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From: "JB&MJ Davies" <mda87006(a)bigpond.net.au>
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Subject: [CMN-L] Fw: Mr.Jolly,80.STILL CYCLES
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From: JB&MJ Davies
To: Mel Williams
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 11:14 AM
Subject: Mr.Jolly,80.STILL CYCLES
>From the 1964 Burry Port Star
MR.JOLLY, 80, STILL CYCLES
A well known Burry Port figure will have completed 50 years of unbroken
service with the British Railways on Monday next. He is Mr.Charles
Jolly,of Elkington road, living at present with his daughter and family.
When Mr.Jolly came to Burry Port he was a professional gardener, having
kept the grounds of some distinguished people, including the Marquis of
Queensbury. He spent the first 21 years of his life at home in
Chislehurst, and spent some years in the West Country before coming to
Wales.
It was in Burry Port at the age of 31, that he joined the Gwendraeth
Valley railway line at the instigation of his employer. He later became
Harbour Master, a position he was to hold for many years.
It was during this time that Miss Amelia Earheart landed her aeroplane on
the sands of Burry Port beach.
To Mr.Jolly fell the responsibility of looking after the plane, with
strict instructions to phone the Ashburnham Hotel if she sank! That was in
1928.
Now over 80, Mr.Jolly still rides his bicycle on his inspections of the
town's waterworks, and his unique achievement will be honoured when his
story appears in the next issue of the Railway Gazette.
Another remarkable fact is that Mr.Jolly has never lost a day's work
through illness, nor has he ever claimed unemployment benifit.
1911 census
17,Camden Grove,Chislehurst,Kent
William Jolly Head 49 chapel keeper Chislehurst
Harriet Jolly Wife 53 33 9.5.4 Framlingham
Emma Jolly Dau 30 s cook Chislehurst
Charley Jolly Son 27 m gardener Chislehurst
Fred Jolly Son 22 s golf club maker Chislehurst
May Jolly Dau 15 dress maker Chislehurst
Barrie
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