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10s M.GATE SHOWING WINDY DRILLER AND PLENTY WATER! 26-2-86
  1. R10s TAILGATE - ITS A DEPRESSING BLACK AND WHITE HOLE
  2. 10s TAILGATE, 26-2-86, ABANDONED FOREVER AFTER THATCHER STARTED PIT CLOSURES
  3. 10s MOTHERGATE - WINDY DRILLER STILL STUCK IN WHINSTONE DYKE - 36ft THICK 26-2-86
  4. WATER OVER A FOOT DEEP. THREE-QUARTER DRIFT - 10s M.GATE 26-2-86
  5. 10s M.GATE SHOWING WINDY DRILLER AND PLENTY WATER! 26-2-86
  6. EIMCO625 TRACKED SHOVEL LOADER PARKED FOR EVER IN10s TAILGATE STENTON BY BIG WILLY
  7. 2s MAIN ROAD HAULAGE WAY - THE ROPE HAULED SET HAS JUST GONE IN BYE
  8. R10s TAILGATE WATER STANDAGE DAM [RED EXPLOSIVE MAGAZINES ON LEFT]
  9. 10s TAILGATE CRAWLEY STAGE LOADER GEARHEAD 26-2-86

10s M.GATE SHOWING WINDY DRILLER AND PLENTY WATER! 26-2-86

By Alan Edgar (Eggy1948)

high pit wilma :- THIS is a HOLMAN compressed-air driller[ a windy-driller..] The drill was 9feet long,straight,with no spiral,hexagonal steel section,with a cross-shaped star-bit on the end.Because the drill was straight,without a spiral,water was pumped through the hollow interior,to flush out the curvings,to prevent the drill from becoming fast in the hole [which often happened.]The water had to go somewhere , didn't it?..........

high pit wilma :- What a lovely place to spend an evening.........!

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    25-4-2022..Frankie,who abandoned his Windy Driller,when thatcher gave the word to switch off and pull out..switched off,and said "and ye can stop theor!"

    Frankie,a smashing Marra of mine,and me other Marra's,sadly passed away a few years ago,leaving this legacy.

    R.I.P. Frankie.

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