Rotherham
The Chapel of Our Lady, Rotherham Rotherham is Sheffield's little brother. The two places are very close. The population of the borough of Rotherham is around 275,000 though the town itself is home to 110,000. It has an ancient heart as evidenced by Rotherham Bridge Chapel, shown above. This dates from the fifteenth century. From the late eighteenth century, through to the start of the twentieth century, Rotherham became a significant industrial town with steelworks and factories transforming its original character. Later, there was painful decline and the town became a shadow of its former self. It didn't help that Yorkshire's biggest shopping centre - Meadowhall - was built on Rotherham's doorstep. I travelled there on a "Supertram" tram-train from Sheffield Cathedral. It took me all the way to the Parkgate shopping centre - another reason why the centre of Rotherham feels like a neglected ghost town. At Parkgate, there's a big Boots store - Boo...