Westwood Cooling towers demolition 1989

A great landmark...gone.!

Such is progress. Wonder if they could have preserved them as a tourist attraction?

Would have made a lot of money from admissions.

Former Girobank building which occupied the site of the power station is currently (as I type) being demolished.

ready for the new factory................

The former Girobank building undergoing demolition features on today's WW Photo-a-Day, Corky. I didn't know it was being knocked down; it's a shame to see it go.

The new factory will be quite a size, won't it, Vixen.

Europe’s leading wet wipe maker Nice-Pak International has begun construction work on a 400,000 sq ft factory in Wigan ... Once built, it will be the largest building in the borough of Wigan. (M.E.N.)

Yes, I was but a young lass

See that first video.

See that bloke third from the left at 0:07 with the jeans and the wax jacket.

That's me that is.

Next to the chap with the white top.? I had you down as being short and stumpy

Yip that's the one.

you're getting me mixed up with the woman stood next to me.

I'll tell her. Any way were you glad to see the back of the cooling towers?

Kryten is famous.....Did you enjoy the event?

Must have been exciting.

Not really Mrs A, they figured quite large in my childhood/youth.

It was exiting ,Mac, but also very sad to see them go.
Mrs K was nearly in tears, her being brought up Westwood.

In fact she still goes there to this very day if she is feeling a bit down.

I worked with a brickie who worked on the chimneys when they where being built he said he ran round the concrete capings that where on top of the chimneys

The tops of those chimneys were extended at some point. I noticed the difference on some photos. I think I did a thread about it on WW.

Good info Stumpy

Corky Ringspot wrote:The tops of those chimneys were extended at some point.  I noticed the difference on some photos.  I think I did a thread about it on WW.

I remember the chimneys being extended, but I can't remember when it was done

An Interesting Pic here .  Cant place where it was taken from.


"Another shot of Westwood Power Station at Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Lancashire, taken Wednesday 24th July 1974"

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