Stirlingfauld Place Demolition Photos

[scottwramsay]

OK, let's start a fresh one for this. Current story:

7am on Sunday 1st June

I promise I won't clog this one up unless I hear a change of time!

[Vinegar Tom]

Are you sure? Because we are all getting up at half past five in the morning to watch this one??

[Lone Groover]

Anyone have suggestions for a viewpoint?

Strangely enough, This is my Wifes birthday & will start the day off with a bang !

[scottwramsay]

Are you sure? Because we are all getting up at half past five in the morning to watch this one??

I have an insider on this one - an evacuee from the surrounding area. Everything's going according to plan so far, but after last time's disaster (http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7369&start=15) I'm going extra early!

[Vinegar Tom]

Are you sure? Because we are all getting up at half past five in the morning to watch this one??

I have an insider on this one - an evacuee from the surrounding area. Everything's going according to plan so far, but after last time's disaster (http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7369&start=15) I'm going extra early!

Cheers Scott, we will be along next week.
Just like we did this morning What an embarrassment - alcohol fever took hold last night and we all agreed to meet this morning to watch the blow-down!! Thank the lord that the driver was not breathalised!!

[scottwramsay]

Cheers Scott, we will be along next week.
Just like we did this morning

Which demolition was that?

[Alan L]

Pass the flats on the train into Central this morning, it looks as though hight winds have ripped some of the black sheeting round one of the blocks. I've no idea what purpose this sheeting serves, but I imagine this might casue a delay if the sheeting can't be repaired in time.

As for a viewpoint, I reckon the flagpole at Queens Park would be decent. I don't know if it'll be open at 7am on a Sunday, but the top of the NCP car park at Central would possibly be good too.

[scottwramsay]

I think they put it up around the levels where the explosives are planted to avoid killer debris. I noticed today that they'd wrapped some of it up on the Eastern tower by putting other sheets around it, like belt loops on your jeans really except pulled really tight so that your belt gets scrunched into a rope rather than being flat.

I like getting as close as I can - I'm thinking Norfolk Court or as close as possible. Maybe someone'll let us in the security door and we can peer out from the stairwell...

[AlanM]

Evacuation is to be completed by 9am with return allowed after 10:30am.

[Vinegar Tom]

Cheers Scott, we will be along next week.
Just like we did this morning

Which demolition was that?

Er...next weeks demolition As I said alcohol fever took hold the night before and we got the dates a bit mixed up.

[scottwramsay]

Aaahhhhhh...

[scottwramsay]

Evacuation is to be completed by 9am with return allowed after 10:30am.

P.S. Is that definite? Forge Place was evacuated the night before - did you mean 9am or pm?

[mumofgirls]

ive joined into this forum to ask a huge favour can anyone take some pics or video (pref video) of this for me, i have lot of memories of here from 24 or so years ago when i was a wee girl and i desperalatly wanted to witness these come down, though i live down the coast now (ayrshire) and i dont drive so cant get to see these come down, i would be so so gratefull if someone could get intouch and would be willing to send me there pics etc... it would mean so so much thanks

[AlanM]

Evacuation is to be completed by 9am with return allowed after 10:30am.

P.S. Is that definite? Forge Place was evacuated the night before - did you mean 9am or pm?

Info came from Sauvagii --he lives on the border of the exclusion zone and was issued with the SafeDem leaflet

discussion here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/glasgow/discuss/72157605034843939/

[Toaster]

Evacuation is to be completed by 9am with return allowed after 10:30am.

P.S. Is that definite? Forge Place was evacuated the night before - did you mean 9am or pm?

Info came from Sauvagii --he lives on the border of the exclusion zone and was issued with the SafeDem leaflet

discussion here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/glasgow/discuss/72157605034843939/

Going by the lines in the leaflet that sauvagii scanned in, the Bridge Street underground carpark is outside the exclusion zone, as are the car parks beneath Norfolk Court. Some clear lines of sight to the flats from these points, maybe?

Seems like sometime just after 9 it is, then. I can't believe they'd be issuing a leaflet with disinformation if there's evacuations involved.

I think I'll still go for the view from the flagpole in Queen's Park - assuming it's open again!