Bill Hoole - Mr P W B Semmens

This is a welcome reissue of the biography of one of the relatively few railwaymen in the age of steam who became what would now be described as a 'personality'. Bill Hoole was born in Liverpool and his first job was as a messenger in the Goods Department of the Midland Railway in the city. The fascination of steam locomotives soon cast its spell over him and he transferred to the Great Central at Walton-on-the-Hill-sheds. After service in the Great War he moved to London, passing out as a driver... Zobrazit více