After World War 2 the whole 126-acre site went up for auction. A former employee of the Sabulite company, Harry Sears, purchased the 33-acre factory site in circa 1946. Sears had been employed by the company to be the gas engine driver. His role was to operate the tram system that ran over the whole 126-acre site. He was formerly employed in the same role at the Cotton Powder Company in Faversham, until that site was shut down after an explosion on 2 April 1916 Sears utilised the existing factory buildings to open the "Sabulite Snap Company", which produced snaps for Christmas crackers. Sears was responsible for dismantling the whole tramway network.