This is a subject I’ve been asked a few times. The question, “Why did the council build homes in the Public Park?”. I can answer this in some detail. In December 1977, a growing petition was circulating in Blantyre after residents heard of the Council’s plans to utilise some of the public park for new […]
351 Glasgow Road in 1979 , adjacent to the start of Cloudhowe Terrace, once had a large nursery at the back of it. The former Bowie’s Nursery was the subject of much contention in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. Hamilton District Council and an Edinburgh Housing Association got into a right pickle when attempting […]