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scaryman2u wrote:I remember it well too , I was 8 at the time and it decimated the tenements in Kingston, I remember coming out the close in the morning to go to skool and there was a polis at the close saying go back to your house as there was a chimney hanging over the building waiting to fall, all i cculd think of was a day off skool, happy days
hungryjoe wrote:Does anyone remember this? I was 14 and remember watching the Red Road Flats swinging about like crazy. I also remember tenement buildings having tarpaulins on their roofs for years afterwards, the maisonettes at Fountainwell road lost their roofs as did Kirkie baths. Substantial loss of life and damage to property all around yet I can find very little on the internet.
the researcher wrote:there was a relative of my grandfathers who lived in a high rise block of flats and they were moved out because the building was swaying in high winds but am not sure if it was connected with the hurricane of 68 or not
the residents were moved out so that repairs could be done
the relative and his wife were moved to a house with a garden but when the block was ready to move back to they decided to stay instead of moving back to the high rise not sure where the high rise block was i think it was in the ibrox area.
anyone recall this?
scaryman2u wrote:I remember it well too , I was 8 at the time and it decimated the tenements in Kingston, I remember coming out the close in the morning to go to skool and there was a polis at the close saying go back to your house as there was a chimney hanging over the building waiting to fall, all i cculd think of was a day off skool, happy days
Warnings: Strathclyde
12 Sep 2011, 00:00
Amber Alert of Wind
Valid From: 12 Sep 2011, 00:00
Valid To: 12 Sep 2011, 23:59
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The remains of Hurricane Katia are expected to come across the UK on Monday bringing a spell of wet and very windy weather. There remains some uncertainty about its track and intensity, although Scotland and Northern Ireland are most likely to bear the brunt of the winds,
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