Fiddlers Ferry Power Station in Warrington, Cheshire is about to have four of its eight towers demolished on Sunday 3rd December 2023. A look back at a view about to change forever.
Hi Jeff, spent many nights down at Fiddlers sports and social club as my friend Kevin and I supplied and fitted the sound and lighting equipment to the club many years ago and also got to know quite a lot of the staff from the power station. We often had problems with some of the equipment we fitted as the mains voltage in the club was always around 258 volts just a bit on the high side for some equipment, but the funny thing was that the club din't have an electric meter as it was all free ( I wonder why ) , we also had some fantastic bonfire nights down there as we did all the sound system and the music outside on the field for the firework show , it will be sadly missed. Love the channel keep up the good work Jeff. Regards Dave Fletcher. π
Hello Jeff, One of those towers was rebuilt in 1994 due to falling down in strong winds, that white steam you mentioned always seemed to blow over cheshire as far as Knutsford.
Thank you for this Jeff. I grew up in Penketh overlooking the mighty towers every day. It became my point of interest to get me home most days and i passed it driving to Liverpool most days and to my nans house in St Helens. I for one am going to miss it so much. This is a lovely video.
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Great update Jeff as always
Hi Jeff, spent many nights down at Fiddlers sports and social club as my friend Kevin and I supplied and fitted the sound and lighting equipment to the club many years ago and also got to know quite a lot of the staff from the power station. We often had problems with some of the equipment we fitted as the mains voltage in the club was always around 258 volts just a bit on the high side for some equipment, but the funny thing was that the club din't have an electric meter as it was all free ( I wonder why ) , we also had some fantastic bonfire nights down there as we did all the sound system and the music outside on the field for the firework show , it will be sadly missed. Love the channel keep up the good work Jeff.
Regards
Dave Fletcher. π
What a shame they're demolishing itπ’end of Δn era indeed
Many years ago (around 1975) the CEGB had open days for a short time. It was interesting to see how the plant worked.
Hello Jeff, One of those towers was rebuilt in 1994 due to falling down in strong winds, that white steam you mentioned always seemed to blow over cheshire as far as Knutsford.
Shame Jeff lots of memories working near there back in 80s thank hod you got them on video cheers Jeff
Hi Jeff, great video and photos as always π
Thank you for this Jeff. I grew up in Penketh overlooking the mighty towers every day. It became my point of interest to get me home most days and i passed it driving to Liverpool most days and to my nans house in St Helens. I for one am going to miss it so much. This is a lovely video.
Great video well worth all your efforts π