| Stephen Done. August 3rd 1968, and it was my eighth birthday:whilst dressed in my new Batman cape, with best friend Sean (who was in a bright yellow Robin cape) as dark thundery clouds gathered behind the house, I declared that I wanted to become the driver of a steam engine, only to be told that the very last one was leaving the very next day... Doh!Those storm clouds were significant. Perhaps that is why I took up writing about steam trains instead? But as the upper photograph on the left shows, almost 40 years later I actually managed it, spending a week driving and firing a huge Polish locomotive on real service trains filled with (oddly relaxed!) Poles. I am a museum curator by full-time profession, working at Bristol Industrial Museum, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, and looking after the Liverpool Football Club Museum at Anfield since 1997. When time allows, I volunteer on the Llangollen and the Welshpool & Llanfair Railways, love real ale, bird watching, reading and collecting books and music.
I am happy to give readings and talks about the Inspector Vignoles Mysteries, and the period and railway settings to schools, book clubs, societies, and other interested groups. Please get in touch and see if we can arrange a date and time... | ||||||
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