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Thread #127593   Message #4060515
Posted By: GUEST,henryp
21-Jun-20 - 05:58 AM
Thread Name: BBC Radio 2 Ballad of the Miners Strike
Subject: RE: BBC Radio 2 Ballad of the Miners Strike
Crumbly; electricity figures refer to the National Grid, which serves Great Britain but not Northern Ireland.

There are about 100 hydro-electric schemes of various size in Scotland, and half a dozen in Wales. Rheidol is the largest hydro-power station of its kind outside Scotland. Dinorwig is an important pumped storage scheme.