Friday, 01 May 2009
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Not what was expected...
Wonder if he (the lion) had a platform ticket?
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Not what was expected...
The secretary of the photographic section of the Public Relations & Publicity Department, British Railways, Southern Region, took a telephone message from Clapham Junction: “Line out of gauge. Send photographer.â€
A photographer was duly sent, and found to his consternation that the message really was: “Lion out of cage. Send photographer.†A lion had escaped from a circus in transit and was strolling about the station, to the alarm of the passengers and staff. It was eventually recaptured.[1]
Wonder if he (the lion) had a platform ticket? ----
[1] from “Railway Curiosities: Railway Staff†a collection of anecdotes assembled by Colin Maggs MBE, BackTrack, April 2009
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