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Jackie Baillie with two others, Wester Hailes Drive
Walsh, Kevin, 2000, Photograph
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Jackie Baillie with two others, Wester Hailes Drive
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19859
Title
Jackie Baillie with two others, at corner of Wester Hailes Drive.
Description
Jackie Baillie is standing in the middle of the picture talking to a man and woman at the side of a road junction. Both women are laughing as the man points to something in the distance as he speaks. There is a block of flats behind them and a large road sign to the right, beside a street light and amongst the roadside foliage.
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Walsh, Kevin
Date
2000
Size
21.6 x 16.5 cm
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Photograph
Jackie Baillie is currently Labour MSP for Dumbarton.
Wester Hailes, located on the western periphery of Edinburgh, is a post-war housing estate constructed between 1969 and 1975. On completion, the housing stock comprised a mixture of tenements and high rise. Wester Hailes possessed a declining population with a high proportion of single parent and low income households, high unemployment and a high turnover of tenancies. It was one of four peripheral housing estates chosen to take part in the New Life for Urban Scotland Initiative in 1988. The initiative and the partnerships that they generated were expected to provide valuable lessons on how to tackle the social, economic and environmental problems of large urban distressed areas. The area was extensively redeveloped during the 1990s and 2000s with a number of initiatives outlined by the Wester Hailes Partnership. These initiatives covered housing and environmental improvement, the improvement of social facilities, the provision of training opportunities and the promotion of community activities and involvement. Housing and environmental improvements have had a visible impact with a large number of properties being renovated and others being demolished and replaced with newer 'low-rise' housing.
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