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« on: July 30, 2012, 16:12:11 »

Hi guys,

I^m hoping someone could help me with something^

My granddad, who is 93, is currently in hospital after having had an operation to remove his left leg following a blood clot.  He^s a truly inspirational man to me, and is determined not to let this ^set back^ stop him.  He^s determined not to be confined to a wheel chair and wants to gain the strength to use crutches.   He used to live in Lower Earley, just outside Reading, but now lives in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire.

Here is where I need some help, my granddad used to work on the railways, and ended up as (I think) Senior Signalling Engineer at Reading.  He retired in the early 1980^s.  I may have got his exact job role slightly wrong, but I know he was quite high up^  Anyway, to keep his mind occupied, I want to give him some info on the work currently being done at Reading station.  I travel through the station daily, and have been keeping him up to date in very general terms.  I was wondering whether there  was any more in-depth information I could print out and give to him.  I think he^d be interested in reading about what is going on.  When I^ve spoken to him before about his job and the bottleneck at Reading, he always said that he had a massive folder of documents about such a project, but nothing every got done.  He^s a very quiet chap, and doesn^t like to talk about his achievements or work, but some of the stories he does comes out with are fascinating.    There was a bit of a reunion last year, and a few of his old colleagues all travelled to Tewkesbury to meet up with him again.  He was really moved by that.

So, if anyone can point me towards any kind of documentation or anything that can be printed and I can give to him, I^m sure it would be massively appreciated.  I^m sure it^ll help him over the coming weeks as he continues his rehab (he doesn^t like his physio ^She^s very attractive, but really quite mean^)

Thanks in advance
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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2012, 18:28:17 »

It may be worth getting in touch with the archivists at the National Railway Museum.
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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2012, 20:23:38 »

You could also try the Institution of Railway Signal Engineers. IRSE (Institution of Railway Signal Engineers)

http://www.irse.org/default.aspx

They may be interested in any documents he has for their archives.
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