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Bren you sold yourself short - you were at LL until Oct'93!
Do you remember John Wood, Ltg' Op' on B watch? Smashing guy!
John went on a holiday to somewhere exotic to the East and came back with loads of 'copy' stuff. On his first N duty back he arrived for work in the 6th floor Approach Room and Derek H said there's someone here who wants to talk to you. DH pointed to a very dark part of the room where John could just make out a figure in HM Customs uniform. His face went ashen and I guess his knees turned to jelly,'Oh my gawd' he must have been thinking,' I should have kept quiet about that gear'.
He went across to the Customs man who was finding it increasingly difficult to keep a straight face. 'I've come to question you about contraband' or words to that effect, said he. Then he burst out laughing took off his cap and hey presto! It was Kev McMahon, who had borrowed his brother's ( a genuine customs man )uniform.
I bet 'Reds and Greens' were interesting for Kev after that!
Lighting operators - great guys and girls - a bit like hairy old Flt Engineers, you upset them at your peril!