{"product_id":"vaporisings-of-a-locoman","title":"Vaporisings of a Locoman","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Vaporisings of a Locoman’ is a wonderfully entertaining, varied\nand beautifully observed memoir by ‘Buffer Beam’ (Frank Leonard Button) of his\nlife early in the twentieth century. Yes, much of Frank’s life was spent\nworking on the railways, but this memoir takes the reader into many of the\nnooks and byways of a life well lived by an observant and deeply and cheerfully\nwitty man. For example…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e‘Our boss was a chemist-cum-farmer, who had bought\nthis half-derelict farm, situated on the lonely Essex marshes, out of the\nproceeds of a dubious remedy he had been selling through the agency of the\ncheap periodicals of the day. This was advertised and subtly worded as to cure\nall ‘female irregularities’ at 1\/1 ½ per box, post free, and was sent out from\na small chemist’s shop in the East End of London. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe only irregularity it cured was the vendor’s\nbank balance.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome to\nBuffer Beam’s world!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Conrad Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53693068280152,"sku":"9781916966703","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781916966703.jpg?v=1777869040","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/vaporisings-of-a-locoman","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}