Four blocks in the historic estate could be demolished
Four tower blocks in the historic Wyndford estate have been earmarked for demolition by Wheatley Homes Glasgow and tenants have been campaigning to save them.On Saturday November 5 William Doolan, who has lived in one of the Maryhill tower blocks for 22 years, will speak out at the Scottish Tenants Organisation refoundation conference in Glasgow.The Herald can exclusively reveal that Mr Doolan will lead a call for volunteers to squat and occupy the four blocks while also refusing a new tenancy.
"This will be a substantial operation and will involve those taking part partnered with those with tenancies. We will give them constant support and this is also a way to ensure that those still living in the blocks do not feel isolated. The residents have every right to be there. We want to ensure it is entirely political in nature and ordered."
Last month residents staged a rally on Maryhill Road and issued a pledge. The Wyndford High Flats pledge which said 'I pledge to remain in my home until is refurbished and made fit for generations to come, I refuse to leave my home.' Long before the tower blocks, it was the site of Maryhill Barracks where Rudolph Hess, Adolf Hitler’s second-in-command, was taken after crash landing in a field near Eaglesham, East Renfrewshire, for peace talks in 1941. It was being used as a prisoner-of-war camp at the time and in 1942, the Free French leader, General Charles de Gaulle, visited French troops there.
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