Westwood Cooling towers demolition 1989

Another angle here

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A view of Poolstock lane - 15th Jan 1989. I'd forgotten there were 4 towers.    

Frank Orrell Photograph

A lone angler is undisturbed as across the canal Westwood Power Station is demolished on Thursday 7th of September 1989 following the cooling towers demolition on January 15th of that year.

I never knew that they were built on a Roman Burial ground

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If yoo look at that picture carefully, yoo will see that it is the old gasworks which was built on the Roman Burial Ground

Thanks sir bob

It's times like this that sort the true Wiganers from the Chaff !  

Demolished 30 years ago today