Malcolm Smith's Family History Archive


Overseas travel of

Malcolm  Archbald  SMITH

[Ref. S.1]


Description Travel Relaxation Plantation Local Life

 

Sudan - Construction of the camp

See also
Erection sequence
Scenes around the camp
People around the camp

 

A train arrives ...

[03-M-02]

... with a delivery of building packs ...

[03-M-03]

... and other materials.

[03-M-04]

Unloading takes place.

[03-M-05]

[03-M-06]

The concrete mixing plant.

[03-M-07]

View around the camp construction site.

[03-L-35]

Erecting the water tower.

[03-L-37]

The water tower in position.

[03-M-01]

Clearing the ground.

[03-N-13]

Installing drains.

[03-N-14]

A tractor dragging a container.

[03-N-11]

A lorry tries to drag a skid-mounted building ...

[03-N-24]

... but needs assistance from a tractor.

[03-N-25]

A pack of three Supacom buildings delivered to site.

[03-N-12]

Supacom buildings being unpacked and erected.

[03-L-36]

Pouring concrete bases.

[03-M-08]

Working on Supacom buildings.

[03-N-10]

Erected Supacom buildings allocated as billets for Boyton's employees.

[03-L-38]

Rondarvel huts for the workers.

[03-N-20]

An ovaldarvel being built in the traditional style
but with European refinements.

[03-O-32]

Transport around the site was provided by an old Hants & Dorset bus.
This is Paddy about to board.

[03-N-26]

The bus, number 833, had originally worked from Lymington,
not far from Malcolm's home.

[03-Q-02]

A Landrover was available for running around.

[03-O-31]

There was also this old Skoda car, known locally as the Russian Rolls Royce.

[03-Q-28]

 


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