Not bad for a town of 100000

u say 100,000!!! let me get this right A HUNDRED THOUSAND or TEN THOUSAND. for a town of ten thousand, thats pretty special. for a town of a hundred thousand, England must be worse of for blocks than i thought...

Overton slum in Greenock. scabby mid rise blocks coutesy of Eric Wylie:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/348048055_fec063c28b.jpg?v=0

No there wasnt.It was the attitude of modernists who thought Victoriana was thing of the past and that it should be destroyed.They wanted to get rid of these Victorian 'slums' and build brave new world.In the process they damaged communities eliminated neighbourliness destroyed thousands of old landmarks ignored basic human need of 'belonging' and ironicaly ended up building slums.

Modernists produced only few good buildings and these few buildings deserve to be saved.Others should be and will be destroyed.

That's so one sided, innacurate and full of clichés that explaining why you are wrong would be futile. Do you read the Daily Mail perchance?

You really believe buildings such as St Pauls Canterbury Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral etc are ugly?So how come so many people come to the UK just to see them?And how come nobody comes to see Trellick Bucklersbury Robin Hood Gardens?

No idea - how do Coldplay sell so many records? How come so many people smoke? How did George Bush get in power? Or Hitler for that matter? You're making the mistake of using popularity as an indicator of merit. And yes, in my opinion they are ugly, both aesthetically and symbolically.

I wonder what it is with Scottish towns and cities having more tower blocks per number of people than England and Wales.

There's a fantastic book called "Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75" by Miles Glendinning which would explain everything. It's a cracking read.

Nowadays they'd probably just demolish them because replacing stuff would be too costly and take too long. :bash

Ah no, there's no way they could demolish buildings clad in asbestos. Think of the dust! Asbestos is most dangerous when it is damaged - it's the dust that causes the problem.

I know that Borras Hwfa - our resident original tower block lover - won't like them, he'll like the original forms.

Damn straight! Although obviously the practical benefits obviously outweigh any aesthetic concerns. I just wish they wouldn't try and disguise what they are with multicoloured chevrons and pitched roofs.

There was a brilliant close up of a reclad tower being demolished a while back, you could see the difference between the original "breton brut" and the massive panels they'd cackhandedly grafted on top. It was in Schemie's neck of the woods I seem to recall.

Well done on getting up Ferguslie Park Schemie, you're a man who knows no fear!

And that picture of Bedford is sublime lneylon.

u say 100,000!!! let me get this right A HUNDRED THOUSAND or TEN THOUSAND. for a town of ten thousand, thats pretty special. for a town of a hundred thousand, England must be worse of for blocks than i thought...

Overton slum in Greenock. scabby mid rise blocks coutesy of Eric Wylie:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/348048055_fec063c28b.jpg?v=0

:eek: I have never seen any in such a state as that before. They look like ones that you would find in eastern Europe. I am stunned.

Reminds me a little of the Thamesmead estate.

I have never seen any in such a state as that before. They look like ones that you would find in eastern Europe. I am stunned.

well, us Paisley yins know what to expect from that town (from the verb 'To Greenock'; to be dirty, unwashed and skanky :lol:) but even i was surprised by those blocks. Apparently still very much inhabited, although by the looks of things, by the wrong people.

There's a fantastic book called "Rebuilding Scotland: The Postwar Vision, 1945-75" by Miles Glendinning

an EXTREMELY elusive find. ive still to come across it. Although rumour has it, theres a copy SOMEWHERE in the Mitchell library in Glasgow. need to get my grubby mits on it sometime. apparently it costs a bomb (£80).

There was a brilliant close up of a reclad tower being demolished a while back, you could see the difference between the original "breton brut" and the massive panels they'd cackhandedly grafted on top. It was in Schemie's neck of the woods I seem to recall.

och aye. ye olde Barrhead block:

With cladding:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/2032456_c9a9190e9c.jpg?v=0

without cladding:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/2112497_ed7fad844d.jpg?v=0

strangely enough, i know NOTHING about this block. i like to think im a bit of an expert in the way of high rises up here but this ones just over my head. all i can find information-wise about it is a planning permission on the web to demolish two high rises:

*37 Ellon Way
*3 Aurs Place

but apart from that theres no information and these blocks have just slipped into the past and have been forgotten. thats why i think its so important to get this ukhousing wiki up to scratch so that in say 50 years time when they're all gone, there will still be some record of their existence.

Well done on getting up Ferguslie Park Schemie, you're a man who knows no fear!

Went up at 7am on a Sunday morning. first time ive had balls big enough to walk through there in about a year or so. The place has changed a lot. That specific part (Millarston) is a shitty as ever, even more shitty now that theres no people living there anymore. But in Ferguslie Park itself. Big change. Its no longer a cottage flat slum... They were all blitzed years ago... Its a Barratt housing slum! seriously! have you ever seen a whole street of boarded up Barratt houses? its a sight ill tell you. just shows you, housing isnt the problem with these places. Yes it looks all shiny and new but you can see it in the people. Its still a shitehole. And a shitehole am still shit feart of going in at any other time of day.

They're doing that here as well. On a recent news story on one estate they showed new houses that had been constructed just yards from boarded up council houses. Somehow by building these smart looking bungalows they think the arsonists, vandals and general scum will be deterred and the place will become nice to live in. It works temporarily but eventually the new areas decline to the same standard as the council houses did.

That's so one sided, innacurate and full of clichés that explaining why you are wrong would be futile. Do you read the Daily Mail perchance?

Go ahead and explain.


No idea - how do Coldplay sell so many records?How come so many people smoke? How did George Bush get in power? Or Hitler for that matter?You're making the mistake of using popularity as an indicator of merit.And yes, in my opinion they are ugly, both aesthetically and symbolically.

Coldplay make good songs.People smoke because theyre addicted to it.Bush got in power because he promised something to Americans.Hitler got in power because he promised Germans that he will make Germany great.Anything else you want to ask?

You think St Pauls is ugly...well...lots of people think modernist buildings are ugly.



Tell me why concrete-monsters shouldnt be destroyed?

Nice pics everyone. Schemie lovin' the Greenock blocks and the partially demolished one.

Got a couple of pics of Stuart House. this one is schedueled to be completely refurbished.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Stuarthouse.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Stuarthouse2.jpg

That looks very nice and clean the way it is!!! ^^^ dont ruin it by sellotaping bits of tacky plastic to it!

And El Greco and Borras: Would you shag a hot black woman or a hot white woman? Me, id personally have both so relax and chill. that arguement is getting a heated and also a little repeptitive. Your both churning up the same arguments you posted 2 pages back. "Mines better than yours..." "No. Mines better than yours"... For many years to come there will be both modernist and Victorian buildings in our country so no matter how crap you think the other is doesnt make a ha'apenny of difference.

and im raging. i got knocked back from the pub. so im stuck inside on a friday night downloading vast amounts of music to cheer me up. oh woe...

u say 100,000!!! let me get this right A HUNDRED THOUSAND or TEN THOUSAND. for a town of ten thousand, thats pretty special. for a town of a hundred thousand, England must be worse of for blocks than i thought...

Overton slum in Greenock. scabby mid rise blocks coutesy of Eric Wylie:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/348048055_fec063c28b.jpg?v=0

I am talking only of blocks of over 10 storeys. There are many more smaller blocks of 5+.
As a point of reference, Northampton (a town of 200,000) which is only 20 miles from Bedford only has 3 tower blocks. Bedford is very tower block dense for this part of the country.

an EXTREMELY elusive find. ive still to come across it. Although rumour has it, theres a copy SOMEWHERE in the Mitchell library in Glasgow. need to get my grubby mits on it sometime. apparently it costs a bomb (£80).

Really? I'm sure mine was only about £20, but that was a few years ago. They've got second hand ones on Amazon for £14.99!

och aye. ye olde Barrhead block:

It was actually this picture I meant - let's have it nice and big for clarity.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/2032427_6e81ab6d4d_b.jpg

Its a Barratt housing slum! seriously! have you ever seen a whole street of boarded up Barratt houses?

You mean it's the people who have made it a slum rather than the buildings? Interesting. I've not seen a whole street, but not far off. Did you get any pictures? (probably not for this thread however.)

Go ahead and explain.

You don't seem to be receptive to non-populist opinion, so what would be the point? If you really want to know, there are numerous books on the subject, or you could actually do your own research.

Coldplay make good songs.People smoke because theyre addicted to it.Bush got in power because he promised something to Americans.Hitler got in power because he promised Germans that he will make Germany great.Anything else you want to ask?

No thank you, you've answered my questions. I understand you now.

You think St Pauls is ugly...well...lots of people think modernist buildings are ugly.

Absolutely. The difference is, I wouldn't go on a Saint Paul's thread and start telling everyone it's crap. I wouldn't even bother to state my opinion that I don't particularly like it.

Tell me why concrete-monsters shouldnt be destroyed?

Tell me why they should! Actually, don't bother, we've heard it all before.

Would you shag a hot black woman or a hot white woman? Me, id personally have both so relax and chill. that arguement is getting a heated and also a little repeptitive. Your both churning up the same arguments you posted 2 pages back. "Mines better than yours..." "No. Mines better than yours"... For many years to come there will be both modernist and Victorian buildings in our country so no matter how crap you think the other is doesnt make a ha'apenny of difference.

What about men? Maybe we're gay men or straight women. I have never said I think Victorian buildings are crap, or modernism is better than anything else. I suggested Saint Paul's should be demolished over the towers of The Barbican to try and illustrate that there is another way of looking at things. We then get ill-informed opinions about the merits of modernist architecture dressed up as facts. It's this kind of attitude which has seen great buildings of all styles needlessly demolished over the years. Modernism is not the architecture of Beelzebub, the utopians did positive things as well as negative, some Victorian stuff is crap, some is glorious. You need balance. Just because a lot of people love or hate something, it doesn't make it any better or worse than something else. I'm not posting anything more in response to El_Greco, I've made my point.

