Huncoat
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With Nori brickworks chimneys in the background, well done Atarah. Any idea of the date?
CORRECTION:
The chimneys visible in the background of Atarah's photograph are not, as I said earlier, part of the Nori Brickworks, but actually belong to Whinney Hill Brickworks. My mistake.
The chimneys visible in the background of Atarah's photograph are not, as I said earlier, part of the Nori Brickworks, but actually belong to Whinney Hill Brickworks. My mistake.
Hi A-B. The two pics above. It seems to me that the chimney's in the first are actually the same chimney's as in the second. i.e. the power station.. The suns shadows are the same direction and the perpective is the same. The ratio of the height of the chimney's also seem the same in respect to the top of the cooling towers which appear very faintly in the first pic. What do you think A-B.? I could be wrong of course but the more I look at them both the more similarities I see.
Any idea of the date - sorry, but will "investigate" for you.
I dont have that many photos of Huncoat, but here's another
I seem to remember talk of Huncoat Power Station being sold to a multi millionaire who wanted to turn it into some sort of Theme Park ......I remember reading all about it in the Accrington Oberserver...could be over 20 years ago now.
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f66/altham-simonstone-racecourse-54123.html#post830643
Think cashy mentioned it in this post AccyGirl
Hi Jaysay, many thanks.....it's good to know my memory is still working
..I was living 'down south' at the time and used to have the 'Observer' sent to me....long before the age of computers!! how I love this web site....it has revived so many memories for me, and looking at the photo's... long may it continue xxthanks for this link wadey...just looked at the amazing pics of the cooling towers coming down......shame the area is still derelict.
There's a picture of me on that first page
hahaWas up there the other day, made a little video of the place if it's of interest to anyone
YouTube - Huncoat Power Stationnice pics on here .any old ones of the stocks about ?
Think Retlaw knows what they are
It's an al fresco loo, now closed and padlocked due to HBC cost cutting measures.
I believe it'll probably be for release of underground gasses, you see them dotted over the landfill sites over here. As the stuff breaks down & degrades it expels gasses & to prevent rupture/explosion they have these Chimneys.