I worked in Easterhouse about 12/13 years ago doing internal insulation. We were told to keep vans locked and stuff would get bumped but the people in the area couldn't have been any nicer and not even a screw or bottle of mastic went missing. We got treated far better in some house there than in more well off areas in glasgow. Never a day without the offer of tea and biscuits.
Billy l think you are a very caring and responsible person, keep up the good work.l have to tell you we would have been happy to live in those lovely houses with gardens , double glazing, baths, central heating, and electricity !!!. I am 77 years old the people l grew up with would have and did, kept our living spaces clean.By the way l am a proud Manc. My old stamping ground was Ancoats, a very deprived area, now it's posh. I believe it's part of the northern quarter. Cheers Billy you're tops.
Much the same with me, worked in possil for many years, bosses warned me how bad it was yet it was one of the best areas I had ever worked! A lot of poverty and a deprived area but the people in it were good people
Thank you Billy for walking around the various housing "schemes" in the United Kingdom. I like it when you show the actual front yards, doors and backyards, fencing around the houses or area, the schools and the gardens and grounds around schools and schemes. I live, and am from, central Ontario, Canada. I live in a small town of around 6,700 people (I live on a river) so what you show us is very, very interesting to me. I get a feel for how the common folk live in each scheme in the wider U.K. Thank you for taking the time to show us buildings and house fronts and life.
Hiya to you over in Ontario 👍 It's brilliant to hear how far these videos are reaching .. and great to know that you get a proper feel for the way people live .
@@mol588 If nothing else I like reality. Not fake. I do care and want to know how you are doing in the U.K. I'm a U.K. "watcher" so these videos are wonderfully informative and I appreciate them.
@@gazzy9136 And I love the U.K!!! I may never get there, but I can, through videos like these from Billy Moore. Keep safe as things sometimes rock 'n roll a bit on the streets in your country. (As they can everywhere.) I'm watching and praying!
Always kind always compassionate. Bless you Billy. We are witnessimg death not by but post a thousand cuts with more to come. Stay safe and keep spreading the truth 🙏
Phew! So glad Billy knows how to carry himself. Also…has always amazed me how Scousers and Glaswegians understand each others language and accents. Being Glaswegian myself, the only other region/group i’ve felt that affinity with is Geordies.
Amazing isn't it! I can understand every word perfectly! I have worked around the Glasgow area a lot fitting boilers over the years. I was in the Drum in 2018 (when Steven Gerrard was the manager of Rangers) for 6 months. Stayed in an apartment on the never ending Dumbarton Road! And wegians always spot our scouse accents and have a good chat. Usually about the footy. Been to a couple of Rangers games over the years and oh my God, what a stadium!!! A bit like Goodison but bigger! 🫡🫵
i grew up in drumchapel, in the first part of your drumchapel section where you spoke to those kids. untili was about 6 years old i lived directly facing the parade of shops, the houses have been changed though,before moving closer to the centre..... this would have been in the 80s, i found a dead body in one of the old back courts when i was 5... saw my first murder at 7, i lost count of how many beating, stabbings, slashings and coshings i saw growing up there, id say drumchapel was at its worst in the early 90s as far as violence went, at the age of 15/16 i became a victim of said violence by proxy of walking through a part of drumchapel i did not live, despite having no affiliation with any gangs... they almost killed me, left me with a fractured skull, broken jaw, various stab and slash wounds resulting in a very long hospital stay, ove 200 internal and external stitches all because i ddnt live in that part of the drum (up the hill).... I learned from this that injuries heal, some take longer than others... now 30 years later i have a permanent headache, 2 of the most unsighly scars imaginable, one going from ear to mouth, the injuries healed, but the trauma still exists and it can be hard to regain any confidence you had
Well written and expressed appreciate your honesty I lived through the 70 80z and first half of 90z in Drumchapel and drumry got many a pasting eventually left scotland and never looked bk best decision I ever made
Another great vlog billy, always look forward to watching always gutted when there’s not one on every day, but you have a life too, it just goes to show how good they are, even if it can be sad to the decline on our streets, but it’s real life so that what you get! Thanks again billy.
My Mum n Dad brought us to Canada 50 years ago and gave us a great life,now 50 years later I'm moving back to Scotland with my wife to see if we can't make a go of it ,Canada has became VERYexpensive to live these days. Thanks for the upload❤❤❤
My parents were married in Glasgow and we moved to South Africa where I grew up , I’m now 50 soon and been back in West Lothian for 30 years , I wouldn’t stay anywhere near these schemes in Glasgow or the rough parts of Edinburgh
Don't. I am Scottish and would do anything to leave. Stay where you are. I mean that with the best of intention. The cost of living and the standard of living is crap here.
Born in Drumchapel in 74up the hill Born in Halgreen,and moved up the hill to Fetticairn ,a miss them years so much,,a loved it as a kid Played for linkwood ,and Clydebank boys club ,,then we moved to Govan ,great fun
Torran Road. The house with the white porch was ours and my grandparents in the early 70's😃never had the porch mind you😂😂great memories of there and Baldovan crescent 👌great footage mate 👏
I went with a girl from Wellhouse in Easterhouse 30 years ago (now demolished). We went to visit her parents and her dad gave use some booze to take with us when we left. He insisted on wrapping them in newspaper so the locals wouldn't hear the clinking when we went for the bus.
I was born and raised in wellhouse im 36 now heard it was better times then but I miss alot about the place im only up the road now in provanhall .... know the lassie he was talking to her dad halgie looked after me alot when growing up
@@G-1872 I worked with a couple of guys from Provanhall around 20 odd years ago, one stayed in the newer houses at the bottom and one up the hill. Good to know it's still standing.
I was engaged to a guy from Easterhouse 45 years ago. He lived in a lovely street, Auchencrow Street, all semi detached houses and lovely neighbours. You wouldn’t think you were in Easterhouse. Everyone took car of their gardens.
@@bobbibuttons8730 My dad is from Cranhill, he says when the schemes were first built people couldn't believe the quality of the houses the fresh air and the space the kids had outside. Problems started to appear pretty quickly because public transport was poor, there was no public services and de-industrialization meant mass unemployment. In 15 years the big schemes changed from Utopias to Dystopias.
