Can't remember now where I dug this up, but this documentary is apparently from a series called "Current Account" made by BBC Scotland, this episode is titled "U Belong to Glasgow", transmitted 27 May 1977, and the presenter is Keith Cargill. If anyone's interested 😁
Remember when the random 19 and 17 year old could get themselves on the list for a council house and not even be married? And get selected so very quickly they were advertising for people to join the community. The reason this was available cause it was a new build on virgin land for a housing estate. If only the country did this still.
The only thing clear here is the pomposity of the men who had free reign to build this. It's breathtaking to think they could indulge in such an obviously flawed communistic scheme whilst going back to their mock tudor homes in Surrey. It's alright chaps, we've designed a nice scheme for the inferior plebs....inside toilets, clinic and two pubs.
And today, 29 June 2024, the then new generation of underground trains from the 70s is history. Yesterday, 28 June 2024, the Metro Camell trains built in the 1970s ran for the last time and a new era of Stadler trains has finally begun. It's interesting to note that an era with new trains and modernised stations from the 1970s is finally over and today they are already old and retro. Today, most of the stations have been modernised again and the new trains are in operation.
Thanks for sharing. When town planners/politicians/architects etc. talk of "15 minute cities" in the 21st Century, this dystopian nightmare is the reality. Hope you're feeling better Martin. Looking forward to some new music. ;-)
I visited Cumbernauld for a day on business in 1990. Drove up from rural Hertfordshire to meet with a member of my staff. My overriding impression from that one winters day was one of pity for the people that had to live in such a depressing place. Stevenage, Milton Keynes and Harlow were new towns that I knew fairly well in the South and in my opinion were much nicer places to live. Writing this in 2024, I wonder what Cumbernauld looks like now?
the lady at 22:55 hit the nail on the head, all these people lived in 200 year old terrace houses in literal s**tholes which was part of the reason they were knocked down in the first place, they were devoid of any space and individuality much like the new flats they were moved into except with the modern flats they didnt have to live like pigs, but surprise surprise these same people turned the council estates into the slums they moved away from within 10 years
Before they built these places, both the planners and the architects should have been told that upon completion, they would be made to live in these places.
A very imaginative movie, years ahead of itself. Well directed with some real power-play actors to ensure it would be a terrific all-time great. This movie has stood the test of time, it's still a great watch even today 50 years later! May all those actors no longer with us dearly R.I.P.🌼..... and Thank You!
Having rented a penthouse I can tell you that what you saw was not the origional penthouses. The penthouses were ripped apart to make office space. The origional penthouses was a futuristic imagining of what life could be, and the finish of the penthouses was an interior designers dream. You opened the front door into a large area. The ceiling was in wooden slats, there was an open wood half staircase down to the bedroom with a porthole window. Opposite the bedroom was a beautifully fitted bathroom. Go back up the half open slatted wooden stairs to the entrance - then up another open wooden half stair case to a large sittingroom with underfloor heating with the external wall all glass looking over the hills. At the back of the sitting room was an open wooden stair leading to the kitchen/dining area - with windows looking onto the hills the other side. From the kitchen was another open wood staircase leading to the rooftop garden. All the ceilings were wooden slats throughout the building. All these feature were removed to make office space - which was unseccessful.
@@MartinHannett_ Just watched a Town for Tomorrow and I could not see the interior of any penthouse. When you moved into a penthouse there was nothing but the rooms - no shelves, cupboards - it was all totally futuristic empty space but well designed. There were also 'rules' - such as NO children to live in the penthouse, and you had to provide income/status before you were allocated a penthouse. As a result living in the penthouse was living in an echo chamber of wealthy childless people - not representative of society. I found it incredibly dreary. Equisite design, rubbish community! My husband was a landscape architect/town planner and had been seconded to work for C Development Company. There were many aspirations as to how the new town should work - but many aspirations were totally unpractical. Take the roof gardens of the Town Centre - they were supposed to be a kind of jungle experience, but the only thing that would grow on the roof was Arctic Moss, so it was decieded to make the roof into a sculpture garden. First high winds the sculptures/stones blew off the roof and cracked the penthouse windows - so in the end the roof became asphalt and moss. This next thing is just bizarre - it was hoped that F1 racing could be attracted to Cumbernauld, so the road system was built to adapt to F1 racing and the pit stops were alledgedly going to be under the shopping centre. To me, Cumbernauld is a monument to the failures of government interference in social engineering.
Just watched and yes it was a look out of the kitchen window and a glance down to the sitting room - but you never saw how incredible the interiors really were. Thanks for the link.
How generous of the Establishment to reward WW2 heroes & survivors with prisons! Took another 20yrs before gentrification started....for the wealthiest.
People sitting here in 2024 really need to drop their attitudes and realise that back then people were often moving from shty housing with inadequate room for their families. So these were luxury. That crpy people ended up living there was the roll of the dice - those sort of people can live anywhere
Remember the Butlins booking shop ... Went there to sign up for a job at Minehead camp as a dishwasher 🤣in 1983 ... I got the job as was one of the ONE IN TEN .... the dole in other words... but my mate who was still at university, looking for a summer job...got turned down ... Took 8hrs to get there on a National Express Rapide Service ... That job set me going in life ... gave me life experience.. all thanks to that Butlins Shop ... In The Bull Ring .. seems like yesterday but that 1st job application was 41 years ago ☺️
