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Old 20th Apr 2007, 05:47
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Blacksheep
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That was the infamous Hills Mob, including old Two Ton,Two Pints,Tight Turn Tooley RIP.
Ah, but which infamous Hills mob?

There's a photo of former fellow "Ton-Five" JH with a quite different infamous Hills mob at Barksdale on John Leitch's "Vulcans in Camera" website (See the "Vulcan People" section)


Our "other shift" toppled "Happy Jack" Helmsleys B1A up like that one swing shift at Waddo. As it started to tip up, the refueller cut the flow and a lecky and a fairy grabbed the nose leg. It was enough to stop it sitting completley on its backside and the refueller was sent up the steps to keep the nose down until they could get a picket shackle onto the nose leg. Phew! Happy Jack was even more miserable than usual next morning.
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