1975: The fate of Kirkby's controversial ski slope

Martin Young visits Kirkby, near Liverpool, to see its great white elephant. The Kirkby Ski Slope was built without planning permission, out of rubbish, over a water main and on land not belonging to the council. It's also almost certainly the wrong way round, given that the base of the slope runs perilously close to the M57.

The ski slope, which has cost local rate payers some £140,000, is to be demolished. Not a single resident has ever skied on it. How has this happened?

This Clip from Nationwide was originally broadcast on 16 October 1975.

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