There really has been some abhorrently dreadful behaviour on this thread recently. :nono: Us tower blockers are world-renowned for our politeness and sincerity, being loving towards all styles and materials used in buildings. I'm now ashamed to call myself a tower blocker. :ohno: Well, I'm not exactly...

Oh, and:


You mean it's the people who have made it a slum rather than the buildings? Interesting. I've not seen a whole street, but not far off. Did you get any pictures? (probably not for this thread however.)



No, it's not for this thread! EVERYONE GET YOUR A$$ES DOWN TO THE Scenes of dereliction, deprivation, depression and grime (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=484897) THREAD ON THIS VERY SUB-FORUM!!!!!! Where have you all been?? I know of at least two of you who would be interested in this thread that I so kindly created for you. It's had 10 replies and I think about 12 of those are mine. :|

Go there now before you all receive nasty private messages... :evil:

i will all in good time :yes: didnt know it existed though but it sounds for me :D but very few pictures of feegie. My camera ballsed up after two weeks of solid use its clicked its last click. but not before it caused me great pain deleting all the pictures i took during a 7 hour ramble thru scotlands largest town. i was especially gutted about the feegie section where i got a picture of one of the last blocks of flats in the bottom end being demolished while taking abuse for being a 'paedo' from a local Zenga (female ned). and now what do i have to show for it :cry: i need to buy a decent camera this time...

btw butterfield, i thought we'd heard the last of you. Tornados... floods... storms.... all centered around an area just outside of birmingham? i thought you were done for man! i was only joking when i prayed for your demise :lol:

What about men? Maybe we're gay men or straight women.

More fun for me :hahaha:

^^

Sounds as though you've had a rough time trying to get photos for this thread, and for your own personal enjoyment too. :pet:

How can you be classed as a "paedo"?? You're only just out of childhood yourself! ;) Stupid be-atch.

No, I'm still alive after those storms x2. Our road (on a hill) turned into a river and water was literally gushing out of the alleyway just down the road! The lightning was some of the brightest and longest lasting (4 flashes in one go!) I've seen in yeeeaaars! :eek:

Yikes Butterfield!, there was a hell of a thunderstorm up here last year but it didn't cause as much flooding as your area seemed to get, Good job you live on a hill and not at the bottom of it. I seen pics on the news yesterday of a rail line that looked more like a river and I was just stunned.

Living on a hill is a bit of a bonus as the water simply rushes straight past. Hey, that's one bonus about living in a tower block - you'll never get flooded. ...Unless someone upstairs leaves the taps on. :eek: More of a waterfall than a river. :lol: :shifty: :runaway:

^^Water can weaken the foundations and also cause subsidence, as witnessed at Brooke Tower in Falcon Lodge, Sutton Coldfield. That's why it took so long to build (site kept flooding because of the nearby brook) and then it was demolished so soon after (because it started to sink). :ohno:

Oh! Is that what happened?? :eek:

They should have realised from the outset that it would cause problems just from seeing the whole building site get flooded.

It was compared to what happened to the Infinity Tower site in Dubai:
http://bp1.blogger.com/_LA5Gh1yp6XA/RhLmL7MGI1I/AAAAAAAAABE/ZKSfTALU3Es/s400/ca.jpg
http://bp0.blogger.com/_LA5Gh1yp6XA/RhLmkrMGI2I/AAAAAAAAABM/PkAx6C_atIU/s400/ca2.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_LA5Gh1yp6XA/RhLm3bMGI3I/AAAAAAAAABU/PNKjgJNX594/s400/ca3.jpg
http://bp3.blogger.com/_LA5Gh1yp6XA/RhLnDbMGI4I/AAAAAAAAABc/IajK0yUP8os/s400/ca4.jpg

Erm.... the word's "oh", "my" and "gosh" spring to mind. :shifty:

So does "Shit happens". :lol:

Whats your definition of tower? At least 10 floors or something else?

double post

^^^ probably anything 8 storeys and above but im sure we all would agree or disagree with that. altho anything above the standard 4 storeys is accepted, loved and adored here, at the British Tower Block forum.

btw, some news from the Glasgow forums: The two Dalmarnock towers will be blowen down between 11am and noon on sunday the 1st of July. Yep, they're still up. preparation started a over a year ago. 12 Riverford Road in Pollok also looks imminent. Stirlingfauld Place is now completely empty and preparation for demolition should get under way fairly soon. That will be awesome to see those blowen up, the sheer size of them.

And, continuing with the grim news, i passed Millarston Court this morning and some big strong boys from the cooncil have started stripping the interior. Tried to blag my way in as a reminiscing ex-resident but health and safety regulations are a bitch. Im guessing those should be down by the end of the summer as West Court's last resident is rumoured to have moved out. That would take Paisley's grand total to 17/24 still alive! where did all the height go?

:cry:and:colgate:

Sad to see them go, but on the other hand they provide some good entertainment when being demolished. Still Damn those Glasgow Council twats, can't they give the tower blocks a nice little refurb and give them the soul and community they deserve.

amen brother!:applause:

A nice little photo collection of these condemned Glasgow blocks would be good either of you, just to remind us hint hint. ;)

I drove past Lichfield today and recall seeing 6 tower blocks. Four were cream coloured and in a row, and then there were twins which were red-ish. If only I had my camera...

Oh! I know of the four cream ones near the station in the NE of the town but two RED ones?? :eek:

Two red ones yes but they are in the south. 12 Riverford Road is the one on the right. Almost ready for demolition but this picture is a year old:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/54/160109350_fc38be829e.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/51/191666536_02476ceea2.jpg?v=0
Inside:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/71/191656816_d07f7efbf2.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/191656820_a73d3459ab.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/69/191664890_28ffa83ffd.jpg?v=0

A great find schemie! :happy: Looks, erm, pleasant. :eek: Great view from the balcony though. :yes:

Dont think Stirlingfauld needs any photos but what the hey. For those that are new, these two are coming down in the next few months:

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f310/alexglass/Picture012.jpg
http://l.yimg.com/www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif
Fanny lights they put on top are a tad underwhelming:
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s69/mhoraig/DSC01273.jpg
Inside:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/HollowHorn/DSCF0717-1.jpg
try and spot this window in the first pic. first one to get it gets entered into a prize draw*Cough*
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/HollowHorn/DSCF0739-1.jpg
What amenities?
http://static.flickr.com/61/206508614_e1ca2d1e9f_o.jpg
View west from the top floor:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/205953825_f9e1d9d9e9.jpg
View east:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/205811566_9bd0adeac1.jpg
View north:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/67/205811568_fdcdc27e2f.jpg

Oh maaan... photographs of tower blocks from tower blocks.... uh I'm in heaven.... :drool:

And there's even a little cluster in the background. The lattice brick on the outside of the stairwells is unattractively great!! :lol:

:eek: :eek: :eek:

schemie I demand a bigger picture of this!!!!!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/96/205811566_9bd0adeac1.jpg

great as ever Schemie,:okay: same as what Butterfield said, "bigger". Did you take those yourself? cos they are great, shame they are coming down. :no:

Good finds there Schemie! :okay:

schemie I demand a bigger picture of this!!!!!

hang on, i'll try and contact the guy who took it. which wasnt me, Mr B! hell, if i could take pictures like that i wouldnt waste my time posting other ppls :lol: and do you know how hard it is for joe bloggs to get into a tower block these days? in the past 6 months concierge staff have been getting tight arsed as fuck. i used to get into Kingsway Court in Scotstoun all the time but nowadays you need to say who you are in to visit before they let you through. Getting into derelict blocks is even harder as i found out today. Which is great news for residents. The last thing you want is a black youth skulking around your corridors taking pictures :hahaha:

oh and cheers btw. HiddenGlasgow.com has great info and original pics on it if you look hard enough through forum after forum.

hang on, i'll try and contact the guy who took it. which wasnt me, Mr B! hell, if i could take pictures like that i wouldnt waste my time posting other ppls :lol: and do you know how hard it is for joe bloggs to get into a tower block these days? in the past 6 months concierge staff have been getting tight arsed as fuck. i used to get into Kingsway Court in Scotstoun all the time but nowadays you need to say who you are in to visit before they let you through. Getting into derelict blocks is even harder as i found out today. Which is great news for residents.

Mmmmm it's not a bad thing you can't get in I suppose - it means security is good on these blocks. It just means we lose out though. Birmingham forumer Smileyface just follows people in and they kindly hold the door open for him. :eek:

The last thing you want is a black youth skulking around your corridors taking pictures :hahaha:

I'd like the fact that he had a Scottish accent. ;) I look Scottish but I have a Midlands accent. :lol:

Nice to see you are posting pics on Flickr schemie.

Also when on there I found this, Seaton Flats, Aberdeen.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Seatonaberdeen.jpg

I love those ones. :yes:

Such a flat area right by the sea, as the place name suggests. :lol:

is that not the airport, that flat land? i like Aberdeen blocks. They always look so clean. yet to see a grubby one yet. altho, ive also yet to go to aberdeen in person yet.

and my scottish accent does confuse people. im a bit of an oddity up here :lol: altho im amazed that smileyface gets in :o even once your past the doors you have all those mad concierge dobbers looking for any sign of trouble... i need to catch him next time he hits this forum and he can tell me his technique. any of you guys managed to sneak in to one before?

oh yeah, and my flickr is:

http://flickr.com/photos/adamcarrington7/

need to rememeber to add that to my sig sometime. ive become a bit of a flickr addict the past few weeks. lots of pics of stuff around johnstone and paisley. yet to get further than that yet though.

Nice to see you are posting pics on Flickr schemie.

Also when on there I found this, Seaton Flats, Aberdeen.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Seatonaberdeen.jpg

Good looking reclad there. Infact one of the best i've seen. I wonder if the 6 taller ones looked like those smaller ones before the reclad. Its a huge improvement if that was the case.

is that not the airport, that flat land? i like Aberdeen blocks. They always look so clean. yet to see a grubby one yet. altho, ive also yet to go to aberdeen in person yet.

I always think Aberdeen looks fresh and clean in general. I haven't been there either.

