I WISH to offer my wholehearted support for what my brother, Len Bunton, had to say on the subject of the proposed demolition of the proposed Red Road flats, which were designed by our father, Sam Bunton ("Anger of Red architect's son", The Herald, April 7).
This proposal is an insult not only to all citizens of Glasgow in general, but even more so to those citizens who lived in these flats over a period of decades and who possibly experienced a period of domestic wellbeing which had previously escaped them. To propose that the demolition of these homes should be treated as part of a celebration to be enjoyed by around 1bn viewers is an additional insult to millions of homeless citizens around the Commonwealth who would probably be more than willing to live in the "luxury" that was Red Road.
As a Scot who was born and bred in Glasgow but who has been living in England for 44 years, I have great difficulty in explaining to many Yorkshire people the logic of this decision to make such destruction a "celebration". It has even been said to me that "if this is your idea of independence, then the sooner you lot go the better"'. Can you blame them?
William M Bunton,
81 Fair View,
Pontefract,
West Yorkshire,
Like many of your readers I am appalled at the plan to demolish the Red Road flats as a feature of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
This is a great opportunity to show off Glasgow and the west of Scotland to the world and there are many diverse attractions from which to choose.
This ludicrous idea is negative advertising akin to the fated Nissan Almera advert showing a couple pushing a car off a cliff to the announcement "the car they don't want you to drive". Unsurprisingly, the car didn't sell well at all.
Bridget McConnell and her team need to rethink this ridiculous proposal and portray the city with a positive and forward looking attitude that its citizens expect.
Nigel McMillan,
5 Woodburn Road,
Glasgow.
THE decision to go ahead with the demolition of the Red Road flats is consistent with the demolition of a medieval castle at Cathcart and the destruction of a Greek Thomson terrace in Eglinton Street. This time more than one billion people will be watching.
It seems that Glasgow City Council has learned nothing from history.
Robert H Rodger,
62 Nethercliffe Avenue,
Netherlee,
Glasgow.
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