Granville Camsey: running a power station in the 1970s and today

Retired Rugeley power station manager Granville Camsey recalls his career in the electricity industry and discusses with his modern day counterpart David Leich how running a power station has changed since the 1970s.
Recorded as part of An Oral History of The Electricity Supply Industry in the UK. For more information on the project visit www.bl.uk/nls

[@johnschlesinger2009]

The sheer scale of change is extraordinary.

[@stack1378]

Granville is a very interesting man and what a fantastic insight he gives in to how the power industry has changed over the last forty years or so. Great video.

[@philipmulville8218]

Very interesting video. Many thanks

[@allanchesters8509]

And now its nearly gone

[@ChrisLee-vz5sf]

And now it has gone

[@pinburg]

Granville is a bull shitter.... The unions were the NJIC (National Joint Industrial Council) And were in the pocket CEGB and an X communist Frank Chaple ... The Ferry Bridge four were sacked for trying to organise a single Union for the power industry in the 70,s . The whole industry was and still is free of any real trade union threats.... As for how important he was as a station manager ? I quote my station manager who said " If i went on acruise for a month nothing would change ",but if A key worker went . Somebody like A turbine driver or a boiler opperator it would affect generation of power .