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Re: electrocution!!!
« Reply #27 on: Friday 12 October 07 23:50 BST (UK) »
I don't have a connection with anybody involved on the day of the disaster, but my dad was one of the bricklayers who built the chimneys that were knocked down the other day ;D ;D

They were cooling towers ... demolition pics http://www.mywhitehaven.net/forum/index.php?topic=898.0
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« Reply #28 on: Tuesday 23 October 07 18:19 BST (UK) »
Warwick Telford was the boy electrocuted on a pylon at elterwater Ave or somewhere near Newlands Lane. He wanted me to go with him when school was out, i went right home to watch Wells Fargo and I was always under orders to get home for tea. Pleased I did!!  We were good pals.

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« Reply #29 on: Tuesday 23 October 07 19:25 BST (UK) »
That must have been awful for you:o
Was his nickname Buster at all - re the first post on this thread?

By the way, welcome to Rootschat Workington Downie - do you actually take part in the game? ;D

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« Reply #30 on: Tuesday 23 October 07 20:17 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the Welcome, I haven't logged on here for a very long time. The game? please explain


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Re: electrocution!!!
« Reply #31 on: Tuesday 23 October 07 20:22 BST (UK) »
Uppies and Downies ;D

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« Reply #32 on: Tuesday 23 October 07 20:30 BST (UK) »
No don't play now I'm far to old

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« Reply #33 on: Monday 29 October 07 17:55 GMT (UK) »
Downie, aren't we all!
It was me that started the elterwater bit of this thread so did you live up that side of town? I had Smiths on elterwater, Grahams on the next one down (named after a lake but i don't remember which one) and Pym Smith moved into the dead end that backed onto the hospital from harrington road so you may have known any of them. Also a cousin married into Rupies family with the garage/filling station
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my "boss" is from Annan and he had watched a recent program on the felling of the cooling towers at chapelcross in scotland and was thoroughly ashamed. He said they must have dredged for the voxpop people they got. let's hope they don't do the same down west or I'll be on it. ;>}
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« Reply #34 on: Saturday 26 December 09 22:41 GMT (UK) »
Hi Downie,with ref to Warwick Telford,an old friend of ours was actually there when he was electrocuted.His name was Barry  and this affected him for the rest of his life.Sadly, Barry died of MS when he was only in his early thirties. I am still in touch with his widow who lives
 in Workington.Do you remember them?
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« Reply #35 on: Saturday 26 December 09 22:50 GMT (UK) »
Barry and his wife were  good friends of me and the wife. We are still in touch with her and the girls.