The Slap Up in Coatbridge
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The old "slap up" houses were "Slapped up" by employers and builders but the residents looked after them and kept them neat and shiny - if a little dilapidated! They were built to house the mainly Irish immigrant workers at the various steelworks.
The slides show the area as it was in the 40s and as it is today.
A recent article in the Advertiser calls for action over the former Dundyvan Church building, which has lain empty for almost two decades, are being backed by local councillor Tom Maginnis.
Des Dillon -the author of "Six Black Candles" grew up in the Slap-Up.
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you can just make out Jeany Vovos chip shop and Flannigans grocers
Oxford St is on the right - Gartsherrie Gas tank can be seen at back!!
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