Bernard Hare, former social worker and author of the cult classic "Urban Grimshaw and the Shed Crew" tells a moving tale of the power of human compassion. He recounts a story from his younger years, of a night when he was desperate to get from London to his home town of Leeds to see his mother on her deathbed. He had no money, and the train schedule meant it looked like he could not get home in time. Then came the saintly intervention of the man Bernard calls "The Good Conductor."
The story, and the lesson taught by The Good Conductor, is one that Bernard himself regularly tells to the young people he cares for as an unofficial social worker: "Pass it down the line."
