Vaporisings of a Locoman
2024
The Conrad Press (Verlag)
978-1-916966-70-3 (ISBN)
The Conrad Press (Verlag)
978-1-916966-70-3 (ISBN)
A memoir
‘Vaporisings of a Locoman’ is a wonderfully entertaining, varied
and beautifully observed memoir by ‘Buffer Beam’ (Frank Leonard Button) of his
life early in the twentieth century. Yes, much of Frank’s life was spent
working on the railways, but this memoir takes the reader into many of the
nooks and byways of a life well lived by an observant and deeply and cheerfully
witty man. For example…
‘Our boss was a chemist-cum-farmer, who had bought
this half-derelict farm, situated on the lonely Essex marshes, out of the
proceeds of a dubious remedy he had been selling through the agency of the
cheap periodicals of the day. This was advertised and subtly worded as to cure
all ‘female irregularities’ at 1/1 ½ per box, post free, and was sent out from
a small chemist’s shop in the East End of London.
The only irregularity it cured was the vendor’s
bank balance.’
Welcome to
Buffer Beam’s world!
‘Vaporisings of a Locoman’ is a wonderfully entertaining, varied
and beautifully observed memoir by ‘Buffer Beam’ (Frank Leonard Button) of his
life early in the twentieth century. Yes, much of Frank’s life was spent
working on the railways, but this memoir takes the reader into many of the
nooks and byways of a life well lived by an observant and deeply and cheerfully
witty man. For example…
‘Our boss was a chemist-cum-farmer, who had bought
this half-derelict farm, situated on the lonely Essex marshes, out of the
proceeds of a dubious remedy he had been selling through the agency of the
cheap periodicals of the day. This was advertised and subtly worded as to cure
all ‘female irregularities’ at 1/1 ½ per box, post free, and was sent out from
a small chemist’s shop in the East End of London.
The only irregularity it cured was the vendor’s
bank balance.’
Welcome to
Buffer Beam’s world!
‘Buffer Beam’, aka Frank Leonard Button, was born on a farm in Buckhurst Hill in Essex in England on 11 April 1894. Frank spent most of his teenage years working on the farm and joined the Army in 1914. After the First World War he started work for the Great Eastern Railway at Stratford in London and that was the beginning of a long career on the railway. Frank had a huge love of life and of people and was extremely popular, and his energy as a writer and observant love of humanity is in full evidence in his book ‘Vaporisings of a Locoman’.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 19.05.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Canterbury |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 129 x 198 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-916966-70-5 / 1916966705 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-916966-70-3 / 9781916966703 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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