Ivor the Engine

	People
	Jones the Steam - Dai Station - Evans the Song - Mrs Porty - Eli the Baker - Idris the Dragon - Mrs Griffiths - Mr Hughes the Gasworks - Mr Dinwiddy - The Choral Society - Ivor the Engine - Alice the Elephant - Bani Moukerjee - Charlie Banger - Banger's Circus - Birthday Cake - Bluebell
	Jones the Steam	Hardly a hero, Jones the Steam is just an ordinary engine-driver who is there to cope with whatever has to be coped with, and enjoy a cup of tea from Ivor's boiler. Top
	Dai Station	Dai is station master of Llaniog station. He tends to be a bit glum because he still minds about boring things like time-tables and Regulations. Top
	Evans the Song	A musical man, choir master of the Grumbly and District Choral Society Top
	Mrs Porty	She lives in the big house and is known to be, as she puts it; "Very rich and extremely silly". But she is fond of her donkey, Bluebell. She also, more than occasionally, takes a glass or two of her namesake...port. Top
	Eli the Baker	He is a good baker, and often bakes fancy bread, but never bread as fancy as the loaf that came out of his oven one day. Well, it wasn't a loaf, it was a dragon called Idris who was only looking for a nice red-hot place to perch, and being a dragon, he has to stay red-hot doesn't he. Top
	Idris the Dragon	One day Jones and Ivor were going past Smoke Hill when Jones noticed that the Hill was on fire. He stopped Ivor to investigate and found a hot egg, shaped very much like a rugby ball. They showed it to Mr Dinwiddy who suggested they put it back where it came from, but they didn't have time because Ivor had to get to choir practice. They popped it into Ivor's firebox to keep warm while they went to choir practice, where he hatched out and sang like a fiery dragon. Later on, he met up with a lovely lady dragon, Olwen, and they went on to have twins, Gaian and Blodwen. Top
	Mrs Griffiths	Mrs Griffiths is the chair-person of the Antiquarian Society. She doesn't believe in dragons, or in Railway Engines that talk, and she has come, reluctantly, to the conclusion that Jones the Steam is raving mad. Top
	Mr Hughes the Gasworks	Mr Hughes is a great animal lover and although he usually kepps budgerigars, when the need arises he is happy to look after an elephant, especially one like Alice, who has a bad foot. Top
	Mr Dinwiddy	Meredith Dinwiddy is a gold-miner whose mountain is so full of gold he has to put most of it back into the ground again. But he loves fireworks, and makes Ivor a marvellous Birthday Cake. Top
	The Choral Society	Like most Welsh choirs, the Choral Society sing like angels, and ther are all very proud of their new first bass, Ivor the Engine. Top
	Ivor the Engine	Ivor only has three notes (from the pipes of Morgan's Roundabout organ) but, as Evans says: "He sings them beautiful". Top
	Alice the Elephant	Alice is usually quiet and good tempered, but she does not choose to allow her bad foot to be washed with boiling water by Jones and Evans. The only person allowed to do that is Bani Moukerjee. Top
	Bani Moukerjee	Bani is so pleased to find his beloved Alice safe and well, that he asks his employer Charlie Banger to give the whole town a free show of his famous Banger's Circus. Top
	Charlie Banger	Mister Charlie Banger is the owner and ringmaster of Banger's Circus. Top
	Banger's Circus	Banger's Circus features Lion taming, high-wire acts, clowns and horse riding, but best of all were the elephants, and best of all the elephants was Alice. Top
	Birthday Cake	Ivor's birthday cake wasn't like other birthday cakes. It was grey and purple and as hard as stone, but when it was put in Ivor's firebox, it caused a firework display to erupt from his funnel. Top
	Bluebell	Bluebell the donkey is a particular friend of Ivor. The can't talk to each other, but they just enjoy being together. Top

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