Red Road demolition 10th June

[pingu]

Peasy i was standing next to that ambulance watching it....was a sight to be seen right enough

great pics

[HelenD]

The Graun has a decent collection of video clips:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2012 ... shed-video

[The Egg Man]

... and an excellent centre page spread pic.

[kirstymaclaren]

Was there any damage to that block behind with the black sheeting flying about?

[pingu]

Was there any damage to that block behind with the black sheeting flying about?

i doubt there would be much.
you can see from some of the video angles that it missed it by quite a bit

[peasy23]

Took a wander past this morning to see the aftermath up close, it's bizarre how some of the thick steel girders are bent like a bit of cardboard, yet windows have survived intact. They have started to sift through the debris as they are going to recycle all the metal from the building.

[minxy]

Nice shots peasy

[Doug]

ah reckon everybody was pretty happy to see these flats go but ah can well remember when folks were mightily happy to go and live in them. all mod cons etc. But troublesome families and vandals soon put paid to any enjoyment in living there and it just got worse and worse, however they should never have been built in the first place but thats another story !!!

[pingu]

the demolition of 21 birnie court is scheduled to take place on sunday 5th May

[bcuk10]

the demolition of 21 birnie court is scheduled to take place on sunday 5th May

http://www.redroaddemolition.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/EXCLUSION-ZONE.pdf

[peasy23]

Timings all look to be the same as last year's demolition, so 11.30 would appear to be the likely boom time.

[Boxer6]

The exclusion zone looks massive - clients/patients living in the area have reported being put up in a hotel for the day/night …. so it appears there will be no close access allowed.

[peasy23]

The exclusion zone looks massive - clients/patients living in the area have reported being put up in a hotel for the day/night …. so it appears there will be no close access allowed.

The exclusion zone is just about the same as the last time, it's been shifted very slightly north eastwards to reflect the location of the building. I would reckon I'll be about 350-400 yards away when it goes bang, and knowing what happened when they blew up the Huthchesontown block in the Gorbals I don't want to be any closer!

[Boxer6]

The exclusion zone looks massive - clients/patients living in the area have reported being put up in a hotel for the day/night …. so it appears there will be no close access allowed.

The exclusion zone is just about the same as the last time, it's been shifted very slightly north eastwards to reflect the location of the building. I would reckon I'll be about 350-400 yards away when it goes bang, and knowing what happened when they blew up the Huthchesontown block in the Gorbals I don't want to be any closer!

Aye, point taken!

Any confirmation of the time? Doesn't appear to be on their website (Mind, I may be a tad hungover this morning!!)

[peasy23]

The exclusion zone looks massive - clients/patients living in the area have reported being put up in a hotel for the day/night …. so it appears there will be no close access allowed.

The exclusion zone is just about the same as the last time, it's been shifted very slightly north eastwards to reflect the location of the building. I would reckon I'll be about 350-400 yards away when it goes bang, and knowing what happened when they blew up the Huthchesontown block in the Gorbals I don't want to be any closer!

Aye, point taken!

Any confirmation of the time? Doesn't appear to be on their website (Mind, I may be a tad hungover this morning!!)

They don't make the timing public as they want to try and keep the crowds away, it seemed to be counter productive the last time as there were hundreds of folk hanging around for hours!

Your best bet for updates is to keep an eye on https://twitter.com/SpringburnPol