Red Road Flats Demolition
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- Red Road Flats Demolition in Glasgow. June 2012. This video concludes with the demolition of the first slab block of the Red Road flats at 153-213 Petershill Drive. The first part of the video has photos of all the Red Road flats in the weeks leading up to the blow-down.
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The Red Road Flats make up a condemned high-rise housing complex which lies between the districts of Balornock and Barmulloch in the north east of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate originally consisted of eight multi-storey blocks. Two are "slabs", much wider in cross-section than they are deep. Six are "points" - more of a traditional tower block shape. The slabs have 25-32 floors, the points 31, and taken together they were designed for a population of 4,700 people.
Nicely put together matey, the dedication was a real Glasgow feeling. Good on ya bud.
Really enjoyed the video as although didn't stay there at any time how could any Glasgwegian
not be impressed when the were first built.Great job well done
Bring a tear to my eye :'(
Red road flats werent all bad i was brought up in oatfield street just across from the flats me and mates would go over to the flats alot to play because there was swings to play on the castle at the back block too we’d play at the shops on our roller skates because it was slabbed n smooth we also played in the derelict railway ground behind the flats which locally named the high chaparral or high chapp i also spent time at bonny broom nursery school which is still there to this day i have good memories of the flats growing up not everything was bad about them but they had their day it was time for them to go but fond memories
Excellent Job Music is spot on.
Great video.
Awesome video cheers.
I worked on theses monstrosties and their cousins at Sighthill in 1967. Glad to see them gone. This comments from respective Glasgow Labour politicians regarding how good they were for the local voting fodder says it all. How many of them lived there? Anyway, excellent video.
brought a tear to my glass eye ha ha
They were built of steel and concrete - maybe they should have moved them to the SF Bay Area, being earthquake safe! By the way, what were the "white mice" referred to in the ending paragraph?
The "white mice" were the workmen covered in what turned out to be asbestos dust.God knows how many of them passed away sooner than they should have; I believe others didn't find it easy to get any compensation,not that you can compensate for the loss of a father,brother,friend or any other human being!
@@rednoseh10 Thanks for the explanation - how awful! I thought those flats were some of the most beautiful and I was sad to see them go.
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