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Sym,I have been very fortunate,to have had good assistance and help whenever needed,from Family members,and good Neighbours. Our youngest Son has been looking to excercise LBJ,before going to work in the morning,and at night,and Brother-in-law and Neighbour walked her when My Son couldn't make it. My eldest Son came up from London,and has nursed me,fed me and my Wife,and LBJ,oh!,not forgetting Percy the Gull,who,although he CAN feed himself,always comes and knocks his beak on the glass door to tell you he wants a tin of Sardines,or his more usual dogmeat!!![especially during the frosty days when there is nothing natural for him to find..]. There's more to looking after a wild bird than meets the eye!! He has to have his bathwater changed daily or he won't get in,and bathing is a necessity for his health,especially during the moult,which he is going through as we speak.[ He also needs company,and proves this by coming and settling down after feeding,bathing,and preening,next to us,when we sit out in the garden,or he comes into the conservatory,and plonks down like a little duck!!] So,although I have been through a very rough time,I am forever grateful to all those who came to me and my Wife during our period of need!

Hi Eggy,do you mean to include all the postings on here regarding mining,in with my pics?,surely you will be google-eyed daeing that! I will leave it wi ye to dae wat's quickest and best for the forum,Eggy,if that's o.k. with ye,Marra!! Thanks again!

Hey Eggy,and Andy,because of the fact that I was led to believe that Flickr is just about dead,and not many folk even know about it,[from personal experience when I am out and about cracking on wi folks!],I had thought,if it was possible,to move everything to this site,where we are all in tune!! Maybe a full album,dedicated so that it would be easy to locate by mining-interested members. As far as titling goes,maybe...."High Pit Wilma's Bates' Pit Album",including a full credit to Russel Hogg for enabling me to capture the Pit Surface photo's,without whom it would never have happened. I wouldn't want you to exhaust yourself if this was going to take an excessive amount of your time!! I was just thinking that whenever questions crop up about mining,it would be a handy reference album! I have no idea about the in's and oot's of doing all this,and what's involved,so I am very grateful for your interest and assistance! I am thinking the Flickr ones would remain there just the same and you could copy them,is that correct? Thanks a million, Guys!! P.S. when I took these pics,I also went all around the screening plant,the blending plant and even into the Winding engine house,which wound the cages...then got home to discover I had lost the full roll of 36 exposures on a 35mm film,somewhere around the premises.....SOMEBODY ,somewhere,is bound to have had that film and developed it!!! ...if only I had been more careful!

Posted on the Sixtownships site by Freddie Wagstaff asking what it was and Keith Grimes commented :- Submersible pump. Used in the shaft bottom, the lifting eyes are for raising and lowering. For the non miners amongst us, every shaft has a sump the bottom of the shaft to collect water, pumped out by these beasts. Shaft sumps usually had more than one for backup. They could be lowered to water level. They were a bugger to repair/maintain........... HPW - what do you reckon?