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Hi johnpm, that would be fantastic, thanks! I'm loathed to add my email address to the thread directly, but my contact details are on my website: https://www.jamessebright.com/contact.html Maybe we could have a chat over Zoom or similar? Desk-based research is one thing, but there's no substitute for talking to someone who has that live experience! Many thanks.

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Many thanks RJRB and johnpm for your responses, it's fantastic that you both worked at the site where the cementation furnace remains. This is exactly what I was hoping to discover! Would you be interested in having a chat about your experiences, and sharing some of your stories? As I am new to this forum - I'm actually based in London studying at LCC - I can't yet contact you directly. Many thanks.

Hi there. I'm a documentary photographer doing a project about the the site of the old steel works at Hoyle Street, and the immediate environs. The site is now empty and is marked for development by Cassidy, which seems to have been the case for a long time now. The only remaining artefact is the cementation furnace - the only remaining one of its kind - which stands like a beacon, a lighthouse, keeping watch over the site. My interest is in the renewal of urban space and how some buildings which are deemed important remain, whilst others are pulled down, rebuilt and so on, over time. I'd love to hear from people who might have worked at the works that were on this site (Doncaster's), or the HSBC bank that also stood there - anyone with a memory of this place. Many thanks!