The 60s were a transient time for Glasgow - as the city entered the dog days of its long-standing industrial heritage, accomodation saw a major upheaval as the Glasgow Corporation sought to replace run-down tenements with more modern high-rise towers - a move that changed the face of The Gorbals.
60 years ago, housing in The Gorbals was classified as one of the worst slums in Europe. Overcrowding was standard in the tenements with many of the homes not having access to toilets or running water.
Tenements in the Gorbals were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s - to provide housing for the booming population of lower-class industrial workers. The tenements housed about 40,000 people with up to eight family members sharing a single room, 30 residents sharing a toilet and 40 sharing a tap.
Redevelopment of the Gorbals began in the late 1950s - most of our pictures come from the work of Albert McCabe, a photojournalist who worked for 25 years at the Daily Express in London - and did an excellent job of capturing life in The Gorbals in the 1960s and the realities of growing up at such a tumultous time.
By the time these photographs were taken 850 tenements had been demolished since 1920 - and you can see the Hutchesontown tower blocks mid-construction.
5. Playing out the back
An open-site around the back of the Gorbals tenements which children used for playing (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) | Getty Images
6. A different face for the Gorbals
A child helps their mum push a pram through the freshly refurbished Gorbals (Photo by Albert McCabe/Express/Getty Images) | Getty Images
7. Big changes coming to the Gorbals
A child snapped mid-run down an alleyway in the Gorbals - a crane can be seen constructing a high-rise block of flats in the background (Photo by Albert McCabe/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) | Getty Images
8. Climbing bins
Children playing around the newly built tower blocks in the Gorbals (Photo by Albert McCabe/Express/Getty Images) | Getty Images