Here’s some retro pictures from the archive showing the buildings being demolished back in 1999 but do you remember living there or were you part of the crowd watching the buildings fall?
5. Going going...
Look whay I've done! Former Rotherham Firefighter Steve Maycock after pusing the plunger to demolish the Gilford & Shrewsbury Tower Blocks at Norfolk Park Photo: Steve Ellis
6. All done!
Former Rotherham Firefighter Steve Maycock after pushing the plunger to demolish the Gilford & Shrewsbury Tower Blocks at Norfolk Park in 1999 Photo: Steve Ellis
7. Before demolition
Three of the tower blocks at Sheffields Norfolk Park before their demolition in August 1999 Photo: Mike Ford
8. Bringing it down
Over a period of nine years 1,890 unpopular flats in 15 blocks, plus around 1,200 other obsolete maisonettes and houses, they have been replaced by new homes in Norfok Park Photo: Mike Ford