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Re: high rise living

Postby kirstymaclaren » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:52 pm

Great photos! What are they building in that area where it's all dug up? Housing I take it?
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Re: high rise living

Postby HelenD » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:54 pm

Wow! What a view :)
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Re: high rise living

Postby Wyndfordboy » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:57 pm

Thanks Kirsty, yeah they are building new private and social housing but seem to be taking ages in doing so, I saw them start work in October last year but they are starting to make progress. Some more info in the wee link below.

http://www.glasgowcanal.co.uk/regeneration-projects/maryhill-locks
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Re: high rise living

Postby tobester » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:12 pm

The Broomhill flats are where i grew up.
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Re: high rise living

Postby johnboy » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:51 pm

Some more views from high rises.

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Coming down. by john.mcknight, on Flickr

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Hazelwood primary. by john.mcknight, on Flickr

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Science centre by john.mcknight, on Flickr

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Tarfside oval. by john.mcknight, on Flickr

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Bellahouston park. by john.mcknight, on Flickr

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Balcony view by john.mcknight, on Flickr
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Re: high rise living

Postby gochasco » Sun Jun 10, 2012 10:21 am

Wyndford boy, in winter, on a clear day and especially when it's been snowing you should be able to see Goat Fell on Arran. I can and I'm in one of the 14 storey blocks.
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Re: high rise living

Postby Wyndfordboy » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:55 pm

Ill need to keep a look out for that Gochasco, in his younger days my Dad used to run the Goat Fell hill race. I remeber many happy times getting the ferry over to Brodick with my Mum, Dad and elder brother and staying in a little B&B. It was sure a nice change from Marywood Square in Strathbungo where we stayed at the time.
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Re: high rise living

Postby Doug » Tue Jul 10, 2012 12:58 pm

I never lived in a high flat so perhaps i shouldn't comment but when i was younger i worked as a service engineer (not lifts) and visited many customers in high rises and i have to say that most of them were generally quite happy. Lifts were an annoyance in some flats where there was no caretaker with youngsters messing about and jamming the doors open and damaging the interiors and that sort of thing. But although folks generally liked their flats you have to bear in mind that most of my customers in the early 70's came from run down tenements so anything was better. But one thing was for sure all would have loved to have been given a house (or flat) with some garden. Some high rises i visited had dreadful exteriors with graffiti scrawled everywhere and dirt and filth in the entrance areas but i think that sort of thing has largely been overcome
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