"The Railwaymen" - 1946 - Jobs in the railways - British Trains

[piglood]

Lol at the end gag! Also glad to see all the guys in the works wearing safety glasses... :/

[Gannett2011]

Very interesting. My late father's first job on leaving school in 1945 was with LMS at Gloucester, moving coal nearer the tracks, and putting the hot bricks in the carriages during the winter. He went on to spend the next 60 years in plumbing and roofing.

[davidnash41]

Fascinating film...thanks.

[bearbon2]

Did every worker wear a tie?! Or was it because they were being filmed?

[DataWaveTaGo]

"... and you can get a pension at the end of it"

Question:

What is a pension?

;)

[MzeeSteve]

wish I had been there! In those days we made locos!

[agaichapter25]

back in a time when there was employment for all,awesome stuff.

[agaichapter25]

god how i wish we were back in this day...coz today is rubbish in comparison.

[Isochest]

We need to get back to this lifestyle. We need to empower our uneducated native populace and give them a purpose in life. They are never redundant. There is no reserve labour for the manipulators of capital 

[576924]

Excellent film.

[mauricemarina]

I've never wished so hard for someone to invent a time machine as when I watched this.........

[agaichapter25]

@mauricemarina ..i know mate..heartbreaking isnt it? what in hells name went wrong apart from giving up our identity by letting all and sundry into our once great and proud nation..our shores should have been kept secure and to hell with the rest...work for our people first and foremost..people will gladly work if the jobs are there,the problem is we lost our identity along the way and pride and self respect went with it..

[Southland27]

@mauricemarina I worked with some old steam boys and although they were glad they did the job back then they wouldn't go back to it...at least as a full time job. Many had to work overtime to make ends meet and especially overtime at Christamas to buy presents for the kids. Alot had second jobs window cleaning, decorating etc I suppose that was the benefit of an eight hour day although they were at work almost every day and at all hours. We did have a train builders back then though unlike now.