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Scottish Office Housing Minister, Wester Hailes
Walsh, Kevin, 1996, Photograph
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Scottish Office Housing Minister, Wester Hailes
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19853
Title
Neighbourhood council members with Scottish Office Housing Minister, Wester Hailes, March 1996.
Description
A group of people have gathered in a paved area surrounded by a high wooden fence within a housing scheme. In the centre of the picture Betty Glasgow, a member of the Wester Hailes Representative Council, is talking to Raymond Robertson, the Scottish Office Housing Minister. She is holding a handbag in one hand as she points into the distance with her other arm. The man on the right wearing glasses is David Corcoran, another resident and representative member.
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Walsh, Kevin
Date
1996
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23.5 x 15.4 cm
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This picture was taken to accompany an article entitled, "Doubts over cash for council estate" which appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News on 30th March 1996. Raymond Robertson, Scottish Office Housing Minister was visiting the area to see the half-way stage of the regeneration of Wester Hailes and to pledge further funding for the continuation of the project.
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