THYLACINE Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 My Dad was a steel fixer, he helped build the cooling towers at Mexborough Power Station. He told me that when a worker was killed, one black brick was put in the wall of the tower as a symbolic gesture to their fallen ('scuse the pun) colleague, I haven't seen those towers for a long time, I don't even know if they are still there. So, did it really happen or was dad romanticising? After all, I was only a child of 6 or 7 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 My Dad was a steel fixer, he helped build the cooling towers at Mexborough Power Station. He told me that when a worker was killed, one black brick was put in the wall of the tower as a symbolic gesture to their fallen ('scuse the pun) colleague, I haven't seen those towers for a long time, I don't even know if they are still there. So, did it really happen or was dad romanticising? After all, I was only a child of 6 or 7 years. Mexborough Power Station was demolished many years ago, so long since gone I'm afraid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart0742 Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 If memory serves me right, Mexborough Power Station was located next to Denaby Level Crossing, I went there for an interview with the CEGB when I was 16. <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=denaby&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.648276,57.084961&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Denaby,+Doncaster,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.483661,-1.284676&spn=0.077002,0.222988&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=53.493123,-1.259431&panoid=nVAJERoF8nBoFBCjullaDw&cbp=12,130.78,,0,-5.52&output=svembed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=denaby&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=19.648276,57.084961&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Denaby,+Doncaster,+United+Kingdom&ll=53.483661,-1.284676&spn=0.077002,0.222988&t=m&z=13&layer=c&cbll=53.493123,-1.259431&panoid=nVAJERoF8nBoFBCjullaDw&cbp=12,130.78,,0,-5.52" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 If memory serves me right, Mexborough Power Station was located next to Denaby Level Crossing, I went there for an interview with the CEGB when I was 16. Must have been 1972 then. So didn't the CEGB make you an offer or was the offer Post Office Telecommunications (later to become BT) a better prospect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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