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Stonehouse and Scotland’s new town programme in the 1970s

Posted on 4th July 202218th March 2025 by Valerie Wright

On 10 May 1976, two families moved into their new homes in the Lanarkshire town of Stonehouse. Four years earlier,…

Posted in UncategorisedTagged economy, employment, employment parks, Glasgow, industry, Lanarkshire, New Town, Scotland, Stonehouse, unbuilt
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