In 1989, 30 years ago, Glasgow City Council suggested to a meeting of tenants at Whitlawburn housing estate in Cambuslang that they could take over ownership of their low-rise and high-rise tower blocks and become their own landlords.
After years of neglect, disrepair and a degrading social fabric the residents decided they could do a better job.
It was a risk but three decades on, the West Whitlawburn Housing Co-operative has been used as an example of excellence for the co-op model in the Scottish Parliament.
This video documentary tells the tenants' story.
Shot and edited by Gianni Marini
September 2019 ©
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Phil Welsh Jnr. and his mum, Sadie, residents of WWHC
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Stephen Blackwood, WWHC concierge manager
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Anne Anderson, chair of WWHC management committee
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Muriel Alcorn, founding member of WWHC management committee
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Paul Farrell, director of West Whitlawburn Housing Co-op
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Lesley Riddoch, journalist
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Susan Stevely, original member of WWHC management committee
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