We are a local, non-partisan campaign that intends to ensure that Glasgow City Council keeps Whiteinch Library open and in its original purpose-made building.
Whiteinch, Glasgow
Joined May 2021
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Many people have been asking why the @savewhiteinch campaign is still on the go, now that the library is finally open.
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The campaign's work has now been immortalised at the Mitchell Library.
They have stored and catalogued a range of materials, mainly handmade protest items that were displayed outside Whiteinch Library during the protest period.
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If you're looking for a bike, please consider buying one from the Common Wheel, a Glasgow-based mental health charity.
Their bike sales is on at their workshop in Bridgeton on Saturday 26 October.
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This ia exactly what Whiteinch needs ... a water feature. And y'know, it's been staring us in the face all this time.
Game of statues. “The design for the western part of the Square suggests an area for cafes to spill out along with paved areas for events and may include a water feature.” Yes, water features seem to be very much on-trend within Glasgow these days… heraldscotland.com/news/2427…
It's a disgrace - well done Thornwood!
Big day for us @GlasgowCC We asked our community their thoughts on one of the most dangerous roundabouts in the city. A danger exacerbated by the reckless decision to build a drive thru. Here's a reminder what the community said...
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The city council destroyed the community without a second thought.
Our community was sacrificed and wrecked for the Clyde Expressway and the Clyde Tunnel.
Reporter talking of Whiteinch in 1970
"The ring-road skirts Whiteinch and boxes it in as effectively as any barbed-wire fence. Hundreds of houses have been torn down and the families moved away. There's an air of tiredness, almost of apathy about the place 1/2
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Let's hope that the battle is not over and that something can yet be done to restore Aberdeen's closed libraries.
@SaveAbdnLibs
So sorry to hear that the 6 closed libraries in Aberdeen will remain closed. Important to highlight what an incredible job @SaveAbdnLibs have done regardless including ensuring there was a legal challenge to try and prevent this damaging decision bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce5j…
Not only did it ruin a good bit of the area, that junction severed Whiteinch from Partick and Thornwood
It wasn't just Victoria Park & Whiteinch affected by the Tunnel. The video shows destruction wrought on neighbouring Thornwood.
We're hoping to hear today how @glasgowcc will finally mitigate issues for pedestrians.
@LanaRMc @EunisJassemi @PaulJSweeney
Thx to @give_back_vp
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In better days!
The park's southern fringe used to be a much quieter, more genteel place than today.
These days, just to the left of the fence line is the four-lane Expressway, which punched through the southern fringe of the park in the 60's... just so folk could get to Clydebank more quickly!
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.@GlasgowCC's aim is that people are no more than 20 mins walk from services, including libraries.
The map's pink area shows who'd be deprived of this if the 'city government' & @glasgowlife succeeded in closing Whiteinch in '21.
A lot of residents!
@FeargalDalton @LanaRMc
ALT Residents in VP Ward & Scostoun more than 20 mins from a Library had Whiteinch closed
Concerned to hear plans for a massive freight hub in Whiteinch bringing noise and air pollution.
Does @GlasgowCC mean what it says about it becoming a Liveable Neighbourhood and mitigating the Expressway's impact . This makes it worse!
@LanaRMc @EunisJassemi @feargaldalton
Agreed! It's pretty dire.
In the debate about the Liveable Neighbourhoods proposals, some people are saying the underpass from Whiteinch Library to the park is OK.
Well, it's not ... it's in an absolute mess and often flooded.
No wonder some feel unsafe walking through it.
@LanaRMc @FeargalDalton
The threat is always there. We are not complacent and will keep our campaign going.
#dearchancellor
Since 2010
800+ libraries closed
10,000+ library jobs lost
Budgets & opening hrs slashed
Has absolutely nothing to do with productivity.
#austerity
#SpringBudget2024
#savelibraries
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Our playpark is starting to look somewhat knackered and could be dangerous in bits!
Following our audit of repairs & refurbishment necessary in the play area, we can confirm that @GlasgowCC has committed a substantial for play area renewal in the park this year.
Hoping that our Cllrs ensure that these get done reasonably timeously.
@LanaRMc @FeargalDalton
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Lovely and one of the few left over for the wholesale demolitions in the 60's.
A traditional red sandstone Glasgow tenement in the Whiteinch area of the city. It looks like the ground floor was originally retail spaces all the way along, but most have now been turned into flats.
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #tenement #whiteinch
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