Re: RC Drummond, Traffic Manager

G'day Paul,R.C.Drummond was also Chairman of the VFL Tribunal at one
time,probably well into the '70s,I suspect he was a Mason and I
wouldn't mind betting that he liked a beer,it would be in the Saloon
bar though,he wouldn't be a Public Bar patron.I think he was a
resident of the northern suburbs.Risson was officer class,maybe
Melbourne Club,Drummond a Warrant Officer maybe but not a Traffic
Officer,he would have come up through the admin.ranks.A lot of this
is guesswork,there must be someone better informed than me.I do find
history at this level fascinating.Regards all,Peter Bruce.--- In
TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@r...> wrote:

Someone suggested as a result of reading Bob Murphy's posting that

RC

Drummond was probably better known than Sir Robert Risson because

the

Traffic Manager's name was attached to most notices in the trams

and

buses.
The style of notice remained unchanged for decades. There is a PMTT
traffic notice in the Norm Maddocks collection at Malvern dating

from

the first world war that is in the style style as the MMTB of the
1970s.
Apparently Bob Drummond was a footballer and played for Essendon at
one time.
I am always interested to learn about the "other" side of MMTB
personalities. Was he a God fearing "wowser" type or perhaps a
womaniser or boozer? He may have been a church elder or he may have
had a mistress...or both; any clues?
Fascinating stuff.
I gather he died several years ago.
Where would the old men of the Tramways Board have
drunk//networked/socialised in the six o'clock swill days. Surely

it

wouldn't have been with the "men" at the "local"?
Paul in Melbourne

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