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Old 04-07-2005, 14:40   #6
grannyclaret
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Re: get rid of your steam??????????

my husband worked on the steam trains at rosegrove,,he had just passed from being a fireman to a driver when "beeching " got rid of hundreds of railmen .it was last in first out and you couldent be demoted to the rank you were before ,so it was the chop for him ,,,it broke his heart ,,,,i remember him getting £300 ,redundency money,,, that seemed a fortune then,,,,
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