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[baggers]

Might be a loose handbrake shoe lining, at the worn trailing edge. That would be all right forwards, but would snag running backwards. I imagine the garage did not replace the brake shoes, but would have had to back them off to remove the drums. If they had been used a puller or a hammer they may have dislodged a lining.

Or some cretin has ignored decades of best practice, and 'adjusted the handbrake' just by cranking the cables rather than setting the shoes correctly first. Happens all the time, and not just on Omegas.

Fitter vs Mechanic

I doubt he could have got the drum off without slacking off the adjuster fully, so it would not have worked at all unless he adjusted it on again.

He could if it has been serviced properly in the past.