'I try to live in the present at my age, but it looks like I will be out of here within the next six months'
“It was 1.45am when I saw this amazing sight. It was a meteor and I had a great view,” Mr Goudie shared. “Living here is how I became interested in astronomy and took up astrophotography.”
Gordon Goudie pictured on the balcony of his flat at 151 Wyndford Road, Maryhill. 151 is one of four tower blocks in the Wyndford that are earmarked for demolition. Photograph by Colin Mearns. Glasgow’s skyline was at one point dominated by tower blocks in all parts of the city from the Red Road flats in the north to the Hutchesontown flats in the Gorbals which were pulled down.
The then Glasgow City Corporation had been petitioning the government since the early 19th century for more military protection as they feared “riot and tumult” in the growing industrial city.Despite the fact that Maryhill at the time was an independent burgh, it agreed to the erection of Glasgow’s new barracks, with an enlarged complex opening in 1876.
For Ali Mohammad Sadeigh his view over the Kilpatrick Hills have been a tonic for him. Six years ago he was diagnosed with lymphoma and on some of his darkest and most difficult days during chemotherapy coming back to his 20th-floor flat was his sanctuary. It was a place to retreat to and help clear his mind.
On Tuesday, Mr Sadeigh will be closing the door to his home and his balcony mint garden for good as he is due to move across the city to a new life. “I was helping one lady, who was 77 years old, as she was stressed by it all,” said Ms Rae. “She wasn’t able to find her way about the internet or connect up utilities, so we helped take some of the burden off her.”
Residents’ group member Ellenor Hutson has been living on the estate for more than 10 years with her family and enjoys seeing her children being able to play close to home. “When I first came here people talked about how it was the place to be. There were waiting lists to live here and I remember there was one lady who had lived here for 44 years before she moved due to her health. It was a community when I came here,” Mr Doolan said.
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