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Old 28-01-2014, 03:33 PM
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Can anyone remember the sequence of the cycle on a hand filling face?
3.45am shift was the cutting shift for the cutter men? - jib / cut depth what was that?

Shot firers? they were on the face at the same time as the fillers? Explosives? I can remember carrying explosives every day, and helping out with the charging and stemming of the holes, and that feeling of being way way too close to shots being fired, and of course getting half gassed with the fumes afterwards. Also the twisted shot-firer that would get everything ready then shout the standard "H-E-R-E'S F-I-R-E!" then put in the evil three second pause before he pressed the button, just to keep you cruelly hanging on that moment of extreme anticipation!
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