Looking back at this photograph, which I took nearly half a century ago from Blackley Road and looking down over Elland, I’m reminded of how the power station used to dominate the landscape. When I took the photo, the power station was relatively new – the official opening took place in 1961 – but it was already nearing the end of its life. Within ten years it had been decommissioned; within twenty, it had been demolished.
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