Comments on: East Kilbride – home? http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/ Leila Sattary Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Tony MacDiarmid http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-700 Tony MacDiarmid Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:36:45 +0000 http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-700 East KIlbride once was a pretty place. I spent my childhood there. Then it was a small, quiet village, surrounded by green fields and had a relatively stable population. The village and the community were systematically destroyed by a group of well-meaning vandals, posing as architects and town planners. They were known collectively as the East Kilbride Development Association. The destruction started in the late 1940's with an influx of solid, ordinary people mostly from Glasgow. Unfortunately they brought a culture of religeous intolerance with them. I have visited EK about 20 times since I left in 1959. Each time, the deterioration of the town appears to be accelerating. The current financial crisis will probably mean a drastic increase in unemployment. The 'neds' will proliferate and wreck the town some more. I don't think I will return again. John Hannah was right! My advice to young EK people - get out!! East KIlbride once was a pretty place. I spent my childhood there. Then it was a small, quiet village, surrounded by green fields and had a relatively stable population. The village and the community were systematically destroyed by a group of well-meaning vandals, posing as architects and town planners. They were known collectively as the East Kilbride Development Association. The destruction started in the late 1940’s with an influx of solid, ordinary people mostly from Glasgow. Unfortunately they brought a culture of religeous intolerance with them. I have visited EK about 20 times since I left in 1959. Each time, the deterioration of the town appears to be accelerating. The current financial crisis will probably mean a drastic increase in unemployment. The ‘neds’ will proliferate and wreck the town some more. I don’t think I will return again. John Hannah was right! My advice to young EK people – get out!!

]]> By: Leila http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-682 Leila Fri, 16 May 2008 19:27:13 +0000 http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-682 Yes - I can just about remember it when it was just a street. It used to have those big concrete things (that are now outside the swimming pool) in the middle of it. Yes – I can just about remember it when it was just a street. It used to have those big concrete things (that are now outside the swimming pool) in the middle of it.

]]> By: Bob http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-681 Bob Fri, 16 May 2008 15:04:20 +0000 http://eccentricity.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/east-kilbride-home/#comment-681 The Princess Mall used to be the main road through the town centre. Then they turned it into a pedestrian precinct and then covered it over many years later. theres photos kicking about somewhere back when it was still a road. The Princess Mall used to be the main road through the town centre. Then they turned it into a pedestrian precinct and then covered it over many years later.

theres photos kicking about somewhere back when it was still a road.

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