Joyce Barry Mick, don't think she went into green, I think her aim was just
to be a driver, which she did. She was at Brunswick.
Peter Bruce.
On Sat, 5 Jan 2019 at 23:33, Mick Duncan kitbuny@...> wrote:
> 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,
> >
>
>
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