Site of Meadowhall shopping centre, 1986

A grim view, indeed. This photograph, taken in 1986, shows the area where the Meadowhall shopping centre now stands in Sheffield. A steelworks had stood on this site and it had recently been demolished when this photograph was taken. Visible in the photograph is the Tinsley viaduct on the M1 and some cooling towers. The cooling towers have become something of a Sheffield landmark in recent years and it is to be hoped that plans to demolish them can still be thwarted.