Reference
Po/PH1/1
Title
Small album of 27 photographs of the tanker explosion at Westoning; all are black and white unless stated.
Date free text
1976
Production date
From: 1976 To: 1976
Scope and Content
(1-4) fuzzy pictures of firemen tackling the blaze; (5) colour view mostly of road and No Smoking sign in front of wreckage; (6-15) wreckage of tanker near cottage; (16) view of damaged cottages; (17-19) close-up of skid-marks(?) on road and close-up of unidentified damage(?);(20-27) wrecked buildings and the start of clear-up operations. Negative numbers given. [The tanker exploded in Westoning High Street on 11 September 1976 causing spectacular damage but no fatal casualties]
Level of description
item