stevebubs
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| posted on 31/10/13 at 05:45 PM |
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from
14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about
8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That
made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
Don't you have coal mines in Reading then ?
Regards
Jon
 …what's J6…AFC…. I might be able to decipher it then….
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Peteff
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| posted on 31/10/13 at 06:16 PM |
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Originally posted by prawnabie
Coal Mines? Must be a northern thing!
I went for a job in t'pit and failed the medical on my eyesight. When I told my optician he said it was odd as I would have passed the sight
test to train as a commercial pilot. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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slingshot2000
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| posted on 31/10/13 at 06:29 PM |
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Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by slingshot2000
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Originally posted by stevebubs
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Originally posted by coozer
I still cringe thinking of being on J6, 4 miles out under the sea 1800 feet down... the tail gate going in had been squashed down to about 4 feet from
14.. the roof slid down behind the props the minute the AFC was advanced.. basically a big steel roof with 4 hydraulic props, one on each corner about
8 x 4, lined up next to each other for 250 yards.. the gauges on the props where right on the limit at 8,000 psi and where leaking really badly.. That
made me wonder...
Sorry... I have read this paragraph 3 times and still don't understand it... please explain?
Don't you have coal mines in Reading then ?
Regards
Jon
…what's J6…AFC…. I might be able to decipher it then….
I thought Coozer would have been along, before now, to explain. I am sure he will appear before too long, so I will leave it to him to explain in
full.
However, just to keep the interest going; he was referring to mine-workings 1800 feet below the sea, operated from Wearmouth Colliery (now the site
of Sunderland A.F.C. 's Stadium of Light). J6 was probable one of the seams or tunnels, which extended out for over 4 miles under the North
Sea.
Regards
Jon
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