Unusual places to work...

[Percyprod]

In the days of the area biards I had a job to move a meter for the program "Challenge Aneka" I think it was called, with Aneka Rice. Still remember certain parts, mainly her bottom. Mmmmmm

 

[Pete999]

In the days of the area biards I had a job to move a meter for the program "Challenge Aneka" I think it was called, with Aneka Rice. Still remember certain parts, mainly her bottom. Mmmmmm

Perv

 

[littlespark]

My mother's cousin was an electrician down in Surrey back in the 80's/90's. One day he was working on a big country mansion house.
Turns out it belonged to the parents of the siblings that made up the pop group Five Star.

 

[Squid]

Speaking of Heathrow. I was on T5 on part of the baggage handling system. Kinda explains the problems they had when it first opened. - It was my spanner in the works!
Our part of the site was 6 floors underground.
I was one of 2 Scottish sparks brought down because they couldn't get enough local ones. They were all deserting the job to work on the Olympic village for an extra 25p an hour.
Getting paid an approved spark rate when all we were doing was cutting tray and trunking. A monkey could have done that. Only one other spark was permitted to connect any cables, and that was extra low voltage following a diagram.
I was happy with the pay, happy with the hotel they put us up in. Happy with the perks. Travelling expenses every 2 weeks to go home.
I still have a lot of the PPE we were given at the time. All marked for T5. Sentimental value.

I think I worked on the T2 refurb and got absolutely wasted on the "topping" out party and worked on the T4 project dragging in armoureds with a 5 Tonne lorry think it was the Tommy Ronan lot we worked with.

 

[Leesparkykent]

A few weeks into my apprenticeship we had to go and install CCTV in a brass house....

 

[Adj]

Once worked at Carmarthen mental asylum, before it and the rest of them were all closed. Sent the mate outside to count the windows to gauge the cable runs because of all the locked doors inside. Whilst he was standing on the lawn counting with his fingers 21..22..23.... these 2 big male nurses came up behind him and asked what he was doing, he said "I'm counting windows....." and they grabbed him. Had to go down to the hospital "reception" area to vouch for him before they would give him back to me.

 

[camerabloke]

A few weeks into my apprenticeship we had to go and install CCTV in a brass house....

Did you get any rubbings?

 

[ian.settle1]

On a ship trooping to the Falkland Islands 1982

 

[elsparko]

few of theguys i worked with installed some lights in alex salmonds house, worked on one of the RAF bases that only had radio transmitters dotted on the disused airfield , for contacting trident no less

place only had 4 or 5 staff , 1 central building on the runway, no security on the gates but when we approached we were examined by an invisible camera before the gate opened

i felt a bit ill after working there for a few weeks, probably down to the RF waves

has a 4megawatt backup engine aswell which came out of a ship, interesting for something nobody knows is there, probably loads of these little radio stations over the country

 

[Squid]

few of theguys i worked with installed some lights in alex salmonds house, worked on one of the RAF bases that only had radio transmitters dotted on the disused airfield , for contacting trident no less

place only had 4 or 5 staff , 1 central building on the runway, no security on the gates but when we approached we were examined by an invisible camera before the gate opened

i felt a bit ill after working there for a few weeks, probably down to the RF waves

has a 4megawatt backup engine aswell which came out of a ship, interesting for something nobody knows is there, probably loads of these little radio stations over the country

Have you ever been abducted by Aliens?

 

[elsparko]

Have you ever been abducted by Aliens?

jimmy saville tried to abduct me

 

[Squid]

jimmy saville tried to abduct me

No wonder you are "odd"

 

[elsparko]

No wonder you are "odd"