THE NEW GUARD.
A guard on the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway recently had an amusing experience in breaking in a new guard, an obtuse individual who seemed to perversely misunderstand the simplest instructions. " Now," said the guard, " remember that you are to open and shut the doors at your end, and call out the names of tbe stations as we stop at them?" "How can.l, when I don't know the names of any of them?" "Well, then, you can listen to me. I will call out tbe name of the station when we stop at the other end of the train, and you can call out the same at your end." " All right," said the new guard. Presently the train drew up, and the guard shouted : " Preston Junction ! Preston Junction ! This was followed by the new guard shouting in stentorian tones: " Same at this end! Same at this end!"
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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149THE NEW GUARD. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 5 (Supplement)
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