Tram Conductors
Swash
Sunday, September 22, 2002 1:45 PM
It was interesting to hear Jon Faine on ABC
Melbourne radio this past week to mention Frenchy, the Malvern
conductor. Mr Faine got it almost correct except he said that he was
tall. He was not. But the other details were correct. He used to
blow bubbles from a pipe, he used to do biblical reading from his conductor's
journal, he used to roll his cap down his arm, he did have fake spiders to place
in peoples change and more. He is still alive and well and does not look
much different and still travels on trams. The Malvern 'Depot Master',
Thalberg, hated him. But that never cramped Frenchy. His name was
something like Liebfrawein (yes I know that is such a seventies
drink).
Andrew C.
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