The diaries of
Reginald 'Ernie' Dunford

Ern Dunford was born in Swindon in 1912, and spent his working life as a Boiler Maker 'inside' the GWR Railworks. His diaries transcribed here cover the years of his early adulthood, 1936 to 1945. They do not contain a great deal of detail, nor did Ern use them to record any of his personal feelings, but reading them does give the reader an interesting insight into pre-war life, and then later the routine of life in service during World War 2.