On a serious note good stuff Bill as usual...good little piece when ya mentioned the kids playing with rubbish growing up with No inspiration and hardly any hope! None of government that's for sure and it's as you said Billy... "SAD" 😱 4real thanks for your time,passion & content pal 👍🏼
Good one billy u show the proper places not just people that's got everything the people that lead ordinary lives enjoy all ur vids keep on going take care xx ❤❤
Thank God My Grandparents and baby Mum immigrated to Australia in 1954... MY 17 Grand Children Don't Know How Lucky They Are. Polar opposite Worlds literally and figuratively. Love You Granny and Pop
I've lived in Glasgow all my life. I love my city and glad you mentioned our spirit as the community and city spirit is genuinely inspired. Commonwealth 2014 was great and 2026 will hopefully keep Scotland on the international map So in that vein, i wholeheartedly think we need new UK wide national emergency response to child poverty all throughout the UK. Starmer has a five year mandate and although I'm for Scottish Independence, I hope he drives towards that and maybe change alot of peoples minds Also first time Ive saw your video Billy, It's great to see passionate people go and actually speak to these people instead of patronising them and telling them what they need. Communited-based focus-groups would be a great start. Brilliant Billy mate.
Nice one billy , welcome to Glasgow, glad to have you here bro , I think drumchapel and easterhouse are 2 of the biggest housing schemes/ estates manors whatever people call them us in Scotland 🏴 call them schemes
Currently from the Drum (Drumchapel) came across purely by chance, good to see someone showing the poverty and hardship for the majority and same where you're from same problems same type of folk so respect and appreciation from someone Currently from there and have to say thanks for the music that you Manchester lads have gave us over the years 👌👌✌️👍
Hi billy loving these videos and I believe there very important its like the uks on the brink of apocalyptic in some areas its that run down not here like and thanks for making the effort to go and film these,hiws judder btw
Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Castlemilk, Arden were really rough, as were many inner city estates like the notorious Red Road Flats at Blackhill, Pinkston estate at Sighthill, Gorbals/ Calton /Bridgton / Maryhill / Hutchesontown etc. Superficially much better now, just like Ferguslie Park at Paisley just down the road
Red Road flats weren't in Blackhill. Their bit was Springburn/Balornock/Barmulloch/Gringo. Blackhill is the other side of Royston Rd heading towards the the top end between the M8 and M80 motorways.
Studied housing estate management in Edinburgh in late 90s...a trip to Easter house was unforgettable the Scots have had it harder than us down south ..the schemes are next level the best people but it pays to know a few as tricky places
Billy as always you show the side what governments dont wany you to see. That care home is disgusting the way its been left, the whole area is awful, how are these people supposed to feel wanted and upbeat when they have no hope. This makes me so angry that they find money for "others in this country" and send monies over seas when people are living in downtrodden estates. No hope for the children. Governments should be ashamed !!!
there is loads of tax payer money that goes in these schemes but it gets sucked out by drugs, every penny that would be spent on improvement goes to the dealers and the off licence even the chemist, some of these chemists make an absolute fortune getting paid doling out methadone and then people look at the area and blame the government, much easier than asking anyone to take some self responsibility, same in my area, the guy over from me has had his door kicked in 3 times in the last couple of years, druggie feud. the council comes along and gives him a new door each time not to mention the broken windows. thousands of pounds down the drain but no one complains about that blame them for sending money abroad
Glasgow city council is too busy wasting money on rainbow flags painted in the city centre to be helping our communities. As the lassie said, there's nothing for the kids to do. When I grew up on the 70's we had play areas and community centres, now there's nothing. Glaswegians deserve better.
@@traceys8065 £8000 for two pride flags painted on the pavements in merchant city, now the residents want it painted over, yet they've no money for the community centres x
My mother and grandparents moved to Drumchapel when it was first built ive fond memories of visiting my granparents there,i was brought up just along the road in knightswood Billy
Not all bad was born in Easterhouse worked all over Glasgow , just no money been spent on the place , but plenty off money spent in the new shopping centre .
@@Chris-v6b1nI expect to get what I pay for and not subsidise more affluent areas of the city. Are Japanese roads better maintained than ours? What do they pay in GBP for council tax, or similar, and what services are provided under that provision?
@markdavidson9743 18.30. Can't even take care of her teeth, never mind herself. Dressing gown on during the working day... suppose she is just back from a hard shift eh! Gifted a free house, free money, free food but it's someone else's fault! Join the real world where people need to help themselves. A grown adult treated like a baby and relying on a government to drag her up. A drain and the cycle continues...
So we have a housing crisis? Raynor goes on about building new houses, why can’t we just regenerate what we have? And tidy the country up? Surely it can’t be that hard
Grew up in Easterhouse, my mum still stays there. I don't miss staying there at all, also lived in Dalmarnock and Bridgeton. In a nice quiet place now still in East End of Glasgow lol
Grew up in the area of easterhouse where that nursing home is left when 20 went to dublin never forget the best memories and always say im from easterhouse first then glasgow
My ma and da moved up the drum from partick in 59 Tallant Rd there was no pubs or anything just a few shops no bookies my da had to meet a bookies runner to put a bet on no bookies but we had were own toilet my ma hated the drum she missed partick eventually they built the butty the Linkwood the peel the gurnin gates and the hills hotel and the supermarket I've great memory's off the drum live in England now left in 78 at 21
There seems to be some rough housing in Edinburgh just before you get to Waverley station when on the train. Don’t know what area it is. Isn’t there a rough part of Leith too? x
@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh I live in rural southern Portugal. Just peace, quiet, me, my two cats and dog here. I did a stint in London back when I was younger. Didn't like it at all. The 2011 riots were the last straw. Was gone a year later. 🩷
@DMWBN3 Aw glad they all got away. It just looks like a really tough place to be living. Angro around every corner. As I was saying in my other reply here, I did a spell living in London and that was frightening at times. Especially during the riots back in 2011.
@@MelissasArt yeah I would love that rural life in Portugal, it's not too bad we're i live in Heysham, in Morecambe bay, Tyson Fury country 😆, it's nice and peaceful and two minutes away from the Irish sea, absolutely stunning on a day like today, cos I got lovely views of the lake District and all the peaks. So if I close my eyes I could be in Portugal 😆😆. 👍.
I grew up in Milton in the 80’s, 90’s’ 00’s. I loved it there, growing up in a scheme isn’t as bad as people think. I never felt unsafe, walked the streets of Possil in the middle of the night, never felt frightened
I like Billy. He's a very straightforward get to the point person. He's like a scouse version of Roger Cook. No bull, straight to the point. Solid guy.
My aunt who was a school teacher in Drumchapel stayed there in the 60s&70s. Caroline Drive. Remember visiting her often, there was loads of kids out playing then. I havnt been there for years since she died.
