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Good idea. Build a PO next to a railway station
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thebandit
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Good idea. Build a PO next to a railway station
Well that's how they used to do it. Made a lot of sense, too. Then they just filled up the roads with trucks and built out-of-town mail centres and RDC's. We had an electric tractor called a Greenbat in the 1960's with tiller steering which, like all the station tractors, were lethal on the wet platforms. Another one at the time was powered by a Morris Minor engine with four gears which you sat in prone just like a F1 race car driver. We had several posties crash off platform 1 at Derby due to wet and greasy platforms. Although being pissed as well didn't help matters.


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Lounge Lizard
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Re: Good idea. Build a PO next to a railway station
We had several posties crash off platform 1 at Derby due to wet and greasy platforms. Although being pissed as well didn't help matters. - well, with the Brunswick and other good pubs nearby that's no surprise.

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red1968
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Re: Good idea. Build a PO next to a railway station
Although being pissed as well didn't help matters.
Ah happy days

Ah happy days
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plainpat
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Re: Good idea. Build a PO next to a railway station
Many people are still pissed these days
Pissed off with the job
Pissed off with the job