10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOOTPLATEMAN»
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footplateman in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
footplateman and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Time innovations and the deployment of manpower: attitudes ...
The main points of the agreement were that each footplateman was guaranteed
at least eight hours pay a day, whether or not there was eight hours work for him
to do. If a footplateman ' s shift exceeded eight hours in length, he was entitled to
...
2
Bishop To Pawn and other short stories
She was launching herself at the piano as though she were a footplateman
shovelling coal into the boiler of a steam train. Quite plainly something was amiss
and the young lady was overwrought. Jerry hovered for an instant, wondering ...
3
Rosin-Dust Under the Bridge
... nurse and artist see such things differently finding two places not too close was
not hard we are in good time after all with seats vacant and ample though
legroom is limited already the seedy compartment is ticking footplateman itching
to jab ...
4
This Congregation Here Present
I don't intend to allow the same thing to happen to you, Godfrey,' was her excuse
as she shovelled fish down my neck like a footplateman stuffing coal into a steam
engine.” “But you will admit, Pop, it's good to have her back from her holiday ...
With approximately five hundred tons behind the tender it was a challenge for
any footplateman to keep the head of steam. The needle of the pressure gauge
must per force be kept just at the red line. We breasted Whiteball summit at just ...
One feels almost sorry for Swinhoe who couldnotnow raiseany objectionto
myfather's employment. Freebury had a similar, butless happy, experience ten
yearslater. He wantedtobea footplateman andhis repeated applications
fortransfer out of ...
Parents and their children are today invited to the engine of the metaphor, and
may touch the deadman's handle. Cowcatchers? Fried baconon the
footplateman's shovel? People, please, this is1990 notthe Wild West. You
kidslicking the tipsof ...
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The Cambridge French-English Thesaurus
15 foot (body part) 64.1 footplateman 8.21 forbid 37.14 forbidden 37.14
foreground 82.2-82.3 forehead 64.1 foreigner 6.4 Foreign Office 36.3 Foreign
Secretary 36.3 foreman, forewoman 37.2 foreplay 64.18 forest 18.9 forge ahead
51.11 ...
Marie-Noklle Lamy, Richard Towell, 1998
... approaches the ground. glider pilot n [UK] [Railways] the footplateman required
to ride a dead locomotive which was being hauled to the depot. gliding shift, also
gliding work, gliding time n [Industry] a variable shift system of work that allows ...
A footplateman since his days as an NCB fireman on industrial locos in the 1960s
, Harry confirmed that this was the first time he had experienced a melted fusible
plug. An investigation is in progress, with suspicions centring on the new gauge ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOOTPLATEMAN»
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footplateman is used in the context of the following news items.
Bygones: Ex-footplateman John Weston recalls fear of being …
Retired footplateman John Weston, of Breedon-on-the-Hill, looks back to his early years as an engine cleaner for the LMS based at Derby's No. «Derby Telegraph, Jan 15»
Travelling in style - by steam from Bristol to Cornwall
On the platform an unassuming man stands straight-backed in the faded blue jacket and trousers of a footplateman. This is our driver, ... «Bristol Post, Jul 14»
Bygones: Steam footplate journey was like a nightmare in Dante's …
Geoff Hayes, 89, above, of Ilkeston, has been busy writing his memoirs. Here he looks back on his years as a footplateman in the early 1940s. «Derby Telegraph, Feb 14»
Bette and Peter Dickens celebrate 70th wedding anniversary
She said her husband worked on the railways for 46 years, becoming a footplateman on great locomotives such as the Mallard. She worked ... «The Press, York, Dec 13»
The age of steam is back with heritage lines all over the country
Alongside is Gary Blackburn, an IT manager from Castleford, aged 45, a veteran footplateman who says “she sounds like a sewing machine at ... «Mirror.co.uk, Aug 13»
