Once there was industry here

This 'retail park' was once the site of the Ravenhead Collieries that operated from the eighteenth century until October 1968. The last shafts were situated roughly where the 'next' premises can be seen. So much of the heavy industry in Britain has been swept away without a trace. Whilst I was here the demolition men were working hard to erase a nearby glassworks, and I suppose that the remaining gasholder in the distance will also soon be gone.