Re: Preston station torched

["Michael Walker" <walker@hotkey.net.au>]

><<<<<<<<They had ticket inspectors on the trains in those days, too. A
friend
>and I once wagged school, bought a return ticket from Box Hill to Surrey
>Hills and rode into Flinders Street and back. Two of the gestapo got on
>at Richmond on our way home and reported us to our school and parents,
>the bastards.>>>>>>>
>
>The bastards indeed! My only run in with them was at Newport workshops, the
>year was 1977 I think. They put us in their car and drove us to Newport
>station, and yes, they called my mum and dad too. When I got home they
asked me
>what I was doing, to which I aswered, "just photographing trains"
>
Of course nowadays they'd just take your details and fine you $100. Did
either of you get fined or was discipline left up to your parents'?