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[John]

The AB double ended conveyor mounted trepanner, now there was a machine! Clifton Colliery in Nottinghamshire had the first one for field trials. Single turret machine against the later double turrets. We had loads of teething problems with it but soon "cured" the worst problems and the machine was a dream machine. First "Bi-Di" machine I've worked with, face blokes loved it!

[John]

I had never realised how big a tool kit AB supplied with every machine until this baby arrived. The crates that had the tools in were huge! Pity the Britool socket set and open ended spanners went straight into the stores.