If you grow up in a Glasgow high flat - you'll know know just how much of a unique experience that was - today we wanted to catalogue the social history of tower living here in Glasgow.
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 (now city council) sought to replace run-down tenements with more modern high-rise towers - a move that changed the face of the city.
60 years ago, housing in places like the Gorbals were 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 industrial areas of Glasgow were built quickly and cheaply in the 1840s - to provide housing for the booming population of lower-class heavy industry 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.
Take a look below as we explore the social history of the early days of living in Glasgow tower blocks in 20 pictures.
5. Coming out to play?
Moving from low to high density housing meant that your friend group had expanded 10-fold after moving into a tower | Getty Images
6. A different face for the Gorbals
New communities came about thanks to the rapid construction of the towers. | Getty Images
7. Climbing bins
The new vertical environments of the tower blocks gave a lot of different opportunities to play as a child. | Getty Images
8. Modernised living
As new and exciting as it could be, moving from the street you grew up on to a new concept of living was daunting as a child. | Getty Images