OneGuyFromBarlick

That's a great photo and it's clear that the crane has sufficient height/reach to tackle the tower safely from the top. Given all that clear space, it could have been over more quickly by starting say in the middle which of course would have been more spectacular to witness. I do recall watching the...

This is the Coldhurst Mill tower demolition from 1977 on Rochdale Road, Oldham. It was a Sunday and the adjacent section of road was closed to traffic for a few hours. A good amount of the tower debris ended up all over the road. I don't know the name of the contractor as non of their vehicles/plant...

https://i.postimg.cc/F7kKHGRm/Jam-Works-Tower-Demo-1970.jpg Opinions/comments from the forum experts sought: November 1970, extract from Oldham Evening Chronicle TOWER DEMOLISHED AT THIRD ATTEMPT Demolition workers (Enterprise Demolition of Rochdale) using gelignite, blasted down the tower at Chadd...

Question regarding the Baytree/Laurel Mills shared chimney. Does anyone happen to recall the year the chimney height was lowered? I watched it reduced from my childhood bedroom window but can only recall it was approximately some time between 1969 to 1971. Also, if anybody has any information on how...