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Title
Lily Yeaman Collection
Reference
YEA
Production date
01-01-1930 - 31-12-1949

Creator

Yeaman, Lily Eliza Biography Biography
Lily Eliza Yeaman (née Martin) was born in 1926 to Catherine Ann Martin (née Davidson), who worked as a train cleaner during the First World War, and Alexander Martin. Yeaman worked as a shorthand typist before her marriage to John Yeaman on the 4th November 1950 in St Paul’s and St George’s Episcopal Church, York Place, Edinburgh. Yeaman's maternal grandfather George Davidson was an engine driver. She died in 2013.

Scope and Content
Archive collection comprised of a newspaper clipping and photographs collected by Lily Yeaman in the 1930s-1940s depicting British Railway Queen, Helen Forrest, servicemen at Hillside Crescent Railway Club, and Bute Railway Convalescent Home Association. Six photographs of Helen Forrest on her visit to Edinburgh as Railway Queen on 23 June 1939 with a newspaper clipping about the visit. One large portrait of Helen Forrest is signed "Best wishes, Helen Forrest, Britain's Railway Queen, 1938-39". Three photographs of servicemen at Hillside Crescent Railway Club, Edinburgh, presumed to have been taken in the early 1940s, and two photographs of a group of the Bute Railway Convalescent Home Association. The photographs taken at the Convalescent Home include Yeaman's maternal uncle, George Imrie Davidson. It is supposed that Davidson is at the home following the loss of his leg.
Extent
1 folder, containing 12 items
Physical description
The collection is in good condition.
Language
English
Archival history
Donated by Lily Yeaman's niece Judith Petrie in 2019
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
National Railway Museum, York
Subject
Photography
Railway organizations
Railway workers
Railways
Conditions governing access
Access is given in accordance with the NRM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through Search Engine.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, providing that the copying process does not damage the item or is detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NRM's terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.