In and Around Swindon Works
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A01=Peter Timms
Author_Peter Timms
Category1=Non-Fiction
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Category=WGF
COP=United Kingdom
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Format=BC
History of Engineering & Technology
HMM=248
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
Industrialisation
ISBN13=9781445606569
PA=Available
PD=20120510
POP=Chalford
Price=€20 to €50
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PUB=Amberley Publishing
Railway Books
Railways
Social & Economic History
Subject=Transport: General Interest
Trains
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WMM=172
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- ISBN 9781445606569
- Weight: 503g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 15 May 2012
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In and Around Swindon Works covers further aspects of the famous manufacturing centre of the Great Western Railway during its heyday of 1930 to 1960. This is the second half of a detailed work begun with the book Working at Swindon Works 1930 - 1960. In piecemeal form, much has been written about Swindon Works but many aspects of it have remained, until now, neglected. From ex-employees, both male and female, and printed material such as surviving GWR circulars and internal documents, the author has compiled a comprehensive study. Manufacturing processes, factory conditions, senior staff, office routines, design and development, training and the significance of the Works within the railway company are all covered to some extent. There are chapters on: raw materials and General Stores, the Drawing Office, steam and diesel locomotive building and overhaul, the Carriage and Wagon department and its staff, wartime conditions and war work, CME accounts, fires, accidents, housing, medical care and, as the title suggests, there is something of the home and social life of the staff as well. The end result is not complete but so long after the events, it's 'near enough' as old Swindonians would have said.
Peter Timms lives in Swindon and is a collector of books and documents about the Great Western Railway and other areas of local history in the 20th century.
