Autobiography
'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 2 / 2
Now my first summer college vacation at Old Oak depot and joining the railway after graduation as a clerk in 1960
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 2 / 1
Gap year at a steam locomotive depot - being a bit of a train 'buff' helps if you want to enjoy this chapter!
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West of the Fields Long Gone
“It's not that you're empty...but that there is an omnipresent sadness about you, a fatality...”
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 1 / 2
The second half of the first chapter, entitled 'Why did I become a railwayman?' covering early days at school and London University and their (ir)relevance...
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'The Toss of a Coin', Chapter 1/1
The first chapter of my railway autobiography - from rail enthusiast to station master to Head of Safety on British Rail to being founder of the 'Railway Children' charity.
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Baby Makes Three ( Part Three )
I was taken down to the general ward in the middle of the night. Last part of my Dear Diary memory.
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Baby Makes Three ( Part Two )
It was late afternoon before the contractions became stronger... My Dear Diary moment continues...
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Baby Makes Three ( Part One )
A Dear Diary memory of giving birth in Three parts.
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Ticking the Boxes
The do's and don'ts for blind dating
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Sitting
How many times together have we talked? I'm just sitting here quietly watching like a sloth Can't break the silence when one is gone Even worse, when it's just us two
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