Station Jim

Hello Everyone,

Today Jim travelled into London to visit a local records office in his search for any family history. He decided to travel by train and while he waited on platform 5 he took a photo of Station Jim, a very famous dog who is preserved for posterity in a glass case. I hope you like the following story of his short life.

 

                                         STATION JIM

Next time you visit Slough Station, spare a minute or two to go to Platform 5 and see 'Station Jim'. He stands proudly in a glass case, with his collecting box strapped across his shoulders. Jim was brought to Slough Station as a three month old puppy in 1894 and soon began working as a Canine Collector for the Great Western Railway Widows and Orphans Fund. He knew many tricks and was taught to bark whenever a coin was put into his collecting box.   Poor health meant that he worked for a relatively short time, but nevertheless he managed to collect the sum of £40 (equivalent to over £2,500 today)! He died suddenly, in his harness, in November 1896. He was so popular that the local community raised money for his body to be stuffed and placed on display in a glass case. A collecting box was placed alongside his case to ensure that Jim's good work would continue.       Daily Reflections "The wind doesn`t lend itself to being grasped by the hand or being touched. But nevertheless there is such a thing as the wind. Just so there is nirvana but one cannot point to nirvana, either by its colour or shape."