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Collins, Mike

 
9781844019328: Too Busy to Delegate: More Railway Characters
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1844019322 ISBN 13 : 9781844019328
Editeur : Athena Press, 2007

Synopsis

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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Biographie de l'auteur

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

Présentation de l'éditeur

Retired Civil Engineer Mike Collins' second foray down the branch lines of memory have produced a host of humorous new faces and some recognizable 'barmpots' from his first volume. Notable among these are Bill the prankster, the helpful if hilarity-prone

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Éditeur
Athena Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1844019322
ISBN 13 
9781844019328
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
424
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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