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RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: july/august 2024 :: RMTnews 30 Send entries to Prize Crossword, RMT, Unity House, 39 Chalton Street, London NWI IJD by Date August 27, 2024. with your name and address. Last month’s winner is Winner P Dickenson, Mansfield Please supply bank account details and sort code to receive your prize quickly. Last month’s solution... ACROSS 1 Adhesion (10) 8 Flammable liquid (7) 9 Eskimo hut (5) 10 Cook (5) 11 Gemstone (7) 12 Be accountable (6) 14 European mint (6) 16 Shelf of land (7) 17 Assist (5) 19 Porcelain (5) 20 Increase (7) 21 Extremely pleasing (10) DOWN 1 Confident, aggressive (4,9) 2 Clumsy (5) 3 Custodian (6) 4 Innocence (7) 5 Confidence (4,9) 6 Celebrity (4) 7 Armed robbery (6) 12 Set to work upon (6) 13 Give out (7) 15 Warm again (6) 17 Indian colonial term (5) 18 At any time (4) £50 PRIZE CROSSWORD R MT Paddington No.1 branch celebrated Patrick Hayes 50-year membership of the union and was presented with a medallion by RMT president Alex Gordon and general secretary Mick Lynch. Patrick started on London Transport in 1968 working on the Central Line as a leading railman in various grades as a member of the National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) now RMT. In 1974 he moved on to British Rail to work on the permanent way and was based at West Ealing depot. In 1978 he moved to West Ealing station as a leading railman covering general station duties including tickets/parcel office and covering the Greenford branch station ticket offices. In 1982 he moved to Ealing Broadway and in 1994 became a Revenue Protection Inspector based at Paddington. He finished my railway career at Ealing Broadway Station in 2018 working for Crossrail. “During my 50 Years working on the railway I was a union rep and an activist and now I am a retired Honorary RMT member,” he said. Mick Lynch said that members like Patrick were the backbone of the union and he wished him a happy retirement after such a long and varied career in the rail industry. 50 FOR PATRICK