Wigan Album
Railways
8 CommentsPhoto: Thomas Sutch
Item #: 680
my favourite job whilst on railway,specially when jakie
and shawy were in same card school,some faces round table
unfortunately not with us anymore
L to R,Harry Hulse,driver,Jack Rutter,dr,Teddy Holmes dr,taken much too soon,Les Williams dr,and my good self hard at work,B and H in the gob ,,wonder how i used to concentrate with that mop,favver tatty head
Thought this was a still from a Will Hay film but on closer inspection it appears more recent than that; and could that be the legendary Steve Fishwick on the right? The man who fooled Warrington TCS's by substituting his twin brother on his turn of duty?(this story requires verification)
"A still from a Will Hay film", absolutely brilliant.
Not quite "Buggleskelly" perhaps, but near enough!
i can verify the fact that our kid never did a shift for me,i was irreplaceable!!!!!!!!!!still can't remember if i won that game of blob
these photos bring back memories i fired for harry hulse many
times.and jack beardsmore fired for me on my first driving turn
westhoughton woody
My dad Harry Hulse often took me down to the sheds and he would sneak me on the foot plate.My dad is still living but still talks about all the lads. He recently spoke about when the rail company sent him down to London at the time when London was being bombed and he was a fire man working all hours moving ammunition around. If anybody wants to contact me please use the email address david_hulse.eng.des@hotmail.com
Great photo - Jack Rutter was my grandad and sadly he died 15 years ago (still miss him loads) - I remember as a kid wearing that hat and pretending to be a driver. Great memories.