By: peaceleo69
29/06/2008
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| and also 20 years on-good going~ |
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By: peaceleo69
29/06/2008
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| sorry-that was meant to be 30~typo |
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By: reubjoyce
2/07/2008
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| Does any one know the race results for the 2008 Black Rock Stakes. i.e who came 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th etc etc... |
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By: dathleemconnolly
6/07/2008
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| hello i worked for poons in the mid seventies at the bp garage in goldsworthy,i remember big alex kapica and paul jordan the power lifters and also when we decided to go down the degray on tyre tubes and floats etc and all got pretty burnt and hung over also a *** anese guy yugi worked there also he was cycling around australia but the people were from all walks of life and very friendly i liked my stay there stan hornsby |
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By: juditanne
12/07/2008
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| Hi! All former Goldsworthyites. The next reunion at the Bayswater Hotel in Perth is definitely confirmed as taking place on the weekend 2nd/3rd/4th October, 2009 and if you refer to my previous message, you will find the telephone numbers remain the same as I've already given. I plan on travelling to the U.K. during September 2009 to a Convention in Blackpool and would love to contact JanFlan01 if possible. I will arrange with the Bayswater Hotel to give my email address to those who wish to contact me regarding GML's reunion. |
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By: dhukim
4/08/2008
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| Hi all,Istarted at Shay Gaap when it was GML and then BHP took over.Istarted off as a haulpac driver ,then a TA in the 77 crew and to the 60R drills.One of the best seven years spent there.Was one of the last to leave bescause it was hard.Still running into people from there. |
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By: sadteacher@rocketmail.com
4/08/2008
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| http://au.messages.yahoo.com/news/localnews-wa/172 22/ |
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By: rolfeys
4/08/2008
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| was iin goldsworthy 1969 1970.played football those years.only grass oval in pilbara.we lost grandfinal to panthers .team mates harry newman,greame edwards.lanc paterson john brown to name a few.biolermaker there.leading hand in 1970.nurse at post daphne.barry lewis master mechanic doug stewart ofreman/.very interested to find out what happened to football memorabilia from those years.goldsworthy dog was charlie brown.big boss alf kober.good friends jan and roger freeman and ken and kaye bow. |
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By: pcunningham1703
11/08/2008
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Hi Ray
Patrick Cunningham that's right "Gingers Mate", up in Q/land still attached to Mining.
Regards
Pat |
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By: hide_yosh
12/08/2008
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Hi ol friend
Still buzzing with electricity Patrick, ol Ginger eh
Good ol Shay Gap - those were the days
I hear the mining industry in Oz is booming
I had a career change from the drills, to manufacturing, now I am ready to go it alone as a consultant
Ray |
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By: timatinternetwise
13/08/2008
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Gidday Mick and Ruth
Great to read your posting - Mick apologies for the Fitter Welder crack - Just call me a Kiwi *&^* of a thing like Glen Whittaker aka snuffy used to. We have 2 Boys both at local High school in our home town. Im in IT now but back studying engineering with a will to return to the Mines as I loved it up there in the Pilbara - would be great to meet you both again one day - Has Mick still got the beard!!! |
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By: sj.greenlees
14/08/2008
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I worked in Shay Gap in 77/78. I remember you, Ray Tapatu, and Shirley as well. I started off on crusher maintenance, then man-haul,(how I hated pulling the ice and then having to get the enormous bins of water off the man-haul and onto a rock) then trucks. I have a heap of photos mainly taken in the 'Girls block' - Siberia - and the wet mess, plus a few in the mine. I'll be posting them to the Shay Gap facebook group in the next few days.