...and my scottish accent does confuse people. im a bit of an oddity up here :lol:

You always seem to have girls round you though, can't be too bad. ;)

altho im amazed that smileyface gets in :o even once your past the doors you have all those mad concierge dobbers looking for any sign of trouble... i need to catch him next time he hits this forum and he can tell me his technique. any of you guys managed to sneak in to one before?

Nope. Much as I'd like to, I wouldn't dare. :ohno:

oh yeah, and my flickr is:

http://flickr.com/photos/adamcarrington7/

need to rememeber to add that to my sig sometime. ive become a bit of a flickr addict the past few weeks. lots of pics of stuff around johnstone and paisley. yet to get further than that yet though.

Some great photos there schemie! :okay: Some we haven't seen before. I like the way your gran is chucked in with the rest of the architecture! :lol:

Good looking reclad there. Infact one of the best i've seen. I wonder if the 6 taller ones looked like those smaller ones before the reclad. Its a huge improvement if that was the case.

I think the taller ones may have looked like the smaller ones in colour. I'm sure I've seen old photos of this bunch where they're the same colour.

I always think Aberdeen looks fresh and clean in general. I haven't been there either.



That'll be the rain lashing in of the North Sea keeping it all clean :nuts: :lol:

I managed to get out with my camera yesterday and snap a couple more pics of Watford's pair of tower blocks, I will hopefully get them uploaded tonight!

:lol: I'm sure you're right! I think those blocks in question are built very close to the sea.

I look forward to any more of your pics supermoving. :yes:

Btw, my parents spent a night in a hotel somewhere in Watford at the weekend and said it was lovely! :okay: ;)

Btw, my parents spent a night in a hotel somewhere in Watford at the weekend and said it was lovely! :okay: ;)

Blimey, I like it here, but I've never heard it described as 'lovely' before!! :lol: :lol: I'm glad they had a nice time, though!

I think they actually meant the hotel, but they didn't complain about Watford, put it that way. ;)

Did anybody see Britain In Pictures on BBC Four last night? David Shrigley was taking some pictures of/from an empty flat at Red Road. Showed you the foyer, lift, landing, inside the flat, on the balcony etc etc. Might be repeated during the week if you look out for it.

:mad2:

I've no doubt it will be repeated. These things always are on those channels.

Schemie, tonight, BBC Scotland, Building Britain, The Clyde by Muriel Gray:

"Writer/presenter Muriel Gray takes a look in her hometown of Glasgow".

tis on at 10:35pm.

Some of the advert looked quite shocking, some new housing on the clyde has a lifespan of only 50 years.

:mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

:mad2: :mad2: :mad2:

Is it not on the BBC there only about Birmingham instead?

if not then if you have sky then find BBC Scotland

Did anybody see Britain In Pictures on BBC Four last night? David Shrigley was taking some pictures of/from an empty flat at Red Road. Showed you the foyer, lift, landing, inside the flat, on the balcony etc etc. Might be repeated during the week if you look out for it.

I saw it! The views were incredible! :yes:

If you watched the gallery on Freeview channel 302 today, you may have noticed the abundance of tower block pictures, but I don't think Butterfield would watch it because "the music's boring". One group of tower blocks that caught my eye was a row of five along a shoreline in Southampton. There were also shots of Salford and Glasgow plus many many more! :happy:

Is it not on the BBC there only about Birmingham instead?

if not then if you have sky then find BBC Scotland

We've got a programme of the same name but it's about religious buildings in Birmingham. I think I'd rather see your Scottish programme with Muriel Gray!


If you watched the gallery on Freeview channel 302 today, you may have noticed the abundance of tower block pictures, but I don't think Butterfield would watch it because "the music's boring". One group of tower blocks that caught my eye was a row of five along a shoreline in Southampton. There were also shots of Salford and Glasgow plus many many more! :happy:

I was brought up with classical music, I heard enough of it. I rebelled and turned to pop/dance music!

:pepper: :pepper:

That row of blocks in Southampton by the river/estuary is one of my favourite tower block scenes. Shame I've never been to Southampton.

Oh ya Rebel... :colgate:

oh yeah, and my flickr is:

http://flickr.com/photos/adamcarrington7/

need to rememeber to add that to my sig sometime. ive become a bit of a flickr addict the past few weeks. lots of pics of stuff around johnstone and paisley. yet to get further than that yet though.

Some great pics there schemie, I take it you won't be getting the Johnstone tourist board photographer gig on the back of these.

One thing though, what kind of f*cking school is this? I live round the corner from Nottm prison and that's a much more welcoming building!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1321/556823654_813a365bd6_o.jpg

Here is Millcroft Road, South Carbrain, you guessed it...Cumbernauld. They are in the process of being Renovated. I was in one of the flats when I was on my Work Experience and my god Dampness everywhere and the worst bit it didn't even have a bedroom, they had a bed in the corner of the lounge. Also the guy I was with showed me the old Concrete Walls underneath all the plaster, nice and rough stoney concrete.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/South_Carbrain.jpg
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/South_Carbrain2.jpg

This is Kildrum, a bit rundown but an alright area.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Kildrum1.jpg

This is the school I went to. St. Maurices.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/stmauriceshigh.jpg

This is the long promised view of Red Road from Cumbernauld.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/RedRoadfromCumbernauld.jpg

^^

Wow!!! :eek: Not seen that before. I like that/those a lot. Also, Carbrain is a great place name. Having a bed in the corner of the lounge isn't that shocking, they're bedsits aren't they? Or 'studios' to be a bit posher. :yes:

One thing though, what kind of f*cking school is this? I live round the corner from Nottm prison and that's a much more welcoming building!


:lol: :lol: :rofl:

You're right, imagine going to that school! :eek: I suppose it's one way of making children focus on their work - no windows to look out of (which is pretty much all I ever did :lol:).

Here are them Southampton blocks.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/58243878_2adb362a7d_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/22/28072795_2bc2b9bbfc.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/357586343_d0bd17696c_b.jpg

I dont think theres any chance of those ones being unpopular. You could almost class them as seaside apartments.

I hear that tower is in the process of being painted blue. Doesnt the lack of blue towers around the country suggest its not a very fashionable colour when it comes to refurbishing tall buildings.
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/lneylon/leicester_brutalism.jpg

Just watched Building Britain and here in the E.Mids it was Leicester and some c*nt had indeed bought this, painted it blue and turned it into a Casino. Both the presenter and arsehole developer talked about converting the "ugly", "hated", etc, into something positive. A Casino:bash: ...

...and they described where I grew up as a slum.

Thanks for those photos Erebus. I love how they are set out! :happy:

I dont think theres any chance of those ones being unpopular.

I don't know. Right on the edge of Birmingham there are some blocks overlooking a reservoir, farms and fields.
Sounds idyllic doesn't it? But they're empty, awaiting demolition. :bash:

The five in the foreground
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/87/209473487_53b64cd811_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/200/472775495_cfd8793f83_b.jpg

^^ Is this Edgbaston Reservoir? I can't remember these being there.

^^No it's Bartley Reservoir. Frankly, Birmingham has too many reservoirs. Oh that's another - Frankley Reservoir. :lol:

I dont think theres any chance of those ones being unpopular. You could almost class them as seaside apartments.

You wouldn't get me living in Rhyl!

Just watched Building Britain and here in the E.Mids it was Leicester and some c*nt had indeed bought this, painted it blue and turned it into a Casino. Both the presenter and arsehole developer talked about converting the "ugly", "hated", etc, into something positive. A Casino:bash: ...

...and they described where I grew up as a slum.

Where did you grow up guv?

I had the benefit of watching two Building Britains last night. BBC Wales' version was on at 7.30, and featured Griff Rhys Jones wandering around Cardiff (surprise!), and later on I caught Loyd Grossman investigating Liverpool on BBC North West. There was some similarly blanket condemnation of tower blocks on the BBC Cardiff one, but not a jot on the North West one, although they were sat overlooking Everton at one point, which as you know would have been a lot different 20 years ago.

^^No it's Bartley Reservoir. Frankly, Birmingham has too many reservoirs. Oh that's another - Frankley Reservoir. :lol:

How many is there? I thought we supplied all Brum's water from our drowned villages.

You wouldn't get me living in Rhyl!

Why not? Looks like it's going to be lovely!http://www.flickr.com/photos/davellandudno/268615683/

Where did you grow up guv?

Belgrave in Leicester. The presenter Maxwell Hutchinson described it as a "slum" twice. Doesn't know the meaning of the word. Just up the road were the Mowmacre Hill flats. Now that was a slum.

How many is there? I thought we supplied all Brum's water from our drowned villages.

When I lived in Brum we used to drink in the MAC and then you could have relieve yourself in the concrete replica of the Welsh Reservoir that supplied Brum and watch it run down the valley. Can't remember which reservoir it was though.

How many is there? I thought we supplied all Brum's water from our drowned villages.

:lol: There's bucket-loads of them! When we were having the water shortages. There was about 500,000 of us, now there's 1,000,000 people living in Brum and Elan was just not enough :ohno:! The water from the Elan Valley goes to Frankley Reservoir. There are plenty more though. There's some abandoned ones near me - they were never used and have since been turned into a nature reserve. :happy:

Anyway, here's Cruddas Park up in Newcastle. There are 11 tower blocks in a group here.

http://www.timarchive.freeuk.com/assets/images/Cruddas_DeGrey_St.jpg
http://www.timarchive.freeuk.com/assets/images/Cruddas_Shops_Block_Below.jpg
http://www.timarchive.freeuk.com/assets/images/Cruddas_Park_Rd_Tulloch.jpg

Under construction:
http://www.timarchive.freeuk.com/assets/images/Cruddas_DeGray_St_1961.jpg

They are planning to regenerate the area by recladding the blocks.
http://www.colethompson.co.uk/p_cruddas%20park%20newcastle.jpg

Some of you may notice the 'handles' on the top :)

It's the Elan Valley Reservoirs that supplies Brum with the crap replica in Cannon Hill Park.

http://www.answers.com/topic/elan-valley-reservoirs

I'm sure someone put a lot of hardwork into that model :yes:

So many quotes, so little time. :|

^^ Is this Edgbaston Reservoir? I can't remember these being there.

