Craigmillar and Niddrie are, today, two housing schemes joined at the hip, inseparable from each other physically, existing almost as one continual unit of suburban housing. The two communities are defined primarily by their ex-council housing stock, the oldest of which was built in 1930 in Niddrie in the form of three-storey tenements and cottage-flatsContinue reading “Craigmillar and Niddrie: A Prehistory”
Category Archives: People and Placemaking
Pilton: a prehistory
Pilton is a housing scheme in the north-west of Edinburgh made up, originally, of four-in-a-block cottage-flats, three-storey tenements and semi-detached timber houses. Recently, modern private and mixed-residential developments have begun to spring up around the area, but the older housing forms continue to dominate the area. The scheme, or rather the two schemes of EastContinue reading “Pilton: a prehistory”
A Question of Pilton
The past few months have been a bit hectic for me, personally and professionally. After ten years on the council waiting list, my family finally received a council house. Out of the blue, we were notified that we were to be offered a house, were given a date for the viewing and that we hadContinue reading “A Question of Pilton”
Reflections
To fill a small gap in my research’s outputs and to change pace a little, I thought it would be fitting to reflect on my work so far and present a wee discussion of my goals, my progress and my thoughts on the topic so far. As you can probably guess, the disturbance in outputContinue reading “Reflections”
Housing, Life, Consumption and Class in Modern Scotland
Here I would like to explore the connections between housing and social change in more detail than I did in my previous blog post. The history housing in Scotland cannot be told without an understanding of the social forces and influences at work during their construction, demolition or refurbishment. Housing and status are tightly interlinkedContinue reading “Housing, Life, Consumption and Class in Modern Scotland”
Urbanisation and the growth of the Victorian Scottish City
An overview of the factors and issues which defined housing in nineteenth century Scotland and which led to the growth of substandard working-class slums.
Aaron Colin Sheridan 