Drumchapels population has plummeted since the 80s,90s. So few people live there compared to previously. I used to work there with James Mclvoey, who went on to be a Hollywood superstar.
Im a Garthamlock boy born and bred, right next door to Easterhouse, tough areas to live in if you were not " street wise" ive seen many come and go because they didnt fit in,its easy to attract attention if your new to the scheme, but i had a brilliant childhood till early 20s there, some hortible people yes but some very good people lived there
..excellent vid as always Billy your a 'Legend' ..many beutyfull houses yet its a shame the area is high in crime,poverty also its being neglected by the council who are doing nothing, no parks, not many shops ..alot of over-grown areas ..back in the early 90s I bet it was absolutely beutyfull
Drumchapel is the 70's and 80's was wild with gangs. The 90's drugs were everywhere. 2000's calmed down a bit and in the last 10/15 years it calmed even more, and is no different from anywhere else. Possibly the poshest of all the big Glasgow Schemes.😂 A great place to grow up with a majority of nice, respectable and hard working people👌 Footballer Andy Gray and movie superstar James McAvoy are both from Drumchapel. Also, comedian Billy Connelly moved to the Drum when it was first built.
the boy in the blue with the buckfast is local to me in knightswood always see him near the shop in blairdardie picking up and binning rubbish makes a great job of it too definitely has a wee screw loose but harmless i give him change sometimes glasgow is not really as bad as it used to be these areas need investment and infostructure
I've just posted similar comment, he lives near me in Drumchapel and I always see him picking up the rubbish and putting it in the bin, I wish other folk were as considerate, he seems harmless eh 😊
I heard you say that all the schemes look the same, im sure in the 50s and 60s when Drumchapel, Easterhouse and Castlemilk where first built it was the same architect that designed the buildings and he had 1 vision 😂😂 Im from Drumchapel lived there 32 years amazing people great memories but a really tough environment with little hope for young people. Ive been away nearly 10 years now but it will always be home.
Yes Billy lad.. Up in the badlands of Scotland... Pretty grim I'd say... But there's folk who only know living in the schemes... I agree with you on the sad facts for youth today living in them places... Drugs n crime is so wrong however for many it's trying to escape a living existence like that. Thanks as always my mate good content... Gb 💯
Used to live in Easterhouse when I was 9. Stayed in wee cul-de-sac called Glennelg Quadrant. Went to Bishoploch Primary and the Lochend High School. My 1st time walking to school with my wee brother, we got bricks thrown at us cause the other bairns thought we were English. Once it transpired that we weren't English and that there was a lot of us (7 in total) we made some really good pals. If anything, it was character building.
Good content, but just showing the really bad bits obviously, its not all doom and gloom. I live in Drumchapel, the guy with the blue hoodie picks up the litter and bins it when he's out and about, shame not everyone is as tidy.
Totally agree but showing the worst gets likes and this is what it's all about. I lived down the peel Glen, have 3 daughters now, one runs a busy commodities office, once a pediatric nurse the youngest is studying to be a social worker, they're not the exceptions, so many good people in the Drum and Easterhouse and this doesn't give them credit, I'd rather live amongst them, salt of the earth, than live in a place with big lovely houses but the neighbours don't even talk and just remember, a lot of your bigger criminals live in those very place . I now live in the south side but if sadly anything happens to any of my family we'll only use Alex Black undertakers , from the Peel Glen a more humble and caring man you'll never find anywhere else and he does so much for the community, I would have liked them to show that side of the Drum but as I've stated , that disna get the likes, sad really because it would be much better to watch all areas.
Massive respect for Billy. Not only walking these schemes, but his Muay Thai fights are a big inspiration to me. I’ve trained Muay Thai a few years, and it is hard as fuck. You’ll be alright walking those streets, Billy. Just get any ruffians in the clinch 😂
Its the people around a youngster that matters i grew up poor but people can get an education i heard the expression poverty of aspiration. So true young people have to be told THEY CAN ACHIEVE 🙏
Growing up in ayrshire, we were always told that there are two parts of Glasgow to stay away from. Drumchapel and Easterhouse. I went to a few partys in Easterhouse and had great times, and my partner, and her family, are from the Drum. I lived with her in the Drum for a couple years, and had zero issues. Some of the nicest people ive ever met. Had a van full of tools, rapid wee hot hatch and never felt like anything was gonna go missing. Yeah you heard the odd thing here and there, but ye stay out the way of the bams, they stay out your way. Does help that i was over 6ft and 17 stone hahaha.
Been all over Glasgow one tough area , remember walking to celtic park back in the 90s and none of the streets and pubs had windows, also done deliveries on Easterhouse estate tough as nails
It's a sick society where a young mother doesn't feel safe in her own home. It's also sad to see the passing of 2 young lads. Credit to the community for remembering them both in 2 very different ways. 💕
@@DSMAC88 People shouldn't be judged by where they live. I've met some great people who grew up in disadvantaged areas but are great people with good morals. It's how you live not where you live that matters. 💯
@@mariadodds2042 True enough but the rich who get to hire and fire want to concentrate the wealth among their own class and don't want "peasants" in their ranks.
I used to do deliveries in easterhouse and I can honestly say I never once had a bit of hassle in it. Some of the people are the most genuine you will come across and they have it bloody hard they where put there with the promise of a better standard of life and have been let down by a number of governments since.
Took a wrong turning at Blochairn about 30 years ago and ended up in Blackhill, nothing but packs of Young Team hanging about street corners,probably Glasgows roughest scheme back then.
Away back in 1981, I had just passed my driving test. I borrowed my dad's car one day, and I turned off the motorway and took a wrong turn into Blackhill. As I'm trying to find the road out, I couldn't believe what a dump it was with boulders and broken glass all over the street. This kid about five ran up to my car and threw a boulder at the car, which smashed the left-hand side window. I drove out of there so fast, I can tell you.
😂😂😂 lovely welcome you both got 😂. It was awrite if you lived there though. There was a family that kept a horse inside the hoose aswell up barrwood street. True story aswell
@@RD-ox3ce Always found the bottom end of Blackhill was wilder for neds hanging around, whereas up towards Cumbernauld Rd was quieter. I found Barrowfield and Ruchazie had a more menacing atmosphere tbh though Blackhill near the cop shop was like a warzone, lol.
Love your content Billy, i know you're not scared to walk the schemes at dark but it would definitely make for some interesting content, would have loved you to go back in time to late 80s or 90s and walked from the Drum and into my hometown of Clydebank, 20 minute walk, you would have loved it, so much going on.
