A Piper's Tale: Memories of an Apprenticeship at Barrow Shipyard 1965 to 1970 Contributor(s): Henderson, Stan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0995619085 ISBN-13: 9780995619081 Publisher: Stanley Henderson OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: August 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - Submarines - Technology & Engineering | Construction - Plumbing |
Physical Information: 0.29" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.54 lbs) 108 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Based on a memoir plucked from his family history, A Pipers Tale records the impressions made on a teenager as he makes his way into the thorny world of shipbuilding. A world in which the author, during the 1960s, witnessed the change from traditional shipbuilding - where vessels were constructed with a minimum, but adequate, level of technical support via long established trade practices and skills - to the cutting-edge of science-based projects as the Shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness became a 'Leader in Marine Technology' with the making of sophisticated warships and first-of-class vessels. Also covered, whilst saluting the Yard's Plumbing Fraternity, is the writer's amazement at the wealth of characters and personalities. With a dramatis personae of which any Dickens aficionado would be proud, the book dips into levels of humanity never before explored in a local industrial history. |