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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Tyseley Shed: gwrt2403

Porters Don Martin and Ted Breakwell are seen standing on Tyseley down relief Platform 4 posed in front of the 'Speed to the West' classic poster

Porters Don Martin and Ted Breakwell are seen standing on Tyseley down relief Platform 4 posed in front of the 'Speed to the West' classic poster. Don Martin, seen on the left, is recorded to have been first paid by the GWR without being on the GWR's official payroll. Having spent most of his free time at Olton station he was well known to staff which resulted one day in him being approached by its stationmaster Mr CA Reynolds to cover for a porter who had gone sick and for whom no relief cover was available. Having worked as a lad porter the 2pm to 10pm Sunday shift an overtime sheet was submitted resulting in Don being paid the following Thursday.

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