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Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW057129 / 858095)
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Brick Works Wagon-man's hut. This had a wooden bench and stool and an electric bell and 'key' used to send and receive signals for hauling a train of empty trucks 'up' or, lowering four or five trucks 'down' loaded with finished bricks. The bell code would be the only means of communication between 'the winch man' controlling the winding drum at the top of the incline at Mapperley and 'wagon man' at the exchange sidings at Sherwood station. When all the shunting of trucks had finished and the crew of the daily goods train ready to depart for St Ann's or Daybrook, the wagon man would send his bell code 'up top'. Placing a plank across the buffers of the last truck, he would hoist himself up and ride up to Mapperley in style.
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