Blog- Chronicals of Crymlyn 'A shop' - Harry D. Evans & Rogers and Ystradgynlais & Yniscedwyn Colliery Contract Completed.

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<p><span style='color: rgb(29,33,41)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><span style='font-size: 14px'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='background-color: transparent'><br /><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>It's Saturday morning here at Crymlyn A Shop and all the Boyos are in on overtime. </span></p></span></p><p> </p><p><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>There was such a row about being given Christmas Eve off without pay that the Foreman has let them work Saturday morning. </span></p></span><br /></span></p></span></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(29,33,41)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><span style='font-size: 14px'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='background-color: transparent'><br /><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>Dai the Paint puts the final touches to the last wagons for the Harry D Evans & Rogers and the Ystradgynlais & Yniscedwyn Colliery contract. </span></p></span></p><p> </p><p><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>Our foreman inspects Dai's work for any spelling mistakes and Dai will be visiting the local optician's as his eyesight has almost expired! </span></p></span></p><p> </p><p><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>Our Foreman hasn't the heart to tell Dai that the first thing the wagon's new owners will do is to drop 10 tons of coal in them so we don't expect them to be this clean for much longer!</span></p></span><br /></span></p></span></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(29,33,41)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><span style='font-size: 14px'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='background-color: transparent'><br /><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>Owen the Spanner can be seen making some delicate adjustments to the brake gear on one of the wagons while Baldrick, the A Shop Gofor, shovels up the ash in front of the shed yard.</span></p></span><br /></span></p></span></span></span><br /><span style='color: rgb(29,33,41)'><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><span style='font-size: 14px'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='background-color: transparent'><br /><span style='font-family: Helvetica'><p class='bbc_left'><span style='font-family: verdana'>1338 can be seen in the background while 1140 rests in the shed.</span></p></span></span></p></span></span></span></p><div id='attach_wrap' class='rounded clearfix'>

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