THE YARNFIELD FILES

by Stanley George

Do you remember the days of learning where we all suffered the drooping eyes and nodding head? Well, here is the other side of the story, the tale of the valiant folk who worked to provide this antidote to insomnia! The highly trained professionals whose one purpose in life was to pass on the knowledge gained through years of experience to mostly unwilling victims. After a role as a telephone exchange engineer I left to become an instructor at the residential training school at Yarnfield, Stone. This is the tale of those fun filled years working with a happy bunch of extroverts, my fellow instructors and lecturers. Along with some historical background It is also a tale of the many thousands of students who passed through those halls at Yarnfield. Their pranks, scams, jokes and general banter all made working there a memorable experience. The buildings no longer exist but the memories live on and I hope that this memoir helps bring some of those recollections back to life.

236 pages, Paperback

Published May 19, 2021

Reviews

[Kim Cooper · Rating 2 out of 5]

After reading Please Wipe Your Boots I was looking forward to The Yarnfield Files. As a wife of a former BT engineer & instructor, the first book verified a number of the stories I had heard over the years so expectations were high for this one, however it fell flat for me. I would have enjoyed more of the stories about Yarnfield rather than a description of Stanley Georges professional career advancement. It was an easy enough read though and in a good sized font!

[Kevin Sheridan · Rating 1 out of 5]

Title is somewhat misleading as the book is basically an autobiography of a TXE4 Instructor at Yarnfield college and not about the place itself and the goings on of the students

[andrew jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant

Couldn't stop reading it and being one who was there well done Stan, even if you are not BT it is still funny

[Stuart Instan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good reas

It was easy to read and understand most even though I don't use the technology mentioned much but the same type and same workplace stays very similar