pitdiver
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Post by pitdiver on Dec 14, 2014 15:19:48 GMT
When I joined LUL in 1989 it seemed that each line had a Chief Booking Clerk. Were these all the same grade or was one more senior than the others Similar to the most senior WO's the British Army ie
Conductor, Royal Logistic Corps
Royal Artillery Sergeant Major, Royal Artillery
Academy Sergeant Major, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Garrison Sergeant Major, London District
There the most Senior WO is a Loggie Conductor and not a WO from the Guards.
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Post by crusty54 on Dec 14, 2014 15:33:22 GMT
When I joined LUL in 1989 it seemed that each line had a Chief Booking Clerk. Were these all the same grade or was one more senior than the others Similar to the most senior WO's the British Army ie Conductor, Royal Logistic Corps Royal Artillery Sergeant Major, Royal Artillery Academy Sergeant Major, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Garrison Sergeant Major, London District There the most Senior WO is a Loggie Conductor and not a WO from the Guards. They were all at the same grade. They also had a deputy. All were experienced booking clerks. Many ticket offices had a chief clerk's room. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2014 18:29:56 GMT
Chief clerk's room was needed in bygone days to count every last penny of an entire day's takings and bag it up ready for the security company to collect - which couldn't be done in view of the waiting passengers. There was also a lot of paperwork to be completed.
The CC was only interested in the efficient operation of the ticket office. Disciplinary matters in respect of BC's was still down to the SS and in certain cases the local GSM. From what I'm told, a Chief Clerk wouldn't normally drop a booking clerk in it unless some form of dishonesty was involved.
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Post by revupminster on Dec 14, 2014 19:48:29 GMT
Line Chief Clerks were a relatively new grade. Only four over the entire system when there were four divisions controlling the Underground: District and Piccadilly; Met and Bakerloo; Northern and Victoria; Central and Bakerloo.
They came about when banking, then taken to a local bank, was taken away from Station Masters and given to Chief Clerks. Chief Clerks could depending on how busy could have one station or up to four stations under their control. The cash to be banked was generally prepared by the booking clerks. Line Chief Clerks rarely came out to stations. Collections by security company was only in the last 35-40 years.
Before any automation of the paperwork booking clerks used proof books to account for ticket sales daily, then cross proving weekly and then four weekly. Chief Booking Clerks would do a twelve weekly accounts sent to the audit office. Proof books very rarely left the ticket office except when used in court to prove a ticket issue in cases of staff or passenger fraud. Chief clerks also went through the proof books if the booking clerk could not reconcile the accounts on a particular day.
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