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Red Road Flats Demolished For Sport, Sad, sick and embarrassing for Glasgow |
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*Guest*
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4th Apr 2014, 07:26am
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Glasgow council should hang their heads in shame...
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**carabella**
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4th Apr 2014, 07:43am
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I heard this last night on Scotland tonight, couldn't believe it ! What a sick depraved idea ! We have to stop this going ahead.Surely there are other ideas that Glasgow City Council could come up with as an opening ceremony. There are a lot of people going to be watching their past being demolished on worldwide TV. They will think it's a terrorist attack !like the twin towers and probably think that Glasgow people are completely off their trolley!! Glasgow city council should be ashamed of themselves for this totally ludicrous idea.
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*Gordon MacNiven*
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4th Apr 2014, 07:44am
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My old mum lived in such a high rise at Knightswood. It was a miserable place, several stories up and should have been demolished. My last visit there 25 years ago was depressing. Her balcony was home to thousands of squealing pigeons which had turned the balcony into a guano cave. I tried to bring her to Australia but the then Labor Govt. wouldn't allow her in because she wasn't Asian. Nevertheless, turning the demolition into a rich man's circus seems to be what governments of all stripes do when they need to create massive sports arenas.
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4th Apr 2014, 07:57am
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Unpacking

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Joined: 18th Feb 2011
Member No.: 10,497
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I was in Dundee last summer when they demolished the flats in Hilltown, I was at Morrisons off Forfar road, probably about 2 miles from the site. I stepped outside and the dust and grit and smell was just horrendous. Everyone got covered in it, the cars in the carpark were covered in it. This was the aftermath of just two blocks being imploded.
I am embarrassed at the government's decision to use this as a gimmick at what should be Scotlands proudest day this year.
I fully agree they need to be demolished as they are not a petty sight as they stand just now but why oh why would anyone suggest it be done in this fashion.
I spent a lot of my childhood in the flats as my gran lived there and I find this disrespectful.
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4th Apr 2014, 08:16am
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Unpacking

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I've always been proud to be a Glaswegian, but I think I'll be keeping my head down from now on. Don't they realise this will be seen all over the world? It must be the worst idea they have ever had. OK they have to come down, and it will save them spending money on entertainment, but why not just show scenes of the Scottish Highlands, I'm sure that would be much more entertaining and a lot cheaper.
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