It’s amazing…I remember being in these areas 20 to 25 years or so ago and they were knocking buildings down and refinishing the rest. The fixed up and new versions are starting to look a bit ropey now.
Easterhouse is often labeled as a place suffering from a lack of jobs, education, and opportunities. However, despite these challenges, many locals still strive to make a difference in their communities. Unfortunately, a culture of blame often overshadows progress. The truth is, there’s no reason why Easterhouse couldn’t become a prosperous, strong, and caring community-clean, vibrant, and united. With Glasgow Fort and industrial estates within walking distance, job opportunities are accessible. Yet, meaningful change remains elusive. The root of the issue lies not in funding or external support but in the mindset of the community itself. Without a collective effort to foster pride and care for the area and each other, Easterhouse’s potential will remain untapped. For those who grew up in challenging environments, such as during the era of "Skinheads," escaping the cycle can be a struggle. While some, like myself, managed to break free, many others are not as fortunate. Perhaps the most dramatic solution for the area would involve reimagining Easterhouse entirely-redeveloping it both physically and culturally to create a fresh start. Only then might the area see lasting transformation and a shift in its identity and outlook.
Hold on mate...this is home for people growing up, knowing no different from living elsewhere! Go listen to any Gerry Cinnamon song, who embraced where he lives in a scheme across the South side of the city. You make the best of what you have and your right mate, fighting etc can happen in any community
I worked in Easterhouse about 12/13 years ago doing internal insulation. We were told to keep vans locked and stuff would get bumped but the people in the area couldn't have been any nicer and not even a screw or bottle of mastic went missing. We got treated far better in some house there than in more well off areas in glasgow. Never a day without the offer of tea and biscuits.
Billy l think you are a very caring and responsible person, keep up the good work.l have to tell you we would have been happy to live in those lovely houses with gardens , double glazing, baths, central heating, and electricity !!!. I am 77 years old the people l grew up with would have and did, kept our living spaces clean.By the way l am a proud Manc. My old stamping ground was Ancoats, a very deprived area, now it's posh. I believe it's part of the northern quarter. Cheers Billy you're tops.
Drummy!
@@stevenjordan6529 Den Toi!!
i live in drumchapel for 16yrs , loved growing up there , still have family and friends there
Much the same with me, worked in possil for many years, bosses warned me how bad it was yet it was one of the best areas I had ever worked! A lot of poverty and a deprived area but the people in it were good people
Always look forward to watching your videos Billy. Enjoy everyone of them from start to finish. Keep up the great work.
Thank you Billy for walking around the various housing "schemes" in the United Kingdom. I like it when you show the actual front yards, doors and backyards, fencing around the houses or area, the schools and the gardens and grounds around schools and schemes. I live, and am from, central Ontario, Canada. I live in a small town of around 6,700 people (I live on a river) so what you show us is very, very interesting to me. I get a feel for how the common folk live in each scheme in the wider U.K. Thank you for taking the time to show us buildings and house fronts and life.
Hiya to you over in Ontario 👍
It's brilliant to hear how far these videos are reaching .. and great to know that you get a proper feel for the way people live .
Love Canada!
@@mol588 If nothing else I like reality. Not fake. I do care and want to know how you are doing in the U.K. I'm a U.K. "watcher" so these videos are wonderfully informative and I appreciate them.
@@gazzy9136 And I love the U.K!!! I may never get there, but I can, through videos like these from Billy Moore. Keep safe as things sometimes rock 'n roll a bit on the streets in your country. (As they can everywhere.) I'm watching and praying!
You going to vote blacKfACe out? OMG, that awful man has ruined Canada. I watch Rebel Mews and their reports are truly shocking.
Always kind always compassionate. Bless you Billy. We are witnessimg death not by but post a thousand cuts with more to come. Stay safe and keep spreading the truth 🙏
😂😂😂 Ffs
Easterhouse doing OK for wheelie bins it seems. Great stuff Billy. Depressing surroundings but great stuff.
Why so many bins ?
Loads of bins but rubbish furniture is laying like shit pits on the streets
@@sandrafinbar they are a status symbol. the more bins you have the greater your hierarchy
I ain’t got enough 😂
Phew! So glad Billy knows how to carry himself. Also…has always amazed me how Scousers and Glaswegians understand each others language and accents. Being Glaswegian myself, the only other region/group i’ve felt that affinity with is Geordies.
If you can understand a p1ssed mickey or glasweigen ye can understand anything
@@t3zzy-rq6mj Yep! 🤣😂
Amazing isn't it! I can understand every word perfectly! I have worked around the Glasgow area a lot fitting boilers over the years. I was in the Drum in 2018 (when Steven Gerrard was the manager of Rangers) for 6 months. Stayed in an apartment on the never ending Dumbarton Road! And wegians always spot our scouse accents and have a good chat. Usually about the footy. Been to a couple of Rangers games over the years and oh my God, what a stadium!!! A bit like Goodison but bigger! 🫡🫵
Geordie myself and I’ve always understood thick Glaswegian and Scottish accents in general.
Big up Scotland!
Never met more similar people than Glaswegians and Scousers. The exact same.
Aww I love my Glasgow brothers and sisters ❤️🔥🔥
i grew up in drumchapel, in the first part of your drumchapel section where you spoke to those kids. untili was about 6 years old i lived directly facing the parade of shops, the houses have been changed though,before moving closer to the centre..... this would have been in the 80s, i found a dead body in one of the old back courts when i was 5... saw my first murder at 7, i lost count of how many beating, stabbings, slashings and coshings i saw growing up there, id say drumchapel was at its worst in the early 90s as far as violence went, at the age of 15/16 i became a victim of said violence by proxy of walking through a part of drumchapel i did not live, despite having no affiliation with any gangs...
they almost killed me, left me with a fractured skull, broken jaw, various stab and slash wounds resulting in a very long hospital stay, ove 200 internal and external stitches all because i ddnt live in that part of the drum (up the hill)....
I learned from this that injuries heal, some take longer than others... now 30 years later i have a permanent headache, 2 of the most unsighly scars imaginable, one going from ear to mouth, the injuries healed, but the trauma still exists and it can be hard to regain any confidence you had
So sorry hope your some where nice and peaceful and your happy x
Well written and expressed appreciate your honesty I lived through the 70 80z and first half of 90z in Drumchapel and drumry got many a pasting eventually left scotland and never looked bk best decision I ever made
Such a frightening experience. Hope life has had good times for you x
fucks sakes... i hope you doing well now
@@chrisicotec7652 bless you son some people have it hard xhope you get peace happiness now🦸🏻♂️🍂🍁🍰☕️🥰🏴⭐️👑
Another great vlog billy, always look forward to watching always gutted when there’s not one on every day, but you have a life too, it just goes to show how good they are, even if it can be sad to the decline on our streets, but it’s real life so that what you get!
