Leeds nostalgia: Power play in Kirkstall

By The Newsroom
Published 30th Jul 2018, 15:15 BST
Leeds, 15th April 1950 Leeds (Armley Park) Municipal Golf Course with Kirkstall Power Station beyond.Leeds, 15th April 1950 Leeds (Armley Park) Municipal Golf Course with Kirkstall Power Station beyond.
Leeds, 15th April 1950 Leeds (Armley Park) Municipal Golf Course with Kirkstall Power Station beyond.
A golfer tees off from Armley Park (later Gotts Park) in 1950, with the towers of the now long demolition Kirkstall Power Station looking in the background.

It had two cooling towers which were put up in 1931. The power station was situated on the banks of the River Aire but had its own wharfe for coal deliveries on the Leeds Liverpool Canal.

It was liked and loathed, probably not in equal measure because while it may have provided jobs and prestige for the area, housewives would regularly complain about “showers of ash” raining down as a result of the burning of fuel.

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