Hi Dave and listers Do you think he was paid a pensiom, aside from the state one? Don't know what the exact arrangements, were but it is possible that the pension arrangements for the old railway companies were taken over by the British Railways Pension Fund at the time of the nationalisation.It is one of the biggest in the country so worth a try. Alternatively, the funds might have been closed to new contributions and administered by trustees until the death of all the beneficiaries. If that included spouses, it might have been going until quite recently, You might try the Inland Revenue on that one. Judy ---------- >From: Dave Burton <dnburton@naos.cc.umanitoba.ca> >To: BIRKENHEAD-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [BKHD] Re: Railway Workers >Date: Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 12:57 am > > My grandfather, John Thomas GETHIN, who died in the 1950s, worked on the > railways in Birkenhead. As I've been unsuccessful in discovering where he > was born, I thought railway employees' records might help. Does anyone > know which pre-British Rail companies he might have worked for? > > TIA. > > Dave Burton > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry's Library - The best collection of family history > learning and how-to articles on the Internet. > http://www.ancestry.com/learn/library > >

Thanks for this, Judy. I hope I'll have a chance to take up your suggestion when I visit the UK early next year. Dave Burton >Hi Dave and listers > >Do you think he was paid a pensiom, aside from the state one? Don't know >what the exact arrangements, were but it is possible that the pension >arrangements for the old railway companies were taken over by the British >Railways Pension Fund at the time of the nationalisation.It is one of the >biggest in the country so worth a try. > >Alternatively, the funds might have been closed to new contributions and >administered by trustees until the death of all the beneficiaries. If that >included spouses, it might have been going until quite recently, > You might try the Inland Revenue on that one. > >Judy