HOPE VALLEY HOBO - INTRODUCTION
What is it?
Haulages and observations during the first three months of 1988 travelling from Chesterfield to
Stockport and back along the Hope Valley.
Why 1988?
I moved from London Euston to Stockport for British Rail as a parcels clerk on the 4th January 1988. I lived in Chesterfield and commuted
from there each day to Stockport - my last day was 26th March 1988 when I transferred to Chesterfield - this is the story.
Does it have a purpose?
No, not really, it is just three months in my life of travelling on the railway and an insight into railway workings that have now long
disappeared, the locomotives, the rolling stock, the people, even the parcels business itself is no more.
Why is it called Hope Valley Hobo?
I like the sound of it! And travelling through the Hope Valley at 6 o'clock on a crisp cold morning in the darkness of winter behind a class
31 with the windows wide open for maximum sound effects you can imagine being a hobo!
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