Bukit Ibam Mine In History

Bukit Ibam Mine : History Re-visit by mamadou

Bukit Ibam Mine In History

Rompin Co Workshop at Bukit Ibam in 1962.

Recently I received a comment and an email from our reader.  I publish here his comment.

Hi Mamadou.

To get to the point, I was taken by your article on Bukit Ibam immediately since I was a founder pupil at Lanjut School and the first Dux of the school at Bukit Ibam where my father was Mechanical Superintendent from 1962 (replacing a man named Ian Keyte) until 1965.

I only mention this as there were comments from people suggesting otherwise. As well I have a photo that will interest someone who worked there or whose father worked there which I shall attach and let you decide if it is worth putting on the website.

In support of the statement above I will also attach the farewell dinner photo that will also provoke memories for some.

By the way I am now quite ill and on oxygen (a legacy of being brought up around the mine?) but if these photos provoke your interest I am happy to let you use them and if you have any questions I will try and write some background for them.  If you would like to load the group photo on the Bukit Ibam thread, maybe someone will recognise themselves and the ball will roll again. :-)

Yours sincerely

Temujin Lester Hanlon

"I have a feeling it is the "dayshift" and taken shortly before we left the mine so it could be early 1965.  The man indicated by the left arrow is my father, N.J. "Tim" Hanlon Mechanical Superintendent Bukit Ibam.  The second arrow indicates Mr. Greg Larkin assistant to the Superintendent; and the arrow on right indicates Mr. Ian Grey also an assistant to the Superintendent.  Both Mr. Larkin and Mr. Grey were Australians and Tim Hanlon was a New Zealander (Passed away 22^nd November,  1989)" - TJ Hanlon. Enlargement of the group photograph taken at Rompin Co Workshop at Bukit Ibam in 1962 - Contribution of T.J. Hanlon

Greg Larkins - anyone of you remember about him? - Contribution of Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

Baskaran Pillai (seated left) - Contribution of Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

Don Woods; Mine Superintendent and General Manager.  Also featured here N.J. Hanlon and wife - Contribution of Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

Featured here, Peter Randall; Management Accountant.  Anybody know the rest? - Contribution of Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

At farewell party for N.J. Hanlon. Featured here N.J. Hanlon and wife, Daisy, Baskaran(1) - [Office staff] and Baskaran (2)- [Foreman] - Contribution of Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

"Pictured are my mother Daisy and Father "Tim" (N.J.) Hanlon" - Contribution of T.J. Hanlon.   This same photo also contributed by Vignesh Baskaran Pillai

Hope some of the readers may recognise themselves or they were your friends or relatives.  Then you may start to tie your long lost friendship again.

mamadou