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Darlington & Simpson Rolling Mills, which was formed as Fry, I’Anson and Company in 1868 and went through a variety of names until 1935 when it acquired FR Simpson of Oldbury, Birmingham, and became known as the Darlington and Simpson Rolling Mills (DSRM). During the Second World War, it rolled sections for Nissen huts, armour-piercing shells, tanks and Bailey bridges, and was so important that Gracie Fields visited to boost morale in 1941.
After the war, it became part of British Steel. It gradually wound down during the 1970s and 1980s and its closure was announced, with the loss of 234 jobs, in October 1998, although Tata Steel still has a presence on the site. As of 2019, this building is still in existence. '