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Battersea Power Station deserves its glossy makeover – but I’ll miss its crumbling glamour

1 September 2018

9:00 AM

1 September 2018

9:00 AM

Battersea Power Station once generated nearly a fifth of London’s power. It must have hummed and clanked almost as much as it does today while its transformation proceeds noisily.

Graphic prints of it are two a penny across the capital, but I’m fond of them because the power station is my near neighbour.

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