[Note 326.6]

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[Note 326.6] "All clothed in green with silver lace / On the collar of his coat a yard / An elegant foot for a Wellington Boot / ... the model of a railway guard" - Railway companies were enamoured of the military ethos and believed that smart uniforms bred loyalty in the staff.