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Lowton Metals, Ashton
Lowton Metals, Ashton
Photo: Eric Titley
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Item #: 3466
Springs Branch guard Eric Titley, left, Driver Tommy Harrison, middle. May 1984

Comment by: David Titley on 27th May 2007 at 21:06

That's my dad in the orange vest :-)

Comment by: jo titley on 29th August 2007 at 13:40

It's mine too but i weren't gonna admit that he he!!!

Comment by: hairybiker on 26th March 2009 at 09:42

was that yard down the haydock branch?

Comment by: stey fishwick on 22nd July 2009 at 15:47

Eric,another gradely chap,showed me the ropes on T87 when i started,patience of Job

Comment by: stey fishwick on 24th September 2009 at 20:15

hairy biker,yes,it is Haydock branch

Comment by: hairybiker on 26th November 2009 at 09:34

steyfishwick,thought it was,im from st.helens originally but i ended up as a driver at llandudno jct.cool hairdo by the way should see mine lol.

Comment by: stey fishwick on 19th March 2010 at 15:33

hairy biker,can't put a face to you,however if you remember me you could have possibly liked a pint or two.Are you still at Llandudno

Comment by: hairybiker on 23rd April 2010 at 10:23

No Stey I left the railway in 1999 to join the ambulance service I got so pig sick of driving units I decided to look for something else.I had long curly blond hair and a tash sometimes,I moved to LLjct from crewe after mp12 for my driving job.

Comment by: David Maxwell on 25th November 2012 at 17:15

I was Secondman to Tommy on many occasions. I net met anyone who knew the railway like he did. On a job near Helsby one day he suddenly stopped the train in the middle of nowhere, produced two plastic bags, and told me to go and pick apples and pears from two trees he pointed to! He told me they would pick me up in about 20 minutes. After about 30 minutes there was no sign of the train so I walked down the track (with two full carrier bags) only to find the train had derailed in a siding at Helsby Station!!! Happy days.

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