^^No it's Bartley Reservoir. Frankly, Birmingham has too many reservoirs. Oh that's another - Frankley Reservoir. :lol:

:hahano: :hahano:

lneylon, Edgbaston reservoir is way further towards the city centre. Bartley reservoir is right on the edge of the city by the border with Worcestershire.



How many is there? I thought we supplied all Brum's water from our drowned villages.

Controversial. :nono:

There's some abandoned ones near me - they were never used and have since been turned into a nature reserve. :happy:


Wow - abandoned reservoirs. Sounds quite ghostly. Can you tell they should have been reservoirs??

Seaside blocks in Poole

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/409827817_ef794a39f2_o.jpg

^^ Its so weird seeing those houses by the harbour there even more so in real life it annoys me, i'm just glad its just that small area...
as for the tower blocks they arent as close as you'd think...

I think in the nicer parts of Poole to the areas in the east such as Branksome park and canford cliffs area you have buildings that are almost commieblocks but im not too sure...


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/Poolecom.jpg

Here are them Southampton blocks.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/32/58243878_2adb362a7d_b.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/165/357586343_d0bd17696c_b.jpg

Reminds me of something you'd see along the shores in Chicago or Toronto.

Why not? Looks like it's going to be lovely

Rhyl used to be lovely, but now it's an absolute hellhole. Well, maybe that's a bit strong, but it's none too nice. I need to get up there with my camera to give people a flavour.

Belgrave in Leicester. The presenter Maxwell Hutchinson described it as a "slum" twice. Doesn't know the meaning of the word. Just up the road were the Mowmacre Hill flats. Now that was a slum.

I've always liked listening to Maxwell Hutchinson. Shame on him.

Controversial. :nono:

Not as controversial as being removed from your village so another country can flood it for their own use, but there you go.

Wow, Poole really is surprisingly littered with tower blocks! :eek:

Rhyl used to be lovely, but now it's an absolute hellhole. Well, maybe that's a bit strong, but it's none too nice. I need to get up there with my camera to give people a flavour.

Yes, yes, yes!! I'm just about the only person in my locality to never have been to Ryhl. I even had a VW Polo that was originally from a garage in Rhyl. Photos would be great. :yes:


Not as controversial as being removed from your village so another country can flood it for their own use, but there you go.

Uh-oh. :runaway:

Well, I agree. I was shocked when I learnt about this years ago but Liverpool also did the same. (Lake Vyrnwy?)

M...m...m....maybe it was just a good friendship between Wales and England back in the day. :shifty:

:hahano: :hahano:

Thanks, I was actually quite proud of that joke, myself...

Wow - abandoned reservoirs. Sounds quite ghostly. Can you tell they should have been reservoirs??

Not really. They have been left to become overgrown over 100 years. They look like little pools really.

Oh. :sleepy:

Sounds nice though.

Oh sorry, I was meant to say it is like Waterworld! There's slides and fountains everywhere - and it's outdoors. Great fun for all the family! :shifty:

:| :| :| :| :|

Wow, Poole really is surprisingly littered with tower blocks! :eek:

How can it be a surprise, we had them posted on here before.

Yes, yes, yes!! I'm just about the only person in my locality to never have been to Ryhl. I even had a VW Polo that was originally from a garage in Rhyl. Photos would be great. :yes:

You say that like you're disappointed. Really, not going to Rhyl is something you should feel good about. I've learned they're already knocking down the Hotel 70 degrees, (http://www.flickr.com/photos/robinparker/87294112/ and http://www.flickr.com/photos/eifion/506223353/ - it doesn't really fit on here) - so I think I might head up the coast this weekend anyway if I get the chance.

Well, I agree. I was shocked when I learnt about this years ago but Liverpool also did the same. (Lake Vyrnwy?)

M...m...m....maybe it was just a good friendship between Wales and England back in the day. :shifty:

That was Llyn Celyn/Tryweryn. I thought Llyn Fyrnwy served Birmingham. Good friendship, right. "Do as we say or you get nicked!" I think was a bit more accurate. But that's probably for another thread.

Why is everyone in a bad mood today?? :bash:

I most certainly haven't seen this pic of Poole that helium posted before, this was the one I described as being littered with blocks:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/Poolecom.jpg

I've made my point.

Really?And your point is that I read Daily Mail?No I dont.
Seriously so far you failed to explain to me why modernism is good and why modernist buildings shouldnt be destroyed all you do is say that Im into Daily Mail and I 'dont seem to be receptive to non-populist opinion'.Quite sad really.

Well, ever-so recently you've been acting seemingly hostile to me, Butterfield. It's like you don't want to be my fwend :cry: (I apologise if that is Welsh for something racist or other).

Anyway, here's Norfolk Park in Sheffield. It had 15 tower blocks but is to be regenerated. Normally I would hate to see tower blocks demolished for so-called regeneration, but these houses are supposed to be -eco-friendly, low carbon-emitting, green homes so I actually think it may have been worth it. The estate was built between 1963-1966.

A (blurry) model of the estate.
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr2.jpg

From the city centre:
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr3.jpg

Park Grange Tower (after demolished):
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr4.jpg

Regeneration stuff.
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr6.gif

Some original designs for twin tower blocks before estate was built:
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr7.jpg

Future plans:
http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/matshef/abram/abr10.jpg

Some demolition (dont cry please):
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41070000/jpg/_41070633_demolition203.jpg
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39726000/jpg/_39726189_towerblock203.jpg

And some other picture from a tram enthusiast site:
http://www.thetrams.co.uk/supertram/stops/parkgrange2.jpg

^^

It's just cos Telfordboy hasn't been around so much today. :lol:

I went off Sheffield the day they demolished all those blocks on the hills. They were an awesome sight as you drove into the city from the Pennines. They gave Sheffield a proper city feel yet you still had a feeling of being able to get away from the city. I understand they were undesirable but surely something similar could have been put in their place!

SOme more blocks in Cumbernauld that I can't find proper pictures of so this'll have to do.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=55.941185~-3.992908&style=a&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=55.957069~-3.969943&style=a&lvl=18&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=55.952816~-3.980473&style=a&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1

lmao ^^^

from the top:

drat! i missed that BBC show. i cant be a tower blocker all the time! From what you guys have said it sounded pretty good tho :( any news of a repeat please post it up. Which block was it? Ive only ever been in Petershill Court and that was over 10 years ago and it would be cool to see if it had changed.

I've seen some photos of some tower blocks in Sheffield half demolished close to the Park Hill Flats

They are on here:http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/v/sheffield/

On the news some time ago i heard that the blocks on Norfolk Park were the last remaining ones in the whole city before they were demolished. Does anyone know if this is true?

drat! i missed that BBC show. i cant be a tower blocker all the time! From what you guys have said it sounded pretty good tho :( any news of a repeat please post it up. Which block was it? Ive only ever been in Petershill Court and that was over 10 years ago and it would be cool to see if it had changed.

I think it was 123 Petershill Drive that he went up.

Ive been waiting for you to post pictures of those flats on Milncroft Road, Mr B. They look like a strange warped version of tenements and are pretty interesting to look at in a weird and wonderful kinda way.

I think it was 123 Petershill Drive that he went up.

ahh.. ^^^ thats the other slab... still interesting though.

*Southampton-:)
*Poole-:)
*Newcastle-:D
*Sheffield demolitons-:no:

One thing though, what kind of f*cking school is this? I live round the corner from Nottm prison and that's a much more welcoming building!

ahem... :lol: yeah i know what you mean though. St Berts is a nasty school. There were holes in the walls and asbestos in the ceiling but i survived it! all the windows are at the front and the back btw. that side is just a swimming pool, games hall, gym, changing rooms and PE base so its not somewhere you'd like windows to be. Still, its not a nice building and its getting knocked down next year.

and thats me up to date with these forums. and like Zorro, he vanishes into the night...

SOme more blocks in Cumbernauld that I can't find proper pictures of so this'll have to do.

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=55.941185~-3.992908&style=a&lvl=17&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&encType=1


There's a dense little lot there! :eek:

I've seen some photos of some tower blocks in Sheffield half demolished close to the Park Hill Flats

They are on here:http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/v/sheffield/

On the news some time ago i heard that the blocks on Norfolk Park were the last remaining ones in the whole city before they were demolished. Does anyone know if this is true?

No, Sheffield still has a number of blocks closer to the city centre, and some in Gleadless Valley on the edge of the city. :yes:

I stole this from the webbaviation website you posted:

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/17670-2/IMG_0967.jpg

I've heard it somewhere before but i can see it for myself now. You can be on the 4th floor in the smaller part of the Park Hill flats and end up on the 13th floor in the taller part without having to go up a level.

^^ One of the few redeeming features of having to get the train to Sheffield is to look up at that lot as you go into the station.

You hardcore blockers(?) will probably have seen this film about the collapse of Ronan Point in '68, which led to loads of blocks having to have structural work done on them (including the Basford towers in Notts).

If you haven't http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/16/newsid_2514000/2514277.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38941000/jpg/_38941433_flats238.jpg

^^

I saw that footage years ago on a TV documentary - must have been a terrible day, and an eye opener for people about living in high rise flats. :(

I've heard it somewhere before but i can see it for myself now. You can be on the 4th floor in the smaller part of the Park Hill flats and end up on the 13th floor in the taller part without having to go up a level.

Interesting! But I can see how. Parts are obviously built into the slope of the hill.

Anyone else noticed the colourful tower blocks on todays banner of London at the top of the screen? We've seen those ones in this thread before. :yes:

I'm going to have to put an advert for the Tower Blocks/Commieblocks of the WORLD!! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=480301) thread again as I haven't seen many of you lot there recently. There are some GREAT 1960s photos of towns in France with billions of commiebloks that GM has posted. You must see them!!!