Thanks again billy.
My Mum n Dad brought us to Canada 50 years ago and gave us a great life,now 50 years later I'm moving back to Scotland with my wife to see if we can't make a go of it ,Canada has became VERYexpensive to live these days.
Thanks for the upload❤❤❤
My parents were married in Glasgow and we moved to South Africa where I grew up , I’m now 50 soon and been back in West Lothian for 30 years , I wouldn’t stay anywhere near these schemes in Glasgow or the rough parts of Edinburgh
Used to live in Edinburgh now in the borders there's good and bad everywhere
Don't. I am Scottish and would do anything to leave. Stay where you are. I mean that with the best of intention. The cost of living and the standard of living is crap here.
@@rangersnutaye. The UK is a miles behind other countries.
@@domhnallmorris It really is and it's getting worse.
Born in Drumchapel in 74up the hill Born in Halgreen,and moved up the hill to Fetticairn ,a miss them years so much,,a loved it as a kid Played for linkwood ,and Clydebank boys club ,,then we moved to Govan ,great fun
Nice one as per mate, looks a bit rough there Billy, love these out and abouts 👌.
Two nice polite lads you were speaking to Billy 👍
Wow really
I thought the same ...
@@conkadonk4976??
They look older then 16 bruv , im nearly 40 and ive got a baby face
@@ProtectEnglandAtAllCosts lucky you
Torran Road. The house with the white porch was ours and my grandparents in the early 70's😃never had the porch mind you😂😂great memories of there and Baldovan crescent 👌great footage mate 👏
One of the best channels on UA-cam! Would love to see some longer conversations or interviews with some of the people you speak to
I went with a girl from Wellhouse in Easterhouse 30 years ago (now demolished). We went to visit her parents and her dad gave use some booze to take with us when we left. He insisted on wrapping them in newspaper so the locals wouldn't hear the clinking when we went for the bus.
I was born and raised in wellhouse im 36 now heard it was better times then but I miss alot about the place im only up the road now in provanhall .... know the lassie he was talking to her dad halgie looked after me alot when growing up
@@G-1872 I worked with a couple of guys from Provanhall around 20 odd years ago, one stayed in the newer houses at the bottom and one up the hill. Good to know it's still standing.
I was engaged to a guy from Easterhouse 45 years ago. He lived in a lovely street, Auchencrow Street, all semi detached houses and lovely neighbours. You wouldn’t think you were in Easterhouse. Everyone took car of their gardens.
@@bobbibuttons8730 My dad is from Cranhill, he says when the schemes were first built people couldn't believe the quality of the houses the fresh air and the space the kids had outside. Problems started to appear pretty quickly because public transport was poor, there was no public services and de-industrialization meant mass unemployment. In 15 years the big schemes changed from Utopias to Dystopias.
On a serious note good stuff Bill as usual...good little piece when ya mentioned the kids playing with rubbish growing up with No inspiration and hardly any hope! None of government that's for sure and it's as you said Billy...
"SAD" 😱 4real thanks for your time,passion & content pal 👍🏼
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Absolutely love your channel look forward every day to watch u keep going mate it’s brilliant ❤
"You know you have it rough when you're told what you're having for breakfast and dinner " on a board of course. Lol 👍. Keep em coming bud
Good one billy u show the proper places not just people that's got everything the people that lead ordinary lives enjoy all ur vids keep on going take care xx ❤❤
Love the content mate keep going …Yeah people are people wherever you go.
Thank God My Grandparents and baby Mum immigrated to Australia in 1954...
MY 17 Grand Children Don't Know How Lucky They Are. Polar opposite Worlds literally and figuratively.
Love You Granny and Pop
I've lived in Glasgow all my life.
I love my city and glad you mentioned our spirit as the community and city spirit is genuinely inspired.
Commonwealth 2014 was great and 2026 will hopefully keep Scotland on the international map
So in that vein, i wholeheartedly think we need new UK wide national emergency response to child poverty all throughout the UK.
Starmer has a five year mandate and although I'm for Scottish Independence, I hope he drives towards that and maybe change alot of peoples minds
Also first time Ive saw your video Billy,
It's great to see passionate people go and actually speak to these people instead of patronising them and telling them what they need.
Communited-based focus-groups would be a great start.
Brilliant Billy mate.
Nice one billy , welcome to Glasgow, glad to have you here bro , I think drumchapel and easterhouse are 2 of the biggest housing schemes/ estates manors whatever people call them us in Scotland 🏴 call them schemes
Castlemilk was the biggest in western Europe at one point
@@Gary-t3g thanks Gary I knew or had heard that both were up there in terms of size but cheers for letting me know bro 😎🙏
@michaelburnett7809 aye the 4 big schemes of Castlemilk, Pollok,Easterhouse and Drumchapel were roughly the same size,and design tbh
Castle milk is the biggest
am fae easterhoose its no that bad
Currently from the Drum (Drumchapel) came across purely by chance, good to see someone showing the poverty and hardship for the majority and same where you're from same problems same type of folk so respect and appreciation from someone Currently from there and have to say thanks for the music that you Manchester lads have gave us over the years 👌👌✌️👍
Hi billy loving these videos and I believe there very important its like the uks on the brink of apocalyptic in some areas its that run down not here like and thanks for making the effort to go and film these,hiws judder btw
Thanks for sharing this, Billy. I work between Easterhouse and Drumchapel and I really enjoyed that.
I was brought up in drumchapel in the 70,s 80,s 90,s it was wild back then! much better now! the whole of Glasgow is much better than back then!
Definitely I grew up in sumerhill at the same time , used to be brilliant scheme
@@paulmccormick I was brought up in sherwood place nearby!
I grew up in drumchapel , thanks for sharing so glad I got away… it looks a lot better than it used to be
Drumchapel, Easterhouse, Castlemilk, Arden were really rough, as were many inner city estates like the notorious Red Road Flats at Blackhill, Pinkston estate at Sighthill, Gorbals/ Calton /Bridgton / Maryhill / Hutchesontown etc. Superficially much better now, just like Ferguslie Park at Paisley just down the road
Red Road flats weren't in Blackhill. Their bit was Springburn/Balornock/Barmulloch/Gringo. Blackhill is the other side of Royston Rd heading towards the the top end between the M8 and M80 motorways.
