Bert, in the early 50s what are now known as flats where called tenements. Now of course No flats are built as the blocks of living quarters that are built are called APARTMENTS.
Ships that pass in the night, seldom seen and soon forgoten
I was brought up in the town centre of birkenhead it was great it was just a big building site was a big adventure playing where you wern't supposed to but we were happy im proud to be from birkenhead just wish you could get rid of the chavs and lowlife
I was brought up in the town centre of birkenhead it was great it was just a big building site was a big adventure playing where you wern't supposed to but we were happy im proud to be from birkenhead just wish you could get rid of the chavs and lowlife
You did, they were all sent to Seacombe when the North end was demolished.
no i lived by central station rodney st still there today the flyover in borough rd was getting built and the grange precinct then lived in the northend for twelve years now i live in bebington
There were tenements in the Gorbals area, but high rise tower block flats were built in the 60s which just increased the population density and hence the problems, these were called flats not tenements.
Yes DD, only an Englishman and Glasgow planning dept would call them flats, high rise or not, people in the Gorbals simply seen it as flitting from the old tenements to the new tenements and many more names besides, my wife's uncle, being on the top floor, simply called his a concrete Monroe. As we all know, these high rise monstrosity's never worked anywhere in the UK.
God help us, Come yourself, Don't send Jesus, This is no place for children.
Like Bert1 said, everywhere has it's good & bad areas.
I for one, absolutely love coming over to Birkenhead to visit the family whenever I can. Vast majority of Birks are full of character, humour & optimism. Something that is sadly missing here in Lincolnshire & in many places around the country.
Although I left Birkenhead at a young age I am extremely proud to tell folk where I was born. Which usually opens up a good chat when people say "where the fook is that"?
With reference to Glasgow tenements. The original ones, (not the later high rise monstrosities), are now very desirable & expensive. Faced with sandstone, usually 3 or 4 stories high, they had several apartments on each floor & a communal wash-house in the basement. Residents took it in turns to clean the communal areas, like the stairs. There was pride in appearance in those days; I remember as a child in Birkenhead that everyone kept their bit of the pavement clean & the step donkey stoned.
Me - Birkenhead, born and bred, couldn't wait to move back after wandering around other parts of the Wirral. Proud to be a Birkonian!
Me too!! I moved to Rock Ferry in May 2009, and I hated it. Kids and young adults hanging round the street, police cars up and down the street every night. Moved back to Birkenhead 8 weeks ago, and it was the best thing I ever did. Certainly will not be moving again!!!
Didn't want to move a way in the first place but had to for a job. Chuffed to bits now I am back and won't hear a wrong word about the place. Feel very comfortable and it's good to be home again. Don't get me wrong, some of the places I've been to are very nice indeed but I don't get the same buzz as I do back here.
oh wait I can swim 
