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Originally Posted by John_142
Ah yes i remember now ive Been to Fiddlers Fery Power Station once but not on a train though.
Isn't it very sad how they have to bring coal in from abroard now to give us power etc.
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I couldn't agree more John. I swear that what I am about to say is true.
My father, a Whiston councilor when Fiddlers Ferry was being planned had to fight to get it a Dual Fuel Power Stn. The origional plan was for OIL only..... Boy where would that have led us since the 1960's eh?
Being a miner he fought for it to also burn coal....mined locally. Now they import it cheaply through Canada Dock from Venezuala or some such on the world market at inflated prices and whilst our own mines are dead and we pay our mining communities to sit on the dole....
"progress" or summat..............