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18 months ago a major semi-conductor factory near my home closed. The clearance work and first phase of building several hundred new homes began soon after. I've been sneaking in to take pictures ever since.

Recently I noticed plants had covered several tons of earth that had been temporarily deposited at one corner of the site. Heavy rainfall had encouraged growth but also shattered some of the flower heads. Wild poppies were growing on the spot where components for missile guidance systems had once been manufactured in 'clean' rooms. But just as they flourished the excavators are starting to move in and claw away. Every leaf will have gone in another week or two.