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Birmingham New Street signal box was an important part of my life.
I had been a signalman for just over ten years when I transferred there from Saltley and regarded it as the apex of my signalling career, the next rung up the ladder would be supervisory and I did not enjoy being responsible for other people's actions!
So I stayed at New Street from January 1981, transferring to Rest Day Relief in 1985/6, to escape night shifts after my son was born.
By 1993 many managers and supervisors were accepting generous early retirement packages and my thoughts turned to joining them.....although I knew that I would need to return later.....
Beginning to End
Birmingham New Street signal box was an important part of my life.
I had been a signalman for just over ten years when I transferred there from Saltley and regarded it as the apex of my signalling career, the next rung up the ladder would be supervisory and I did not enjoy being responsible for other people's actions!
So I stayed at New Street from January 1981, transferring to Rest Day Relief in 1985/6, to escape night shifts after my son was born.
By 1993 many managers and supervisors were accepting generous early retirement packages and my thoughts turned to joining them.....although I knew that I would need to return later.....