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Alan descibes where the original shed was in MexboroughPor Chris Brook

Going through the ranks at Mexborough loco in the 1940sPor Chris Brook

Alan recalls George's lapel flower.Por Chris Brook

Alan speaks about Arthur Speke who supported teh church throughout his life.Por Chris Brook

Alan speaks about Bob Turner whose commute was a walk from Wombwell to Mexborough - 6 miles each way!Por Chris Brook

Alan's experience of how strike breakers were treated.Por Chris Brook

Route learning Scarborough and Roger Hague's brother has an accident that stopped him from driving.Por Chris Brook

Mexborough loco drivers had to work some unusal special trains including circus trains, Carl Rosa opera company and racing pigeons.Por Chris Brook

Alan Brook speaks about his father, Percy Brook, who was a driver at Mexborough loco from 1914.Por Chris Brook

Walking home after missing the last trainPor Chris Brook

The different driving links at Mexborough loco in the 1950s.Por Chris Brook

The workings of the Masborough to Stratford service.Por Chris Brook

Was the world record speed by a steam train fair?Por Chris Brook

Families who moved from the port of Liverpool to the port of Hull (vice versa) had monthly direct services to visit relatives.Por Chris Brook

Sons often follwed their fathers into similar trades.Por Chris Brook

Alan discuss the merits of different drivers & even different coal in the performance of the steam locosPor Chris Brook

How a religious driver reacted when Alan swore.Por Chris Brook

fire dropper : drops live fire by removing loosely fitting slotted bars from fire box and rakes ashes and cinders from fire box into ash pit with long metal rake, on arrival of engine at shed after journey; in small sheds also does work of ash filler q.v.; on some railways work done by fireman and occasionally by engine cleaner…

Various Links at Mexborough LocoPor Chris Brook

Listing some of the collieries served by Mexborough loco.Por Chris Brook

Alan Brook describes an experience of working on a "Boswell".Por Chris Brook

Everyday use of Asbestos on the Railway (1940s)Por Chris Brook

Army leaders were often involved in crash investigations. Also after the war, they were drafted in to manage depots.Por Chris Brook

Progression through the ranks at Mexborough Loco Shed in the 1940sPor Chris Brook

Alan Brook descibes how the railway helped to deal with sewage in South Yorkshire (approx 1950s)Por Chris Brook

An eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles, and the collective-guilt aftermath for America.Por BBC Radio 4

The national mood begins to change over the Vietnam war - how America began to move from early indifference to the recognition of a nightmare.Por BBC Radio 4

Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, Mayor Lindsay and the water commissioner, and a President Truman Christmas story.Por BBC Radio 4

Democracy demonstrated - how the President of the United States had to make way for Mr Meyer Sugarman's wedding night.Por BBC Radio 4

The Watts riots in Los Angeles - were they an uprising by black Americans angry at their treatment or simply criminally motivated looting and violence?Por BBC Radio 4

How the debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize fight tarnished one of the elements of American culture - sportsmanshipPor BBC Radio 4

President Lyndon B Johnson's inauguration for his own full first term, and some earlier notable inaugurations, including Washington and Jefferson's.Por BBC Radio 4

The assassination of John F Kennedy, the first president of the television age, and the style, grace and fun he brought to the White House.Por BBC Radio 4

How New York construction was brought to a halt by the Electrician's Union strike, and why the computer or 'the big brain' will soon change how people work.Por BBC Radio 4

Alistair Cooke remembers Lindsay Wellington, the BBC head who came up with the idea of weekly letters to help people in the UK understand American life in 1946.Por BBC Radio 4

A tribute to American Pianist William Kappell, the best pianist of his generation, and what music means to Americans.Por BBC Radio 4

How a new daily diet of television in America is changing people's lives, as reported by Alistair Cooke.Por BBC Radio 4

A fragment preserved from Cooke's talk, reflecting on the importance of democratic capitalism and a free economy to Americans.Por BBC Radio 4