David's 'Guild theme' for the year 2000 is based upon railways. As you can see, The Guard's Van is no longer used as rolling stock. Instead, it has been cleverly incorporated into the home of the retired guard. During his long career on the railways, the old guard actually worked in this very van when it was in service. A very strange quirk of fate happened during the week when he received his gold watch and headed home to a life of retirement. His faithful old van was also sent into retirement, having been replaced by newer, more modern rolling stock. Can you believe his delight when he was offered this piece of railway history as an additional retirement gift? Well, he was certainly going to be kept busy now. From the outside, it still resembles a guard's van but inside it is grand enough to rival an Orient Express Pullman car. The retired guard spends many hours sitting inside his familiar, but now stationary, old friend.