Or just pragmatic?
What do you do if you live within 3 miles of a Nuclear Power Station that was built in the 1950s and then another is built beside it in the 1980's and now another is planned?
A lot of people object strongly, so far without it having any effect but I think the majority of the people who live in the small Suffolk town of Leiston are used to the idea and resigned and they shrug shoulders and say 'it pays many peoples wages'. Once you've lived in the area for over 20 years, like we did, you tend to forget about it.
Anyway, the Archaeology company doing all the pre-build exploratory digging there are currently paying YD's wages.(she's not digging but running their on-site admin) so I have to be pragmatic.
I went over to visit YD and EGD on Sunday and discovered Cotswold/Oxford Archaeology had a exhibition going on of all their finds so far. I popped in to have a look as did dozens of other people, it was really busy. The finds from the site cover almost all of history.
I couldn't take many photos but managed a few between all the folk looking. Sorry they aren't in proper order.
I'm not sure why they had a repro of the Sutton-Hoo helmet!
The most special find, the hoard of 300 silver coins from the 11th century, wasn't on display - much too unique but the guy who was the lucky bloke to find it was there.
More about the coin find HERE
There is a constant reminder of the dangers of living close to Nuclear Power Stations because since 2013 everyone who lives in Leiston has a pack of anti radiation tablets to hand!
They didn't give us any - we were a couple of miles further away, although if anything did happen there it wouldn't just be the people in the surrounding area who would be wiped out!
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I remember going to a church event in Sizewell in the 70s. Someone had a petition for us to sign opposing the proposed nudist beach. I said where was the one about the proposed nuclear power station? I felt that would have more impact on the beautiful coastline than a few naked old men...I was told of for being an arrogant teenager.
ReplyDeleteWe were all issued with radiation tablets and detailed instructions when we lived in the flats on Barrow Island, which is a couple of hundred yards from the BAE shipyard, formerly Vickers. It made me quite worried as a new Mum to my second son. ☹️
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