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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #11 by BulldozerD11 » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:46 pm

John Gaunt wrote:Excusing my ignorance, but whereabouts in the country is the lodge house site ?


Thats a good Q John. :thumbs_up:

I've thought that about a few posts on things talking about sites by name.

The few Know what they are on about and anybody else left wondering, but probably dont want to ask for fear of appearing ignorant as you say. :dizzy: And on long threads spend the time wading through to see if the answers there. :(

Just a thought all - a locality to go with the name :idea: (we have a world wide audience of veiwers)

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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #12 by SRB » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:31 pm

Sorry all!

Job is near Ilkeston, Derbyshire......

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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #13 by John Gaunt » Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:28 pm

Thanks, Stuart.

Probably just around the corner from you, Dave :thumbs_up:


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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #14 by SRB » Mon Jan 26, 2009 7:05 pm

Smalley to be precise..... Bell lane i think?

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Post #15 by BulldozerD11 » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:06 pm

Cheers SB

Have to get the map out for that one.

Reminds me of in the 80s when open cast sites were opening up all over a convoy of several German low loaders turned up in Staveley and turned into the housing estate :!: some body up the road had told the go up the road and turn right after the pub. :?

The drivers spoke little english and had no map or instructions of were to go other than xyz open cast site, Staveley Derbyshire. :dizzy: So the group that had gathered then suggested they go to the Open cast site near whats now Markham Vale by J29a as loads of big stuff was coming from there along with a staedy stream of coal trucks and the Coal board had workshops there. Alos the Name they had dident match the one nearer chesterfield at Brimmington either.

A few weeks latter we found out it was some were else when talking to somebody else - OOPs :dizzy:

But the Name dident match any of the local villages or pits.

To send out a £millions of machinery with no Directions especially when all on oversize loads as it was the track assemblies, Bucket and dipper + Crates of bits for a Demag 241/285 (IIRC) Not small bits.

Wish id had a camera at that time :( I remember seeing a smaller one working on the site at brimington but cannot find the photos. They had dug the canal up and were working right near the road.

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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #16 by L.Kezz » Sat Jan 31, 2009 3:11 pm

I only live about 20 minutes away from the Lodge House site, in Smalley, its easy to get too, i have been past already, If you come From the A38 way its basically to the right on the main road through Smalley Village.
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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #17 by Joes1989 » Sun Feb 01, 2009 6:22 pm

Lodge house is in smalley near worksop i think!

Me and a friend have just been down to look at what we think are some 773's at a site thats going to get into fulll swing pretty soon i think! I South Normanton,Derbyshire!

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Re: 777B at Finnings

Post #18 by L.Kezz » Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:08 pm

erm... sorry joe but the lodge house site is no where near worksop at all! its only 5-10 minutes away from Heanor, Derbyshire.
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