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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 8, 2008 10:24:56 GMT
Silly question perhaps, but those that never got to be motormen, what ever happened to them, did they take alternate careers in LT.
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Post by CSLR on Dec 8, 2008 10:33:14 GMT
Silly question perhaps, but those that never got to be motormen, what ever happened to them, did they take alternate careers in LT. I like to think that they are still all doing spare nights in their sleeping bags in Golders Green canteen. |
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Post by norfolkdave on Dec 8, 2008 11:11:46 GMT
Silly question perhaps, but those that never got to be motormen, what ever happened to them, did they take alternate careers in LT. I like to think that they are still all doing spare nights in their sleeping bags in Golders Green canteen. lol lol lol we had to do something, I know it was a silly question but having been left the service 31 years, one wonders what happened to folks. |
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Post by ribaric on Dec 8, 2008 12:01:19 GMT
If you mean by "alternate careers" were they were shuffled about the place for a while and generally disappeared down the cracks - then yes. Mostly they were "offered opportunities for a more customer facing role" or worked as station staff. Much like a lot of the Central line signal operators when the cabins closed.
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Post by 21146 on Dec 8, 2008 12:14:29 GMT
They were effectively eradicated by a slow 'war of attrition'. E.g after the H&C/Circle went OPO, most went on the District, when the District went, onto the Central and Piccadilly, finally it was just the Northern left and there was nowhere else to run. Obviously many progressed to driver but there was a 'rump' of staff unable, or unwilling, to go for T/Op. I don't think a lot were really regarded as being ideal for 'customer-facing' station roles in today's world so it'd be interesting to hear how they fared.
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