Don't forget Craiglang and parkmill
Garthamlock,possil... etc, the beat goes on 🫡
Barrowfield back in the day. Rough as nails.
Maryhill isn't bad
Those 2 lads at 16:00 seem like great guys. If you respect Glasgow and our citizens we will welcome you with open arms. All the best to these 2 lads.
Studied housing estate management in Edinburgh in late 90s...a trip to Easter house was unforgettable the Scots have had it harder than us down south ..the schemes are next level the best people but it pays to know a few as tricky places
Lot better these days mate
@dee-ix3iq good to hear that ..people down south haven't a clue how bad it was upnorth before devolution too
@@paul-jn5cb mental to suggest devolution has made scotland better
I lived in Glasgow 97/2000 moved over from Belfast. Glasgow and Edinburgh looked modern back then to me 😂😂. ✌🇮🇪
@wavell14 agree overall on that pal but housing associations etc all got grant funding down here and housing was modernised to better standard..
Amazing video content Billy Very interesting xx ❤
My ex husband was hurt badly in the crush at ibrox. A young policeman saved his life.
Billy as always you show the side what governments dont wany you to see. That care home is disgusting the way its been left, the whole area is awful, how are these people supposed to feel wanted and upbeat when they have no hope. This makes me so angry that they find money for "others in this country" and send monies over seas when people are living in downtrodden estates. No hope for the children. Governments should be ashamed !!!
there is loads of tax payer money that goes in these schemes but it gets sucked out by drugs, every penny that would be spent on improvement goes to the dealers and the off licence even the chemist, some of these chemists make an absolute fortune getting paid doling out methadone and then people look at the area and blame the government, much easier than asking anyone to take some self responsibility, same in my area, the guy over from me has had his door kicked in 3 times in the last couple of years, druggie feud. the council comes along and gives him a new door each time not to mention the broken windows. thousands of pounds down the drain but no one complains about that blame them for sending money abroad
The council need to get their finger out and take away the unwanted furniture and cut the grass. What are folk paying council tax for. ???
Massive connection between us Scots and Geordies. God bless us all.
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Is that wat u said to him wen u were picking up the soap.
@albagubrath2972 His great great great great great granny did line ups for the tartan armies 😉 😆
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@Tambo-iv7wb Aw jokes aside of course 😆 🤣 his granny liked it
Glasgow city council is too busy wasting money on rainbow flags painted in the city centre to be helping our communities.
As the lassie said, there's nothing for the kids to do.
When I grew up on the 70's we had play areas and community centres, now there's nothing.
Glaswegians deserve better.
Wish I could give that more thumbs up!
@@traceys8065 £8000 for two pride flags painted on the pavements in merchant city, now the residents want it painted over, yet they've no money for the community centres x
@Y-C999 Exactly!
I passed by it yesterday, and the paintwork is wearing away already. Total and utter waste of public money. Shame on GCC 😣
Saw those exact painted flags in merchant city last Friday during my birthday sesh and refused to walk anywhere near them. beyond disgusting.
@@rant-A-holic Totally agree, money wasted 🤨
My mother and grandparents moved to Drumchapel when it was first built ive fond memories of visiting my granparents there,i was brought up just along the road in knightswood Billy
Amazing yet again billy god bless 🙏👍
Not all bad was born in Easterhouse worked all over Glasgow , just no money been spent on the place , but plenty off money spent in the new shopping centre .
Lots of money spent in the place, just not on what is needed.
@@Chris-v6b1nno, that would be a lack of Council provision.
@@Chris-v6b1nI expect to get what I pay for and not subsidise more affluent areas of the city. Are Japanese roads better maintained than ours? What do they pay in GBP for council tax, or similar, and what services are provided under that provision?
@@Chris-v6b1n No, but a lack of hope, belonging and green spaces only viable for ticks doesn't help either. Complex issues.
Hey great video and content that Billy fkn hell nice to see these places you bring to our screens laa thanks again Billy interesting bro!.👍👈💯
All this video is missing is Jack and Victor to come toddling down the street
I’m sure 👌🏼 could hear Navide behind the counter in the shop
Or big innes tae sort the neds oot 😅
Any midori? @@kevcc1986
Great video Billy, keep up the good work...subscribed
All the money has been diverted to the South, to the ‘ diverse ‘ community’s…. The indigenous population has been forgotten 😢
It has always been the same
Help themselves. Stop taking drugs and start working. Get off benefits and the methadone
Typical Tory. Lots of folk work, some even two jobs and still struggle to get by. Better jobs, better pay.
@markdavidson9743 18.30. Can't even take care of her teeth, never mind herself. Dressing gown on during the working day... suppose she is just back from a hard shift eh! Gifted a free house, free money, free food but it's someone else's fault! Join the real world where people need to help themselves. A grown adult treated like a baby and relying on a government to drag her up. A drain and the cycle continues...
@@User1919-d5vby your logic absolutely no one should be helped. So does that go for the new Scots, English, Welsh and Irish or just the old ones...
Thanks for another great video billy
So we have a housing crisis? Raynor goes on about building new houses, why can’t we just regenerate what we have? And tidy the country up?
Surely it can’t be that hard
Cant sell the land to private developers for them to make shitty apartment blocks on the end mixed in with houses 150k plus.
@@godsson7787 doesn’t have to be private developers as it should be a government run scheme?
Labour are cutting everything, Tories before that. Indy is needed.
We have a housing crisis coz of the millions of newcomers
@@Jcscat74 well said 👏 👍
Grew up in Easterhouse, my mum still stays there. I don't miss staying there at all, also lived in Dalmarnock and Bridgeton. In a nice quiet place now still in East End of Glasgow lol
Daily watcher now Billy good stuff
Grew up in the area of easterhouse where that nursing home is left when 20 went to dublin never forget the best memories and always say im from easterhouse first then glasgow
Need to come to Greenock and port Glasgow next time your up billy bhoy 🏴💯
My da had a butcher shop in Drum.People were great.Went through hard times after the demise of the shipyards.
