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PHOTO JARGE THE OUTSIDE PORTER SHANKLIN RAILWAY STATION THE ARTWORK IS ON THE ROAD SIDE OF THE STATION BUILDING ON THE RIGHT HERE. 4628765 JARGE IS THE WORK OF GLYN ROBERTS. THE PLAQUE AND STONE CARVING WERE COMMISSIONED IN 2012 BY SHANKLIN ROTARY CLUB ON THE OCCASION OF THE DIAMOND JUBILEE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH II.THE TEXT RECORDS THAT UNTIL THE 1950S MOST HOLIDAYMAKERS ARRIVED IN SHANKLIN BY TRAIN. AS THEY CAME OUT OF THE STATION THEY MIGHT WELL HAVE ENCOUNTERED A MAN ON THE FORECOURT WITH A TWO-WHEELED TROLLEY WHO HOPED TO EARN A SHILLING OR TWO BY CARRYING THEIR BAGS. HE WAS GEORGE HAWKSWORTH (JARGE). THE BRASS BADGE FIXED TO HIS DISTINCTIVE BROWN TRILBY HAT SHOWED HIM TO BE LICENSED BY THE RAILWAY COMPANY AS AN OUTSIDE PORTER.HE ALWAYS WORE A SUIT KNEE LENGTH GAITERS AND POLISHED BOOTS. HIS HAT SAT LOW ON HIS FOREHEAD PERHAPS WEIGHED DOWN BY THE HEAVY BRASS BADGE. SPOTTING A LIKELY CUSTOMER HE WOULD CALL OUT "CARRY YOUR BAG SIR". IF THE VISITOR AGREED JARGE WOULD LOAD HIS RED AND GREEN TROLLEY AND LEAD THEM TO THEIR HOTEL OR GUEST HOUSE.ON SATURDAYS THOUGH WHEN PASSENGERS EMERGED FROM A TRAIN JARGE OFTEN FACED COMPETITION FROM LOCAL LADS WHOSE HOMEMADE WOODEN HANDCARTS TRUNDLED ALONG ON OLD PRAM WHEELS. THEY WOULD USE TRICKS TO DISTRACT HIM WINDING HIM UP UNMERCIFULLY AND PIRATE CUSTOMERS BEHIND HIS BACK. POOR JARGE COULD SELDOM MATCH THESE QUICK-WITTED YOUNGSTERS AND HE WAS OFTEN REDUCED TO CURSING AND THREATENING RETRIBUTION. IN MANY WAYS JARGE WAS A THROWBACK TO THE FORMER GOLDEN ERA OF RAIL TRAVEL. WHEN HE FINALLY HANDED IN HIS BADGE A NATIONAL NEWSPAPER REPORTED HIM AS THE LONGEST-SERVING OUTSIDE PORTER IN THE COUNTRY. 2015 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) JAGGERYPHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS
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