So, that's the Tower Blocks/Commieblocks of the WORLD!! (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=480301) thread in the Foreign Stuff sub-forum of the UK forum if you didn't already know. ;)

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=480301

Anyone else noticed the colourful tower blocks on todays banner of London at the top of the screen? We've seen those ones in this thread before. :yes:

They're right back on the first page. They look rather smart with their distinctive red, blue and yellow tops.

The Tower Centre in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. Known locally as Tower Heights.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/195353788_193a565fd3_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/223/482553088_09587e7eea_o.jpg

Great! I don't think we've seen that one on here before. Interesting layout with the balconies on the front and what I presume to be the inset walkways on the back.

I saw the first picture on the Britain in Pictures channel at lunchtime :happy:. I was desperate to find out where it was!

Tallest tower block in harlow

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4599/terminusharlowqg3.jpg

That looks more office than residential! :eek:

I'd have thought it was offices rather than residential. Great 60s design though. However, for some reason I can't quite get so excited if they're not residential. :weird:

:lol: sorry, i read tower blocks and thought maybe you didn't just mean residential. My bad

You'd be surprised at what is housing in some cases. This part of Cumbernauld town centre was housing before it became offices in the late 70's. They were penthouse Appartments, how lovely.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/cumbernauld_aw3.jpg

I've seen that posted on another thread before (possibly by yourself!) but didn't realise the history of it. :eek:

Is it still there?

Yip!

The construction site in the foreground though has turned into a new Mall, as if by Magic.

Looks a lot more massive in real life. If only the council would do it up and make it look clean, it's a decent structure they just don't look after it at all.

I remember seeing that on Demolition. Terrible piece of architecture... poor old Cumbernauld :ohno:.

The BBC is doing something similar only it's online, Flatten or Save, Hopefully Cumbernauld will be soon, just to see why people say it should be flattened(rather obvious) and why it should be saved (not so obvious).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6221200.stm

When it was being built it was believed to be a prime example of utopian architecture. Students flocked to see it being built. Shame it is far from what they aimed for, now.

Yip tis quite neglected, but at least they didn't build te other bit that was proposed in the 60's. THANK GOD!!!

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I saw cumbernauld on TV too, some programme presented by that bloke who presents Grand Designs. There were loads of people voting it in for demolition, i think it came at the top of the list actually

it's not too good at the moment for the centre, Ithought I'd accidentally walked into it when it was closed but it's just there was so few people in it. Apart from the new bit.

Heres an old picture.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Downie.jpg

Not sure if this is where you found your picture, but this is a really interesting site, the text is from back in 1972, it's all about Britain's New Towns

Disappointing New Towns of Great Britain (http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001971/Downie/Downie12/Downie12.html)

It is indeed where I found that Picture, it's a great site, great pictures, shows how bad they were when they were still new and being built.


Also here is South lanarkshire HQ in Hamilton Scotland.
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/Hamilton.jpg

That sure is a big beastie. I think you can see that from Hamilton Services on the M74. One of the first high rises you see in Scotland when heading north from England. :happy:

Not sure if this is where you found your picture, but this is a really interesting site, the text is from back in 1972, it's all about Britain's New Towns

Disappointing New Towns of Great Britain (http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF001971/Downie/Downie12/Downie12.html)


That's a great link. Nice to see Washington in there. I was offered a job interview there but after talking to some friends in Newcastle they suggested that even a lover of crap architecture and urban squalor like myself should steer well clear. I'll have to find some pics.

First saw the Cumbernauld shopping center in the Idler Magazine crap towns section and spent ages trying to work out what was going on. It must be one of the most bizarre buildings of recent times. No logic or repeating designs, or anything.

I won't post here as we're doing residential, but these abandoned pics of the Billingham ICI building are great. Like something out of a JG Ballad book.
http://picture.stockton.gov.uk/photos/t812.aspx

There were quite alot of pics of Flickr of this as well. Great.

...

Ravenscraig Flats in Kirkcaldy.

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/RavenscraigFlats.jpg

Tallest tower block in harlow

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/4599/terminusharlowqg3.jpg

awesome carpark

^^

It is actually! :lol:

Mr. B - Tower blocks, a castle, the sea(?) - the only thing missing that would make it my perfect picture is mountains. :drool:

Hows this then Butterfield, mountains, sea, castle and of course the tower blocks!

http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q95/The_Talking_orange/howsat.jpg

:lol: :lol: :rofl:

That's great!! Looks more like Switzerland now. I can't identify that as being a Scottish mountain. :lol:

Found this amazing picture of some blocks in Leeds whilst catching up on what I've missed over the past 4 days. The blocks are quite hard to make out but we have seen these before. They make the sunset look even better I think.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/236225719_23354d9ace_o.jpg

:eek2: That's gorgeous...





2 articles off the 2000 mark on the wiki;)

I Just made 2 new articles on the Wiki so that should make it 2000.

Hooray! :cheer:

And indeed it is! Hurrah for Mr B! :pepper:

That's a great pic Stef. Its nice to see just silhouettes of blocks, plus I like the aerials and stuff atop. :yes:

Sorry forgot to say that that is one hell of a great pic. I must have dieed and gone to heaven.

Also could I ask you to help me with the Glasgow Tower Block Forum, have tried to get it back from the dead, but I need your help.

Mr. B I've contributed quite a bit to that thread and I have it on my subscribed threads list so it would only have been a matter of time until I saw it had been brought back from the dead.

It doesn't seem as though your Glasgowshire counterparts are quite so fond of tower blocks as some of us here are. Although there is one forumer (I can't remember his name) who contributes to the Glasgow tower blocks Flickr thing.

Tower blocks in Euston, London. Dalehead (yellow trim), Gillfoot (blue) and Oxenholme (red).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/143015834_e47f90fc87_o.jpg

Those are the fellas that were on the banner yesterday.

Tower blocks in Euston, London. Dalehead (yellow trim), Gillfoot (blue) and Oxenholme (red).

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/48/143015834_e47f90fc87_o.jpg

You see the ugly grey building next to the brown brick building (bottom right)? That is 140 Hampstead Road. It is where I work. It should be torn down & the land should be put to better use.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/236225719_23354d9ace_o.jpg

looks like a deleted scene from independence day :o

Tower blocks in Euston, London.

i put them on the wiki yesterday. its a great learning experience. Previously i only knew about estates and blocks in the west of Scotland but since ive started contributing to the wiki and digging up info to put on it im learning new stuff all the time which is great :okay: btw Mr B what is the South lanarkshire HQ and Fife College doing on there :? i thought the wiki was for housing. or are we doing all tall buildings? emporis are gonna sue :lol:

Also could I ask you to help me with the Glasgow Tower Block Forum,

as far as i remember we covered pretty much all of the major blocks. And any chance of banter is pretty much down the drain. The other Glasgow peeps arent exactly horny for concrete. So me, you and peeps from the British Tower Block forum discussing Glasgow tower blocks.... Sounds a lot like the British Tower Block forum if you ask me ;) as much as id like to see it happen, we'd have better chance of bringing back Steve Irwin. Besides... Theres like 5regular forumers on the Glasgow forums anyway :lol:

^^Yes, like another tower block! :carrot:

The other Glasgow peeps arent exactly horny for concrete.

:lol: :lol:

Quote of the day! You always manage to put it better than anyone else. :lol:


So me, you and peeps from the British Tower Block forum discussing Glasgow tower blocks.... Sounds a lot like the British Tower Block forum if you ask me ;) as much as id like to see it happen, we'd have better chance of bringing back Steve Irwin. Besides... Theres like 5regular forumers on the Glasgow forums anyway :lol:

Too true. I just wish there were more Glasgow tower blockers - after all, it's the British capital city of all things tower block. At least we have Mr. B and yourself and a couple of others. :yes:

This block is at the southern end of the M271 in Southampton.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/Neromasc/P1010026.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v325/Neromasc/P1010033.jpg

Excellent and original photo Starscraper - thanks! :okay: I don't think we've seen this particular tower block before. Interesting arrangement of windows. And balconies at the ends. Hmmmm.

Thanks for the exact location too. :yes:

My god look at them windows! We seem to think random window arrangements were started by all our new apartment buildings, but really, it was our (less desired) tower blocks that started it! :yes:

Thanks starscraper! :okay:

Didn't Craig David grow up on an estate of tower blocks in Southampton? So I once heard.

^^ why does everyone in that southampton block have green curtains? is it the new black or just a really strange tint on the windows?

Quote of the day!

Quote of the day... Post of the Thread... ive got so many titles to my screen name im like the Ali of British Tower Block foruming in Butterfields eyes! :hahaha:

Yes like another tower block!

yes as in include office blocks in a ukHOUSING page? should we put them in a different category as essentially they're not tower blocks just ummm tall buildings.

yes as in include office blocks in a ukHOUSING page? should we put them in a different category as essentially they're not tower blocks just ummm tall buildings.

Sorry, that was directed at the other person but you posted just before :bash: ;).

Um and what's this about office blocks? By no means should we have office blocks in a housing wiki :no:. I'll delete it, if I find it.

Didn't Craig David grow up on an estate of tower blocks in Southampton? So I once heard.
:yes:

Um and what's this about office blocks? By no means should we have office blocks in a housing wiki . I'll delete it, if I find it.

uh oh. erebus is on a man hunt :lol:

I've deleted two articles... I think I know who the culprit is. He'll be sorry :mad:.

lmfao

Don't upset him.

Is he meaning me? if so ooops!

It's easy to get carried away. But where does one stop? Probably a building with no bedrooms. :lol:

eh... I'm gonna run away and hide now, i think erebus is running a round with an AK-47.

