FM Conway - Going the Extra Mile

Chapter 2 A Change of Guard

The difficult part of the job was the tunnel; but I knew the man for the job.

and shored up with timber, was of such quality that the local Health and Safety Executive used photographs of it in the regular talks that they gave about how tunnels should be built. Frank worked as a sub-contractor for many years, but did eventually come to work for us full-time.

The only way to get at the sewer pipe under Canterbury High Street without causing massive disruption was to dig a tunnel underneath a section of the pedestrianised street.

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