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SUSSEX MOTORMAN
THE HUBERT HOBDEN MEMOIRS
VOL TWO 1935 – 1961
EDITED BY ANTHONY P VENT
IN THIS SEQUEL TO THE ACCLAIMED COMPANION SUSSEX ENGINEMAN, T HE HUBERT HOBDEN MEMOIRS VOL ONE: 1913-1935. HUBERT RECOUNTS HIS PERIOD AS A MOTORMAN ON THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY UP TO HIS RETIREMENT IN 1961. THIS UNIQUE ACCOUNT, WHICH COVERS NEARLY THREE DECADES, DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES AS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST DRIVERS TO WORK THE NEWLY ELECTRIFIED LINE TO EASTBOURNE AND HASTINGS. BASED AT ORE DEPOT, BUT NO STRANGER TO THE BRIGHTON BELLE, HE RELATES WORKING PRACTICES, T HE PERILS OF THE WAR YEARS, AND RECALLS A HOST OF LONG GONE RAILWAY CHARACTERS. ALSO INCLUDED ARE THE PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNTS OF FOUR HUBERTS CONTEMPORARIES: SIGNALMAN PAT HARMER, DRIVER PETER DOVE AND LANCING ELECTRICIANS BILL OLIVER AND LIONEL PILBEAM
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