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Fifty years of railway life, passed in the service of various companies,
large and small, in England, Scotland and Ireland, in divers' capacities,
from junior clerk to general manager, and ultimately to the ease and
dignity of director, if faithfully presented, may perhaps, in spite of
all drawbacks, be not entirely devoid of interest.
CHAPTER II.
BOYHOOD
I was born at Sheffield, on Good Friday, in the year 1851, and my only
sister was born on a Christmas Day.
My father was in the service of the Midland Railway, as also were two of
his brothers, one of whom was the father of the present General Manager
of the Midland. When I was but ten months old my father was promoted to
the position of accountants' inspector at headquarters and removed from
Sheffield to Derby. Afterwards, whilst I was still very young, he became
Goods Agent at Birmingham, and lived there for a few years. He then
returned to Derby, where he became head of the Mineral Office. He
remained with the Midland until 1897, when he retired on superannuation
at the age of seventy-six. Except, therefore, for an interval of about
three years my childhood and youth were spent at Derby.
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