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Re: The IRT pre-unification |
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Posted by jailhousedoc on Tue Oct 27 11:23:09 2020, in response to Re: The IRT pre-unification, posted by qveensboro_plaza on Tue Oct 27 10:49:11 2020. my father arrived from Trinidad in the Caribbean in 1929 - he could not find work as an automobile mechanic , so he being Catholic contacted the Holy Name society - he had brought with him proof of membership in his local parish. He was then referred to the IRT, but was allowed only to work as a cleaner as jobs like conductors and motormen were prohibited to him. He went into the US Army in 1942 , served until 1944, and returned to the IRT after his service where he worked as a conductor until 1971, when he retired. |
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