From: Martin on
Well done!


From: Steve Firth on
Raymond Keattch <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> What I didn't know, was on the assesment day I passed the
> tests at grade 8 - the highest grade of signaller! Apparently, at Kings
> Cross, I will be able to earn �40000-�50000 a year at grade 8 - very
> different to the �16000 as a bus driver.

Well done.

Start laying plans to move somewhere less pikey. BTW, Kings Cross is not
less pikey. Highgate is damned handy and houses can be found around the
area at a price that shouldn't hurt anyone moving from WGC, and it
really is less pikey than WGC.

[snip]

> So, if you are travelling to Kings Cross after July, it may be me pressing
> the buttons - be scared!!!

Fortunately I never go that way.
From: Harry Bloomfield on
Adrian expressed precisely :
> Saw an old Arriva bus on L-plates earlier - thought of you...

Why, had it allowed itself to get boxed in by car drivers :-)

Seriously - Well done Ray!

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Regards,
Harry (M1BYT) (L)
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From: Steve Firth on
Raymond Keattch <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote:

> Perhaps you can expand on that - how does a signaller stop you from
> working (be nice to know your job)?

With that attitude, he's a trackside worker of some sort.
From: David Taylor on
On 2007-04-17, Raymond Keattch <ray(a)nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> I start a 14 month training programme in May, starting with a nine week
> residential course either in Watford or Leeds. This is followed by 12
> months training with a mentor at Kings Cross.

Congratulations.

> So, if you are travelling to Kings Cross after July, it may be me pressing
> the buttons - be scared!!!

Having (for some reason) attempted to run Kings Cross for a day using
SimSig (http://www.simsig.co.uk), it is perhaps you that should be scared!

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David taylor