My ma and da moved up the drum from partick in 59 Tallant Rd there was no pubs or anything just a few shops no bookies my da had to meet a bookies runner to put a bet on no bookies but we had were own toilet my ma hated the drum she missed partick eventually they built the butty the Linkwood the peel the gurnin gates and the hills hotel and the supermarket I've great memory's off the drum live in England now left in 78 at 21
I ❤your videos you are a very understanding soul if only we could have more people like you especially in power, bless you brother. Tommy hodgins
Hey Billy good post , Edinburghs streets are not paved with gold
The council are smart put it all the rough estates around the perimeter
There seems to be some rough housing in Edinburgh just before you get to Waverley station when on the train. Don’t know what area it is. Isn’t there a rough part of Leith too? x
@@missmuffet3874 Sighthill, Drylaw, Wester Hailes etc. people are just stupid if they don't think Edinburgh isn't rough.
@@missmuffet3874 I live in Leith, it was rough but being gentrified now. Obviously it can be rough still.
fiction aye, but Rebus sums up the shadier Edinburgh.
Some of the Embra schemes are brutal
True. Central Edinburgh is full of London wannabees and the outer housing estates are full of Glesga ned wannabees.
Thanks Billy, much appreciated.
😂😂 glad the rain came out for u Billy!! 😂
Must be depressing for the people who keep the front garden tidy and clean , and you have scruffy neighbors
Why're you spelling neighbour's without the U mate ?..
@@vanman757 I’m American buddy, make sense
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@@Leroyy536Americans 😅 don't forget to vote for trump 😉 you know it makes sense
@@leswalker4282 definitely voting for Trump again 👍
Cracking video pal thanks for taking the time to do that
I'm glad I don't live anywhere like that. Life looks tough. I count my blessings every day.
Mums from Glasgow and her mum & dad packed up and moved from there & headed south in 60s., thankfully
@@MelissasArt everywhere sounds rough and tough compared to where you have described,😎💙.
@@MichaelParkinson-wz1nh I live in rural southern Portugal. Just peace, quiet, me, my two cats and dog here. I did a stint in London back when I was younger. Didn't like it at all. The 2011 riots were the last straw. Was gone a year later. 🩷
@DMWBN3 Aw glad they all got away. It just looks like a really tough place to be living. Angro around every corner. As I was saying in my other reply here, I did a spell living in London and that was frightening at times. Especially during the riots back in 2011.
@@MelissasArt yeah I would love that rural life in Portugal, it's not too bad we're i live in Heysham, in Morecambe bay, Tyson Fury country 😆, it's nice and peaceful and two minutes away from the Irish sea, absolutely stunning on a day like today, cos I got lovely views of the lake District and all the peaks. So if I close my eyes I could be in Portugal 😆😆. 👍.
I grew up in Milton in the 80’s, 90’s’ 00’s. I loved it there, growing up in a scheme isn’t as bad as people think. I never felt unsafe, walked the streets of Possil in the middle of the night, never felt frightened
I like Billy. He's a very straightforward get to the point person. He's like a scouse version of Roger Cook. No bull, straight to the point. Solid guy.
Not all Glasgow is like this. Thank God I left 43 yrs ago, for Queensland Australia, beautiful one day perfect the next.❤
i did lived in easterhoues about 1992 i loved it play in the streat till the streetlights came on next to the fire stashon
I’m a drumchapel boy born and bred a lot of it’s knocked down now but growing up in the 80s and 90s it was fucking wild and brilliant 💚🏴
My aunt who was a school teacher in Drumchapel stayed there in the 60s&70s. Caroline Drive. Remember visiting her often, there was loads of kids out playing then. I havnt been there for years since she died.
Drumchapels population has plummeted since the 80s,90s. So few people live there compared to previously. I used to work there with James Mclvoey, who went on to be a Hollywood superstar.
Im a Garthamlock boy born and bred, right next door to Easterhouse, tough areas to live in if you were not " street wise" ive seen many come and go because they didnt fit in,its easy to attract attention if your new to the scheme, but i had a brilliant childhood till early 20s there, some hortible people yes but some very good people lived there
My mother grew up in drum chapel she said it was rough in 60s 70s
Brought up in Lochgoin Ave Drumchapel loved it
Barrowfield back in the day was another level. Still ain’t great now! 🤣🍀
Brilliant video, thank you
Yassss bill mon the drum thats were am from hope our awsum people were good tae ye✌rip billy
..excellent vid as always Billy your a 'Legend' ..many beutyfull houses yet its a shame the area is high in crime,poverty also its being neglected by the council who are doing nothing, no parks, not many shops ..alot of over-grown areas ..back in the early 90s I bet it was absolutely beutyfull
Actually looks nice compared to alot of other estates. Easy for the council to sort out but I'll hold my breath.
They've both been knocked doon and rebuilt. They looked a lot worse back in the 80's-90's.
Drumchapel is the 70's and 80's was wild with gangs. The 90's drugs were everywhere. 2000's calmed down a bit and in the last 10/15 years it calmed even more, and is no different from anywhere else. Possibly the poshest of all the big Glasgow Schemes.😂 A great place to grow up with a majority of nice, respectable and hard working people👌
Footballer Andy Gray and movie superstar James McAvoy are both from Drumchapel. Also, comedian Billy Connelly moved to the Drum when it was first built.
They are left to for so they must c ME together and build there own Community,,a loved it in the 70s and 80s ,,sad,brilliant vid
the boy in the blue with the buckfast is local to me in knightswood always see him near the shop in blairdardie picking up and binning rubbish makes a great job of it too definitely has a wee screw loose but harmless i give him change sometimes glasgow is not really as bad as it used to be these areas need investment and infostructure
I've just posted similar comment, he lives near me in Drumchapel and I always see him picking up the rubbish and putting it in the bin, I wish other folk were as considerate, he seems harmless eh 😊
Aw the guys on the corner were so nice. The black guy is so pretty with great cheekbones! But yes, appreciate what you’re doing. Well done.
I heard you say that all the schemes look the same, im sure in the 50s and 60s when Drumchapel, Easterhouse and Castlemilk where first built it was the same architect that designed the buildings and he had 1 vision 😂😂 Im from Drumchapel lived there 32 years amazing people great memories but a really tough environment with little hope for young people. Ive been away nearly 10 years now but it will always be home.
Yes Billy lad.. Up in the badlands of Scotland... Pretty grim I'd say... But there's folk who only know living in the schemes... I agree with you on the sad facts for youth today living in them places... Drugs n crime is so wrong however for many it's trying to escape a living existence like that. Thanks as always my mate good content... Gb 💯
Used to live in Easterhouse when I was 9. Stayed in wee cul-de-sac called Glennelg Quadrant. Went to Bishoploch Primary and the Lochend High School. My 1st time walking to school with my wee brother, we got bricks thrown at us cause the other bairns thought we were English. Once it transpired that we weren't English and that there was a lot of us (7 in total) we made some really good pals. If anything, it was character building.