:goodbye:

Don't run away for too long, you're a valy...valual..... VALUABLE forumer on here! :grouphug:

^^ ive been wanting to use that smiley for ages dammit :grouphug:

some pics i havent posted on here yet:

Tannahill Flats in Johnstone (4 storey tower blocks :lol:)
Currie Court
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1274/576051255_c5c7d7feee.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1259/570552235_2191180098.jpg?v=0
Gilchrist Court
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1166/576051149_5a45b57a8c.jpg?v=1182508251
Murdoch Court
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1036/576051241_08cdce74a6.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1061/576051137_44785b3a77.jpg?v=0
Bisset Court
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1036/576051229_3d9554fd3b.jpg?v=0
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1172/576051047_817bb1f3c2.jpg?v=0
Macrae Court
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1078/575986709_49e7b7a354.jpg?v=0

George Court from the Castlehead estate:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/559761875_112495cd0d.jpg?v=0

Camphill and Spiersfield Court, Paisley:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1330/559754657_3e8176332c.jpg?v=0

Millarston, Paisley:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1105/559411562_80ab9d5bbf.jpg?v=0

Where is he?! Come back you newtown scum (sorry Telfordboy)! :gunz:

Come on... I won't hurt you :mad:
http://www.travel84.com/images/stories/cuchi2.jpg

Thanks for them schemie. Those four storey ones are awesome! I like how the design follows the gradient of the land - it'll be a shame to see them go. :ohno:

Leave Mr. B alone!

^^ ive been wanting to use that smiley for ages dammit :grouphug:


I use it all the time it seems, I always seem to be trying to keep the peace. :lol:

Those four storey ones are awesome! I like how the design follows the gradient of the land.

Yeah, I like it when they get built like that. It does look as though they've sunk though. :eek:

Leave Mr. B alone!

Alright... but next time... he'll have to sleep with one eye open! :gunz:

He probably has to anyway... :shifty:

I think I might have actually scared Mr B off! :(

Markham Tower, Norwich:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/381160052_fef09b2bcb_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/381160057_a11d063f65_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/381160062_b74ece2061_o.jpg

Those balconies are rather interesting. :yes:

Loudoun House in Cardiff. Very impressive range of colours.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/645LoudounHouse_pic3.jpg

Markham Tower isn't much of a tower it has to be said. Although for Norwich I suppose it is. The balconies look SO narrow! :eek:

That one in Cardiff is a bit of a beast! Especially considering I thought Cardiff only had little blocks.

nice Cardiff block. really like how they've kep a little corner of what it was like originally and still made it fit in to the reclad. For a big city, its strange how there are like 5 tower blocks (if that). The Norwich one is ok as well. Although im not a big fan of brick tower blocks. The designs tend to look a tad samey. Some are ok tho, like the Bedford one Ineylon posted a while back.

btw, Mr B, ive got a bone to pick with you too >:o

Leven View in Clydebank
Duncombie View in Clydebank
Cresent Court in Clydebank

Sounds a lot like some articles i already posted like:

Levan View in Clydebank
Duncombe View in Clydebank
Crescent Court in Clydebank

I blame the parents :ohno:

:lol:

But you can't create duplicate articles can you?? It gives you a severe warning.

Come back Mr. B!!!!

Brick tower blocks look a bit more pleasing on the eye. Walsall's are my favourites as they look neat and in no way ugly so you would want them in your back yard. If I'm feeling ugly I will lust after concrete blocks. Depends really. I just like tower blocks, me. :D

But you can't create duplicate articles can you?? It gives you a severe warning.

Come back Mr. B!!!!

Brick tower blocks look a bit more pleasing on the eye. Walsall's are my favourites as they look neat and in no way ugly so you would want them in your back yard. If I'm feeling ugly I will lust after concrete blocks. Depends really. I just like tower blocks, me. :D


nice Cardiff block. really like how they've kep a little corner of what it was like originally and still made it fit in to the reclad. For a big city, its strange how there are like 5 tower blocks (if that). The Norwich one is ok as well. Although im not a big fan of brick tower blocks. The designs tend to look a tad samey. Some are ok tho, like the Bedford one Ineylon posted a while back.

btw, Mr B, ive got a bone to pick with you too >:o

Leven View in Clydebank
Duncombie View in Clydebank
Cresent Court in Clydebank

Sounds a lot like some articles i already posted like:

Levan View in Clydebank
Duncombe View in Clydebank
Crescent Court in Clydebank

I blame the parents :ohno:

:lol:

Sorry for creating some duplicate articles, just depends on the spelling, which I have probably got wrong, not very good with it see. Anyway blame the parents, I do, it's always there fault.

Loudoun House in Cardiff. Very impressive range of colours.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/645LoudounHouse_pic3.jpg

I think I might have actually scared Mr B off! :(

Markham Tower, Norwich:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/381160052_fef09b2bcb_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/381160057_a11d063f65_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/128/381160062_b74ece2061_o.jpg

Those balconies are rather interesting. :yes:

No no you didn't scare me off...yet. I've just been quite busy today.

Also those pics are great, I have a certain attraction to Brick Tower Blocks.

Cardiff looks so cool and clean. nice city.


He probably has to anyway... :shifty:
Of course, what else would i do, 'tis Cumbernauld I live in after all.

Glad to see you're still around Mr. B and that Erebus didn't get you with his gunz!

Articles deleted upon request. All current members will never get banned, I've decided. You're all too valuable to lose! :)

I quite like brick tower blocks myself. They're harder to find as they cost a hell of a lot more to build. It's a real shame as they are usually the ones of much better quality too.

Cardiff only has three tower blocks in the whole city. Swansea only has two and Newport only has 3, one of which was built in 1975 which is quite late for tower blocks. And none of them compare in size to "The Tower" in Cwmbran. Very nice name though it is a depressing block.

What's with the blame the parents thing now? I started that last week, then Butterfield joined in and now you're all in on it! I'm gunna have to differentiate myself her - I blame E-numbers. >(

Can Hyde Park Barracks be counted as a tower block?

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/images/pics/1209KnightsbridgeBarracks_pic1.jpg

Yes...ish. My brother lives in barracks (not as tall as that one though!) and they're probably more basic than a real life tower block. :ohno:

Articles deleted upon request. All current members will never get banned, I've decided. You're all too valuable to lose!

We have gained his trust! lets trash the place :crazy:

Can Hyde Park Barracks be counted as a tower block?

its massive :yikes: Is it for soldiers or something? id guess it'd count. Poeple do LIVE there after all.

Been away the last couple of days and its good to see some new blocks featured on here. I m sure we will never run out of blocks. I know of several in Grimsby and Lincoln that we havent had yet but its just getting to them thats the problem. Well i was in lincoln recently but didnt have a camara :bash:. My mate would have though i was a bit wierd taking pictures of tower blocks.

We have gained his trust! lets trash the place :crazy:

:lol: Do it if you dare! It'll end up getting shut down if that happened. Anyway, stop treating me as the ruler of the wiki - the wiki is owned by everyone! :) I just happen to be the most powerful member on there ;).

Been away the last couple of days and its good to see some new blocks featured on here. I m sure we will never run out of blocks. I know of several in Grimsby and Lincoln that we havent had yet but its just getting to them thats the problem. Well i was in lincoln recently but didnt have a camara :bash:. My mate would have though i was a bit wierd taking pictures of tower blocks.

I posted a nice pic of a block in Lincoln next to the park. I'm sure there are more there. I'll ask my mate who has gone back to Uni to keep an eye out.

Erebus - Swansea 2 blocks - Where do you get this info from? I'm sure I've seen more than that on my regular trips down there to the in-laws. I'm not having a go, just curious.

Anyone know Luton at all. My ex lived there and I remember some really grimy horrible blocks scattered about the place. Sorry to anyone who lives in Luton, but it was a sh*tehole.

As we've had Norwich, lets have some more East Anglia with Ipswich:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/101/314136632_e600e22fa7_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/118/314136325_9bf7406bf0_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/122/314136440_bd78f561a0_o.jpg
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1323/577676595_c1dddfe957_o.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/103/300167142_61f9309bf0.jpg?v=0
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/408011868_12993948ba_o.jpg

Been away the last couple of days and its good to see some new blocks featured on here. I m sure we will never run out of blocks. I know of several in Grimsby and Lincoln that we havent had yet but its just getting to them thats the problem. Well i was in lincoln recently but didnt have a camara :bash:. My mate would have though i was a bit wierd taking pictures of tower blocks.

I've seen some reddish ones in Grimsby before but they've never been featured on here before. Can't remember what website I saw them on though. :ohno:

Do you know if any other towns near Hull have tower blocks? Any others in East Yorkshire you know of?

lneylon - I remember seeing the blocks in Luton when I flew from the airport in August 2004!

Great pics of Ipswich! I don't think those have been seen on here before.

I've seen some reddish ones in Grimsby before but they've never been featured on here before. Can't remember what website I saw them on though. :ohno:

Do you know if any other towns near Hull have tower blocks? Any others in East Yorkshire you know of?

Yes, near the town centre of Beverley there is a 5/6 storey block which doesnt quite fit into its surroundings. It looks quite rough looking. Bridlington also has a residential tower on the sea front, i call it that because i wouldnt class it as a tower block bacause its not part of an estate. Its quite like Sussex Heights in Brighton but shorter. I think its about 10 storeys but worth including on here if i ever get up there but so far i've only ever seen it from a distance.

Never seen anything of Beverley or Bridlington on here! See if you can find them on Flickr or somewhere else on the internet, or I'll have a look. :yes:

I just remembered I have a picture of me when I was a little lad riding my tricycle in an area of Nottingham called Silverdale. There is a tower block in the background that I don't recognise at all. I'll see if I can find it and I'll try and get my scanner working.
Plus you'll see little me as a youngen.

Heres the one in Bridlington i was talking about

http://www.webbaviation.co.uk/gallery/d/4914-1/bridlington_harbour_c2180.jpg

I just remembered I have a picture of me when I was a little lad riding my tricycle in an area of Nottingham called Silverdale. There is a tower block in the background that I don't recognise at all. I'll see if I can find it and I'll try and get my scanner working.
Plus you'll see little me as a youngen.

Not sure where Silverdale really is. Would the block be Southchurch Court in Clifton? Shame I can't find a better photo. It's a proper sore thumb as there isn't anything above 2 storeys for miles.

https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM001940.jpg

^^

That area is so flat! This is why tower blocks make a city look like a city. Otherwise it's just bland landscapes.

