emergency demolition of greenhill road paisley 12.10.08

[yourtubeafried]

Looks better than my house!!!!

[Bignadim]

WTF all the possessions still in there!!!!

[MNOEL22]

@Bignadim yes all possessions still in flats ! building was deemed to dangerous for habitation

[barton71]

What actually happened that they decided they needed to demolish the building in such a hurry?

[christofice]

do you have the video of the rest of the block being pulled down ?

[MNOEL22]

yes all on video and tons of photos too

[christofice]

any chance i could get a copy from you ?

im really looking for the rest of the block being pulled down or if you have the full footage of both buildings being pulled down

[allhailhotsnail]

that was upsetting

[tanocontracting]

not a good demolition company wheres the water to keep the dust down?

[bigali98]

shouldint have claimed your house insurance too early

[MNOEL22]

yes it was just over 110 years old and was designed to last 30 years !!!

[cessna152towser]

Very interesting video and it was good that you recorded this for posterity. In my opinion though, background music is a bit too upbeat for the occasion, given that the occupiers lost their homes and their possessions in this very sudden demolition.

[MNOEL22]

the idea of putting music over the video was purely to stop and one who copies it using it in other ways

[BigM1703]

Something by Gerry Rafferty would have been more appropriate.  Or even Paulo Nuttini.

[6969Wolf6969]

how old was that building. looks pretty old. did they really have to destroy it?

[jimbogm4dhj]

just before the turn of the century before the last ...... just over 110 years old which is not bad as the designed life of tenements like that was 30 years .......

[jimbogm4dhj]

is Tennents not a Lager???????

[MNOEL22]

yes :)

[thesloaneranger1]

on the ball as always WE

still cant believe the tennents werent even allowed to get their possessions out before the demo team moved in - renfrewshire council at their best. :(

[MNOEL22]

dont think every thing can be blamed on the council,wonder where the landlords were ??? no signs of them when the building's were being demolished at least the council had someone there

[h2oextremepcs]

What, they could not get there possestions, what about photos etc, things that cant be replaced.

I hope they all got compensation for there lost possestions.

What happened for it to be demolished so quickly?

If it were me I would have broke in at like 3am to get my possestions.