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Post by Clive on Mar 3, 2009 16:49:33 GMT -5
 HApton Valley Dinting on dip 5 face. Union seam. Reatreat face. Tghis was the last face in this seam before pit closed. Photo 81. Bloke on right is Arthur Catlow. |
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Post by Clive on Mar 3, 2009 16:51:20 GMT -5
 Sadly this image got spoilt. especialy so as my dad is the bloke on right, reckoning to tighten imaginary bolt. Dip 5 Main gate |
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Post by Clive on Mar 3, 2009 16:52:56 GMT -5
 Drawing rings off dip 5 |
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Post by Clive on Mar 3, 2009 16:54:18 GMT -5
 M6 face. This was the last face at the pit. worked by a plough in the uppermountain mine. 28" |
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Post by inbye on Mar 4, 2009 14:31:39 GMT -5
Hi Clive, just as a matter of interest, these were obviously flash photo's. Were they.......erm...."official"?...
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Post by Clive on Mar 4, 2009 18:07:22 GMT -5
Yup, official coalboard photographs that father just happned to find a spare set hanging around. Dip 5 was a record breaking face at the pit...a pit in its death throws
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Post by John on Mar 4, 2009 18:27:21 GMT -5
Just a note Clive, when LW8 was coming to an end, we were changing equipment from an AM400 to an AM500 shearer and a brand new AFC/chock shields and switchgear. A mat and myself asked the Deputy if we could take some pictures, we were on nights, so nobody of importance around.
He said "I don't want to know anything, when do you plan to take them"?
"tomorrow night" we said.
Next night both my mate and myself had an SLR 35mm camera and flash in our snap bags. The blokes used to stay in the snap cabin for about half an hour having a bite and drink of tea before they started work.
I said to the Deputy in a whisper, we are going up the face now! You starting early aren't you he said. He'd forgotten! Errr it's summat you don't want to see! What he said. You know, what we were on about last night.
Oh! OK! I'll be up the face in half an hour then!
Needless to say, we both got plenty of pictures taken!
That was down under in NSW, so we knew we wouldn't get searched, extremely rare on nights down there.
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Post by Clive on Mar 6, 2009 3:40:03 GMT -5
I haddnt been at the Valley long and was there one back shift repairing exaust on bike and father was welding his car up to get it through test. He had to go down to shaft pumps so I went with him, first time I'd been down shaft, as it was only used for acess for pumps.
Had camera on pit top, always wish I had taken it down and got some of shaft bottom...oh well
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