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Kings Heath Station: mrkh737

Kings Heath station staff pose for the camera outside the Station Master's office on the down platform circa 1912

Kings Heath station staff pose for the camera outside the Station Master's office on the down platform circa 1912. The Station Master, John Brayne, is sitting in the centre of the photograph and he occupied this post from 1904 to 1930. The seniority of the staff is primarily demonstrated by both their position in the photograph, the senior members of staff are all seated, whilst the porters are standing - the exception being the gentlemen in the centre at the back. Perhaps his clearly disinterested look indicates that he objected to being so positioned. The uniform is the other method of identifying the seniority of staff, working staff wearing long sleeved waist coats or thick jackets and wide peaked caps whilst management wore a uniform of better cloth and hats that were more pill-boxed shaped.

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