Good content, but just showing the really bad bits obviously, its not all doom and gloom. I live in Drumchapel, the guy with the blue hoodie picks up the litter and bins it when he's out and about, shame not everyone is as tidy.
Totally agree but showing the worst gets likes and this is what it's all about.
I lived down the peel Glen, have 3 daughters now, one runs a busy commodities office, once a pediatric nurse the youngest is studying to be a social worker, they're not the exceptions, so many good people in the Drum and Easterhouse and this doesn't give them credit, I'd rather live amongst them, salt of the earth, than live in a place with big lovely houses but the neighbours don't even talk and just remember, a lot of your bigger criminals live in those very place .
I now live in the south side but if sadly anything happens to any of my family we'll only use Alex Black undertakers , from the Peel Glen a more humble and caring man you'll never find anywhere else and he does so much for the community, I would have liked them to show that side of the Drum but as I've stated , that disna get the likes, sad really because it would be much better to watch all areas.
Thanks great video Billy
Two nice young mannerly boys you met other guy looks a nice guy too bless
Massive respect for Billy. Not only walking these schemes, but his Muay Thai fights are a big inspiration to me. I’ve trained Muay Thai a few years, and it is hard as fuck. You’ll be alright walking those streets, Billy. Just get any ruffians in the clinch 😂
Its the people around a youngster that matters i grew up poor but people can get an education i heard the expression poverty of aspiration. So true young people have to be told THEY CAN ACHIEVE 🙏
Growing up in ayrshire, we were always told that there are two parts of Glasgow to stay away from. Drumchapel and Easterhouse. I went to a few partys in Easterhouse and had great times, and my partner, and her family, are from the Drum. I lived with her in the Drum for a couple years, and had zero issues. Some of the nicest people ive ever met. Had a van full of tools, rapid wee hot hatch and never felt like anything was gonna go missing. Yeah you heard the odd thing here and there, but ye stay out the way of the bams, they stay out your way. Does help that i was over 6ft and 17 stone hahaha.
It's sad to see these streets deselit. These streets used to be the hussle n bussle of these schemes, totally different from the 90s / early 2000s
Been all over Glasgow one tough area , remember walking to celtic park back in the 90s and none of the streets and pubs had windows, also done deliveries on Easterhouse estate tough as nails
It's a sick society where a young mother doesn't feel safe in her own home. It's also sad to see the passing of 2 young lads. Credit to the community for remembering them both in 2 very different ways. 💕
The Scottish are mad the way they have a 3 piece suite in the front garden!
@@bluenose7984Nice and comfy in the summer I bet. 😜😜😜
There's been a lot more, I grew up in a scheme only on in my town trust we didn't use our addresses for jobs ect (estates in your way scheme up here)
@@DSMAC88 People shouldn't be judged by where they live. I've met some great people who grew up in disadvantaged areas but are great people with good morals. It's how you live not where you live that matters. 💯
@@mariadodds2042 True enough but the rich who get to hire and fire want to concentrate the wealth among their own class and don't want "peasants" in their ranks.
Might be rough but they are the most genuine folk you will meet mate👌
Billy we're having brilliant weather in glasgow today , and possibly all week , everyone's out its taps aff weather
Everyone on the Buckfast.
I used to do deliveries in easterhouse and I can honestly say I never once had a bit of hassle in it. Some of the people are the most genuine you will come across and they have it bloody hard they where put there with the promise of a better standard of life and have been let down by a number of governments since.
Lived in Blackhill years ago and we had to save up just to be poor 😂 all the schemes are rough as toast if im honest
Took a wrong turning at Blochairn about 30 years ago and ended up in Blackhill, nothing but packs of Young Team hanging about street corners,probably Glasgows roughest scheme back then.
Away back in 1981, I had just passed my driving test. I borrowed my dad's car one day, and I turned off the motorway and took a wrong turn into Blackhill. As I'm trying to find the road out, I couldn't believe what a dump it was with boulders and broken glass all over the street. This kid about five ran up to my car and threw a boulder at the car, which smashed the left-hand side window. I drove out of there so fast, I can tell you.
😂😂😂 lovely welcome you both got 😂. It was awrite if you lived there though. There was a family that kept a horse inside the hoose aswell up barrwood street. True story aswell
@@craig0101FFS that's nuts 😂
@@RD-ox3ce Always found the bottom end of Blackhill was wilder for neds hanging around, whereas up towards Cumbernauld Rd was quieter. I found Barrowfield and Ruchazie had a more menacing atmosphere tbh though Blackhill near the cop shop was like a warzone, lol.
Love your content Billy, i know you're not scared to walk the schemes at dark but it would definitely make for some interesting content, would have loved you to go back in time to late 80s or 90s and walked from the Drum and into my hometown of Clydebank, 20 minute walk, you would have loved it, so much going on.
More fridge freezers on the street than in Selfridges , who I don't think sell fridges anymore. 😄
It’s amazing…I remember being in these areas 20 to 25 years or so ago and they were knocking buildings down and refinishing the rest. The fixed up and new versions are starting to look a bit ropey now.
They didn’t look very local to me bill 🤣🤣🤣
I agree, they looked like they have a chance.
They had hope, that's why.
Easterhouse is often labeled as a place suffering from a lack of jobs, education, and opportunities. However, despite these challenges, many locals still strive to make a difference in their communities. Unfortunately, a culture of blame often overshadows progress. The truth is, there’s no reason why Easterhouse couldn’t become a prosperous, strong, and caring community-clean, vibrant, and united.
With Glasgow Fort and industrial estates within walking distance, job opportunities are accessible. Yet, meaningful change remains elusive. The root of the issue lies not in funding or external support but in the mindset of the community itself. Without a collective effort to foster pride and care for the area and each other, Easterhouse’s potential will remain untapped.
For those who grew up in challenging environments, such as during the era of "Skinheads," escaping the cycle can be a struggle. While some, like myself, managed to break free, many others are not as fortunate. Perhaps the most dramatic solution for the area would involve reimagining Easterhouse entirely-redeveloping it both physically and culturally to create a fresh start. Only then might the area see lasting transformation and a shift in its identity and outlook.
Hold on mate...this is home for people growing up, knowing no different from living elsewhere! Go listen to any Gerry Cinnamon song, who embraced where he lives in a scheme across the South side of the city. You make the best of what you have and your right mate, fighting etc can happen in any community
man, drumchapel has changed, and not for the better!!
i was born and bred in that scheme, and the changes from when i was a young lad, are staggering.