My Charlie Drake
As the train pulled up at Newton Abbott station I knew that by the end of the week my life would be in some way different, and that no matter what happened, something inside of me would never be the s
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 3 / 2
Three weeks with a footplate pass to learn the duties of a steam locomotive driver (and fireman!). A schoolboy's dream and I got paid for it!
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 3 / 1
My first year as a Traffic Apprentice (Managemment Trainee) learning the ropes in Stations and Depots in the London Division
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