On Friday 25th of September the ‘Housing, Everyday Life and Wellbeing’ team participated in ‘Explorathon 2015’. We had a stall at Kelvingrove Museum where we told visitors about our project and asked for their opinions on high flats in Glasgow. Here’s what people thought: Gorbals: souce: University of Glasgow Archive, ‘Homes in High Flats collection’ (DC127)… Continue reading →
Did you live in a high flat in Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s? Where did you play? We’d love to hear from you! You could fill out our short online questionnaire Or You can leave a comment under this post, email us or look us up on social media: Email: multistoreymemories@gmail.com Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/housingandwellbeing Facebook: ‘Multistorey… Continue reading →
Did you live in a high flat in Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s? Where did you play? We’d love to hear from you! You could fill out our short questionnaire Or You can leave a comment under this post, email us or look us up on social media: Email: multistoreymemories@gmail.com Website: www.glasgow.ac.uk/housingandwellbeing Facebook: ‘Multistorey Memories Glasgow’… Continue reading →
Did you live in Red Road flats in the late 1960s or 1970s? Do you have ‘mulitstorey memories’ you would like to share? We’d love to hear from you. Please fill out our short online questionnaire Source: ©Virtual Mitchell, C3955 Red Road n.d. Red Road has become a symbol of Glasgow’s post-war high rise building drive… Continue reading →
Washing and drying clothes in high flats Did you live in a high flat in Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s? Where did you dry your washing? If you have ‘multistorey memories’ you’d like to share you can follow this link to complete our short online questionnaire Alternatively you can email us directly at multistoreymemories@gmail.com or… Continue reading →
Glasgow Corporation and Le Corbusier – The deputation to Marseilles revisited Do you have ‘multistorey memories’? Did you live in high rise flat in Glasgow in the 1960s and 1970s? If so we’d like to hear from you. Please complete our short online questionnaire Source: Unité d’Habitation in Marseille (image found at www.brutilismus.com) As everyone interested… Continue reading →
Do you have memories of high flat living in the 1960s and 1970s in Glasgow? Would you be willing to talk to us about your experiences? In the late 1960s Pearl Jephcott and Hilary Robinson, along with some hired market researchers, went round all the high rises then built in Glasgow conducting interviews with a… Continue reading →