An important part of our project was collecting the life narratives and memories of people who live or have lived in Scotland’s New Towns: specifically Glenrothes, Cumbernauld, Livingston and Irvine.
See our Publications and Media page for details of some of our findings from these narratives:
Below are our advertising materials for some of our selected new towns:
Our project is now complete and you can read more about our findings in our Open Access book. You are still welcome to get in touch with Dr Alistair Fair via https://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-alistair-fair If you have any questions about the project or media requests.
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I have lived in Cumbernauld since my birth in 1967. My parent came out from Glasgow in the over spill.