Salt and Pepper

The cooling towers that dominated our views of town for decades (from 1937 to 1974) when they were built to replace six earlier, wooden towers. Even when they were to be demolished, they still didn't want to leave. 

Thousands turned up to watch as contractors attempted to demolish them with explosives on March 24th 1974 but, they didn't fall until October 1974 with the help of a half ton steel ball. Other names people used for the towers were 'Washer and Boiler', based on an old twin tub washing machine and 'Castor and Pollux' which were twin half-brothers in Greek mythology.