Re: Human side of trams in Melbourne
Graeme Bennett
Thursday, October 11, 2001 8:12 PM
--Paul
I suppose you realise that at least three of the members of this
Egroup were tram drivers at Essendon and recall the days of Jim Banks
and his stand on woman drivers.
Jim retired to Portarlington, and very soon passed into obscurity.
Of course the woman drivers proved to be as good as the men anyday.
My ex wife when I was at Essendon became a driver, and she could
swing a pretty mean K35 up past the zoo on route 55. She was no
slouch at the "point bar flinging Olympics" either.
( This was a way of relieving tension usually when running in, when
the starter sent you up the wrong road and you had to reverse and do
it all again.)
Starters also became experts at this, the record holder being Stan
Sims, who's prowess at bar throwing was legendary.
At run in time not a living soul valueing his life would tresspass
in an area close to the office in case Stan burst into action.
The strident ring of the bar as it stuck the ground several metres up
the yard would strike fear and trembling in the troops, but it is
debatable if commanded a great deal of respect !!
WGB
- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Paul Nicholson <pn1@r...> wrote:
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I suppose you realise that at least three of the members of this
Egroup were tram drivers at Essendon and recall the days of Jim Banks
and his stand on woman drivers.
Jim retired to Portarlington, and very soon passed into obscurity.
Of course the woman drivers proved to be as good as the men anyday.
My ex wife when I was at Essendon became a driver, and she could
swing a pretty mean K35 up past the zoo on route 55. She was no
slouch at the "point bar flinging Olympics" either.
( This was a way of relieving tension usually when running in, when
the starter sent you up the wrong road and you had to reverse and do
it all again.)
Starters also became experts at this, the record holder being Stan
Sims, who's prowess at bar throwing was legendary.
At run in time not a living soul valueing his life would tresspass
in an area close to the office in case Stan burst into action.
The strident ring of the bar as it stuck the ground several metres up
the yard would strike fear and trembling in the troops, but it is
debatable if commanded a great deal of respect !!
WGB
- In TramsDownUnder@y..., Paul Nicholson <pn1@r...> wrote:
Good to see some discussion of the human (ie
non-engineering) side.
And one of the biggest changes was the introduction of
women tram drivers.
But the men at Essendon feared women. They maintained
their rage and it took quite some time for them to
allow the introduction of female drivers.
Memories...
Paul in Melbourne
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