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great firm to work for, everything was black & white including the wet weather gear. worked on the datchet resourvoir for a few years. peter thompson was the gf. his brother malcom, lovely geezer, was a slasher. a few names i remember. dick gaffney, trever marshell, jack sharp, tommy leach, mau...

Treading very lightly, hope it freezes soon and the snow holds off.

Dave, I sent you a PM.

Great pictures, I used to love being on an 8 or a 9 with no cab, on the good days! I always liked a straight stack too but pay for it now with a constant hissing in my ears.

I put it down too the fact that it was not so long after the second world war and that national service didn't stop enlisting till 1960 I think so I imagine their where a lot of beret's around and men used to wearing them too. I know at the start of my working life (1970) most dinner bags where ex a...

Fred, Was you on that job? I wasn't myself but my father was. The man that was in the saddle at the time is really good operator that I worked with later on another site.
Russ

Over and out,
Russ

jcb4cx wrote:Cat tried the diesel converter in D8,s did not stay long though

Didn't the 19a D9 have a diesel torque?
My dad was on an 8 with that setup in 1968, I seem to remember him saying something about it running hot and being a pain if you ran out of fuel.

Well done Stu, just out of interest where was that picture taken.
Russ