I just remembered I have a picture of me when I was a little lad riding my tricycle in an area of Nottingham called Silverdale. There is a tower block in the background that I don't recognise at all. I'll see if I can find it and I'll try and get my scanner working.
Plus you'll see little me as a youngen.

Awwww. You're love of tower blocks started early. :lol:

Heres the one in Bridlington i was talking about...

That's great! Thanks for finding that tigers. :okay: I can almost guarantee that Bridlington hasn't been mentioned in this thread before so that block will be new to all of us. :happy:

And yes, it's not the biggest block I've seen but it's one in a town I didn't realise had a tower block. And still the new discoveries keep coming.... :happy:

Tower blocks in Stevenage, the first new town

http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~bloevy/EnglishNewTowns/EnglandOnePlusTwo/England160.jpg

http://faculty1.coloradocollege.edu/~bloevy/EnglishNewTowns/EnglandOnePlusTwo/England159.jpg

http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/content/images/2005/02/02/stevenage_fire_pic_10_400x300.jpg

And in Harlow

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/132031603_7fadcf3338.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/288461609_ca792bcabd.jpg?v=0

This was Britain's first tower block
http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/images/47/20/L472019.jpg

Erebus - Swansea 2 blocks - Where do you get this info from? I'm sure I've seen more than that on my regular trips down there to the in-laws. I'm not having a go, just curious.

Well, that was according to Skyscrapernews.com. There probably are more, but shorter ones so they don't register on the website. Either way, I can't imagine Swansea being comparable to Birmingham and Glasgow! :)

I remember the fire in that one in Stevenage. It was on the news about 2 years ago.

Looks East asian-y.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/112/288461609_ca792bcabd.jpg?v=0

Tower blocks in Stevenage, the first new town


I didn't even realise Stevenage had any tower blocks - and a number of beasts they are too! :eek: Never-before-seen on here. Thanks! :okay:

We've seen Britain's first tower block in Harlow once before I think, it's quite popular amongst the forumers who like their tower blocks to look original! I like it too, interesting balconies. :yes:

Is that red one a residential tower block? It looks relatively new compared with some of the 60s slabs we see. :yes:

After intense research, I have finally found out how many tower blocks (over 6 storeys) were built in Britain. Drum roll please...

Before 1948 up to after 1972, a total of...

























































6,535 tower blocks were built in Britain. The most intensive tower block construction period being between 1963 and 1967 (as expected). 42% of these blocks were built in London, 13% in Scotland and 7% in Birmingham. :cheer:

Fascinating find there Erebus. I wouldnt have thought it was that many and i'm a bit suprised how the London and Scotland figures compare but i suppose London build numerous estates of long blocks between about 6 and 10 storeys as well as taller ones. Id like to see how many still remain out of the original number. I guess it would be about a half or just less.

Well done Erebus, you must have been working very hard.

Well on the Wiki you'll need to get everyone to scour the deepest, darkest parts of the country looking for tower blocks.

Even yesterday after a trip to Hamilton, I found out it has about 5 and also we could see for miles around, and god there were loads in Motherwell, Coatbridge, Airdrie, Glasgow we could even see the blocks in Cumbernauld and in the far north of Glasgow as well. Didn't have my camera though, damn.

See that figure does it include just Residential Tower Blocks or is it also offices, churches, Schools, etc?

6,535 tower blocks were built in Britain. The most intensive tower block construction period being between 1963 and 1967 (as expected). 42% of these blocks were built in London, 13% in Scotland and 7% in Birmingham.

jammy. i heard those statistics about 2 months too late to put in my investigation :no: ...this 'intense research' where did you get it from? id like to have a wee look myself in a few books, sites etc for personal interest. Those stats seem to work out quite well. i doubt we will ever find EVERY single tower block in London. Theres so many. it'd be interesting to find out what percentage of tower blocks in Scotland were in Glasgow and see how it compares to Brum's 7% - which is very large proportion :yes: that would mean 1 in 14 tower blocks are in Birmingham. 1 in 8 if you exclude London.

Great find Erebus, apart from the fact that before I read what you put I clicked on the refresh button a couple of times thinking that all that white space was pictures that weren't loading. :lol: :runaway:

Mr. B - I'd presume the statistics are just for residential blocks.

Motherwell's blocks are some of my faves as they are the first ones you see as you enter Glasgowshire from the south. The first time I saw them I was like: "Scottish tower blocks before my very eyes! :drool:"

Nice work Erebus, Does this mean you have a "definitive" list of them all?

Pollokshaws pictured yesterday: block on the left is running overdue for demolition:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/600549925_d0fca37a67.jpg?v=0

Does this mean you have a "definitive" list of them all?

*listens eagerly for the reply*

Pollokshaws pictured yesterday: block on the left is running overdue for demolition:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1369/600549925_d0fca37a67.jpg?v=0

Those ones look very european. You would be mistaken for thinking they were in France

Nice work Erebus, Does this mean you have a "definitive" list of them all?

*listens eagerly for the reply*

I'd have thought he's just seen the statistics in number form.

You would be mistaken for thinking they were in France

if you've ever been in Pollokshaws you wouldnt have such a high opinion of them :lol: although, i see your point they are very different from other blocks in.... Britain even.

Erebus you may need to do a recount;)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6235324.stm

:lol:, jesus that got the thread back on its feet. In fact this intense research was nothing. I came across it by pure chance. It is from a book called "Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology" by Michael Stratton. The section was quite brief but had some interesting figures in it and examples of tower blocks and construction methods. No doubt I'll be using that on the wiki! :happy:

I too were surprised by the figure for London. I never expected anything like that at all. But it is impressive, nonetheless.

There's a village called Hirwaun in Wales with a population of about 4,000 which was dominated by two tower blocks. They were demolished in May 2004. http://www.hirwaun.net/photographs/hirwaun-flats-demolished/

There's a village called Hirwaun in Wales with a population of about 4,000 which was dominated by two tower blocks. They were demolished in May 2004. http://www.hirwaun.net/photographs/hirwaun-flats-demolished/

Ooh! :eek: Thanks Erebus, never knew about these. They were in a townlet in the Valleys, quite a way north of Cardiff. Surely there must be some more blocks in all those squillions of other townlets in that area? :dunno:

Blocks Demolished in Dundee

That leaves Dundee with around 27 still standing with 24 demolished :ohno:

I've said it before, and I'll say again - not a patch on Castle Vale... :(

hmmm... yeah good point. Castle Vale must have been like a whole city's worth of tower blocks demolished. Were they gradually taken out or or in one go? (cos the latter would have been awesome :banana:)

just updated the status of Baberton Court, Barassie Court and Carnoustie Court on the wiki. RIP fellas :cry:

They were knocked down one by one, though some were blown up in pairs or so. Despite all the regeneration work, little has actually changed. The quality of the build is much better, but crime is rife and there is a particular family who are notorious with the police (I'm not allowed to name who but they sound like Cadbury). :ohno:

It all comes down to the fact that it's mainly down to the people rather than the housing. That said, some tower blocks were badly constructed.

Apparently, after only one year of being built large chunks of cladding were falling off some of the Centre 8 blocks :eek:! Talk about bad construction... :ohno:

A panorama of Leeds with some blocks in the foreground. These haven't been featured on here before.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/81017079-1.jpg

^^

Nice. :yes: Very dense on the right, very flat on the left!

Yeh the right is mainly the city centre but the left hand side has alot of proposals including Lumiere (54 & 32), Monkbridge Ford (33) and various others in the 20 storey mark. Theres also a fairly large group of blocks just to the left of the edge of the photo.
I took a picture of them from my flat but the picture was pretty poor quality.
There must be a Leeds forumer on here somewhere that has an interest in tower blocks.

Tower block in London that I found from that site kindly given to us the derilict forum. Shame it's burn't out though.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/1e0f06fa0.jpg

That must have been some fire in that one flat!! :eek:

Yeh tell me about it. It looks like some of the cladding has fallen off just above the balcony.
If so thats bad news for whoever owns that flat.

Tower block in London that I found from that site kindly given to us the derilict forum. Shame it's burn't out though.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/1e0f06fa0.jpg

There's a derelict forum! I'll have to check that out. Obviously can't be arsed looking for it so if anyone wants to send me the url I'd be much obliged.

:lol:, jesus that got the thread back on its feet. In fact this intense research was nothing. I came across it by pure chance. It is from a book called "Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology" by Michael Stratton. The section was quite brief but had some interesting figures in it and examples of tower blocks and construction methods. No doubt I'll be using that on the wiki! :happy:


I've looked at that book on Amazon before and thought about buying it. Is it any good as I'm a fan of both industrial buildings and tower blocks.

There's a derelict forum! I'll have to check that out. Obviously can't be arsed looking for it so if anyone wants to send me the url I'd be much obliged.

More a thread than a forum. Unless you mean an external forum from SSC. :dunno: Here's the link: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=484897

i wasnt even looking for Gorbals pics but ive never seen these before :eek: the lesser spotted Hutchy E estate under demolition in '87 (Aged 15!). Heres a wee taster:
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb20.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb5.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb17.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb13.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/gorbals/gorb21.jpg

and heres the link if you need more pics, info and skizz:
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/burnt1.htm

more demolition in Dundee, mini blocks this time:

http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/safedem/safedem2.jpg
http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~hfcampbe/safedem/safedem3.jpg

Now theres a find.:okay: Look at the detail on the balconies of that shorter block.

Its definately a sad sight seeing all those blocks demolished especially just two decades after they were built. In some cases they were demolished even earlier. How things changed from the visions that planners had in the 60s.

I've looked at that book on Amazon before and thought about buying it. Is it any good as I'm a fan of both industrial buildings and tower blocks.

