Hi All,
I did an apprenticeship with BR back in the 1970s. I am not sure how many guys here are quite as ancient as I am, but anybody who was with the railway at that time would probably remember that nationalised institution with a mixture of affection and wonder at some of the things that went on as I do.
When I finished my apprenticeship I ended-up at a carriage and wagon depot outside of Euston station with my best mate at the time. He was forever shaking his head and saying, You could write a book about this place. So, eventually I did write a book and now it has been published on Kindle, its called The Mary Celeste Papers.
Despite the title, it is a comedy book which uses the railway depot as a backdrop and the Mary Celeste mystery to engage the characters in something more meaningful than what we were getting up to most of the time.
Anyway, if you are/were a railway person yourself this might be of interest to you. Any book is written with a target audience in mind and for me that audience would certainly include all of my contemporaries and anybody interested in a humorous look at the behinds-the-scenes life of a railway depot.
Cheers
By the way, something that I learned whilst getting involved in this caper is that you don't need to own a Kindle to read Kindle books. You can pick up lots of really good free stuff and read it on your PC by downloading the Free Kindle reader, which is available Here.
I did an apprenticeship with BR back in the 1970s. I am not sure how many guys here are quite as ancient as I am, but anybody who was with the railway at that time would probably remember that nationalised institution with a mixture of affection and wonder at some of the things that went on as I do.
When I finished my apprenticeship I ended-up at a carriage and wagon depot outside of Euston station with my best mate at the time. He was forever shaking his head and saying, You could write a book about this place. So, eventually I did write a book and now it has been published on Kindle, its called The Mary Celeste Papers.
Despite the title, it is a comedy book which uses the railway depot as a backdrop and the Mary Celeste mystery to engage the characters in something more meaningful than what we were getting up to most of the time.
Anyway, if you are/were a railway person yourself this might be of interest to you. Any book is written with a target audience in mind and for me that audience would certainly include all of my contemporaries and anybody interested in a humorous look at the behinds-the-scenes life of a railway depot.
Cheers
By the way, something that I learned whilst getting involved in this caper is that you don't need to own a Kindle to read Kindle books. You can pick up lots of really good free stuff and read it on your PC by downloading the Free Kindle reader, which is available Here.