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Grandad's Medal.
Photo: Eric Turner
Photo: Eric Turner
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Item #: 7266
Item #: 7266
This medal was presented to my Grandfather,Mr Walter Crouchley of Lord Street Hindley,sometime between the Wars.He had been Foreman Shunter at Springs Branch and he was the first signalman at a new Signal Box on the line from Bickershaw Junction near Leyland Park to Bickershaw, I don't know the name of the Signal Box.Very small print under Loco' reads;Tutill London. I think ASRS is probably,
A? S,Society.R,Railway.S, Signalmen. Maybe you know different.
A? S,Society.R,Railway.S, Signalmen. Maybe you know different.
Comment by: Keith Guest on 15th September 2008 at 10:00
Associated Society of Railway Servants.Formed in 1872 amalgamated into National Union of Railwaymen February 1913.
Comment by: Keith Guest on 17th September 2008 at 20:10
Sorry Eric it should read Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants. I think it would have been issued as early as 1911 to commemorate the outcome of a successful strike. I would suggest that "Tutill" London was the name of the manufacturer of the medal. The Flag symbol is still used to-day on The London Orphan Fund badges.
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