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PostPosted: Sat May 13, 2023 10:54 pm 
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=; You have a clean out and what do you find, lots of old photos. :evil3: While I still have a few B&W pics to work through, these three have a common theme of the brand new blocks that we occupied in late '70's
if I have that right. Passé now but the big news back then and worthy of two valuable snaps. :happy:

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I have no idea who took the colour pic (a Polaroid?) :happy3: of me, :3some: Brian Manning and Greg Carroll, :down: hope I got that right. Rick has cleaned the digital copies up, re-sized them and will link them up.

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............................................. For anyone else with old Nirimba photos :evil3: squirreled away, time to hunt them out and get them on here :type: while the time is ripe.

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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2023 12:46 pm 
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Thanks Tony, I never had a pic of the brand new buildings
Cheers
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2023 5:46 pm 
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No problems. Trying to hunt out a few more from that period.

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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2023 7:09 pm 
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2023 7:38 pm 
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CharlieS wrote:
Thanks Tony, I never had a pic of the brand new buildings
Cheers
:ok:

Now over 40 years old and used for offices (well, some of them).

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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2023 11:03 pm 
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When the intake that Brian and were in moved into the blocks the landscaping wasn’t even finished. The stoker Chief in charge of the block that the Chippies were living in was “the Whale Norman. We were only in the blocks for about 3 months before we passed out.

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PostPosted: Wed May 17, 2023 11:58 pm 
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Gawd, [-( you lot were spoiled rotten, :roll: :sheeesh: I reckon if they'd moved us into such :up: swanky :omg1: accommodation, #-o I'd have 'passed out' :zzz: as well... :snap:

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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 7:44 am 
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:faaaarrk: Hasn't the body changed, the only thing that hasn't got any bigger is the penis. :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:

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Chippy Ned wrote:
:faaaarrk: Hasn't the body changed, the only thing that hasn't got any bigger is the penis. :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha: :haha:


Well, we know your focus in life, Neddie..... :grin:

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PostPosted: Thu May 18, 2023 11:41 am 
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We might have had swank accommodation but only for 6 months. Still started in the Dongers and "graduated" to the 4 man cabins. Our bonus was being right next to the shower block, made the early morning winter dash a bit easier.

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