[Power To The Lakes] Let There Be Light [ext] from stanley baxter Watch Video
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Description: Extract from a BBC NW programme first broadcast in June 1977.nnExtracts from a programme about the introduction of electricity to the remote valley of Wasdale Head in Cumbria.A brief history of Wasdale is given, describing it as the birthplace of rock climbing in the 1880s.The narrator describes the conflict surrounding the decision to bring electricity to the valley and there are shots of Norweb workers laying cables.Fell running champion and Wasdale sheep farmer Joss Naylor and his wife