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Interview
3089, TR/007
Tracking Our Heritage

Speaker: R M Jackson, 1941 - 0, Interviewee, Male,
Speaker: Croney C, Interviewer, Female

Summary of interview item: Recalls earliest memories of the railway. His father was a driver. He came to Rowsley during World War II. He started his career in 1956 as a cleaner and progressed to a passed fireman. He talks about the busy sidings at Rowsley. Describes dances at the Matlock Bath Pavilion where he met his wife. Mentions railway trips for staff and social clubs. Talks about the run down and closure of the railway and redundancies. Talks about what happened to workers following closure and local housing for railway workers. Collecting coal from the trackside. Duties on the railway. Descirbes the railway as being a happy period in his life and talks about rates of pay. Finishes with memories of Saturday afternoons working and running between locos in the sidings as a teenager.
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Marital Status: Married, Children:
Father's Occupation: Train Driver
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Location: County: Derbyshire
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Periods Covered: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Language: English

Recording Date: 5/9/2018
Playing time: 59 mins 50 secs
Access Restrictions: Item Copyright: Derwent & Wye Valley Railway Trust
Summary: No
Transcription: No
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