- Paperback: 422 pages
- Publisher: Athena Press (11 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844019322
- ISBN-13: 978-1844019328
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,303,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Retired Civil Engineer Mike Collins' second foray down the branch lines of memory have produced a host of humorous new faces and some recognisable 'barmpots' from his first volume. Notable among these are Bill the prankster, the helpful if hilarity-prone Wendy, and the megalithic figure of Mike's No. 2, John Midgley. There are triumphs aplenty, including the heroic feats of Mike's Stakhanovite team on the York Remodelling Project, and swift action in the face of electrification, bulls on the line, and the 'wrong kind of snow'. Yet there are sadnesses as well - a fatal road accident, the use of tunnels as personal termini, not to mention the author's dismay at the onset of privatisation. Enter into this weird world of cants and chair screws, twistectors and traxcavators, pocket theodolites and gricers, where the humour is wry, the delivery straight - and the dialect Yorkshire! Mike Collins is a retired Civil Engineer, who worked all his life in Yorkshire. He has been a keen observer of the characters he has met and their humour. Within these pages are more memories, leaping from his earliest days up to the end of his working life.
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Mike Collins is a retired Civil Engineer, who worked all his life in Yorkshire. He has been a keen observer of the characters he has met and their humour. Within these pages are more memories, leaping from his earliest days up to the end of his working li
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This is a hilariously vivid account of the working life of the railway and, more importantly, the characters that inhabited it. If you read Mike's first book, "Railway Character Lines", you will know what to expect and will be pleased to see the return of many familiar characters as well as a host of new faces.
Mike's memoirs not only celebrate the daftness of his former colleagues, but also their commitment, expertise and their achievements. Reading this book, we share in their triumphs, their tragedies and their many comical exploits. Mike paints a nostalgic, but very real picture of how things were, not necessarily how you might have imagined.
Written in a wickedly blunt Yorkshire style, but also with much sensitivity and great affection.
Mike's memoirs not only celebrate the daftness of his former colleagues, but also their commitment, expertise and their achievements. Reading this book, we share in their triumphs, their tragedies and their many comical exploits. Mike paints a nostalgic, but very real picture of how things were, not necessarily how you might have imagined.
Written in a wickedly blunt Yorkshire style, but also with much sensitivity and great affection.
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