End of the road for Red Road flats
Finlay with his daughter Cara and her friends Connor and Taylor. The triple block on the right of the picture was where he lived as a child seen only a minute before being demolished. ‘They’ve just...
View ArticleHome owners still campaigning
GLASGOW HOME OWNERS’ CAMPAIGN Meeting Thursday 30 August 2012 7pm Jurys Inn Hotel, Jamaica Street, Glasgow Agenda Campaign to reverse the 8.4% hike in management fees. Progress of the overcladding...
View ArticleHousing issues worth campaigning for
Controversial issues from asbestos legislation to increased factoring fees and from the proposed 2018 sports village at Sighthill to the dampness in the winget houses at Carntyne will all be on the...
View ArticleHousing campaign open to all
Controversial issues from asbestos legislation to increased factoring fees and from the proposed 2018 sports village at Sighthill to the dampness in the winget houses at Carntyne will all be on the...
View ArticleThe ba’s still on the slates say home owners
An independent report on work done by Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) to re-roof and re-clad properties in their care, has been condemned as ‘whitewash,’ by those who pressed for it. The report was...
View ArticleProtest campaigns widen actions
Glasgow Home Owners are seasoned campaigners at occupation of premises in protests. Direct action is the name of the game now. The Defend Glasgow Services Campaigners have targetted the Scottish...
View ArticleBedroom tax protesters to march on Lib Dem conference in Glasgow
A major protest against the ‘bedroom tax’ will be held on Saturday 14 September in Glasgow to coincide with Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg speaking at his UK party’s conference in Glasgow. In an...
View ArticleRed Road turning green thanks to local children
Local children turn Red Road green by planting trees The Red Road in North Glasgow is turning green. Children from the Red Road Family Centre turned out to help plant some trees today, Friday 13...
View ArticleBlow down not such a breeze
After the blow down, parts of two of the tower blocks are still visible. All six of the infamous Red Road high flats were ‘blown down’ today but remnants of two of them remained after the explosion....
View ArticleRed Road rubble now latest tourist attraction
The remains of the six tower blocks on Red Road which were blown down on Sunday are now attracting tourists. Nicknamed – the Leaning Towers of Petershill – the two fragments of buildings still standing...
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