They were accused of 'ruining people's lives'...but what do people think now?

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Before the marchers set off to the top of the moor they were addressed by TV star and environmentalist Dr David Bellamy. "Windfarms are weapons of mass destruction," he told the 400-strong crowd. "They ruin people's lives, destroy the countryside and harm wildlife. "It beggar's belief that certain members of the green movement have bought into it.

People just don't want them." READ MORE: It started with a community in uproar and ended with the landscape changing forever, but now this saga has a new chapter Dr Bellamy was speaking more than 20 years ago at a protest against £50m plans to build England's biggest onshore windfarm at Scout Moor, on the hills above Rochdale and Bury.

Developers United Utilities and Peel Holdings said the 26, 100m high turbines, would provide clean for energy for thousands of homes.

But the late Dr Bellamy and the marchers were adamant the damage to the unspoilt moor and harm to wildlife wasn't a worthwhile trade.