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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line
Tyseley Shed: gwrt2403
Porters Don Martin and Ted Breakwell are seen standing on
Tyseley down relief Platform 4 posed in front of the 'Speed to the West'
classic poster. Don Martin, seen on the left, is recorded to have been first
paid by the GWR without being on the GWR's official payroll. Having spent most
of his free time at Olton station he was well known to staff which resulted one
day in him being approached by its stationmaster Mr CA Reynolds to cover for a
porter who had gone sick and for whom no relief cover was available. Having
worked as a lad porter the 2pm to 10pm Sunday shift an overtime sheet was
submitted resulting in Don being paid the following Thursday.
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