Podcast by Chris Brook
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The assassinations of John F Kennedy and Bobby Kennedy through to Vietnam and America’s shame at the My Lai massacre. A fascinating social, cultural and political history of American life, through the words of British-American journalist and broadcaster, Alistair Cooke (1908 – 2004).
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Location of Mexborough Loco Sheds
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Alan descibes where the original shed was in MexboroughDe către Chris Brook
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Progression through the ranks at Mexborough Loco
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Going through the ranks at Mexborough loco in the 1940sDe către Chris Brook
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Alan recalls George's lapel flower.De către Chris Brook
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Alan speaks about Arthur Speke who supported teh church throughout his life.De către Chris Brook
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Alan speaks about Bob Turner whose commute was a walk from Wombwell to Mexborough - 6 miles each way!De către Chris Brook
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Alan's experience of how strike breakers were treated.De către Chris Brook
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Scarborough Route Learning & Bonfire Accident
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Route learning Scarborough and Roger Hague's brother has an accident that stopped him from driving.De către Chris Brook
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Special Trains - Circus, Pigeon & Operas
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Mexborough loco drivers had to work some unusal special trains including circus trains, Carl Rosa opera company and racing pigeons.De către Chris Brook
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Alan Brook speaks about his father, Percy Brook, who was a driver at Mexborough loco from 1914.De către Chris Brook
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Walking home after missing the last trainDe către Chris Brook
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The different driving links at Mexborough loco in the 1950s.De către Chris Brook
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The workings of the Masborough to Stratford service.De către Chris Brook
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Was the world record speed by a steam train fair?De către Chris Brook
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Families who moved from the port of Liverpool to the port of Hull (vice versa) had monthly direct services to visit relatives.De către Chris Brook
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Sons often follwed their fathers into similar trades.De către Chris Brook
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Good Drivers Could Make Them Sing
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Alan discuss the merits of different drivers & even different coal in the performance of the steam locosDe către Chris Brook
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How a religious driver reacted when Alan swore.De către Chris Brook
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Firedroppers - Worst Job At The Depot
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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…
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Driving Links - Garratt To Silkstone
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Various Links at Mexborough LocoDe către Chris Brook
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Collieries Served By Mexborough Loco
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Listing some of the collieries served by Mexborough loco.De către Chris Brook
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Alan Brook describes an experience of working on a "Boswell".De către Chris Brook
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Everyday use of Asbestos on the Railway (1940s)De către Chris Brook
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Army leaders were often involved in crash investigations. Also after the war, they were drafted in to manage depots.De către Chris Brook
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Progression through the ranks at Mexborough Loco Shed in the 1940sDe către Chris Brook
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Alan Brook descibes how the railway helped to deal with sewage in South Yorkshire (approx 1950s)De către Chris Brook
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Bobby Kennedy's assassination, 1968
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An eyewitness account of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on June 5, 1968 in Los Angeles, and the collective-guilt aftermath for America.De către BBC Radio 4
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1000th letter - American reactions to Vietnam, 1968
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The national mood begins to change over the Vietnam war - how America began to move from early indifference to the recognition of a nightmare.De către BBC Radio 4
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Senator Jacob Javits' parking fine, Mayor Lindsay and the water commissioner, and a President Truman Christmas story.De către BBC Radio 4
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Honeymoon with President Johnson, 1966
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Democracy demonstrated - how the President of the United States had to make way for Mr Meyer Sugarman's wedding night.De către BBC Radio 4
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The Watts riots in Los Angeles - were they an uprising by black Americans angry at their treatment or simply criminally motivated looting and violence?De către BBC Radio 4
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How the debacle of the Cassius Clay–Sonny Liston boxing prize fight tarnished one of the elements of American culture - sportsmanshipDe către BBC Radio 4
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President Johnson's inauguration, 1965
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President Lyndon B Johnson's inauguration for his own full first term, and some earlier notable inaugurations, including Washington and Jefferson's.De către BBC Radio 4
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Assassination of J F Kennedy, 1963
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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.De către BBC Radio 4
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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.De către BBC Radio 4
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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.De către BBC Radio 4
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A tribute to American Pianist William Kappell, the best pianist of his generation, and what music means to Americans.De către BBC Radio 4
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How a new daily diet of television in America is changing people's lives, as reported by Alistair Cooke.De către BBC Radio 4
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A fragment preserved from Cooke's talk, reflecting on the importance of democratic capitalism and a free economy to Americans.De către BBC Radio 4
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