Tales of the Rails - John Fletcher Main Line Footplateman (Fletcher John)(Paperback)

I must admit to not having had a lifelong love of railways I certainly wasn't interested in them in my early days, I would have been at least eighteen months old before getting hooked, after being presented with a plastic steam engine rattle by my mother which she tied to the side of my Silver Cross pram giving me an early opportunity to noisily announce an affection for my new found interest, and I have been rattling on about them ever since! My childhood was one of happiness in our small terraced house in 1950's Preston, and looking back on those days I feel fortunate to have been brought up in that generation where people had little of monetary value but a mixture of discipline, love, and respect did exist in most working class households. The great outdoors gave us freedom to play and pursue a variety of interests and influenced by my Uncle, Bob Fletcher who drove steam locomotives
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