What is the first name of fictional character ‘Jones the Steam’, the driver of Ivor the Engine?
Ivor the Engine it is not unknown for him to go and do his own thing when he should be working. He dislikes shunting and timetables. Edwin Jones is Ivor's driver. He is a cheerful and kind-hearted man who perhaps sympathises more than most railway staff with Ivor's idiosyncrasies. Postgate and Firmin describe him as "an ordinary engine driver who is there to cope with whatever needs to be coped with". People who are new to the area find him rather eccentric for talking to his engine. When not driving Ivor or helping the engine with his latest flight of fancy, he enjoys
Ivor the Engine published in the early days of political correctness, London Borough of Hackney Public Libraries banned the entire series because of the Indian elephant keeper, called Bani. They thought ethnic minorities might be offended by him. Ivor the Engine Ivor the Engine is a British stop motion animated television series created by Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin's Smallfilms company. It follows the adventures of a small green steam locomotive who lived in the "top left-hand corner of Wales" and worked for "The Merioneth and Llantisilly Railway Traction Company Limited". His friends included Jones the Steam, Evans the Song and Dai Station,