Malcolm: "Here are two evening shots of the BBC's Parbold relay, taken on April 10, 1981, when I was living in Southport.
The relay covers the village of Parbold, roughly halfway between Wigan and Ormskirk. Nearby Parbold Hill prevents direct reception of the Winter Hill transmitters. The tower is located 1 mile west of the village, adjacent to a sewage works."
Dan: "As expected there was no access to the site, however I managed to find a gap through the trees giving a reasonably clear view of the broadcast antennas. No apparent change to the configuration of the relay but 30 years later the tower is heavily used by the mobile phone networks."
Service date 30-Mar-1979. Channel 4 added 30-May-1986. |