tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post4899391062009403750..comments2024-03-17T15:19:37.532+00:00Comments on Wolverton Past - History before 1970: Railwaymen at War - 1914-1919Bryan Dunleavyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13550652628913169630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5806896152316154316.post-70954941148302550682011-11-26T18:15:26.383+00:002011-11-26T18:15:26.383+00:00I was told by Ralph Williams that 1914 was the fir...I was told by Ralph Williams that 1914 was the first year that Wolverton Works gave a holiday. Anyway it must have been in August because he told me that most people who went away went to Landudno, that being the closest seaside town for which concessionary travel was available at the time. The day after war was declared ie 4 August railway workers went around all the holiday accommodation in the town with telling Wolverton men to go straight home. He reckoned that they started building ambulance trains straight away. <br /><br />I should love to know how accurate this story is.Roger Haycockhttp://rhaycock.co.uknoreply@blogger.com