Hi Mick Thanks for that but I searched the various links before without finding anything I searched for Great Central Railway and got 8 hits, none for your man, I also tried just HAINES but the only one I came across was a Brian HAINES I must be searching in the wrong place or for the wrong things Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 21/03/2014 07:00, michael wilson wrote: > Nivard and others : -the oral recording of my grandfather Thomas Haines talking about the Great Central Railway can be found at www.le.ac.uk/emoha/ > Mick Wilson . > Sorry about the delay .