Inside Swindon Works

Author : Andy Binks
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445642719
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Works Through Time written by Andy Binks and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-02-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which the Swindon Works have changed and developed since the 1940s.

Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752445267
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railway Voices from Inside Swindon Works written by Rosa Matheson and published by Tempus Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was often joked that Swindon Works' men came with 'GWR' stamped on their bottoms, so much so that even in the BR era they considered themselves Great Western! Those who worked 'Inside' as locals called it, possessed a fierce price in their work and in their worldwide reputation. Using material from numerous interviews with workshop men and women as well as official documents, Swindon expert Rosa Matheson examines the differences of each era - GWR / BR; conditions in the Works; the idiosyncrasies of work practices, such as odd names of jobs like 'holder-upper' and generational family work histories. She also explores the relationships between the workers - men ad women, shopfloor and management, foremen and men and especially 'Loco' versus Carriage and Wagon! Whilst many books have been written about the Works, few, if any, have given a chance to those who worked in its workshops to have their voices heard in the telling of that story. This beautifully illustrated book uses their words and experiences to tell the good, the bad and the ugly of working 'Inside'.

Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750968869
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Works written by Rosa Matheson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway’s Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or that it melded those who worked there into one big family? In a new and exciting format, this book, by popular railway historian Rosa Matheson, helps explain why the never-ending love story endures. With big facts and fascinating stories, it is a must read not only for ex-Works employees and their families, nor just for GWR fans and railway enthusiasts, but also for any newcomer seeking to find a good way into railway history.

Author : Alan S. Peck
Publisher : Oxford Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Western at Swindon Works written by Alan S. Peck and published by Oxford Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445611201
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In and Around Swindon Works written by Peter Timms and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new study looking at the Swindon works in the transition period between the GWR and BR (Western) ownership.

Author : Rosa Marie Matheson
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780752453019
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Doing Time Inside written by Rosa Marie Matheson and published by History Press. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Western Railway's Swindon Works was the largest employer in the area, even during the early British Railway years. For well over a hundred years thousands of apprentices and trainees passed through its doors to learn the trades of the railways.

Author : Peter Timms
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781910809860
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon - The Complete Works written by Peter Timms and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445642670
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Works 1930-1960 written by Peter Timms and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1841, when the Great Western Railway began building its works at Swindon, to 1986, when the works were closed, Swindon was a railway town

Author : John Cattell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon written by John Cattell and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pioneering days of early Victorian railway engineering the decision of Gooch and Brunel to locate an engine house and works just to the north of Swindon led to the creation of a sizeable engineering enterprise and a new settlement. This book is the result of a project commissioned in 1984, when many of the works buildings came under threat. By looking at the buildings themselves it traces the architectural history of the railway engineering works and the associated railway village. A fascinating guide revisting one of Britain's finest monuments to the early days of the railway age.

Author : L. A. Summers
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445616963
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Steam written by L. A. Summers and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the facts behind the myths and mysteries of the Swindon Steam.