Designed by architects Mangnall and Littlewood, with Frank Matcham as a consulting architect, it was originally built as the Victoria Pavilion Theatre in 1897 and was an extension to the existing Winter Gardens complex, which has since been demolished. The theatre closed to the public in 1977 and was listed the same year.
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This power station is an oil-fired power station and dominates the local area with its 778 ft (237 m) chimney, the third tallest chimney in the UK and is the tallest free-standing structure. In common with other power stations, it lacks cooling towers; instead, sea water is used as a coolant. The station consists of three generating units with a combined total rating of 1900 megawatts (MW)
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Some of the TU guys would be hooking up to celebrate the New Year, UE style!! The usual gang, with Frits and Mr & Mrs Monster coming over to join in the fun as well. Plans had been drawn up but they usually go to pot pretty much straight off the bat and this time was no exception with Police, Squaddies with dogs and hangovers all trying to put a spanner into the works
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