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Such a beautiful day as today reminds me if some hot weather things i've seen in the past. Like a bunch of P'way men taking a cold shower under the water tower at Upminster depot. :blob6: P'wymen were quite resourceful in their way if remote from a cabin.
They'd have a large wooden box with tools in it and take it to the site. But not only did they have tools inside but cooking stuff too. Like a frying pan and teapot and a saucepan too. I've seen a permwayman take an egg out of his knapsack and crack it onto the rail and watched it fry in no time. With a bit of lard you can do the same with a rasher of bacon too. If there were a stack of rails next the track, a pot of tea could be kept warm when placed on them. A kettle could be likewise kept warm after having first been boiled on a little gas thing they had.
Sometimes you'd come along and see a whole row of P'waymen alongside the track fast asleep in the sunshine on a break.leepy2: I never saw a fat P'way man. All that heaving and lifting kept 'em fit but as a rule they were drinking men and smoked like chimneys so they cancelled out the benefits
Oh it was fun to work on the railways in the old days.
They'd have a large wooden box with tools in it and take it to the site. But not only did they have tools inside but cooking stuff too. Like a frying pan and teapot and a saucepan too. I've seen a permwayman take an egg out of his knapsack and crack it onto the rail and watched it fry in no time. With a bit of lard you can do the same with a rasher of bacon too. If there were a stack of rails next the track, a pot of tea could be kept warm when placed on them. A kettle could be likewise kept warm after having first been boiled on a little gas thing they had.
Sometimes you'd come along and see a whole row of P'waymen alongside the track fast asleep in the sunshine on a break.leepy2: I never saw a fat P'way man. All that heaving and lifting kept 'em fit but as a rule they were drinking men and smoked like chimneys so they cancelled out the benefits
Oh it was fun to work on the railways in the old days.