There is an invisible tragic element connected to the Ferrybridge cooling Towers that it seems no one ever mentions anymore. When they began the demolition of Ferrybridge power station it was on the news and probably in the papers too. Mum would mention it whenever we talked, giving me updates. It did play on her mind each time it was in the news that they had brought another of the towers down. This is because they mentioned that there was a collapse of 3 of the cooling towers back in 1965 and that luckily there were no deaths resulting from the collapsing towers, but sadly at no point did they ever mention the deaths of any of the scaffolders brought in to help with the rebuilding of the towers. One of which was my mum's husband, my brother and I's dad. It was down right shameful what mum was put through after dad's death. The web of deceit & lies to hide the truth of who was to blame. Dad was the one pointing out the safety issues & was ignored. Time is money & safety would slow job down. He paid the price with his life.
‘These sorts of stories won’t happen again, so it’s important to hold onto them’ What a poignant quote to close the film with, you should archive this film, this story, with the Yorkshire Film Archive, so in 20, 50, 100 years time this story will be a moving legacy of the people, place and identity of Ferrybridge and its connection to the power station.
Good work Raj
There is an invisible tragic element connected to the Ferrybridge cooling Towers that it seems no one ever mentions anymore. When they began the demolition of Ferrybridge power station it was on the news and probably in the papers too. Mum would mention it whenever we talked, giving me updates. It did play on her mind each time it was in the news that they had brought another of the towers down. This is because they mentioned that there was a collapse of 3 of the cooling towers back in 1965 and that luckily there were no deaths resulting from the collapsing towers, but sadly at no point did they ever mention the deaths of any of the scaffolders brought in to help with the rebuilding of the towers. One of which was my mum's husband, my brother and I's dad.
It was down right shameful what mum was put through after dad's death. The web of deceit & lies to hide the truth of who was to blame. Dad was the one pointing out the safety issues & was ignored. Time is money & safety would slow job down. He paid the price with his life.
‘These sorts of stories won’t happen again, so it’s important to hold onto them’
What a poignant quote to close the film with, you should archive this film, this story, with the Yorkshire Film Archive, so in 20, 50, 100 years time this story will be a moving legacy of the people, place and identity of Ferrybridge and its connection to the power station.
What a fantastic privilege to be part of the Yorkshire film archive legacy. Would love to be a part of it!