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Booking hall.
Booking hall.
Photo: Graham Carr.
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Item #: 10290
A view inside the booking hall the morning before demolition was to take place.You can clearly see the row of water taps the men would use to fill plastic bottles with water to take underground.

Comment by: STEVEN DOBSON on 18th July 2009 at 19:13

CRACKING PHOTO MATE!!! BROUGHT BACK SOME GOOD AND SUM BAD MEMORIES (NIGHT TURNS) WALKED UP THEM STEPS AND INTO THE OFFICE THERE MANY MANY TIMES!!!! THATS WHERE IAN TATLOCK USED TO KEEP A JAR OF PICKLES OUTSIDE ON THE WINDOW 4 SOME REASON. DONT THINK THEY WERE 4 HIS BUTYS!! ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY OLD BOSS PHILL BOND? NEED MORE PICS GRAHAM V V URGENTLY KEEP GOING THROUGH THESE PICKING NEW BITS OUT OF EM!!

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