[locojoe]

Hi Mike here's a repeat of one of my earlier postings about amongst other things throwing coal from a loco.

In the 1950s when I worked at Enfield Town loco shed [north london] our run was up and down to Liverpool St. I sometimes went with a driver who nobody liked a mean tight fisted type. He never brought any tea to work,but was always ready to drink half of yours.
He had an allotment at the trackside about a mile or so from Enfield station. Every time he passed his allotment he would throw out a huge piece of coal, after work he would take the coal home for domestic use,sometimes we would pass his allotment several times in a day.
He used to go in the messroom and look for any food scraps that had been left and he would eat it. We were issued yellow soap for washing our hands ,awful stuff it would not lather. One day one of the lads made a sandwich with the soap in the middle and left it for meanie. Meanie took a large bite of the sandwich and spat it out , a good laugh was had by all.