Wow this brings back great memories for me. I remember Sharl very well indeed. He was always asking for coal from us on the locos. As we approached the station I would pile up a load of coal onto the edge of the footplate. As we approached the signal box we would give a few blasts on the whistle just to let him know. As we passed I would push all the coal off the footplate and once we passed hevwould go and collect it from along the trackside. Great times indeed
