SILENCE!!! Or as close to it as we ever get in Openshaw. The smoke detector has finally been destroyed or run out of power.
It being Saturday, we can actually hang some washing out as there is no sign of work today.

One slightly ominous sign. If you look through the window in the centre of the picture, you may be able to make out what appears to be a mountain of topsoil. So, it looks as though the demolition site will be covered with soil and put to grass. Clearly, there is no intention to rebuild anything in the forseeable future.

Whilst it will be nice to look out on a green field, this does raise all kinds of questions about the future of the regeneration. Will the new homes ever be built? Or will we, as happened in Beswick and Lower Openshaw, have to wait another twenty years before we see anyone new moving into the community?