In a nutshell, the environmental conditions just weren’t conducive for some of these pathogens that attack the leaves.” What ended up happening, by and large, was really wet and cool. “The pests that attack aspen leaves prefer wet and warm. “Going into the season, it was quite wet and I was bracing myself, thinking there was going to be quite a bit of leaf fungi that were going to be able to work their way through the aspen,” West said. In the central mountains - including Vail, Summit County, Aspen, Crested Butte and Gunnison - he expects fall colors to emerge at the end of the month and last into the first week of October. He expects to see aspen in the northern mountains - generally north of Interstate 70 - to start turning in the middle of this month and run through the third or fourth week. “Aspen look really well, even in places that over the last several years have kind of struggled.”Īs a result, West also is predicting a return to normal timing for the color change. “They look better than they’ve looked in a very long time,” West said. The main purpose of his annual aerial observation tour is to assess forest health, but it also gives him a unique perspective to forecast the quality of fall foliage colors. The fire brigade had come to let him down and unfortunately he slipped through the sling and died.Thursday, October 5th 2023 Home Page Close MenuĬolorado’s aspen stands are thriving, and that bodes well for fabulous leaf-peeping this fall according to one of the state’s leading forestry experts.ĭan West, entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service and a member of the faculty at Colorado State University, spent most of the past two months flying over the state’s 24 million acres of forest. I asked why the fire brigade were there and was told that a man had fallen off the scaffold while they were erecting the towers. One day I went to the gate office for tea mugs. ![]() He was an amazing man."Ĭharles Bowser was a 16-year-old joiner's apprentice on the site in 1936. "I was employed by CH Gillam & Son, carpenters and joiners. Mr Gill had his armchair carried up on to the operating floor on the turbine hall and he sat in it like it was a throne, with his bowler hat on and his hands in his waistcoat directing operations. You wouldn't dream of speaking to the foreman unless you had something to say. "Mr Gill the foreman wouldn't let us call the fitters by their first names, it had to be Mr Smee, Mr Hadfield and so on. I was stopped from wearing I studs in my boots as a lad because the turbine hall floor was washed and polished every day. It was wonderful - but very Victorian in the attitudes. "I started as an apprentice in 1952 and stayed there for 24 years. Gordon Sykes from Jordanthorpe phoned Rony with his memories of working at Blackburn Meadows. Jennifer, Tom and Lewis came to speak to Rony Robinson in January 2009 to appeal for people's memories of Blackburn Meadows Power Station. Tinsley Towers were demolished on 24th August 2008 ![]() The Echoes of Blackburn Meadows team want to gather memories from people who used to work at Blackburn Meadows or live nearby. a kind of Radio Blackburn Meadows! Your memories ![]() He's installing FM transmitters around the walk so that you'll be able to listen to bits of audio histories as you walk around. Tom Dixon works on the artistic side of the project and is also the project's technician. I've been hearing about to the wares of Wigfalls, or Wiggie's as it was better known, which was where electrical appliances could be hired or purchased. Most inspiring of all has been listening to narratives first hand about what it was like to be inside of one of the most technologically advanced power stations in the country during the mid-twentieth century." ![]() I've been hearing tales of Tinsley's infamous purple rain, a result of the air pollution from Blackburn Meadows and the culprit for soiling clean washing as it hung out to dry. "Over the recent weeks, I've been busy interviewing the old boys at the power station.
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