Crewe Railway workers

[Gaille]

Hi Gaile

Who's the jeweler?? Is this a question thrown from your tree or are you trying to tell me something about mine

Theresa

One of mine.
I was looking at the list for Crewe & found one of my names, listed as a 'Jeweler'

Gaille

[Gaille]

I dodn't know of a watch repairer, jeweller at Crewe works, but there was certainly one at Doncaster, still employed into the 1980s, and a tradesman too, could make a watch as well as repair or assemble one.

I hadnt thought of that - all the stations had their own clocks, as did the Guards, so it would make sense to have a jeweler on staff to maintain them.

This is the record I found

John Bebbington
Employment: 1913,  At Crewe, Jeweller

I am pretty certain he is one of mine.

I see a few 'family' names in there, on both of my maternal grandparents surnames.

Gaille

[Redroger]

Have you ever thought of this, guards were issued with watches, yet for some strange reason known only to Railway Boards of Directors etc. drivers were not. Who was responsible for running the train to time. The driver, not the guard! Only sorted c1980 when all drivers were issued with watches.

[GlynneH]

Have you ever thought of this, guards were issued with watches, yet for some strange reason known only to Railway Boards of Directors etc. drivers were not. Who was responsible for running the train to time. The driver, not the guard! Only sorted c1980 when all drivers were issued with watches.

The Driver, drives the Guards Train on the Signallers Railway. 

Signallers control the progress of the train and Guards ensure it leaves the station on time.

Originally part of the guards duty was to set his watch to the master clock at the relevant London Station and transfer that time to the station master at each station so the station clocks could be constantly kept to time.

[Redroger]

This of course takes no account of the length of signalling sections, or the distance between signal boxes which was why a driver needed a watch as it was possible to lose or gain time between boxes.