Refreshment Lady (RWS)

The Refreshment Lady (1906-1986) worked at Skarloey where she owned a small café.

The Railway Series
The Refreshment Lady was born in 1906 and at some point got married and had a daughter. In 1952, she was about to board the next train when Peter Sam rushed out so he could get to Crovan's Gate before Henry departed from there. She was furious about this when they got there until she explained to Peter Sam that Henry's train was a guaranteed connection. On the day Peter Sam left her behind, his driver was her newly married son-in-law.

She continued her work with the Skarloey Railway for some ten years after the incident with Peter Sam and then enjoyed 21 years of contented retirement before her death in 1986. Her son-in-law is also now retired and lives with his wife in a cottage that the Refreshment Lady left to them in her Will.

Attire
The Refreshment Lady wears a sky blue dress with white polka dots and a pink cardigan.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Four Little Engines - Skarloey Remembers and Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady
 * Gallant Old Engine - Passengers and Polish
 * Great Little Engines - Pop-Special

Companion Volumes
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 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 1995 - The Thomas the Tank Engine Man
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines
 * 2007 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The New Collection

Trivia

 * She is based on Mrs. Davies, a volunteer on the Talyllyn Railway who served refreshments at Abergynolwyn. In August 1952, she was left behind at the station due to the mistake of the Guard, the Rev. W. Awdry himself. During the 1960s, she was one of the women who worked on the Talyllyn's Refreshments Van.