Meet the Teams - The Caretakers
This Meet The Teams posting describes two of our staff who do a really stirling job to keep C&W running.
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Paul W.
Paul looks after our mess room and the Tea Club, bringing in the regular supplies of tea, coffee, sugar, doughnuts, paper plates, napkins, etc. No such thing as diets in C&W!
Taken in our original tiny mess room in November 2011
In 2012 we moved into redundant RBr 1675 for our mess facilities while the Bill Ellesmere building was under construction.
A typical Thursday with goodies brought in by both Paul and other members of the Works
Taken in November 2014, again on a Thursday with almost a full house
Paul also takes on a caretaker role with respect to the cleaning and vacuuming of the mess room, landing, stairs, lobby and our changing/store room. This extends even further with the acquisition of all the cleaning materials required, both for the mess room and coach cleaning whether external or internal.. The latter aspects include the supply of the oxalic acid wash for the 3rd Rake Maintenance team, of which he is a key member, and the Monday Cleaning Team, who look after the two main rakes at Toddington. The supply of dust bags for all the Henry vacuum cleaners throughout the Works and various aspects of PPE such as gloves, dust masks, ear defenders, and safety goggles are also acquired by Paul.
More supplies arriving.
Sorting out the clock allocation throughout the new building
The early morning gang enjoying that first cuppa
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Kevin
A good title for the excellent work done by Kevin would be "Stores and Spares".
Sorting out and labelling up.
Every tray in the carousel has been labelled to indicate clearly the various screws, nails, washers, and a multitude of different items. The same applies to the many trays of various sized bolts, nuts, and washers. In the storage racks all sorts of items have been separated and clearly labelled. Overall a fantastic effort that not many would eagerly take on. But, oh the joy now of being to find something quickly!
Kevin has extended his sorting out to our supplies of both small coach parts and the larger items such as doors, window frames, and indeed anything that needs to be kept as replacements whenever needed.
All sorts of hardware here, all neatly labelled.
One of the problems with storing items in vehicles is that they are not always watertight and dampness can creep in. An inspired idea of Kevin's was to store spare seat cushions in heavy clingfilm.
And not just the small ones.
A trolley load of covered cushions off to be stored.
And if there's nothing to sort out, he happily joins in with help where needed, in this case as a temporary member of the Dirty Gang.
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Keep up the good work chaps. Everything you do for us is very much appreciated and makes our time at C&W very much easier.