Re: Transport lecture: 30 April 2002

-That day I remember well Paul,Noel Orricks was our Depot Master at
South and he was up in the Messroom writing anti Fraser/Kerr placards
for us to carry when we marched as a depot into town to hear Gough
[and others]speak.I only worked at Camberwell for a short time,Bob
Hanson was a good bloke but definitely an acolyte of O'Shea as was
Cregan at South Melbourne and most of the other old time
delegates,the time had come for a change,ultimately it was not for
the better,Lou De Gregorio,he might have been a good delegate but he
certainly wasn't a good union secretary.I do remember Jery Jak but I
didn't know him,I wasn't at C'well long and I was on"A" shift.PBruce.-
- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@b...> wrote:

Peter
It was Jerry Jak/Jack (the B shift union rep) if my memory is
correct. Bob Hansen lived in the street where I grew up (Broughton
Road, Surrey Hills) and was a bit of a character. My Dad used to

talk

to him when he used to go for walks around Surrey Hills after he
retired. I remember having a couple of beers at Young and Jacksons
with Bob Hansen and some other [off duty] Camberwell trammies the

day

of the big City Square rally in November 1975 addressed by Gough
Whitlam.
More memories...
Paul in Melbourne
--- In TramsDownUnder@y..., "demondriver44" <demondriver44@y...>
wrote:

-Paul,who was the driver,Bob Hansen?Jim MacCallum?PBruce.-- In

TramsDownUnder@y..., "pn1.rm" <pn1@b...> wrote:

The earlier reference to the "scruffie" appearance of many of

our

tram enthusiast brethren reminded me of a humourous episode

that

happened to me when I was a conductor in late 1974 or perhaps

early

1975.

Keith Kings (who's delivering the lecuture on 30 April) used to

catch

the route 70 tram to work. He would board at Through Road and

travel

to the city (Batman Avenue). Keith always had a "dapper"

appearance

and wore a suit and tie most of the time. He wore the

traditional

dark grey suit, white shirt and light grey tie and looked every

bit

one of the "men from Head Office". He also used to write notes

using

his brief case as a "desk" much the same as people often use

personal

computers today.

In fact Keith worked in private enterprise nothing to do with

trams.

One morning he got on at Through Road as usual. The tram wasn't

too

crowded (Keith would often pick a car that started at Warrigal

Road

two stops up the road) so we spent time chatting after the

fares

were

collected.

At the Hawthorn Depot "bundy clock" the driver beckoned me to

come

outside while he was punching the clock.

Obviously he had something to tell me.

He questioned why I was talking to the bloke in the grey suit.

I was told "You can't talk to him. He's from Head Office. He's

spying

on us!".

Such was the "us and them" attitude on the trams in the 1970s.
Nothing I could say could satify the driver (who was active in

the

Union at the time) of the "innocence" of my conversation so I

quietly

retreated to the back saloon (where I should have been after

the

fares were collected, admittedly) for the remainder of the trip.

Conductor Nicholson, 817, Camberwell Depot 1975-1974.

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