This idea was a washout
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A RAILWAYMAN had a bra inwave that is expected to save British Rail £100,000 a year. Wash dirty high-visibility clothing instead of throwing it away, he suggested. This revolutionary thought has won him £1,000. It is a pity he has had to wait four years for its adoption. Washing dirty linen on the railways is obviously a very private business.
While the laundry piled up, however, the railways grabbed a coal movement for ICI in the North-west which has netted Elm in revenue and helped to deprive hauliers of future traffic.
And that's not all. The ladies' waiting room and parcels office at Ulverston station have been converted into a restaurant and night club "featuring top acts." Paul Daniels has been booked to conjure up disappearing parcels and saw waiting ladies in halves.