After the demolition of Round Oak Steel Works ground works were carried out in preparation to build the Merry Hill Shopping Center Brierley Hill Dudley England
I'd forgotten just how depressing doing earthworks in the Black Country were....I used to drive past this site every day, it was vast, grey, wet, with mud getting dragged out onto every surrounding road & highway...It looked a horrible site to work on...
Excellent footage, what a shame for Round Oak works
Makes me feel sick watching this, my grandad and dad both round Oak men and it was wiped out for merry hill ... great footage 😊
I'd forgotten just how depressing doing earthworks in the Black Country were....I used to drive past this site every day, it was vast, grey, wet, with mud getting dragged out onto every surrounding road & highway...It looked a horrible site to work on...
Worst thing they ever did. And ironically, history is now repeating itself as Merry Hill falls into decline.
All those shops could have been in Dudley. Think it has done more than good to the Black country other than making Richardsons richer