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Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice: The Memoirs of Alfred Plumley 1880-1892
David (Ed) Wilkins
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Description for Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice: The Memoirs of Alfred Plumley 1880-1892
Paperback. A unique glimpse into the life of a young servant boy and GWR apprentice in the late nineteenth century Editor(s): Wilkins, David. Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 3JH; BM; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 248. .
Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by `going on the railway' and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes to love his new life and, undeterred by an unhappy temporary posting to the grim and ... Read more
Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by `going on the railway' and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes to love his new life and, undeterred by an unhappy temporary posting to the grim and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750969932
SKU
V9780750969932
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Ref
99-10
About David (Ed) Wilkins
ALFRED PLUMLEY worked for the GWR for 45 years from the late nineteenth century until the 1930s. DAVID WILKINS is a retired public health campaigner, now a writer and a keen collector of old diaries and letters. He acquired Alfred Plumley's memoirs at auction and has lovingly transcribed them for this book.
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