Terrible waist of property that could house the uks homeless. I was always impressed by them every time I drove through Glasgow along the M8

I was trying to find a decent reposotry of information on the history of Glasgow housing projects, and I am so happy to have came across this channel. Many thanks for all the dilligent research!

What if it's concrete?

It's just that the Google car can't go down that road on that year so it sends you back, Askov you can go on the main road and clicks button that says *Check other dates* You can go back to 2008

I think tower blocks give a city character

*_'Ello there!!_*

I was looking at my school and anyways it was 2023 and then I went one step forward on the map and I saw my school from 2008- it was VERY different and different teachers! Crazy!

I remember that sighthill in the early 2000's had a fucking horrible reputation. If you weren't from there it wasn't wise not to venture into it at one point.

I remember in the 90's it was once described as hell on earth? People were burgled, mugged, stabbed, raped or even murdered there. Im from north Lanarkshire and remember it having a terrible reputation at the time.

This is so informative, thanks

Even though I know these were not ideal to live in. (Dampness, Anti Social Behaviour, etc) I’ve always loved the design of 1960 / 70s Scottish High Flats. People call them an eyesore but I think most of them look pretty good and well designed. I heard a lot of the flats in Glasgow were inspired by the Russian style flats. Not sure if that’s true or not though.

i reccomend uk housing wiki as a search source

My grandfather on my mother's side died while one of these blocks of flats were under construction. Something fell from the top of the site and hit him on the head. That was in 1965. He was working on the site. There was no health and safety in those days, and there was no knowledge of how to deal with serious head injuries. My mother was an 11 year old child and my aunt was not even 2 years old. I lived in Royston from 2008 until 2013 and I used to walk over to the big Tesco there to get my shopping every week with my carer.

My father's mother lived in those flats (I can't remember which block she was in, or what floor.) I remember when they added the new roofs, thy reminded me of strawberry or raspberry jelly and vanilla ice cream. I hadn't seen my father or my grandmother for several years by that point. The last time I was in those flats was when I was about 4 and a half years old (just before the divorce and my father's loss of custody). I remember thinking that the birds outside the windows looked like tea leaves. I was there when they were blown up with my mother and my best friend. My grandmother had moved to Govanhill. I saw her a handful of times before she died in 1999. I got back in contact with my father (with permission) in 1994. Ironically enough, I moved to Govanhill in 2013, and I lived around the corner from the house my paternal grandmother moved to from the Queen Elizabeth Square flats -- Hollybrook Street. I lived on Batson Street from 2013 until 2016.

The flats where built in barlornock there was only 1 flat in barmulloch at birnie court

Thank you for a fun history story

Theres still a good 30+ of these high rises dotted around Belfast, the biggest are the new lodge and rathcoole, can see them from the other side of the city. remember visiting glasgow back In the day and there was so many high rises, place looked like russia. Must have been 100s of this type of thing. I know a lot have been knocked though.

Great to hear a fellow Scot tell a story about a building located in a city i visit a few times a year 👌 and you tell it so well.

Another beauty of a video, Glad you’re back

Worked their during construction for a while . Workers great but Not a nice place to be.. work in the main was organized Chaos

Nice enough houses now. But the residents keep the place looking like a slum.

This is a great video! ❤

These videos just keep getting more and more interesting!

FINALLY , ITS BEEN YEARS!!! Also glad to know that Divis tower is now liveable and friendly to its residence. Plus the new roof which definateky added alot.

good content but audio was way to low.

Comment for engagement 😁

Another great video!

Lets go Brandon😂

My ex in-laws lived there Walter and Annie Graham.Robert and Richard their sons. ❤❤

Pinkston flats were not identical to Fountainwell. Parson Heights And Hartfield heights had larger apartments, two lifts on every floor as well as a drying green on each side and every floor. Smaller flats were not built around both parts of the estate but were instead built in Fountainwell only. Incorporate this and I will delete. ;)

Pq o red road Foi Demolido? Eles Eram tao Novos Oq aconteceu?

The "Rubble" That is still there is for the promised "new" homes. Its not rubble. But good video.

That was a picture of tranent

Dunno how this ended up in my feeds but this reminds me of the two we had in Watney Market east London. I used to visit my mate who lived on the 19th floor of one of them and the good thing was they were huge flats and you didn't have to talk to anyone so that was another bonus 😂. In the end they brought them down due to Asbestos, but kept the foundations of one of them and rebuilt it and it still stands now as Winterton House. I wouldn't go in either of them when it was windy as I heard they swayed and always thought I'd just sit down with me cuppa brew ☕ ready for a gossip with me mate and the building would go over 🤦😂.

Nice to see someone making a video about Cockenzie power station. Some good facts but some a tad off. The station ran on coal only with heavy fuel oil and propane used only to start the burners. It had no natural gas. It closed when it opted out of installing a flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) as part of the EUs Large Combustion Plant Directive which only allowed the plant to run a further 20000 hours per stack or until 2015 whichever came sooner. The plant mainly ran during the winter months during its final years. Was a great place to work

very educational no laughing around 😊

nothings better than landing on holiday tbh

hi spacedog global entertainment

also I built red road flats in Minecraft an replica of it including Anniesland court

i will go into a rage if these don’t still exist

Classic XD

strange only 7 stops

Thank you for this upload! I've just subscribed and I'll be binge watching all of your videos!

I lived in the Bluevale flats. 6 up. Horrible experience. Flat got tanned when I was out. Junkies and alkies everywhere. Should do the Rosemount Street flats in Royston. Lived there also. In Parkhead now. ✌️

my dad lived in dennistoun when he first moved to glasgow from the east coast. im pretty sure that hs saw someone threw their entire flat out

Mining

grew up in these flats, used to have flies come up the sinks and drains. was definitely horrible living conditions