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Housing in Drumchapel - geograph.org.uk - 903236
Housing in Drumchapel

Drumchapel is a part of Glasgow, Scotland. It became part of Glasgow in 1938. Housing for about 30,000 people was built in the 1950s to help with overcrowding in Glasgow. At first there was only one post office and one telephone box. Drumchapel did not get its first shopping centre until the early 1960s. Local residents call it "The Drum".

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  • Drumchapel from the air (geograph 5310333)

    Aerial view of central Drumchapel (2017), with the local secondary school surrounded by expanses of unused land following the demolition of substandard housing, with modern houses and refurbished tenements also in view

  • 27 Linkwood Crescent

    Linkwood Crescent tower blocks (two refurbished in the 2010s, one demolished)

  • Drumchapel shopping centre - geograph.org.uk - 362945

    The derelict shopping centre at Drumchapel

  • Barrels of whisky - geograph.org.uk - 667439

    Whisky bond barrels and tenements on Heathcot Ave

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