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allanphillips · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject: Pollokshaws Demolition

I don't know if there is any truth in the rumours I have seen on a few sites, stating that the date for demolition on the other flats at Pollokshaws is the 30th Aug. Anyone heard any different?

fastnet · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:33 pm Post subject:

allan................I am not back to work until friday but could find out for you then.

Alex Glass · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 8:37 pm Post subject:

I understand they keep changing the date. Will see what I can find out.
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maximusmop · Roll and chips Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 57

i think it may happen this sunday as the signs are up for a 5 week road closure nxt to the blocks, will confirm this tommorow!

james73 · Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: Re: demolition date

maximusmop · Roll and chips Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 57

i work on the buses and had it confirmed for the 30th as the 23 is being diverted for 5 weeks while shawbridge flats are knocked down and cleared!

james73 · Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 12:30 am Post subject:

12pm for this I've heard, unless anyone knows different...

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james73 · Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 5:09 pm Post subject:

James H
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james73 · Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:50 pm Post subject:

Landmark city tower blocks razed in just 8 seconds (Evening Times)

HUNDREDS of people watched as two 40-year-old tower blocks in Glasgow's south
side were reduced to rubble in seconds.

The demolition of the 23-storey landmarks at 124 and 142 Shawbridge Street,
Pollokshaws, took place at noon yesterday, watched by crowds who gathered
on a grass verge overlooking the site.

It took just eight seconds and 30 kilos of explosives to turn the towers into a
pile of dust and concrete as onlookers cheered. More than 200 households within
the 150m radius of the exclusion zone had to be evacuated and spent the day at
a rest centre where breakfast, lunch and entertainment, including films and bingo,
were provided.

Built in 1967 at a cost of around £1m, the properties were once home to 210
households. However, Glasgow Housing Association decided to demolish the blocks
in 2005 following a decline in demand for high-rise homes. By October 2007 all
tenants had been relocated.

Two nearby blocks, in Riverford Road and Riverbank Street, were also razed last
year as part of a major overhaul of the area by GHA.

James H

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