Flashback: Capper Pass, Melton, 20 years on from closure

     
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Monday, February 18, 2013
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  • capper pass - Feb 19th marks 20 years since the Capper Pass chimney was felled. Cllr Rilba Jones looks back at the event and the controversy surrounding the plant.
  • capper pass - Feb 19th marks 20 years since the Capper Pass chimney was felled. Cllr Rilba Jones looks back at the event and the controversy surrounding the plant.
  • capper pass - Feb 19th marks 20 years since the Capper Pass chimney was felled. Cllr Rilba Jones looks back at the event and the controversy surrounding the plant.
  • capper pass - Feb 19th marks 20 years since the Capper Pass chimney was felled. Cllr Rilba Jones looks back at the event and the controversy surrounding the plant.
  • capper pass - Feb 19th marks 20 years since the Capper Pass chimney was felled. Cllr Rilba Jones looks back at the event and the controversy surrounding the plant.
  • capper pass - Dated: 02/07/69 Capper Pass feature: The Capper Pass site near North Ferriby.
  • capper pass - Dated: 01/10/69 Capper Pass feature: The Capper Pass site near North Ferriby.
  • capper pass - Dated: 16/03/71 Capper Pass feature: The Capper Pass chimney near North Ferriby, puts its neighbouring chimneys to shame as it climbs upward.
  • capper pass - Early 1990 Capper Pass feature: Capper Pass chimney and works with Appleby Abrasives works in the foreground.
  • capper pass - Dated: 24/05/91 Capper Pass feature: Peter Shackleton, at work at Capper Pass.
  • capper pass - Dated: 19/02/93 The Capper Pass chimney comes down.
  • capper pass - Dated: 24/05/91 Capper Pass feature: Lenny Oldridge, tapping out at Capper Pass.
  • capper pass - Dated: 24/05/91 Capper Pass feature: Keith Thompson at work at Capper Pass.
  • capper pass - Dated: 24/05/91 Capper Pass feature: Keith Thompson at work at Capper Pass.
  • capper pass - Dated: 30/12/92 Capper Pass demolition feature: John Litten, technical director, surveys the rubble left from the demolition of plant and buildings at the Capper Pass site.
  • capper pass - Dated: 30/12/92 Capper Pass demolition feature: John Litten, technical director, surveys the rubble left from the demolition of plant and buildings at the Capper Pass site.
  • capper pass - Dated: 30/12/92 Capper Pass demolition feature: John Litten, technical director, surveys the rubble left from the demolition of plant and buildings at the Capper Pass site.
  • capper pass - Plant view, 1991

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    by b811wt1

    Tuesday, February 19 2013, 5:06PM

    “One of my friends lived in Melton; right under the plume from that damn chimney. He died if a brain tumour in 1993. I sincerely believe that there was a massive cover up concerning that Cancer cluster.”

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    by VicMay

    Tuesday, February 19 2013, 10:05AM

    “I remember "Snowy" campaigning long and hard about Capper Pass. A plant that was linked to a cancer cluster in west Hull. One victim was Carol, a friend who was taken at a young age. RIP.”

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    by cheryl

    Monday, February 18 2013, 9:12PM

    “My Dad, David Armstrong worked at Capper Pass for years which resulted in his early death at the age of 45.”

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