It is a good book. It focusses alot on the construction side of things. It has more on industrial stuff though, and very little on tower blocks.

this morning ive uncovered a gold mine of info just looking at different demolition websites. Wiki bound this info is but i need to go into town. i'll leave you with this link to a video of the mitchellhill flats (not amateur footage for a change. you can see close ups shots and stuff)

http://www.safedem.co.uk/videos/Mitchellhill%20%20Road%20Blowdown%202.wmv

:eek: Think of the poor little hedgehogs sleeping away in the undergrowth! :ohno:


Nice find! Very impressive video!

Thanks schemie - professionally done. :yes: I loved how those blocks were built in a line by what looks like common land. Who wouldn't have wanted to live there?? Naive of me I know.... :|

I've always thought those blocks looked really small in photos/videos. I realised that they weren't, so it must be an optical illusion. Or am I just mad? Does anyone know what I mean?

And wasn't The Jeely Piece Song written about one of those?

Right I've been compiling a list and finding pictures on Microsoft Live Earth for what I think are all of Nottingham's blocks. This has taken me ages as I've had to crop the images etc and I didn't know the exact location for some of them.
Anyway enjoy.

Victoria Flats (the taller section)

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Vic.jpg

The smaller section.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Bottom.jpg

Burrows Court

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Burrows.jpg

The Four B's

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitled1.jpg

Just up the road from the four B's

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/radford.jpg

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitledgy8h.jpg

Colwick Woods Court

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitledhifguyf.jpg

2 Blocks in Sherwood.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitled-1.jpg

Southchurch Court in Clifton

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/south.jpg

3 Blocks In the Sneionton Area not far from the city centre

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/sneinton.jpg

Braidwood Court before it's refurbishment.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Braidwood.jpg

Lenton Flats Closeup.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/closeup.jpg

The group of 5.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Lenton.jpg

This is the nearest low rise block sort of thing near me in West Bridgford.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/Bridgford.jpg

Thanks for those stef! :okay:

There's something about these that I find quite attractive. It is a very interesting looking design.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w222/stefan_long18/untitledgy8h.jpg

Good work Stef!

Can you only show those pictures by capturing them and then hosting them yourself? I can only find a way of linking to them.

When I was searching through microsoft live map I just found what I wanted and then pressed the print screen button.
Then I pasted the image into word and then pasted it into paint to crop it.
After I'd cropped it I saved it in My Pictures. Then uploaded them into photobucket.

And wasn't The Jeely Piece Song written about one of those?

you betcha!

im a skyscraper wean and i live on the 19th floor
but i dont go out to play with my pals anymore
since we moved to Castlemilk im wasting away
cos im eating one less meal every day

OH! ye cannae fling pieces oot a 20 storey flat!
700 hungry weans will testify to that!
if its butter cheese or jelly, if the bread is plain or pan
the odds of that piece reaching earth are 99 to 1

:lol: oh the memories of the P6 summer concert come flooding back... The last verse is strangely Nostradamic:

we've wrote away to Oxfam to try and get some aid
-Castlemilk poverty referance
and all the weans in Castlemilk have formed a 'piece brigade
-Mitchellhill residents voted in favour of demolition
we're gonnae march to George's Square demanding civil rights
like no more houses to be built over 'piece flinging' height"
-and look where we are today...

spooky huh? and thanks for the Notingham pics steph. that looks time consuming. I particularly like the 4 'B's. I think ive seen them from a different angle before. strange periscope things on top and different sizes :okay: i encourage you to register them on our lovely wiki :yes:

so it must be an optical illusion. Or am I just mad?

"when a man from Wales thinks 20 storeys is a small , he is either well travelled or insane" - Chinese proverb

:hahaha:

When I was searching through microsoft live map I just found what I wanted and then pressed the print screen button.
Then I pasted the image into word and then pasted it into paint to crop it.
After I'd cropped it I saved it in My Pictures. Then uploaded them into photobucket.

What I use is a add-in to Firefox called Screengrab! You can select any part of the screen and copy it to the clipboard. Easy as anything.

Anyway Stef, I think you've got all the tall Notts blocks there. The twins towers in Sherwood (Woodthorpe and Winchester Courts) are my faves as I can go to my local park and take my daughter on the swings whilst overlooking them. They're in a really nice location pretty much in Woodthorpe park.

Thanks for those stef! :okay:

There's something about these that I find quite attractive. It is a very interesting looking design.


Here is a view of the whole block when they were put up.

https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM008794.jpg

:eek: I love the little box things in the bottom right hand quarter. Nottingham really is unique!

And thanks for the screengrab thing - that's gunna come in handy! :happy:

Yeah, those lickle blocks are great! Are they still there or have they been torn down to make way for modern houses?

Yeah, those lickle blocks are great! Are they still there or have they been torn down to make way for modern houses?

Yeah I think all the low-rise stuff round there has gone to be mainly replaced with crappy Barratt-houses.

Connaught Gardens:
https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM013604.jpg

Denman Flats:
https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM013635.jpg

Broadway Court:
https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM008137.jpg

Montford Court:
https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM008129.jpg

The Towers are still there though
https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM008132.jpg

https://system.hpacde.org.uk/picturethepast/jpgh_nottingham/NTGM008131.jpg

STEF - Do these not count as Bridgford ? They're actually alot more grotty than this images suggests:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/207416354_13e914bec2.jpg?v=0

Some Tower Block Telly for you:


The Tower Mon 25 Jun, 22:35 - 23:25
BBC One
Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due to begin. Strong language. [AD,S]

The Tower Mon 2 Jul, 22:45 - 23:35
BBC One
The last tenant has been removed from the ex council tower block, and the developers Berkley Homes can now start the renovation. [AD,S]

A few from South London

On the south side of Brockwell Park is the Herne Hill estate
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/P4160097.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/P4160098.jpg

This block is situated off Clapham Road near Stockwell. Incidently this photo was taken from the real Albert Square in SW8 and is much nicer than the Eastenders one, it is very grand for the area, like a West London square has been transplanted into the grimey streets of Stockwell
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/P4160122.jpg

A true beast. Again situated off Clapham Road the Oval end though. This design has been replicated in a few places around South London, there are a set of 3 off Kennington Lane near Elephant & Castle and there are some more somewhere between Stockwell and Wandsworth Road
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/P4160124.jpg

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d155/GazKinz/P4160125.jpg

^^

Thanks for those GazKinz! :okay: Some interesting ones there and slightly off the usual beaten track. They should prove quite popular in this thread. :yes:


Some Tower Block Telly for you:


The Tower Mon 25 Jun, 22:35 - 23:25
BBC One
Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due to begin. Strong language. [AD,S]

The Tower Mon 2 Jul, 22:45 - 23:35
BBC One
The last tenant has been removed from the ex council tower block, and the developers Berkley Homes can now start the renovation. [AD,S]

I watched the first half an hour but it wasn't quite what I expected. I got bored after that! Good views though. :yes:

A few from South London


London has some great blocks. Always jealous as the East Mids has so little of any worth.

Does anyone know what these flats are called ?
Whenever I take the coach (yeah yeah...) into London I go past these things, and i always thought they looked quite nice (and assumed so considering they were right by the river and Chelsea/Fulham.)

But when i went with a friend they said they saw them in a documentary where it said the place had quite a drug and crime problem.
and looking back it did seem a bit 'iffy'* (the scruffy net curtains...) but still, im guessing mistaken identity :dunno:

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w139/aubertonic/wertyr.jpg



*i knew someone called Iffy I did :yes:, i'd feel sorry for them but they were an asshole so it does not matter one single bit.

:lol: :lol:

I haven't seen blocks quite like that before! Certainly interesting shapes. :yes:

Thats the Worlds End flats :yes: nice name... apparently they got it from watching Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blowing up comets... or maybe they didnt... They were built in the late '70s so that would explain the strange shapes.

I like that brutalist block on the last pic of your set, Gaz. Looks like Trellick without the service tower.

Five years after Lewisham council sold off one of its riverside tower blocks to be turned into chic apartments, the transformation of the Tower is due to begin. Strong language.

lol strong language in a program about buildings? wtf?

"do wanna buy this fucking tower block, arsehole?
"aye alright, wanker"
:?

:laugh: I didn't watch it. I was too busy watching... what was I watching? Oh my god, I was watching Big Brother.:bash:

^^ DIE!

:gunz: Come and get me! :gunz:

^^

Calm down girls. :nono:


Thats the Worlds End flats :yes: ...They were built in the late '70s so that would explain the strange shapes.


Late 70s eh? Being born in 1980, I always think I was born way after all the tower block action of the 60s, then you go and find they were building closer up to my birthdate. In fact, I think there may be some 80s blocks somewhere, I know there are in Germany. :yes:

Thats the Worlds End flats :yes: nice name... apparently they got it from watching Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck blowing up comets... or maybe they didnt... They were built in the late '70s so that would explain the strange shapes.

I like that brutalist block on the last pic of your set, Gaz. Looks like Trellick without the service tower.

Ta.

Worlds end eh? it would be aptly named if it was given to estates such as castle vale etc. ;)

...or pirates of the carribean...

schemie: I have a problem on the wiki that someone noticed that one of the pictures was copyrighted. I've since deleted it but I'm worried that in the future, more people will start to realise this and the wiki could get into an ickle bit of trouble.

So, I'm going to start deleting pictures. But I understand that some pictures on there may have been taken by you. Would it be alright if you put a little note on the images you did take that they are yours and aren't coyprighted? Thanks! :okay:

I noticed the other day that there was a "new member" deleting pictures. :(

How come we can post other people's pictures on forums but not on the wiki? I know you can't on Wikipedia neither but that's different!

ooooh two new Members. Huzzah! Who is Testcard? and who has been deleting articles, Butterfield, they shall have a slow and painful death at my hands:colgate:

I think the person you mentioned. I think they mean business though, maybe officially. Copyrighted pictures and all that.

Effectively, the wiki on wikia is just like Wikipedia. It is made by the same people who run Wikipedia and the policies are written by those who run Wikipedia. Someone went and deleted the pictures off articles and then posted a message saying they were copyright violations with a link to the website they were from. I then deleted the picture off the wiki. I'm now on a mission to delete all the rest (not Butterfield's as they're his (I think!)). It may take time :|.