WHILST KEN SNOWDIN WAS DOING HIS DETECTIVE WORK RECENTLY WITH REGARD TO THE CURRENT WHEREABOUTS OF BRIAN BURNIP (see December "Personalities"), HE ALSO SENT IN SOME IMAGES OF HIS DAYS WHEN HE HAD BEEN B.H. PARTS MANAGER WORKING OUT OF ST.AUSTELL DEPOT.
THEY ARE MOSTLY MACHINE SHOTS, AND ALSO INCLUDE TWO OR THREE THAT MIGHT ALSO QUALIFY FOR "Days Out", BUT FIND THEM AT THE END OF THIS SEQUENCE.
THESE ARE MOSTLY E.C.C. B9LOT`s, NOT SURE WHETHER THERE IS A B10 AMONGST THEM.
DOROTHY TIP…….
…..ONE NEARLY OVER THE EDGE…….
….DREDGING IN PAR HARBOUR…..
….PAR HARBOUR AGAIN. IF A SHIP PUT ON TOO MUCH REVERSE OR FORWARD PROP, IT WOULD DIG A HOLE MAYBE 6 FEET DEEP INTO WHICH THE SCAPER MIGHT GO. HENCE TWO D8`s WERE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, ONE TO PULL OUT THE SCRAPER, THE OTHER TO ACT AS AN ANCHOR. THE TIDE DICTATED EVERYTHING……
….ST AUSTELL WORKSHOP, A MAGGIE DEUTZ 232D 24AK (is that right JC, or is that the one with the squarer bonnet ??), AND A B9 UNDER REPAIR. KEN TELLS OF A DAY WHEN A HYDRAULIC JACK WAS FIRED OUT FROM UNDERNEATH A SCRAPER WHEN IT WAS DISLODGED ACCIDENTLY, ROCKETING ACROSS THE WORKSHOP FLOOR. WITH THE MACHINE HITTING THE DECK SO HARD, THE PLACE WAS COVERED WITH DRIED CHALK DUST, AS WAS THE FITTER, ALTHOUGH HE WAS WHITE FROM SHOCK AS WELL…….
…AN R25 IN ST AUSTELL WORKSHOP, ALMOST CERTAINLY ONE OF THOSE WITH THE CLBT 750 OR 754 AUTO TRANSMISSION FITTED……
…..PARTS SEMINAR IN…..MINORCA !! ALLRIGHT FOR SOME THEY SAY. LISTED BY KEN ARE GLYN & MARY EILLEDGE, TERRY & PAT KENRICK, ANN SNOWDIN, FRANK ?????, AND WHO ELSE DO WE KNOW……
…. ANN SNOWDIN EMBARRASSING BILL DAVY FOR THE CAMERA……
…..BACK TO ST AUSTELL, AND SEVERAL MACSALVORS HYDROCONS, WITH FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER ROGER WILDE IN THERE SOMEWHERE….
…..AND FINALLY HOME TO NORTHAMPTON, FOR A CARNIVAL IMAGE WE HAVENT SEEN BEFORE. F REG SCAMMELL FROM HEANOR, SO IT IS AT LEAST 1966, ALTHOUGH THE FORD ESCORT VAN APPEARS TO BE A K REG, SO THAT WOULD MAKE IT 1970/71.
THANKS FOR THIS CONTRIBUTION KEN…..KEEP LOOKING THEM OUT !!
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