Gday Richard, All
The school kids knew the run nos on Glenferrie Rd trams so that
they could meet their mates
One day I couldnt get a BTH motored W2 into parallel going up Calantina
Hill,1 in 15, in Glenferrie Rd with a packed load of Kids,kitbags on the
step and Cadets with their 303s,minus bolt.
This was OK but if kids wanted to ride on the step, I said get in or get
off or I wouldnt start the tram.
No go if I couldnt see legs going onto the step
There was a lady Braid, Norma Frost, who supervised the MLC kids
at Barkers Rd.
She was the only lady Braid before being a driver was a necessary
to be a Braid,AFAIK she looked after women Connies
Joyse? Baird, a Hanna St Connie, wanted to be a Braid, the Board said
Sorry, you have to be a Driver 1st
She went to the Union who held a meeting,recognising the discrimation,
and the members voted to let women train as drivers
Quote " I dont need a penis to drive a Tram"
She did become a Driver, but did she become a Braid ?
Peter Bruce,please coment
Cheers, Mick
On 1/01/2019 1:53 pm, 'Richard Youl' via TramsDownUnder wrote:
> If you want to hear a little story about those red on white plastic
> run discs...
>
> They were very much lighter than the black on yellow ones and a bit
> larger.
>
> One afternoon racing along St Kilda Rd to the Beach, as it was quite
> warm the cab doors and windows were open.
>
> Suddenly there was an extra gust of wind and I saw the disc lift
> briskly off the two hooks above the left side cab window and flew out
> the cab door without hitting anything.
>
> It would take too long to go back and look for it so on the return
> journey I watched out for it and stopped and picked it up. No harm
> done, no reports to write.
>
> Run numbers were always handy to be sure you were ‘Taking’ the right
> tram, and helpful to tell a friend that I will be driving A14 or
> whatever. Also you knew what depot the tram came from, especially for
> the routes run by two depots. At that time, this applied to all South
> Melbourne routes.
>
> Regards,
>