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Fluffers - still employed?
Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips
on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB
wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB They've got a giant yellow vacuum cleaner now :- http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...rs_trains.html More stubborn debris presumably still gets human intervention but not so often. |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On 2011\12\28 07:57, Charles Ellson wrote:
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB They've got a giant yellow vacuum cleaner now :- http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...rs_trains.html More stubborn debris presumably still gets human intervention but not so often. The change from friction brakes to rheostat / regenerative has reduced the problem. |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:12:28 +0000, Basil Jet
wrote: On 2011\12\28 07:57, Charles Ellson wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB They've got a giant yellow vacuum cleaner now :- http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...rs_trains.html More stubborn debris presumably still gets human intervention but not so often. The change from friction brakes to rheostat / regenerative has reduced the problem. Unfortunately they haven't got rid of the passengers yet otherwise the litter/debris problem would have been mostly solved. |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On 29/12/2011 00:12, Basil Jet wrote:
On 2011\12\28 07:57, Charles Ellson wrote: On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB They've got a giant yellow vacuum cleaner now :- http://www.trainweb.org/districtdave...rs_trains.html More stubborn debris presumably still gets human intervention but not so often. The change from friction brakes to rheostat / regenerative has reduced the problem. Is there a quantifiable degree to which they have been reduced? |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB
wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB "Fluffers"? Not heard that term in this context before. Why are they so called? Peter. |
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Fluffers - still employed?
"Peter" wrote in message ... On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB "Fluffers"? Not heard that term in this context before. Why are they so called? Peter. I thought it was about luggage porters, I remember Fluffing at Dorking, Epsom and Clapham Jct. Bit of beer money. |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On Dec 28, 5:44*pm, "Pat O'Neill" wrote:
"Peter" wrote in message ... On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB "Fluffers"? Not heard that term in this context before. Why are they so called? Peter. I thought it was about luggage porters, I remember Fluffing at Dorking, Epsom and Clapham Jct. Bit of beer money. A very "Southern" term........ Whilst working at Victoria "fluffing" was a very lucrative business for staff and mostly took place twixt Gatwick Express platforms and taxis and vice versa. A documentary, "A day in the life of Victoria" was made during my time there and shows an old bloke who used to simply work the taxi queue, opening doors and loading bags. He used to make a fortune. Some staff earnt so much that they actually declared the money for tax purposes - after they were investigated - not long after that (probably 1994 ish) it was banned and staff were disciplined for doing it, well when they were caught. Richard |
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Fluffers - still employed?
"Peter" wrote in message ... On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB "Fluffers"? Not heard that term in this context before. Why are they so called? presumably because what they clear up is called "fluff" (and why do they do this? Because it's a fire risk) tim |
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Fluffers - still employed?
On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:56:26 -0000, "tim...."
wrote: "Peter" wrote in message .. . On Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:58:17 -0800 (PST), SB wrote: Just seen a short clip on BBC 4 in the Dark series of archival clips on Tuesday evening (23.55). Are 'fluffers' still employed to clean the London Underground tracks? SB "Fluffers"? Not heard that term in this context before. Why are they so called? presumably because what they clear up is called "fluff" (and why do they do this? Because it's a fire risk) I guess that makes sense. Thanks. (My initial thought when I saw the subject line was "No - they have Viagra now... but what's that got to do with railways?") Peter. |
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