The Works is shuttered up (photo: Tom Baumgart).The Works is shuttered up (photo: Tom Baumgart).
The Works is shuttered up (photo: Tom Baumgart).

'You can hear a pin drop': Worker reveals what it’s like inside empty Meadowhall during lockdown

These pictures show the Sheffield’s normally bustling Meadowhall shopping centre eerily quiet as we enter our sixth week of lockdown due to the coronavirus crisis.
By Dan Hayes
Published 26th Apr 2020, 11:51 BST
Updated 27th Apr 2020, 10:24 BST

Tom Baumgart, who is working at the centre on essential maintenance, posted them to Facebook lst week, saying ‘you can hear a pin drop’ in there at the moment.

No one to be seen (photo: Tom Baumgart).

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No one to be seen (photo: Tom Baumgart). Photo: Tom Baumgart

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Sports Direct and USC (photo: Tom Baumgart).

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Sports Direct and USC (photo: Tom Baumgart). Photo: Tom Baumgart

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There are actually a few people still around (photo: Tom Baumgart).

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There are actually a few people still around (photo: Tom Baumgart). Photo: Tom Baumgart

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Restaurants lie empty (photo: Tom Baumgart).

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Restaurants lie empty (photo: Tom Baumgart). Photo: Tom Baumgart

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