No smoke control at the time this picture was taken the houses seem to be making more pollution than the works. The coal in use was probably supplemented by sea-coal gathered from the beach. Danny Plews says: “I wonder what year this is, it was probably winter time. I remember in 1961/62 that it could be bad, but the works were usually to blame”.
Image courtesy of Ted Morgan, via Eric Johnson and thanks to Danny Plews for the update.
I wonder what year this is, it was probably winter time. I remember in 1961/62 that it could be bad, but the works were usually to blame.