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By: derek.mcmorrow
21/08/2008
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| G,day from Scotland. I worked in Goldsworthy in 1982. Mo, Nick and Scotty M were my gaffers. The Wet the lovely Wet. My liver hasn't been the same. Davy G, T.A. diamond geeza. Enough for now. If somebody gets in touch it'll be good to reminisce properly. |
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By: loganulysses
25/08/2008
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| Hi, were you a haulpak driver in goldworthy in those days? Or maybe you can remember when the first female haulpak drivers started? I was one of the first female haulpak drivers in Pannawonica in 1978 - some of us old girls are having a 30th reunion in Oct. |
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By: turnerwilly@ymail.com
25/08/2008
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For the person who wanted the black rock stakes results for this year.
They didnt really run it as per normal this year. As it was the final run this year it was thought to be more important that everyone finished at around the same time. About midway through the race they asked about 3/4 of the teasm to pull up their wheel barrows and drive a few km's so that everyone got to the home strqaight at the same time. All the teams ran in one after the other and within about 30 mins.
The record is still held by the team "ten megahurtz" made up originally of BHP electricians.
There are a few rumours that BHP might step in and save it by running it next year but it was heavily publisied that it was to be the last one.
Alot of people came back for the final run but it is sad to see such an event die. Insurance and road laws are apparently the main factors behind stopping the event. |
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By: peaceleo69
26/08/2008
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yes-it was said that the volume of traffic on the road these days was one of the major contributing factors that led to its demise.Sad to think prosperity has been its downfall; after all these years.
My hubby ran in one of the teams (DSL)about 25 years ago-and that was supposed to been the final one then-I think it may have been when they closed Goldsworthy down;then they changed the route and it has been going all this time since! |
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By: hide_yosh
26/08/2008
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Hi Sue boy it was a shock to see your posting. As for the manhauls I remember Dank's mad driving on B Shift - if you weren't ready, he'd leave you behind at the drill. I had heaps of movie film rolls taken at Shay Gap (1976 - 1983) - however after some serious shooting in the CLUB I went to a party, but my camera ended up somewhere else??????
I stored all my gear in Perth in 1984 and have never seen it since
Ray Tapatu |
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By: sj.greenlees
27/08/2008
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No Kiwi, It's not Sue it's Jane who was Sue's friend (except, to really complicate things, sometimes I was called Sarah on account of being Sarah Jane). I was going out then with Paul Fitzgerald - do you remember me now?! I'd love to know where Sue is now, and Maureen and the other girls. Have you had a chance to look at the photo's I posted on the Shay Gap group site on Facebook - I reckon you'd know everybody there. They were good days!
Jane |
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By: hide_yosh
4/09/2008
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Sorry about that Jane, but my brain was way ahead of my fingers and sent it before I could edit it.
R T |
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By: christowie
7/09/2008
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I worked near there in about 86 for the nomads charitable, never forget that area!!
wish i could live a thousand lives! |
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By: hide_yosh
8/09/2008
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Jane - How do I get to the Shay Gap Group on Facebook
Ray T |
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By: adelaide.street
8/09/2008
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I used to live in Goldsworthy and went to Primary School there. I would like some photos of the town as it was.
I went back in 1995 and I have some photos from then-mostly bush of course but they show what is left-Not Much!
Is a swap possible? |
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By: janflan01
9/09/2008
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For Juditanne, Jude - It will be great to catch up with you when you come to the UK -- I'll try to get your details through the baywater hotel.
Jan |
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By: sj.greenlees
9/09/2008
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| Ray, if you type Shay Gap into the search box on facebook and press enter, then the next screen will give you about 13 results one of which should be the Shay Gap group, then just click on that. Let me know how you get on. Jane. |
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By: d.dunn18
10/09/2008
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Hi Jane. i just saw your pictures in facebook and it brought back lots of good memories. I recongized lots of people just can't remember the names. I think I was in the background of one. I don't know if you'll remember me I was the only Canadian working in Shay Gap then. Some might remember me because i backed a haulpak up to dump and the edge gave way, just got out in time and watched it flip down the dump. Good storey to tell little scarey at the time! I also ran in the Blackrock Stakes, couldn't climb into my truck for a few days I was so sore. Lots of great memories!!
Dave |
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