South Nitshill
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South Nitshill is a district
in the Scottish
city of Glasgow
. It is situated south of the River Clyde
.
The original housing scheme (the Crescent, Whiteacres, Woodfoot and the Valley) has now largely been demolished. Only the Valley area remains, and it has recently been refurbished.
The demolished areas have now been replaced with private housing (ironically, 60 of them flats) mainly built by Persimmon Homes. Other builders are across the road in the Parkhouse area (known to locals who lived in South Nitshill in the 70s and 80s as "The Wimpeys").
Although the scheme was, from the 70s onwards, plagued with social problems like any other, a strong community spirit remained. For those who have bought new houses or remain in the Valley area, the community spirit that once was in South Nitshill is somewhat lacking. Facilities are very poor - Nitshill Primary and Woodacre Nursery have now closed under Glasgow City Council's Pre 12 strategy, and not a single shop exists in the area. This has led to criticism from locals given there are (or will be) nearly 1400 houses in the area by 2011, yet no facilities to support them. In its 1970s and 80s heyday, South Nitshill had a dozen shops, two churches (St Bernard's and a little known Church of Scotland Church which closed in the early 80s), a bus terminus and "Jean's" three ice cream vans.
The only vestiges of the old scheme that now remains are the huge St Bernard's Catholic Church (designed by Glasgow architect Thomas Cordiner and opened in December 1963) and the Sky Dragon take-away shop (est 1989), both on Wiltonburn Road. This Parish and family run business still survives despite the destruction of all around, and looks forward to growth with the advent of new housing.
Regeneration will improve, hopefully, the physical appearance of the area, and perhaps in the future people will look back with fond memories of the new scheme as they did of the old.
District
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in the Scottish
Scotland
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city of Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
. It is situated south of the River Clyde
River Clyde
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.
The original housing scheme (the Crescent, Whiteacres, Woodfoot and the Valley) has now largely been demolished. Only the Valley area remains, and it has recently been refurbished.
The demolished areas have now been replaced with private housing (ironically, 60 of them flats) mainly built by Persimmon Homes. Other builders are across the road in the Parkhouse area (known to locals who lived in South Nitshill in the 70s and 80s as "The Wimpeys").
Although the scheme was, from the 70s onwards, plagued with social problems like any other, a strong community spirit remained. For those who have bought new houses or remain in the Valley area, the community spirit that once was in South Nitshill is somewhat lacking. Facilities are very poor - Nitshill Primary and Woodacre Nursery have now closed under Glasgow City Council's Pre 12 strategy, and not a single shop exists in the area. This has led to criticism from locals given there are (or will be) nearly 1400 houses in the area by 2011, yet no facilities to support them. In its 1970s and 80s heyday, South Nitshill had a dozen shops, two churches (St Bernard's and a little known Church of Scotland Church which closed in the early 80s), a bus terminus and "Jean's" three ice cream vans.
The only vestiges of the old scheme that now remains are the huge St Bernard's Catholic Church (designed by Glasgow architect Thomas Cordiner and opened in December 1963) and the Sky Dragon take-away shop (est 1989), both on Wiltonburn Road. This Parish and family run business still survives despite the destruction of all around, and looks forward to growth with the advent of new housing.
Regeneration will improve, hopefully, the physical appearance of the area, and perhaps in the future people will look back with fond memories of the new scheme as they did of the old.