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Warm smiles and firm handshakes as old workmates meet up with each other for the first time in a great many years.
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| Willie Davey relates some personal history to BBC Newsline TV reporter Noreen Erskine |
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The tunnel, which was specially dried out for the occasion, lies waiting for its special visitors |
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| Although ropes and harnesses were on offer, the veteran tunnellers found no difficulty in getting down the tall ladder unaided |
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Tom Newell, visibly delighted to be there, standing at the entrance in the same position as Sam McMurray did 50 years earlier as seen on our "Intro" page |
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| The smooth concrete liner around the roof stops about 100ft in. Here we look back at the entrance from within the 'rough' tunnel.. |
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As ready for hard work as they ever were... Thomas Rooney and William Hanna wishing they'd had these fancy modern helmets in 1950! |
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