There's a bit of cardboard fixed to the fence outside Sorrells coal yard in Bridge Street. It reads "Williams Fuels taken over our work, 200 yards on left". The first sign of the times.
I visited the site today, courtesy of David, the site agent. It was cold, wet and foggy, not ideal for photography. Large JCBs were making short work of a former yard full of old pallets. They were also looking for high voltage underground cables. A lot of the vegetation had gone. Demolition of a big factory unit will start next week, apparently. One of the JCB drivers was from Rotherham.